Many psychologists have given up trying to interpret dreams. But The Independent spoke with someone who is just studying this topic. Psychologist Ian Wallace has deciphered over 150,000 dreams in his 30-year career. He helped compile a list of nine of the most common dream plots, their meanings and recommendations for what to do about it in real life.
9. Secret room
What it means: Rooms in a home are different aspects of your personality. Finding a previously unknown room means that you are discovering talents in yourself that you did not know about before.
What to do: The more time you spend researching your dormant talents, the more likely you are to open more doors in real life.
8. Unmanaged car
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What it means: A car reflects your ability to make consistent progress towards a specific goal. In real life, you may feel that you are not completely in control of your path to success.
What to do: Instead of trying to over-control the situation, you need to loosen your grip and let a deep sense and intuition lead you the best way.
7. Fall
What it means: Feeling like you're falling in a dream indicates that you are too fixated on a situation in real life. You need to relax and release it.
What to do: Instead of worrying about things getting out of hand, sometimes you just need to trust yourself and others to let things work out naturally.
6. Flight
What it means: The ability to fly in your sleep indicates that you have freed yourself from the oppression of circumstances that bothered you in real life.
What to do: While you may think of this feeling of liberation as a fortunate accident, it usually has to do with making an informed decision or rising above the constraints that a lot of responsibility imposes.
5. Not ready for the exam
What it means: Exams are how we assess our ability to cope, and such a dream could indicate that you are critically evaluating your progress in real life.
What to do: Rather than plunge into endless self-examination, it is better to try to accept your strengths, giving credit to your knowledge and achievements, and not engage in constant self-criticism.
4. Being naked in public
What it means: we choose clothes to convey a certain image to the people around us. Being naked in public can mean that in real life you are going through a situation that makes you feel vulnerable and weak.
What to do: While it may seem embarrassing, sometimes you just need to open up to the people around you so that they can see your true talents.
3. Inability to find a toilet
What it means: Toilets are a place people use to hygienically satisfy one of their most basic needs, and this indicates a real-life situation in which you find it difficult to articulate your needs.
What to do: Spend more time understanding your own needs, rather than the needs of others.
2. Loss of teeth
What it means: Your teeth represent how confident and strong you feel, so this is a sign that some situation in real life is hitting your self-confidence.
What to do: Instead of accepting this situation as something that will weaken you, try to calmly consider the facts and accept it as a challenge.
1. Pursuit
What it means: In real life, there is a problem that you want to solve, but you don't know how to approach it.
What to do: This problem can often be a great opportunity to realize a certain personal ambition. While your pursuers may seem scary, they are actually drawing your attention to unrealized talents in your own self-actualization race.
