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Jail

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💡Possible meaning

This is a symbol of being trapped by judgment, legalism, and following rules without feeling. This suggests that you have caged yourself by your own set of beliefs and reasons or restricted by the people you have around you. There could also be certain past relationships that have made you feel limited and still control you.

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Break free from the rules, judgment, self-criticism, and legalistic behaviors keeping you from being your true self. Instead, surround yourself with people who help you move ahead and enjoy life rather than restrict you in any manner. Let go of any past relationship that has caged you in and build new connections to help you prosper.

❤️ Feelings

The dream of being in jail can evoke feelings of confinement, restriction, and powerlessness. It may symbolize a sense of guilt, fear, or being trapped in a difficult situation. This dream can also reflect a desire for freedom or a need to confront and overcome personal limitations.

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26 Oct 2024

dream-of-being-chased-and-arrested
Bombs
Jail
Police
Mall
Phone
Room

Dream

My dream started off in my room. I watching a YouTube video on my phone about My Little Pony. I rubbed my eyes while watching it, which caused me to miss something, so I rewound the video. Once I did that, the video changed and the U.S. government came after me. They placed me inside a small room with one window and forced me to watch the outside world while I was stuck inside. At some point I realized that I was in my pajamas, so I grabbed a blanket to cover myself up. After a little while, my room started to move and got placed inside a building filled with bombs. Every kind of bomb imaginable was in that building, and one of them started ticking down. Not wanting to get blown up, I climbed through the ceiling. The ceiling disappeared when the room moved, so I was easily able to climb through it. Suddenly, the entire building fell apart. It didn’t explode like I thought it would, it just collapsed in on itself. After staring at the wreckage for a minute, I ran to a populated area nearby. I think it was an outdoor mall, but I’m not sure. Anyway, I started talking to people, but I was having a hard time keeping the conversations going. Majority of the people I would talk to would just walk away. I sighed and gave up before noticing a letter in the sky made out of clouds. It said that I had werewolf blood in me as a result of an experiment. Curious as to what that meant, I went to the building the message was over. Inside, I found a candy store mixed with a toy store that was being run by an old lady. The two of us talked for a bit and quickly became friends. Suddenly, a group of four people all wearing white came into the store and threatened to burn it down. I told them to leave before I threatened to hit them with a chair. They didn’t listen to me however and started pouring gasoline all over the place. Angered and frustrated, I grab one of them and push them down into a gas puddle. Then I tell the others that if they don’t leave, their friend will die. One of them pulls out a gun and threatens me with it, but I refuse to let go of the guy I’m holding, effectively keeping him hostage. Just then, the police show up. For some reason, they arrest me instead of the guy with the gun. My dream ends with me sitting in jail and complaining about things.

15 Oct 2024

dream-about-getting-arrested-and-gun
Arrested
Car
Flirting
Gun
Jail

Dream

I had a dream that I went to go buy a gun and I had to convince the people selling the guns, which were these two big dudes, that it was for self-defense when in reality it wasn't and I'm not sure what it was. So then they handed me a pink gun and then that dream was done. Then I started dreaming about getting arrested and I was at my place of work and when I got out of my car 2 people walked up, a girl and a guy cop, they said my full name, Heaven Erickah Spencer, and said you're coming with us. So then I get in the car and while we’re driving the guy cop puts his hand behind the seat and starts holding my hand. I looked at his fingers. his fingers were unnormally short and I asked him what happened to your fingers, did you have an accident? and then he got very offended and said no I had surgery to make my fingers more round and I was like oh. Then he starts flirting with me and I flirt back but he took off his shirt and I felt his chest and that was it. He put his shirt back on and the girl cop woke up. As we’re driving to the jail, I texted my friend Zoe the address and that I just got arrested. The address was 96 Bluffington. I asked the cops why I was getting arrested and they said transactions. I’m not sure but somehow they were on my side about everything and told me to just corporate. I wasn’t nervous I was actually more calm and solution oriented. We pulled up to the jail, it was an all white building. they brought me out the car, I couldn’t believe this was happening and then I woke up.

