Faceless Gollum (re-post from another forum)
Hi Everyone, I meant to post this topic here but put it on another page first by accident and I don't know how to delete it.
Lately I have dreams about huge old dark abandoned places, like the dungeons of castles, underground railway caverns or empty blocks of flats. In them I generally feel cold, overwhelmed and frightened. In the most recent one I noticed a whitish figure in the shadows. Sort of Gollum-esque but full human size and with completely pale, maggot-coloured skin. Like the skin of someone who hasn't seen daylight. It/him kind of looks like Gollum, with that kind of wiry strength, but also they have no face, just the strip of monk-like hair encircling a bald dome. I felt afraid of them at first, and when I recorded the dream I wrote down that they were chasing me, however I feel now (and I could be kidding myself) that I was chasing him/it. Also they are completely silent.
I have noticed these dreams (abandoned places, feeling small) coming up more and more recently. I'm not sure if it has something to do with my ability to trust others, take risks etc. Those being things I fret about in everyday life even though I struggle to take more risks and open up to others in therapy.
Anyway I hope someone can help with this dream, I think if I could understand it would make sense of a lot of the other dreams too which have similar themes