Dream Experts, Please Help!

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I had a disturbing, vivid dream last night that I simply can’t shake. Please, does anyone have opinions on what it means?

I was at work, but not my usual job. It was a store but seemed more like a school or hospital. There was a very elderly, tiny man sitting on a couch with a friend or relative. The man was almost a creature, all grey and strange. I was speaking with him and he suddenly had a heart attack or event of some sort. I screamed for someone to call 911 and a blonde lady did so immediately.
I reached over to hold his hand and it was very unpleasant, sort of wet and mucus-y. The fist was so small, he was clinging to my finger. He was clearly afraid and upset so I told him “God loves you”, which would be out-of character for me to say. He cried and said no, he didn’t believe that. I repeated it then started reciting The Lord’s Prayer. When I finished, he requested Hail Mary. At the end, the paramedics arrived and I walked away. I returned soon after & there was no evidence that anyone had been there. I looked down at my blue & white flowered dress and saw there was blood at the hem.

What the heck can this mean?? It was so bizarre and so detailed. The despair of this poor little man was heart-wrenching.
Please, anyone??
 
I can’t find where I go to edit a post.
I meant to say “heart- rending”, not “heart- wrenching”. I like to keep heart-rending and gut- wrenching separate… :rolleyes:
 
Dreams usually do not “mean” anything…

They can be a mix of the content of the day…of ideas in ones memory or imagination, books, movies, etc things from all sorts of places in ones experiences from long ago or just yesterday.

I would not give them much thought usually.
 
You prayed in your dream, so that reveals strong faith. Next time Bless the little man and ask the Lord Jesus Christ to cover and seal him in His Precious Blood. That way you have all bases covered.
 
I have vivid dreams every so often and I know that they can stay with you…that is, the emotions that you feel in the dream.
First, the people in a dream are sometimes a part of your own personality. The creature could be a part of you that is experiencing spiritual doubt or dryness. But in the dream you ( with the help of others) save the creature…bring it back to God…
The creature could be someone else…and in the dream you were caring, compassionate, in command and did all the right things to save it ( bring it back to God). But you did it with the help of others…ie. outside resources.
So I would take it that you are strong & capable, but you must also have outside resources which can be other people, books, cds, etc.
It’s also telling what your surroundings looked like…seedy, luxurious, pleasant, etc.
This supposedly tells of your current state of mind.

Just my 2 cents…for what it’s worth…I’m no expert.
God Bless you!
 
First of all, God, aiui, will not “speak” to you in such a way that you have to guess.

Second, dreams are often just our minds “defragmenting” while our limbs and senses are not in use. Generally, I’d not place much faith in them.

God Bless and ICXC NIKA
 
GEddie said:
First of all, God, aiui, will not “speak” to you in such a way that you have to guess.
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Note: your statement seems contradictory of the biblical passage where the king’s two servants have to ask Joseph to interpret their dreams in prison.

edit: uh, what’s aiui?
 
Rocks_91 said:
Note: your statement seems contradictory of the biblical passage where the king’s two servants have to ask Joseph to interpret their dreams in prison.

edit: uh, what’s aiui?
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I don’t believe this contradicts GEddie’s statement.

People who involve themselves inordinately with trying to interpret dreams and in particular “lucid dreaming” normally distract themselves from focusing their spiritual life with God.

Interpreting Dreams can be a preoccupation in many people especially for those adept in having strong recollection of their dreams as I do.

I admit at first I was captivated by my dreams but no longer involve myself in such trivialities. There is a wise Warning about getting too wrapped up in the study of Dreams, as such activities also happen to be a study in the Occult.

It’s best to stay away from these activities.

As for you using the biblical example in the Old Testament about Joseph’s Dreams, you did take it out of context with the rest of the biblical passages.
 
centurionguard said:
I don’t believe this contradicts GEddie’s statement.

People who involve themselves inordinately with trying to interpret dreams and in particular “lucid dreaming” normally distract themselves from focusing their spiritual life with God.

Interpreting Dreams can be a preoccupation in many people especially for those adept in having strong recollection of their dreams as I do.

I admit at first I was captivated by my dreams but no longer involve myself in such trivialities. There is a wise Warning about getting too wrapped up in the study of Dreams, as such activities also happen to be a study in the Occult.

It’s best to stay away from these activities.

As for you using the biblical example in the Old Testament about Joseph’s Dreams, you did take it out of context with the rest of the biblical passages.
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What rest of the biblical passages? Please explain what you are talking about here.
I never said anything about occult or any preoccupation at all.
What’s out of context?

I merely pointed out that dreams MAY have meaning and that’s biblical truth. Also, there are many instances of men having dreams in scriptures where the meaning wasn’t obvious to them, yet they were interpreted by prophets like Joseph.
 
Rocks_91 said:
I merely pointed out that dreams MAY have meaning and that’s biblical truth. Also, there are many instances of men having dreams in scriptures where the meaning wasn’t obvious to them, yet they were interpreted by prophets like Joseph.
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I’m not really arguing with you on this point you make about dreams having been stated in several biblical passages in both the Old and New Testaments.

I’m merely stating that interpreting dreams is not a practice that you or I should involve ourselves from a personal basis.

