A distressing dream. Any ideas what this dream could mean.?

Question

It felt like I had been along this path before, it seemed familiar . Except this time I was being chased, and my sons (20 & 16) were there also. My eldest son took a wrong turn and was trapped. So I go over to where he was and freed him, then we continued on running along the road and hedges and hiding. There is a road and a train line beside us. Suddenly we had to jump over an oily pit, it was black but it was also like sloppy mud and it was very very deep. As we jumped my eldest son got stuck and started to sink, his whole body sunk, his head was under the mud and he was breathing it in. My youngest son, was up to his ankles and I was up to my knees beside my eldest son. I got hold of him and put my arms around his chest and kept trying to squeeze the mud out of his lungs, but he was already dead. I kept trying and trying but I couldn't save him. My youngest son was standing there crying. I woke up and I was very distressed. It felt so real to me.

Well what do you think

Answer 1

Well you kind of answered it already !

you say you have been on this path before

Well it's telling you , your oldest son is now

beyond what you think or want or can do,

but yes it seems familiar , because theres

your youngest standing there at the same

threshold , not quite as intrenched as your

eldest !

The road  and train line is the journey to look for

Dark water/Mud  that kind of thing is a bad omen,

so something is not a good path,.......so you could

have doubts about something ....look into it.

Death is the end of something that was and the

beginning of something new. (which with your anxiety

shows you may be reluctant )  either to go somewhere

do something new ....in that kind of thing.

Answer 2

Well, maybe the path means your direction of life. Being chased probably means you're afraid of something and your sons are affected as well. Your eldest son probably did a mistake, but you managed to get him out of it. Hedges are protection and ideas. A railway probably means a straightfoward solution. The oily pit means a sticky situation, something that's blocking your way and you can't get out of it. Your eldest son again tries to tackle it, but he's too weak. You and your younger son think and go carefully. So maybe you should watch out for your elder child more as maybe he's not sure of how to do things himself. But on the other hand, a death usually means something good, opposite to death, is going to happen, like a birth, marriage or a new friend. I may be wrong, but that's my opinion.

Answer 3

I'm sorry to hear about your distressing dream. I'm no expert, but maybe your eldest son's sinking and death could represent you losing him in some way, maybe you think/fear he's ready to move out, (or maybe he already has, obviously I don't know), and for your other child and yourself, it's just a waiting game of imminency. It sounds like you have a very negative attitude about this change.

Alternatively, the sinking could represent a loss of control where you and your children are having to suffer the consequences.

Answer 4

Maybe you and your sons are trying to get past a major obstacle in your life

And you don't think you are going to be able to save your son from it

Answer 5

being chased = being criticized

took wrong turn = made a bad decision

had to jump over the oily pit = feeling helpless

This may be some advantage in your dream about protecting your two sons.  It basically involves with security you have.  You are feeling anxious about not to be able to give them safety.  This may be due to some pressure you receive in reality.  It could be about some criticism you received in reality.  Perhaps, you have made some wrong decision in life.  You may be feeling helpless as well and that is why the burden came into your subconscious mind and and you had to vent out a dangerous situation like that in dream.

Answer 6

parents have those kinds of dreams about their kids a lot. its distressing but normal. i have those kins of dremas about my parents and siblings too, but in your case, you fel like it was your FAULT and that it is your job to save him. it just shows that you have motherly feelings towards him and youd want to protect him from the bad stuff in life, and are afraid of losing him. just dont grip him too tightely.