A longtime monster dream?

Question

I don't think I've ever understood why I've been able to remember this one dream that I had when I was younger. I think I was about 5 when I had this dream. It was me and my family (mom, dad, two sisters, and my brother) and we were shopping, but the store was set up in a maze-like fashion and I was viewing this from an aerial view. Suddenly a monster came in with a gun and started after my family only. It killed and ate all my family members until I was alone. Then I was myself again (not looking down from above) but I was just running through the maze of shelves and such trying to run away.

I had this dream ten years ago (I'm 15 now) and I've always had it in my mind since. Well, not always, but it would pop up. I'm not the type of person who remembers things very well and it surprises me that I'd remember something like a dream (which I usually forget the day after) from when I was so young. Another thing is that I dreamt the same thing about a year ago.

Does this have any significance or is it just a typical child's dream with no value? I don't think I even knew what a gun was when I was 5 and yet the monster had one. Help?

Answer 1

So you were very young when you had this dream.

The maze is the huge part of the dream, to me it sounds like you feared being alone and having to find your way to safety on your own. But you being alone running from a monster, in a maze and mazes always mean to find a way out. Sounds like you had a fear you didn't really knew you had of having your family away from you and you having to make it on your own. Now if you had this dream again and recently.....then I would worry because then thats a early warning.