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Shadow

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💡Possible meaning

A shadow in a dream represents the unknown, the unconscious, and the hidden aspects of yourself. It can also symbolize fear, doubt, or insecurity. The shadow may be a representation of your repressed desires, emotions, or memories that you have not yet acknowledged.

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Take some time to reflect on your life and try to identify any areas where you may be repressing your true feelings or desires. It may be helpful to talk to a trusted friend or therapist about your dreams and what they may be revealing about your subconscious. Embrace your shadow and work to integrate it into your conscious self.

❤️ Feelings

The dream of a shadow can evoke a sense of unease or fear. It represents the unknown or hidden aspects of ourselves or situations. Shadows can symbolize repressed emotions or fears that we may need to confront. They may also suggest a feeling of being watched or followed, creating a sense of vulnerability. Overall, the presence of a shadow in a dream can leave us with a lingering sense of mystery and apprehension.

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25 Oct 2024

dream-about-giant-shadow-in-forest
Car
Darkness
Forest
Shadow
Time

Dream

I had a dream I was going to visit my friend Kayla. I had just seen her earlier that day or the day before but was going back. She lives in the woods in the mountains off the main gravel road. The forest itself felt very national park. When I had went to visit her before it was bright super bright but I could see in the distance as we hung out there was some giant shadow moving through the trees. It mostly seemed to be minding its business so I didn’t really think anything of it. This time I was going to take my go kart up the mountain and had parked my car in the regular lot. I positioned my go kart and got in putting on my helmet when I noticed how dark the forest was now. I was confused because when I looked at my clock it was 13:48, way too early for it to be THAT dark. As I get my helmet in place I then notice the giant shadow cross the street from one side of the forest to the next. I paused, considering my next move because I no longer felt safe going in just the go kart. It was too exposed if the giant shadow decided to no longer mind it’s business. So I went back to my car getting ready to text Kayla to come get me from the bottom of the mountain and then I saw the shadow again. It was getting much darker in the forest much much faster than it should. And then I turned on my car and woke up.

22 Aug 2024

dream-about-dark-creatures-and-safety
Fear
Explosion
Scream
Girl
Men
Shadow

Dream

The dream started out showing Water, clear water that runs through a valley, next to fields of gold that wave in the wind and shine in the sun’s light. A girl with dark hair and a simple white dress stands next to the river. The river reflects the image of an old rock tower that’s stands a quarter mile down the river. The wind wisps through the field making particles fly into the air. They shine like little gold flecks or fireflies all around her. She slowly raises her arms into the air feeling the warmth of the sun on her back and closes her dark blue eyes, listening to the sweet sounds that the earth beneath her bare feet has to offer. Suddenly a shadow coves the land turning everything dark. The girl turns to see a hideous black creature with red eyes. Its body flowing almost like a shadow itself but obstructed by what looked like tar. Its long fingers appeared to drip this black tar liquid, as well as its mouth. Its red eyes gleaming like fire. She screams in terror from the sight of this creature and runs into the field. The creature follows her, however the creature’s body disappears. Only darkness follows behind her, turning everything that once was light into darkness. The girl runs deeper into the fields, she turns to look behind her only to find the creature on its hind legs standing tall with its teeth bare. She stands closing her eyes, waiting for the creature to take her. The creature lets out a loud cry as a blast from the sky strikes the creature killing it. The girl opens her eyes to an air craft shaped almost like an egg hovering above her. The girl runs behind a rock to hide, and watches as the doors of the air craft slowly open. Men in armored suits poor out of the air craft with strange guns in their hands. The girl gasp and turns as she hears more screams. More of the black creatures appear out of the fields and attack the men. She screams watching the men be killed by these creatures. Blast of light shot from their weapons destroying the creatures as they explode and burn in light blue fire. The creatures eventually had all been destroyed and for a moment it seemed to lay quiet. The men continue to search the area checking for survivors and making sure the creatures where in fact gone. In time the girl slowly comes out from behind the rock as she does a chill runs down her spin as she feels cold breath on her back. She slowly turns to see one of the creatures. Its face had been shot from one of the men’s guns and had burnt half of the creatures face. Blue sparks of fire still remained on its face as blood drips from its mouth and fingers. The girl shakes in fear when a blast shoots the creature in the back causing it to explode. The girl screams and ducks down covering her head. A tall muscular man with dark brown hair and scruffy beard runs towards the girl dropping to his knees. “Hey it’s ok, it’s ok” he said placing his hands on her shoulders The girl screams slightly trying to get away. He grabs her softly “Wow, Wow. It ok,” he brings her in closer and holds her. “Your Safe now.” Then I woke up