I’m sure if and only if God wants to get a message across to us in a dream it will be made very clear to ourselves and it will be personal. Not specifically a personal insight that should be necessarily shared to the whole world.
 
HeavenlyRoses said:
I had a disturbing, vivid dream last night that I simply can’t shake. Please, does anyone have opinions on what it means?

I was at work, but not my usual job. It was a store but seemed more like a school or hospital. There was a very elderly, tiny man sitting on a couch with a friend or relative. The man was almost a creature, all grey and strange. I was speaking with him and he suddenly had a heart attack or event of some sort. I screamed for someone to call 911 and a blonde lady did so immediately.
I reached over to hold his hand and it was very unpleasant, sort of wet and mucus-y. The fist was so small, he was clinging to my finger. He was clearly afraid and upset so I told him “God loves you”, which would be out-of character for me to say. He cried and said no, he didn’t believe that. I repeated it then started reciting The Lord’s Prayer. When I finished, he requested Hail Mary. At the end, the paramedics arrived and I walked away. I returned soon after & there was no evidence that anyone had been there. I looked down at my blue & white flowered dress and saw there was blood at the hem.

What the heck can this mean?? It was so bizarre and so detailed. The despair of this poor little man was heart-wrenching.
Please, anyone??
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In almost all cases a dream is just a dream and they are meaningless.
I don’t know why people want to analyse their dreams.
By the way we, in these forums, are not dream experts!
 
HeavenlyRoses said:
I had a disturbing, vivid dream last night that I simply can’t shake. Please, does anyone have opinions on what it means?

I was at work, but not my usual job. It was a store but seemed more like a school or hospital. There was a very elderly, tiny man sitting on a couch with a friend or relative. The man was almost a creature, all grey and strange. I was speaking with him and he suddenly had a heart attack or event of some sort. I screamed for someone to call 911 and a blonde lady did so immediately.
I reached over to hold his hand and it was very unpleasant, sort of wet and mucus-y. The fist was so small, he was clinging to my finger. He was clearly afraid and upset so I told him “God loves you”, which would be out-of character for me to say. He cried and said no, he didn’t believe that. I repeated it then started reciting The Lord’s Prayer. When I finished, he requested Hail Mary. At the end, the paramedics arrived and I walked away. I returned soon after & there was no evidence that anyone had been there. I looked down at my blue & white flowered dress and saw there was blood at the hem.

What the heck can this mean?? It was so bizarre and so detailed. The despair of this poor little man was heart-wrenching.
Please, anyone??
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Greetings HeavenlyRoses,

The Church Fathers have said about dreams that we should trash them. If dreams are from God you will feel peace about them. If anything is making you feel not at peace, then it is not from God. Disregard the dream. I agree with Thistle that we here on Catholic Answers Forum are not dream experts, and if there are any who claim they are, RUN, and RUN as far as you can from them.

God Bless.
Anathama Sit
 
For what it’s worth, I had to come up with something short & pithy for the title of my post. Really should have spent more time on that since it was subject to analysis and misinterpretation.
Some feel dreams are worthless. Some think there might be a message there. Since the dream affected me deeply I tended to believe the latter. Perhaps I was only looking for reassurance, not a dive into the occult.

Thank you lynnareyno and BluesPicker. I appreciate your thoughtful, kind responses. You helped me in the true Christian spirit without belittling or condemning me. Much obliged.
 
i understand where you’re coming from. I have VERY strange dreams all the time and most of the time can’t figure them out. Many seem to involve water, which is a symbol of emotion. Sometimes it’s an overflowing toilet, sometimes, I’m swimming, etc. I do think that dreams can be messages. I think if there was a big message here though, you would intuitively know what it is. What I would take away from it is, that there are wretched, pathetic, souls out there that need all the help they can get, and you must stay strong in your faith and remember to pray for them.
 
Bookcat said:
Dreams usually do not “mean” anything…

They can be a mix of the content of the day…of ideas in ones memory or imagination, books, movies, etc things from all sorts of places in ones experiences from long ago or just yesterday.

I would not give them much thought usually.
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I agree with this view.

I think that we can only surmise the most basic concepts from our dreams. For instance, if someone has a reoccuring disturbing dream this may mean that they are nervous about something or simply in general.
 
In my experience with trying to make sense of a dream, you need to remember that a dream occurs in the context of a life, a person dreaming it. You said that the dream was ‘disturbing’, and that at first ‘reciting’ the Lord’s Prayer, saying “god Loves You,” was out of character for you. That to me is a possible key to your mind. Do you feel inhibited in expressing your faith around others? To go any deeper into that analysis, an interpreter would need to know more about your life. The man’s fist, which seemed small, could possibly be a link-up with how it feels to have inhibitions of faith. Remember the mustard seed; the seamless garment figure of Jesus; flowers at celebrations; the empty tomb. Keep dreaming–interpretations should advance your faith, which, presumably, exists in the unconscious mind as well.
 
I really appreciate the insights - some of the comments are resonating for me. Having returned to Catholicism after many years away, I am still struggling with making it part of my daily life (especially with my family).
A lot of food for thought.
Thank you!!!
 
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