28 Aug 2024

dream-about-abusive-ex-relationship-2
Abuse
Fear
Kidnapping
Jail
Judge
Friends

Dream

I was with my abusive ex-boyfriend. We are in this apartment and I'm hanging out with a couple of friends. One of my friends invited me to this activity to hangout. I think I had plans with my ex but for some reason I was kind of getting over him. So I decided to hang out with my girlfriends and I started making more plans with them. He overheard and from behind he grabs my head and slams it on the counter and asked me where do you think you're going. My ex never physically assaulted me in that way in my waking life but he would physically intimidate and if I didn't manage my behaviors I wouldn't put it past him to do something like that. For some reason, I wasn't even scared I felt validated that my two girlfriends were there to witness what happened. Later on in the dream I'm going through the criminal court case process like I'm currently doint in my waking life. I think that incident where he slammed my head got recorded and we were already in the criminal court case process when it happens. The incident got recorded somehow by my ex and he sends it to his lawyer. His lawyer comes over and tries to retrieve I find his phone and take it. He tries to convince me to take the phone but I refuse, but I know if I hold onto his possession for too long he can use it against me so I complied but before I do I send the recording to someone but idk who. Later on were at this court and the prosecutor's lawyers and my ex’s lawyer or commiserating with the judge about the incident. And the judge finally rules he needs to be in jail during the court process. When the official trial court date begins I get overwhelmed seeing him and it hits me again what he did to me. I get triggered and leave the room and walk to another building where the prosecutors or located to try to emotionally gather myself. Several of the procecuter lawyers comes to check on me and make sure I'm ready to proceed to testify as a witness. I told them yes and go back. There was limited seating in the room and I would have to sit next to him I find another spot to sit at. There was another person in the room I believe a guy who was also a witness of being harrassed by my ex. My ex wasn't queer but it was notable that there was another person who been abused by him. In my waking life, he has a previous DV conviction from a previous girlfriend. Later on I'm not sure what was the ruling against my ex but Im pretty sure it was guilty because he was sent back to jail. Later on in dream I still felt overwhelmed with everything that happened. I went to the lower level of the prosecuter’s office and this creepy old white man tried to kidnap me and push me into this basement no one knows about and no one would ever hear me cry out for help. He almost caught me but I got away with him enough to cry out for help and a friend saw this suspicious behavior and several ppl were alerted and caught the guy and he was jailed. Later on I was in this house and feeling overwhelmed and scared with everything that happened to me between my ex and that creepy old man. I was scared and throughout the night my friends, the prosecutors lawyers who also was around being friendly to me, and even a coworker was there to help and support me. At some point I was even feeling scared to go to the bathroom by myself and my coworker was nice to come with me. Later on in the dream everyone in the house that was supporting me got loose and drink a lot of liquor, had fun and passed out. Everyone was nice to me. And I was surrounded by a bunch of people in this house supporting me. Later on in the dream me and the guy who got harrassed by me ex was at this party getting celebrated for being survivors of abuse and stepping up and going through the trials to hold him accountable. I finally was able to connect with the guy that got harassed we hugged each other and cried in each other arms supporting each other knowing only two of us understood what my abusive ex put is through. There was people taking pictures of us. But we hugged not for the photos but to hold space and support each other. We also remain connected afterwards.

23 Aug 2024

dream-about-being-attacked-in-military-training
Attack
Fear
Violence and death
Betrayal
Jail
Ex-friend / Ex best friend

Dream

I was at some sort of either jail or military training. We were in a dark barracks room til eventually a guy walked, we expected the drill sergeants to kick him out since he was in the female’s space but the drill sergeant just stood there. Eventually this man comes up to me and I’m thinking he’s about to rape me so not wanting to make a scene and making everything easier for anyone I don’t move til he tries to murder me. Finally the drill sergeant steps in and takes him away. The next day in the same dream I hear my cousin and I get scared cause I had to idea who did that to me so I was very skeptical of all the males there. At night the same guy returns and he tries to kill me again, he gets taken away and this man looks like a guy I knew back when I was in Fort Lee for training, he was known for being a bad guy and he wasn’t liked at all, he was nice to me cause I tried to understand him but according to some people he was literally rubbing on me one time we sat down to play uno. That man had a list of people he wanted to kill, stabbed someone during basic training, and got reported to SHARP multiple times. In the dream I remember feeling betrayed because I tried to see the better in him and it felt like I was just being told I was wrong and that he never good

6 Aug 2024

dream-about-beach-hotel-romance-fbi-capture
Jail
Romance
Friends
Brother
Car
Family

Dream

I was in a hotel in front of the beach cause a big soccer match was going on and we were goi bff to watch. It was my family this other family (who had a son my age) and my best friends. But on the day before the match I went to the beach with everyone. And me and the son were talking a lot. Then we sat in the backseat of my moms car with someone who I think was her friend. And me and the son (let’s just call him jimmy cause that’s easier) we were talking and it seemed like we both liked eachother so he scooted close to me and leaned his head on my shoulder so his nose almost touched my neck as if he was breathing me in. Then he pulled away and gave me a sheepish yet teasing smile. I then rested my head on his shoulder untill he started talking and I moved my head to face him. After a bit of talking we got silent and he wrapped his arm around me and pulled me into him and i rested my head on his shoulder. Then we got to the hotel and were on our way to ride the elevator up. But then my friends and my friend Sasha’s mom was with them. (They were all in separate tube like elevators with one being big enough for ten people to fit comfortably) and me and jimmy were about to walk into the elevator together when my friends and Sasha’s mom were rushing to go back up the elevator and were asking for help from me and jimmy so we went and helped them and I begged jimmy to go ahead and help each of them when they were upstairs. But then everyone but me got captured by the fbi and I went with my brother and mom and dad to try and get them out of jail. But they sent out a replica of jimmy to tell me that he hates me and all this was my fault. But knowing it wasn’t true I vowed to save them all and get jimmy out most importantly

