What is the falling dream meaning? What does it mean?
FALLING DREAM MEANING – Why do we dream about falling down in a seeming endless and pitch-dark pit? Find out the interpretations below!
Falling dreams are quite common and probably, almost everyone has dreamed about this. It can easily be linked to a lot of things that are going up and down like finances, stocks, status, relationships, and expectations.
This is one of the most common dreams we tend to have.
This often happens when we’re drifting to deep sleep and the falling suddenly brings us back to reality. It wakes you up so suddenly and abruptly – not painful but the body’s reaction is similar to receiving a wave of electric shock that woke up almost every nerve of the body.
Dream about falling
Dreaming about falling down signifies a loss of control over an important situation. Dr. Nereida Gonzalez-Berrios, M.D., a certified psychiatrist, said that this kind of dream “indicates fear, terror, and anxiety” which stems from losing control over some important things.
The different scenarios and what they mean
- Falling from a cliff – This signifies about being stressed over something or someone.
- Dreams of tripping – This represents your fear about being left behind
- Falling from the sky – This says a lot about your sense of being out of control. Sleep expert Dorothy Chambers said that a “slow fall from a high place can indicate that you are between crossroads and can’t make a decision”.
Falling represents these emotions:
- insecure or unstable
- inadequate or inferior
- anxious
- overwhelmed
- out of control
There’s also this hypnic jerks where you see yourself falling and just as when you are about to hit the bottom, you wake up. One symptom of this is the sensation of falling and from being awakened abruptly, we woke up feeling saved. Hypnic jerks don’t have clear causes but it has got to do more with your body than your mind.
There are a lot of common dream symbols and the interpretation are different from one another. Dreams also doesn’t have logic and many types of dreams are forgotten easily. Most of them are random and nonsensical but they are mysterious and their mysteries remain that way.
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