Dream Question

[decresc]

My husband, who is 45, had a dream last night that was very uncharacteristic and distressing for him. He dreamt he was going to work and noticed that his khaki colored trench coat was completely covered in vulgar epithets and insults, all scrawled in red. Does anyone have any thoughts… ?

 

[JackVk]

It’s just a dream. He wouldn’t be held under pain of sin, because he was asleep, and therefore did not have consent of the will to sin. Ergo, you can’t sin in a dream.

 

[WoundedIcon]

No, hold on. She’s asking for an interpretation. What I basically get out of it is that he lives for his faith in a very down to earth way, but that people will attack him for doing such. Vandalized = Vandals who sacked Rome maybe. I can’t be relied upon for this, but if it works then it works.

 

[coolduude]

I wouldn’t look too into it. A dream is a dream. I have had several distressing and depressing dreams that disturbed me when I woke up. But alas, real life went swimmingly (no sarcasm intended )

In reality, he’s probably stressed about something that he may or may not consciously realize. Either way, his subconscious picked up on it. The vulgarities on the coat probably represent the stress in a physical form; being released instead of pent up. That’s what I make of it anyway.

But again, a dream is a dream and really shouldn’t be taken too seriously.

 

[Aelred_Minor]

I strongly suspect this dream isn’t supernatural in any way, so if there is any meaningful explanation at all (besides just odd neurological stuff going on) the answer is probably psychological.

To engage in some reckless, ignorant, off-the-cuff pop-psychology speculation, maybe your husband has a suppressed fear of being insulted, and this fear is what came through in his dream.

 

[Liam_Padraig]

Maybe he subconsciously hates that trench coat…or what it represents. If you live in Northern California that would definitely be the weather, rain and snow in June!! What’s with that! But seriously it’s just a dream.

 

[PattiDay]

My husband, who is 45, had a dream last night that was very uncharacteristic and distressing for him. He dreamt he was going to work and noticed that his khaki colored trench coat was completely covered in vulgar epithets and insults, all scrawled in red. Does anyone have any thoughts… ?

Usually a dream is the mind trying to make sense of things that happen during our waking hours,that we have overlooked or blocked out. The mind processes these thoughts and sometimes plays them out like a movie. That your husband was on his way to work in the dream may be his brain playing out the stess of work, feelings of being unprepared, concern that others are critical. Sometimes the strangest dreams are about very common occurrences. Look for the obvious message in the dream rather than being fearful.

 

[Insight]

My husband, who is 45, had a dream last night that was very uncharacteristic and distressing for him. He dreamt he was going to work and noticed that his khaki colored trench coat was completely covered in vulgar epithets and insults, all scrawled in red. Does anyone have any thoughts… ?

Just to cover every angle, have him bless himself and the coat with holy water.

God Bless

 

[puzzleannie]

My husband, who is 45, had a dream last night that was very uncharacteristic and distressing for him. He dreamt he was going to work and noticed that his khaki colored trench coat was completely covered in vulgar epithets and insults, all scrawled in red. Does anyone have any thoughts… ?

could not possibly comment on something so personal
most dreams have a very literal meaning that becomes obvious once the dreamer thinks back over recent life events and conflicts, and are just the way the unconscious sorts out sense impressions and plays them back. Since the dream involved going to work maybe he wants to think about the situation at work, maybe there is a lot of tension and office politics going on. It usually becomes apparent what these images mean just through thought and prayer.

If a dream had a supernatural source, which is highly unlikely, there would be some corresponding supernatural movement to prayer or action, but that is something that would be taken to the priest for discernment. sounds like a garden variety dream of your mind playing tricks with words and images to me.