The dream
I am 32 and in the seventh month of my first pregnancy. I had a dream that didn't let go of me, and although I had my own insights I would love to hear your opinion:
In the dream I stand in a kind of line to the kiosk, like the queue in the cinema. I am in the front row of those standing and most of the side. Comes behind an older woman and pushes me to the top of the line. I turn to her and ask - "Why push? You hurt me" (because I feel pain in the ribs). The woman answers in a rather calm tone: "Do not fight me, move a little backward (or take a step back)." She may have added: "And then it will not hurt you" but I'm not sure about it.
Instead of arguing with her as I would probably have done in reality (I'm a fairly relaxed person but in such a situation I would certainly say something) I move back a bit and the pain stops. At the same time, I wake up and feel that I have changed the position I slept in a little and the real pain I had in my ribs stopped.
That's it - since the morning I have thought about the dream. I'd love to write my interpretation but I'm interested to hear your thoughts.
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My Interpretation
I would love to hear your interpretation, because the dreamer's interpretation is usually very authentic.
On one level, the dream tries to tell you to let go of your thoughts about the birth process, to trust your body that it knows what to do, literally - "not to fight it". Maybe you read too much about pregnancy and childbirth and your mind seeks rest from all the chatter that runs through your head.
Another possible explanation is that you are receiving a message from the future baby. He/she tries to reassure you that they are coming, they are on their way, waiting for their turn to incarnate (literally). Try to check your attitude toward the woman in the dream, do you know her? Is she like someone you know? Does she remind you of someone you knew and passed away?
Thank you for what you wrote and here are my insights and answers.
First of all, I also linked the dream directly to my pregnancy. It also happened to me right after I tried to sleep on my stomach and it hurt. Overall, I'm pretty relaxed about the pregnancy but I certainly read a lot about it, and in general, it preoccupies me a lot on a daily basis. I am very attentive to my body and what happens with it. Everything that comes up sends me to google for the info about it.
So the first message I received was to let go of this issue, to be more accepting and contain more than to try to find a solution or to solve any problem that arose (in the medical, alternative or otherwise). In addition, to understand that there are all sorts of phenomena that occur in life and if I took a step back I would experience less pain (physically and psychically). Then I thought that such a notion was something that might and should be applied in other areas of my life. Perhaps I am too pushy in the field of marriage or in the field of work, for example.
As for the character - I did not really see her face because she was standing behind. She was a stranger. I thought of one interpretation that she might be me in several years time, giving her younger version a piece of advice from her own experience. I also thought of a totally different direction, a character that I see as a rival and think mainly that she sees me as a rival, but the way she told me (and actually I tell myself) to take a step back teaches me that maybe I'm not interpreting correctly and maybe there is no real rivalry or nothing to worry about, and I do not need to feel that I'm at war with her. There's room for both of us.
Another thing I ask myself about - assuming that a dream is our window to the subconscious, and probably my subconscious talking to me, it's not an external sound - so how do I know if I really need to listen and apply or maybe it's my fear of dealing with something? And my answer to this question is the feeling that the dream planted in me - a pleasant and positive feeling. I did not feel that I was giving up on something of myself or at all but learning to get more and mainly learning that there are other options: not necessarily he who pushes from behind and causes pain is the one that needs to move. Sometimes my own shift of perception can help.
Very nice. I loved to read your interpretations.
It is very rare that we meet rivals in our dreams. Even people we fight with or argue with in a dream are just parts of our self that want to be accepted and loved.
And another thing - the mind, the rational mind, will always try to question the interpretations we give to our dreams but the initial intuitive interpretation is usually the one that best suits us.
