Vivid reoccurring dream theme

**Perseus** · 11-02-2013 06:33 AM

It started simple enough, my family and I moved into a new house. My brother and I were moving a bed and some boxes into a room when my dad called me. I walked to the top of the steps, looking down at the first floor. My dad had a steam cleaner and started cleaning this dark stain from the carpet of the landing. He asked how many of the plastic containers that hold cleaning solution we could store in the extra bedroom to clean up the stain over and over. My dad and I walked into the bedroom and there was just tons of storage space. I start asking myself why he was even asking the question. At this point the floor of the room became loose and bouncy. The room was tilted and both my dad and I were having trouble walking as if we had vertigo.

I struggled to keep my balance and walked back into the hallway where I first saw the ghost. It had no form, only a pale green fog that was moving at an incredible speed up the steps and right in front of me. It stopped directly in front of me in an instant. I could see its face now, the human facade it carried. It had the face of a small girl maybe 10 years old. She was dressed in a white dress with pink flowers printed all over the dress. The style was old maybe late 1800s or early 1900s. Even though I could see the human form, I saw behind it. The pale green fog still surrounded her and I could see it inside her swirling, sometimes creating skull like I had x-ray vision and the fog was her skeleton. She screamed and her high pitched scream filled the entire house. I felt the pressure hit me and started forcing me backwards. It was like being touched without being touched. I felt the wind hit my face but I stood my ground. I stared into its face until I passed out and woke up the next morning.

Now after that encounter everyone knew it was in the house and my mom especially was extremely frightened. I was angry that this new house for our family was being ruined by something. My mom was trying to calm me down but I couldn't take it anymore. I started yelling and demanding the ghost should leave, get out, and never return. My words didn't feel like empty threats, they were backed by something. The same pressure I felt hit me was now coming from inside me and radiating around like an aura. My demands were answered immediately with banging on the walls and the giggling of a child echoing from different places around me. I could see the pale green fog fly around the room, spot to spot, where at each one I would hear the banging.

I started to yell more at the spirit this time however my voice was lost. I was having trouble moving my body. It was like the air was taken from my throat so I could not make a sound. My mouth was frozen wide open. I struggled to move my arms to overcome whatever was holding me still. I was afraid but also unafraid. I felt that I had the ability to command the terror and force it to leave. As I watched it fly in circles around me, I regained control of my body and voice. My voice was starting to get hoarse but I continued yelling, giving each command with less authority.

Finally it began flying directly at me and stopped in front of me just like it did before. Unlike before, I grabbed hold of the forearms of the little girl. To my surprise my hands went into her arms, grabbing only the fog. It was solid and I had a firm grip. I looked down at what I was holding in my grip wondering what I held. I held her bones, her radius and ulna, both pale green and transparent. It looked worried that I could see through the human mask it was wearing and spoke to me.

"You're strangely spectral.", it said in a deep and growling voice. It seemed amused, like it was toying with me as an experiment. I was furious and tightened my grip so hard I wanted to break the bones. I told it once more with conviction to leave. It dissipated before my eyes and my hold was gone. The pressure and fear was eased slightly but I knew it wasn't over. I yelled once more for it to leave and heard the girl's frustrated scream as every door in the house opened simultaneously.

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I've had many ghost dreams before, but not one this clear. This is also the first time I've ever had one that it has spoken directly to me. This is also the longest dream involving a ghost or haunting I've ever had. Usually the ghost will roar or scream and I'll feel the pressure hit me like a shock-wave then I'll wake up shortly after that experience. I'm hoping someone can give me some insight to this because while ghost dreams are a recurring theme they've seemed to evolve and become stronger through the years. Thanks in advance.

**JoannaB** · 11-04-2013 04:11 AM

A house can often be interpreted as the dreamer's mind, so a new house could be due to changes in your personality, changes in your life.

(Now it would help in interpretation if I knew something about you in waking life, not just your dream, would make it more likely that I am not completely wrong - which would still be possible, feel free to discard any interpretation part that sounds wrong.)

I am going to guess that the new house may represent changes for the better. However, all the cleaning already is a sign of trouble: it seems excessive, like there is a stain on your mind - an issue, and somehow it is related to your parents perhaps, or your perception of your parents.

The ghost could be something that happened to you in your past, perhaps when you were a child of about ten years old. Something that you would rather forget and bury. But it will not go away and has reprecussions on your current state of mind. You fight against this but it continues to have an impact on who you are, and in a sense as you are fighting the ghost, you are fighting a part of yourself, instead of accepting it or letting go of it in a more peaceful way. There is anger within you also I think which is related to all this.

As I said, this may be wrong. If it is, if you could share something more about yourself outside of this dream, that could help with a more accurate interpretation.

**Perseus** · 11-04-2013 05:44 PM

I'm happy to add some stuff. My name is Dave and I'm 28. I remembered something about the house that may be helpful. It may be possible that I bought this new house for my family and we were all just moving in. It was part of the reason I was angry, because it was like I went through all the trouble to get this house and I wasn't going to let some ghost mess that up. So the idea that the ghost represents something in my past makes sense. Although I can't think of anything that happened to me when I was ten unless it's repressed or something. The stain might have been blood on the carpet so the issue could relate to the ghost/past. I was under the impression that the stain would be cleaned and reappear again so we needed more cleaning solution. Is there anything specific you need to know about me?

**JoannaB** · 11-04-2013 06:13 PM

Hmm, on the one hand repressed memory may be thought - might be worth talking with your parents to find out whether they can think of anything. Oh and the 10 years old may just be symbolic, may not be literal, so it might not be something that happened when you were 10 after all. The fact that you are male and the ghost is female by the way does not necessarily mean that the ghost does not represent some part of you, it may just be a more emotional younger less secure part of you that your dreaming mind chooses to represent as female - more feminine emotion?

On the other hand though I would be reluctant to just say "oh it must be repressed memories." I think a lot of times dreams are not so much about repressed memories, but they are at times so symbolic with our conscious mind not getting the connection that our subconscious mind has made. So as a result you may now not understand how the ghost of a girl related to you, but once you figure it out, the connection may make sense, and it may be some obscure reference that part of your mind has stumbled on.

I am not sure what specifically would help. Just brainstorming ideas here: what are some of the major issues on your mind currently? What changed when you started having ghost dreams? Any little girls with issues on your mind? Anything at all in your past present or future that you can see that could be haunting you emotionally - and I say future because for example what if you are haunted by the idea of someday having a daughter who is hard to manage - not saying that is it, but just an example.

Alas, you are actually in much batter position to interpret this dream than I am because you know what is on your mind, and if this is a reoccurring dream theme it likely has something to do with something that is on your mind in waking conscious life as well.

**Perseus** · 11-04-2013 08:37 PM

The only thing that has been on my mind lately is a career change. I'm not happy with my job and I want to find something I'm passionate about to really dive into. But I've had ghost dreams as far back as I can remember, so it's hard for me to narrow down what might have caused it. The ghosts have also appeared in many forms over the years. Maybe they've been getting stronger lately because of that desire to really switch and make that commitment?

I can't think of a single connection to a little girl. I'm not sure it matters much either though because the ghost itself was pretending to be a girl. In fact I call it a ghost but it may just as well be called a demon. I remember thinking it was trying to be intentionally deceptive but I could see through it.

I do appreciate your help though Joanna, I feel like I'm understanding part of it at least.