So fascinating. Last year, I had tumultuous car dreams for months, particularly when I began analysis. I would be driving in the car and it would veer off a cliff, crashing, either alone or with someone I care about in the passenger seat; crashing a car into another car, almost stupidly / consciously; driving a car up a steep incline and…
So fascinating. Last year, I had tumultuous car dreams for months, particularly when I began analysis. I would be driving in the car and it would veer off a cliff, crashing, either alone or with someone I care about in the passenger seat; crashing a car into another car, almost stupidly / consciously; driving a car up a steep incline and having it disappear, and suddenly I’m falling on wet or icy ground. Always at night. These dreams would progress into me driving a car through complex highways and security stations and eventually making my way through, but not unscathed, and sometimes not without someone (often a man) taking my car from me, saying it needed repair.
These dream images have subsided. Some context is that I applied to grad school (soon entering it) for a subject I’m passionate about but have a lot of fear and trauma surrounding, music. Developing agency, and confronting both fear and passion has taken a lot of work. (Thanks dream analysis.)
The most recent transportation dream I had was being on an empty subway car, soaring high above a city, the sun rising and the world just coming awake. I enjoyed that time, but made a decision to get off at the next stop, a decision whose atmosphere of discernment and trust felt new and energetic.
The tumultuous car dreams definitely seem to reflect that difficult confrontation. Typical dreams during those periods are crashing, losing control, suddenly realizing we are no longer driving our car, etc. The progression is interesting to! Perhaps showing how the inner work was developing to more complex ground. Some of these themes are reminiscent of a dream I recounted in this audio post: https://www.theartemisian.com/p/dreamwork-in-practice-2
The latest dream has an interesting contrast between being taken somewhere (subway ride) vs exercising authority. I can see how that would feel energetic, exciting, perhaps speaking to some aspects of life that align with those themes?
So fascinating. Last year, I had tumultuous car dreams for months, particularly when I began analysis. I would be driving in the car and it would veer off a cliff, crashing, either alone or with someone I care about in the passenger seat; crashing a car into another car, almost stupidly / consciously; driving a car up a steep incline and having it disappear, and suddenly I’m falling on wet or icy ground. Always at night. These dreams would progress into me driving a car through complex highways and security stations and eventually making my way through, but not unscathed, and sometimes not without someone (often a man) taking my car from me, saying it needed repair.
These dream images have subsided. Some context is that I applied to grad school (soon entering it) for a subject I’m passionate about but have a lot of fear and trauma surrounding, music. Developing agency, and confronting both fear and passion has taken a lot of work. (Thanks dream analysis.)
The most recent transportation dream I had was being on an empty subway car, soaring high above a city, the sun rising and the world just coming awake. I enjoyed that time, but made a decision to get off at the next stop, a decision whose atmosphere of discernment and trust felt new and energetic.
The tumultuous car dreams definitely seem to reflect that difficult confrontation. Typical dreams during those periods are crashing, losing control, suddenly realizing we are no longer driving our car, etc. The progression is interesting to! Perhaps showing how the inner work was developing to more complex ground. Some of these themes are reminiscent of a dream I recounted in this audio post: https://www.theartemisian.com/p/dreamwork-in-practice-2
The latest dream has an interesting contrast between being taken somewhere (subway ride) vs exercising authority. I can see how that would feel energetic, exciting, perhaps speaking to some aspects of life that align with those themes?