Thread: Taking over dream

Hi everyone, this is a dream I remembered from last night ~ Any dream interpretation would be greatly appreciated, thank you very much!

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My dream started where I got into this argument with my Mum (She and I are quite often get into arguments with one another. In my dream she made me feel really angry, and humiliated as well. You see she was going on about stupid I was, indicating I needed more lessons, and in front of someone else too ~ I can't remember who the other person was) ~ I turned and ran up the stairs into my old room (This room has always indicated escape to me. The room I'm in at the moment doesn't have a safe escape route outside, but that one has a roof within good jumping distance so I wouldn't get hurt). I put the TV in front of the door on the stand so it'd take time for her to make it through. I then went to the window as I opened it, jumping out and running away from home.

I ran for quite a while, (I do remember an extra bit now as I'm typing, of going to a clothes shop to look for a disguise there. Trying to find clothes that I wouldn't normally wear. But then I saw Mum in the same shop, looking around for and asking questions if the people there had seen me. I felt trapped, and knew I had to make a break for it now or she'd see me. I ran outside, looking around at the other buildings.). I came across what looked like a rundown building.

I entered, thinking it'd be the perfect place to hide. I found these people who said they knew a disguise when I told them I'd ran away from home. They showed me a row of mannequins, distracting me, and then injected something into me from behind. When I knocked out they put this machine (I'm not sure what it was) in front of me, it started to enter my body (So it wasn't solid at that point, now that I think about it ~ It was like a possession). I woke before it was completely inside of me though, the pain extreme, and it attacked me (I saw really scary looking hands poking out of my skin, which frightened and panicked me, and they kept slashing at my arms. I remember seeing it making really deep wounds), trying to knock me out so it could finish the transfer!

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This is where I woke up, I hope this is detailed enough for interpretation ~ I tried to include all of the emotions I felt throughout my dream. But if there's anything else you need to know, then I'll be happy to include that too ^_^ (I'm 27 and female, by the way - That was my age and gender in my dream too!)

Thank you for taking the time to read about my dream!

Ah, the complexity of adult daughter mother relationships! Yes, I know a thing or two about that since I too am an adult daughter, and my mother and I also have a complex relationship, which at times results in weird dreams.

In your case, I am thinking that the dream may be about a feeling of wishing to emotionally run away from your mother, a feeling that you feel trapped by her efforts to take over your life at times perhaps. What may make it even more complicated is that it may not be about your actual mother trying to take over your life, but it may be that you realize that at times the part of your personality which you recognize as being like your mother taking over your personality, and you resent that.

I have spent much of my adult life denying vehemently that my mother and I are alike, and claiming that we are completely different personalities. It is only this year as I turned 40 that I finally acknowledged to myself that part of why I deny the resemblance is because in a way I know how much alike my mother and I are, I resent that, especially because we share many character flaws, and many of my other character flaws are in part due to interactions with my mother - at times wanting so much not to be like her that I went to the other extreme.

It is only very recently that I have accepted the fact that most times when I dream of my mother I am actually dreaming of myself, that mother represents aspects of me. And that this is not always a bad thing. I am beginning to acknowledge that despite our differences and despite our issues and despite my rebelling against similarities between us, my mother and I share important traits and that is not such a bad thing. We do not just share flaws. Some of my strengths are my mother's legacy to me. I am beginning to accept and integrate the parts of my personality that come from my mother, and I am no longer fighting them as foreign to me.

It appears to me based on my interpretation of your dream that perhaps you may have similar issues to work out?

Thank you so much, JoannaB!
Your response to my dream has really helped me, in so many ways!

You're right in both cases, by the way!

I have had a great struggle inwardly for a long , long time. I'm probably constantly at war inside, without even realising it, and denying it greatly that my mother and I are anything alike. I have felt so much anger towards her way, to the point that I wanted to run away. She has a controlling persona, angry easily, stubborn and is pretty hard to talk to. I mean she has this trait where she shuts down people around her.

The thought of any of those personalities making their way into me has always struck a nerve with me. Because I just don't want those parts seeping into me, I would rather run than admit to having them inside of me. But it can't be denied that I have similar traits (as much as I wish I could..!)! I feel I've got to accept that I have those parts to me, but learn and continue to grow. I suppose I could moderate some parts, and make them my strengths instead of weaknesses.

I have a billion and one different traits..! I really need to learn to accept them all and go from there.

Thank you again, your response has really opened up my eyes and I really appreciate it!