Hello,
I hope this is the appropriate place to post a recurring dream I have had for awhile in hopes someone might be able to provide some further insight on what may be underlying:

I dream I'm in a very large house, I don't know whose it is and I'm alone. The house is not always the same however but it's always large and I'm always alone. There's nothing significant about the house, it's very plain and neat/tidy. The part of the dream that is consistent is that I am going from room to room of this large house locking doors, sometimes the doors won't lock and sometimes I go back to check the doors and they've been unlocked and/or are ajar. I'm always frantic in that the doors are supposed to be locked and when I find they're not there's a sense of anxiety and A feeling of impending doom. There is usually a basement in the house and that door will never lock, this fact always frightens me in the dream. Sometimes I see a light coming from the basement which disturbs me as the house is seemingly empty.

I have been researching symbolism of dreams lately and the only thing I cannot connect with the theme of the house and the doors is the frantic ness of locking and rechecking all the doors. What I've read makes it sound like dreams about open doors are about good things, but This recurring dream is more of a nightmare and when I recall it, the emotion it evokes is fear.

Any thoughts and insights are welcome, thank you for reading.

Jessica