Recurring bridge dream..

This is a cross post from the Nightmare/recurring dream forum. I wasnt sure where to post so mods feel free to delete the thread. :?

I have been having this dream since I was a young boy, probably about 10 years old. The dream is not always the same bridge, but it is the same concept. I will dream that I am on a gigantic bridge, and the bridge will usually be extremely skinny, or it will have no railing on the side. Usually about halfway across the bridge, something will go wrong and the vehicle that I am in will go off the bridge. I am never the driver of the car though. Lately when I have this dream, I will jump out of the car as it is going off the bridge and I will fall towards the ground, but I will always wake up in terror, with the feeling that I am freefalling to my death. Does anybody have any input on the reason behind this dream??

Some info about myself that may help you interpret my dream: I am 19 years old, I live at home with both my parents. I go to community college. I am a pretty self conscious person, I tend to overthink alot of things, usually petty things from the past. I am pretty shy, I am definitely ocd about alot of things. And I smoke alot of pot.

Same thing as your hill dream.

You're doing things without thinking them through.

Why do you have to get to the other side? Why on earth would you walk across a skinny bridge without a railing? Why do you keep walking across skinny bridges when you're just going to fall like last time.

If you are half as careless in your real life as you are in your dreams, I'm surprised you made it to 19.

Get your head together, and start thinking about what you're doing.

Well bridges are about us travelling across to some new situation. It shows our transition to the future. Try this page

http://www.unclesirbobby.org.uk/dreamessaybridge.php

Try to think about the transitions accuring in your life. Fallings obviously links to fears about the future. It could link to worries about failure or problems in general. But it probably translates into some perfectly understandable set of emotions such as "its really not going right"

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People expect too much from dream dictionaries. Can you really expect a dream dictionary to provide an explanation of what your dream means simply because it included a particular symbol? It’s an absurd suggestion. The best comparison is to expect someone what a sentence means by just giving them one word within it. For instance to ask someone what a sentence means that includes the word "soldier". In reality the process in almost impossible. There are so many different ways that the word can be used that interpreting the dream just by spotting one word within it is simply ridiculous. The word soldier can be used in many different ways such as "I need to soldier on", "we have not got enough soldiers in Iraq", and "I want to be a soldier when I grow up".
So why do people expect a dream interpreter to be able to simply understand a dream by the inclusion of one symbol. In practice dream symbolism work in much the same way as ordinary dictionaries. A soldier can represent themselves but they can also be used in a wider context to show the types of qualities that a soldier exhibits (toughness and the ability to endure hardship and follow rules). So think how anyone of those symbolic meanings relates to recent events. It’s really important to use a process of association. Associate the dream symbol with real life thoughts. First ask yourself if the symbol could represent itself. Did you think of any real life soldiers the day before? But also consider the qualities that soldier’s exhibit. Did those same qualities have any relevance the day before? Did you need to follow rules and be disciplined? Did the same seem like a constant struggle? Also consider the day to come and see how that relates to possible symbolic meanings. Did you resolve to soldier on in some difficult situation?
Work though all the symbols in the same way and see what real life issues can best fit the real situation in your life. But also consider telepathy and premonitions as they too are part of the many aspects of dreaming.
Try these pages as they help you understand the process of dreaming
http://www.unclesirbobby.org.uk/dreamessay.php
http://www.unclesirbobby.org.uk/dreamessayhowto.php
http://www.unclesirbobby.org.uk/dreamessayhowtopost.php
http://www.unclesirbobby.org.uk/dreambookpolice.php
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