Saying Goodbye to a Child...

[byjillian]

First of all, no, I do not have children.

Basically the dream last night I had last night, that for some reason I was really upset at this morning, is: I am saying good-bye to a child, and I have some strong emotional ties to this child, like a long-time babysitter. As I am saying goodbye, the child (a young girl) realizes that we will never see each other again, so she starts crying.

I, too, start crying (in my dream), and the little girl keeps saying "Don't leave me, please don't leave, I don't want you to go" Meanwhile the owner of the house is telling me what a bad neighborhood her house is in, so she will wait outside for the proper bus to come and come in and tell me when it is time to leave. I tell the little girl that I have to go, but the little girl hugs me again tightly saying that she wants me to stay. In the dream, I really, really want to stay.

Then, the owner of the house (I know neither the owner nor the young child in real life, by the way) comes in and says that she told the bus to wait, but he won't wait long. I grab up my bag and realize that I forgot a bunch of books in the little girls' room, so I run in and start putting them in my bag. All the while the woman of the house is yelling for me to hurry, that the bus is going to leave soon. The little girl is trying to help me, but she also hides some of the books to keep me there.

I eventually get all of the books, give the little girl a last hug farewell, and go out the door, only to realize that the bus is gone and it is night-time.

And, then I wake up.

I read dream interpretation today about how children represent wanting to nurture an innocent part of your personality, I don't know if this is right or not I'm just looking for alternative explanations. :-D Thanks!

[unclesirbobbyrobson]

I would tend to ignore the symbols as such. Dreams to me tend to capture feelings. New emotions twere foriming in the middle of the night. The dream captured the same set of emotins as you woke up in. The sadness in the dream reflected some sadness inside you. You were thinking during the night and that dream reflected the sadness. It did not cause the dream. It merely reflected it.

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Dream interpreting is not an easy task. In some ways its like trying to work out what subject inspired someone’s poem by studying the metaphors within it. It can be done though. But you only achieve any level of success when you interpret your own dreams.

Generally dreams are very much in the present day. They will often represent specific thoughts either as we look back to the previous day or as we focus on the day to come. So a snake for example symbolises something bad and in the context of a dream analysis will generally point to some problem or trap either that you nearly fell into yesterday or that you worry about in the near future. But either way there are not that many problems and traps and difficult situations from yesterday. Usually you will be able to highlight one thing.

So try to look at dreams simply. A good dream will show your happy state of mind and so thats really not that difficult to trace.


The following pages above all help you to learn the basics of dream interpreting

Dream dictionary interpretation - How to interpret dreams Interpreting dreams
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Dream dictionary symbols - How to analyse and interpret dreams Dream dictionary

[Varzandeh]

Hi,

Girl is interpreted as a happiness.
If dreamt had a girl or someone gave him a girl means he will receive blessings as much as the girl was beautiful.
If dreamt the girl died means a sorrow and decreasing blessing.
If dreamt he gave someone a girl he will give him some happiness.
If dreamt the girl was malformed means he will have a sorrow and a lower situation.
If dreamt he took a girl means he will have blessing.
If dreamt he become a girl means a sorrow is on the way.


Crying is interpreted as happiness from God.
If one dreamt he was crying for a sin or was crying in a funeral means he will be forgiven.
If one dreamt he was crying but there was no tears means he will have a loss.
If dreamt he was crying but there was blood instead of tears means he will be sorry for his deeds.
If one dreamt he was crying then laughed means there is a death danger. The Star/43.



If one dreamt he was reading a book means he will choose the moral true way of life and will have an opening in his life affairs.
If dreamt was reading prophets' words and history means he will get close to a governor.
If dreamt was reading a law book means he will stop evil or wrong doing.
If dreamt was reading a story book means he will be eager to read about prophets' lives.
If dreamt was reading a wisdom book means he will study holy books.
If dreamt he was reading about languages and words means he will be busy with material affairs.
If dreamt he was reading a poem book means he will do something and people will reproach him.
If dreamt was reading a mathematics book means he will be always sad.
If dreamt he was reading a comedy or jokes book means he will speak behind the back of people and will have some infamy.



If one dreamt about darkness means misleading in the belief.
If dreamt he was in the darkness and came into light means the doors of belief and honesty will open for him.
If dreamt he came out of dark and again returned to dark means some misleading. The Cow/20.
A dark sea means a sorrow in that region.
Dark may also mean : 1- being thoughtful 2- wandering 3- closure of the affairs 4- innovation in the religion 5- misleading.

If one dreamt an utterly dark night means he will have a sorrow.
If dreamt there was a night with moonlight means he will get happy and lucky.


A bus meansa group around 30-50 like a work place that left.

[inphanta]

Your dream is intriguing to me because I had a very similar dream about 3 years ago. In mine, I was lost in a dense forest then heard a crying child behind me. I turned to see a little girl of around 6 or 7 sitting on the ground in a magenta dress with a grazed knee. She was crying because she'd lost her parents and was all alone. In the dream, I felt attached to the child even though we were not related in any way, and as we were both lost, I offered to help her, which I did by carrying her though the forest with me as we both tried to find the way out. Throughout the next day, I couldn't stop thinking about that dream, and every time I thought of the girl's crying, I felt a little sad.

Apropos of unclebobbyrobson's point, I was not "in a good place" (as it were) when I had the dream and believed the little girl symbolised my emotional vulnerability at the time and the forest, my state of mind.

I would also say that rather than ignore the dream symbols outright, you should look at them in terms of your own personal associations. I don't believe another person can tell you exactly what your dreams mean because each dream is personal to the individual. For instance, if you didn't like cats, a cat in your dream may be negative compared to the same symbol appearing in the dream of someone who was a cat lover. To that end, you can't just say to someone "If you dream of a cat, it means this or that".

Bearing this in mind, I think you should write down the key symbols and consider what they mean to you personally. Also think about how you felt thoughout the dream; everything that appears in your dreams does so for a reason and the only way you can work out what that is is by constant self-reflection and analysis. Don't expect answers right away either, but if you take my advice, you'll turn something up sooner or later. It's worked for me...

Just remember that dreams are the product of your unconscious mind, which is a part of you. Unlike the conscious, it is non-linear and not ruled by logic and not constrained by our conscious morality, therefore its methods of articulation are more creative and "artistic", if you will. That said, it is still a part of you which is why you need to understand its way of communicating with your conscious side. Ultimately, it will help you understand yourself as an individual.

Hope this rambling helps...