20 Aug 2024

dream-about-dangerous-situations-and-leech-experiences
Mother
Aunt
Brother
Car
Shadow
Dog

Dream

Im in a car with my brother and my car seems to be at my grandmothers, I talk to my uncle about checking the content of the car because the neighborhood my grandmother lives in is dangerous. He said nothing was in there but when I arrive to the vehicle I saw a Jordan collection in my trunk. I seem relived. It’s raining very hard. My mother calls me over to her. She’s trying to tell me to be careful. I get irritated and tell her that I know, in a lightly annoyed way. I still feel the urgency to get back in my car. This is supposed to be a goodbye that turned into a lecture. She agreed with and she goes off to a wooden bench across rhe street from my grandmas. It’s still raining hard. I go over and she’s smoking cigarette buds. I ask her for one and she gets mad at me for asking. She send my aunt that we don’t talk to anymore to the store and she leaves in a hurry. As we are waiting for her, she seems upset with me in a get your own stuff kind of way. As I turn around, the view changes into a long driveway and now we are on a side of a house. It’s night time and it’s dark. A few feet away, there’s a opening where there’s a lit street then a fence lining what appears to be another house curving up a hill. Under the fence and before the bend there’s dog I can see coming out of a doghouse built into the hill. I’m afraid of the dog. We feel like we’re hiding. I see a shadow in patch of grass, I’m confused if that’s anything or my mind is playing tricks on me. Someone comes out from the house to my right, the dog barks aggressively. Then I realize the shadow in the grass before me is another dog or a wolf. I tell my mother I was right. I was scared to go forward because I didn’t wanna get bit. I’m still expecting my aunt but a boy shows up instead, running down the hill, across the light, through the dogs and into our shadow passageway. Next thing I know, we are in another dark room, this time, the room seems to have walls that are curtains or some other lind of cloth material. It’s one of many cubicle rooms in this space. There’s a gypsy looking woman, late 30’s. She has a blue and yellow headwrap with a black dot. She peeks out of the curtain to stop the boy and asks if he flushed something down the toilet. He says “I was about to” as he tries to go off an do that. She grabs his arm and makes a comment about how funny she finds those words and sends him on his way. She then takes us to a room that’s half a lab and half a storage room. She comes to these curtains on the right side of the room and she places a spell on the curtains and they start to spin. I make comment to my brother saying how I love her character. She so positive and easy going. She then puts what appears to be leeches on my back. I feel two. As I start to feel them grab hold. Someone falls on me! As I fall to the ground, I catch a glance of a slab of labradorite on a weight to my left as well as a telescope right next to it. The person is heavy and cut my circulation off. I feel the leeches fighting to grab on to my skin. It was extremely unpleasant. I feel myself getting upset with my mom, it was her idea I try this. She try’s to console me but I can hear her also laughing at my situation. I’m so embarrassed. When I finally get up, I desperately try to grab the guy who fell on me. It looks like the rapper Post Malone. I grab his black shirt but he gets away. He’s in between two storage racks in the laboratory part of the room. I try multiple times to get my hands on him and fail every time. He seems to be very scared of me and I see the remorse on his face.

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