3 Aug 2024

dream-about-stormy-night-and-encounter-with-monster
Assault
Jail
Friend
Storm
Woman
House

Dream

i dreamt that my best friend nova came over to my house and it was storming and raining and the wind was so loud that you could hear it blow through the house like the walls were made of straw, i felt an ominous sensation like something bad would happen but having nova there joking about how shitty my house was made me feel a little better, there was a hole in my ceiling somehow and nova was stressing about trying to fix it, it was night time the entire dream even when i went to sleep and once i woke up nova was gone, but there were new neighbors in my neighborhood and a group of kids in my age group came with them. i ignored them because i prefer to stay to myself, but in the dream i was trying to learn how to skate because my friend li started to teach me and i never got very far. so i'd go out at night and try to skate and those kids were always watching me and i didnt know why. they would try to talk to me and i'd say a few words then walk away because i wasn't interested in befriending them but i wanted to be cordial. one night i went out and one of the boys from the group came to talk to me. he seemed like a nice kid so i tried to engage in the conversation, i was walking as i talked though so he was following me, then once i was far away from my house i noticed the rest of the boys from the group were following me too, and among that group were 2 boys who have sexually assaulted me in the past suddenly i didnt feel safe so i tried to slowly walk away from them but they kept following me, then one of the boys who'd assaulted me said "hey why don't we all agree that we should just rape this bitch" and he grabbed me and i started screaming no and trying to fight him off me but there were about 5 or 6 guys including the one who i initially thought was a nice kid, he seemed like the youngest of the group so he was just going along with whatever they did and he seemed to have a crush on me so i guess in his mind he felt it would be convenient to follow after them. i kept screaming and crying then i woke up crying i was covered in sweat and my room felt like a volcano,, i fell back asleep a few moments later then there was a woman and she had swords all around her house and she told me i needed to learn to protect myself and that she'd teach me,, she let me start learning to fight with a sword by lending me a small dagger that she attached to a spear, i had a lot of fun training with her and gained an emotional attachment to her like a guardian figure, but every now and then i'd hear loud banging coming from a room in her house. one day the banging was the loudest it had ever been and she told me she'd be right back and it was probably best if i left, and that she'd called my mom to come pick me up. i stayed while she went into the room and i heard her talking to someone, she was telling them to calm down and that she would figure out a way to help them go back to who they were before, but then i heard her screaming, i went to see what happened and there was a monster i cant even describe and it had clawed through her chest and bit off her head, i ran to the other room and opened the window and ran, i kept running and i knew not to go back home because i didnt want to guide that thing to my house since it was only a few blocks away. i then remembered she told my mom to go there to pick me up and i started to panic thinking it would get to my mom, so i texted her urging her not to go to the house or go back home and to drive far away from there, and she said okay and i told her i was going to try and go to my boyfriends house since it was far away, but the thing kept chasing me, eventually i reached the city and some group of people caught the monster and killed it. i was already afraid and in shock so i still wanted to see my boyfriend so i kept going. eventually i somehow got stuck in a jail but not as a prisoner, the police told me in order to get out i had to go on a detour through the prison to get to the exit. while i walked through the prison i got catcalled and mocked by the prisoners and although the police "ordered" the prisoners not to touch me they'd still grope and harass me and it made me uncomfortable. the police told me i wasnt allowed to bring my shoes in so i left them at the door expecting them to give them back to me at the exit but once i got there they told me i wasn't supposed to leave them and that somebody probably had already took them by now. i was really upset because i'd worn my dcs with my bone attachments and those were my favorite shoes so i went back inside hoping to find them, but i got lost once i went back in

21 Jul 2024

dream-about-conflict-with-mother-in-law-and-jail-time
Fight
Betrayal
Jail
Ex-boyfriend
Police
Bus

Dream

I had a dream I was in my childhood home and I was living with my mother in law. We gotten into a big fight and I was sending her threatening text messages. She called the police on me and they came and sent me to jail. They did not handcuff me because I was cooperative. Before I left I told her that the boy she was living with(someone I know in real life who passed away) was going to betray her and she will be sorry. I went to jail and I was very sad. There were 2 other new comers and we were in a group. I asked the lady how long would I be here and she said 2 weeks. I was relieved that it wasn't longer. The lady told me that I could get a court order to get my mother in law out of my house when my time was up in jail. I was in the same jail that my ex boyfriend was in. I knew it was a matter of time before I would bump into him but I didn't. The lady took me and the other 2 newcomers on a bus. The bus was very old and dusty. When we got off the bus there were 3 inmates in front of the building playing Christmas music with instruments.

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