By far one of most universal yet feared dream experience is falling in dreams or dreams of falling. The dream can be as simple as falling out of bed or as extreme as falling from a rooftop, ladder, high building, mountain, cliff or even out of an airplane without a parachute, to name just a few.
But regardless of the height you’re falling from in a dream, the experience is generally scary for the dreamer, because of the complete lost of physical control the dreamer experiences in the dream that is often compounded by a sudden overwhelming fear of dying or hurt in the dream. As a result of this type of dream, the dreamer generally awakes in a hyperventilated state, filled with anxiety, sweating, struggling for breath and heart pounding as if it is about to burst out of their chest.
General Causes Of Falling Dreams
Although there are many reason why a person experiences dreams of falling, the most common seem to be: guilt, fear of a situation, problem, crisis or dilemma the dreamer is experiencing in the natural where they have little or no control over or answers for. As a result, the individual is generally suffering feelings of helplessness both physically and emotionally in the natural and in their dream states, often opening the chance for experiencing a dream of falling a near falling down type of dream.
Often the extent or the emotional depth of the falling dream is determined by the intensity of the guilt, situation, problem, crisis or dilemma the dreamer is experiencing in the natural in their awake states.
Although Falling Dreams can result as the result of a loss of power, fear, guilt or loss of control, there are is yet another aspect that often plays into the psyche of the dreamer and the dream equation, and that is self punishment. Because self guilt is a part of man’s DNA, when the dreamer loses or is losing his power over a situation, guilt sets in and the dreamer subconsciously tries to punish himself in their dream state because he blames himself feeling that he is responsible for a problem and deserves to be experiencing punishment for events occurring in his life.
Other Causes Of Falling Dreams
Doubt, a rebellious attitude, lies of deception, betrayal, indecision, fear, confusion, and being in denial to a truth compel dreams of falling. Also represented may be insecurity in a marriage, relationship, family dynamic, career, workplace and finances.
Among other causes of Falling Dreams can be the result of an inferiority or inadequacy the dreamer has or feels he has in regards to his career, workplace, relationships, marriage that is causing the dreamer to feel he is not going to measure up to the challenges demanded of him.
Based on the dreamer’s circumstances, dreams of falling can be the result of shame, sorrow, lack of confidence or pride in oneself in regards to the dreamer’s lifetime accomplishments. And because of these feelings, the dreamer often feels that he is looked down on and many time not accepted or made to feel included with others.
To the Christian, falling most often represents and is symbolic of sin, or a demonic attack and the scheme depicted in a falling dream regarding their finances, career, workplace or disappointment in a family member and the betrayal played out through others in the natural world.
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