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Dream of struggling, wake, time, nightmare, open, screaming, prison, alarm, body, brain, head, calm, iron, paralysis, will, paralyzed, eyes

I am about to wake up. I hear my alarm and reach to turn it off but I can’t move. I can’t even open my eyes. I realize I’m paralyzed and I try in vain to scream for help but I can’t make a sound. My head feels foggy and unfocused, like I’m of no substance. My body feels like an iron prison and my consciousness is struggling against it, trying to get the two to connect and move and free me. It’s as if my brain is trapped by my body. I can think properly and flutter my eyelids a bit but otherwise I cannot move. It terrifies me and I scream a silent, mental scream. No one even knows I’m screaming but me. When I finish screaming, I try to calm down and relax, thinking that maybe my paralysis will end when my struggling does. I wait, consciousness still, for what feels like forever. I try to move again to no avail. I remember in a nightmare I had when I was younger, I squeezed my eyes shut and was able to wake myself up. I decide to try that again. I focus on my eyes, squeeze them shut, and open. Nothing. Again. Again. I can’t move. I squeeze my eyes shut as hard as I can, and open them. This time I actually wake up.

This dream was added to the dreams database first time 12 years ago on October 15, 2012

Dream Interpretation Analysis

Meaning of struggling in a dream

To dream of struggling, foretells that you will encounter serious difficulties, but if you gain the victory in your struggle, you will also surmount present obstacles.

Meaning of wake in a dream

To dream that you attend a wake, denotes that you will sacrifice some important engagement to enjoy some ill-favored assignation. For a young woman to see her lover at a wake, foretells that she will listen to the entreaties of passion, and will be persuaded to hazard honor for love.

Meaning of time in a dream

Irreversible. Continuity. Arrival or departure of feelings. Organizing your inner self.

Meaning of nightmare in a dream

Horrifying event. Frightening condition. To dream of being attacked with this hideous sensation, denotes wrangling and failure in business. For a young woman, this is a dream prophetic of disappointment and unmerited slights. It may also warn the dreamer to be careful of her health, and food.

Meaning of open in a dream

Entrance and exit. Exposed. Opportunity. Potential. Ready to make a choice.

Meaning of screaming in a dream

Screaming in a dream usually indicates the dreamer is stuck in his place in life and can not see a way out of situation. It might be health problem, relationship and marriage problems and the dreamer needs a way out but for some reason can not act.

Meaning of prison in a dream

Punishment. Lack of freedom. Confinement. Ask yourself what have you done wrong.and need to correct. To dream of a prison, is the forerunner of misfortune in every instance, if it encircles your friends, or yourself. To see any one dismissed from prison, denotes that you will finally overcome misfortune. See Jail.

Meaning of alarm in a dream

Big changes. Troubles ahead. Big changes. Troubles ahead.

Meaning of body in a dream

Happiness. Good business ventures. External form of internal nature. Happiness. Good business ventures. External form of internal nature.

Meaning of brain in a dream

Intellect. Mind and reason. Great knowledge will bring good result in affairs. To see your own brain in a dream, denotes uncongenial surroundings will irritate and dwarf you into an unpleasant companion. To see the brains of animals, foretells that you will suffer mental trouble. If you eat them, you will gain knowledge, and profit unexpectedly.

Meaning of head in a dream

Intellect. Understanding. It denotes threatened misery and loss that will be avoided by wise action. To see a person's head in your dream, and it is well-shaped and prominent, you will meet persons of power and vast influence who will lend you aid in enterprises of importance. If you dream of your own head, you are threatened with nervous or brain trouble. To see a head severed from its trunk, and bloody, you will meet sickening disappointments, and the overthrow of your dearest hopes and anticipations. To see yourself with two or more heads, foretells phenomenal and rapid rise in life, but the probabilities are that the rise will not be stable. To dream that your head aches, denotes that you will be oppressed with worry. To dream of a swollen head, you will have more good than bad in your life. To dream of a child's head, there will be much pleasure ill store for you and signal financial success. To dream of the head of a beast, denotes that the nature of your desires will run on a low plane, and only material pleasures will concern you. To wash your head, you will be sought after by prominent people for your judgment and good counsel.

Meaning of calm in a dream

Adventures. Tranquility .Feel centered. To see calm seas, denotes successful ending of doubtful undertaking. To feel calm and happy, is a sign of a long and well-spent life and a vigorous old age.

Meaning of iron in a dream

Rigidity. Endurance. Need to stand firm. To dream of iron, is a harsh omen of distress. To feel an iron weight bearing you down, signifies mental perplexities and material losses. To strike with iron, denotes selfishness and cruelty to those dependent upon you. To dream that you manufacture iron, denotes that you will use unjust means to accumulate wealth. To sell iron, you will have doubtful success, and your friends will not be of noble character. To see old, rusty iron, signifies poverty and disappointment. To dream that the price of iron goes down, you will realize that fortune is a very unsafe factor in your life. If iron advances, you will see a gleam of hope in a dark prospectus. To see red-hot iron in your dreams, denotes failure for you by misapplied energy.

Meaning of paralysis in a dream

Loss of sensation. No change or growth. You are not ready for a big move. Paralysis is a bad dream, denoting financial reverses and disappointment in literary attainment. To lovers, it portends a cessation of affections.

Meaning of will in a dream

To dream you are making your will, is significant of momentous trials and speculations. For a wife or any one to think a will is against them, portends that they will have disputes and disorderly proceedings to combat in some event soon to transpire. If you fail to prove a will, you are in danger of libelous slander. To lose one is unfortunate for your business. To destroy one, warns you that you are about to be a party to treachery and deceit.

Meaning of paralyzed in a dream

To dream that you are paralyzed, reflects the current state of your body while you are dreaming. During the REM state of sleep, your body is really immobile and paralyzed. People report that they cannot run or hit, despite how hard they try. Symbolically, dreaming that you are paralyzed means you are feeling helpless or pinned down in some aspects or circumstances of your waking life. You may feel unable to deal with a situation or change anything. Alternatively, the dream suggests that you are feeling emotionally paralyzed. You have difficulties expressing your feelings.

Meaning of eyes in a dream

The eyes are the mirror to our soul. To see eyes in a dream it means to look into someone soul. It might be your own or other and it means a deep connection between you and the person who's eyes belong to and that they try to communicate with you and maybe hint or message you in some way. Eyes also represent the way that we receive and acknowledge the world. Eyes shot means there is something we should notice but we are not noticing.

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