Held Back

[higgins534]

This is my first EVER post so if I do this incorrectly than please advise! This is a dream I had 2 nights ago: *I am standing in front of a mirror and my brother is trying to pull me back from the mirror with his arms. I try and struggle but he just uses more and more force everytime I do. He jumps on my back and starts biting the back of my neck. I try and scream but my voice just doesn't work. My brother bites me harder and digs his nails into me and I look into the mirror and I see that I am the only person in the room...I yell really loud (and my voice actually works) and my dad, brother (the one that I think is attacking me) and other people rush into the room just as I punch back with incredible force...I then wake up...Not knowing if I was free or still being attacked.* The next day after this dream something set off my memory and I suddenly remembered the dream (this is how I remember my dreams ever since I did a dream journal a year or two back). I tried to understand it because I felt there was some sort of meaning to it and I came up with this: *My 'brother' that was attacking me wasn't really my brother at all but myself. I was holding myself back from my true potential or from making some sort of decision (the mirror). I also felt the inclination that there was some element of crazyness in my dream. What I mean is it was like I was shizophrenic and I was going mental.* How would you guys interpret this dream?

[DreamKnight31]

I think you have an accurate description of interpretation to this dream and the reason I say this is because I have had similar dream about being attacked by my own self. I sorta came to that same conclusion you did about my own fears and holding myself back from goals. I think you got it though...