Dream from Kate Dugan…
I have had this recurring dream for a couple of years. I have bought a house and after I have bought it I am surprised to find that there is a locked room in the house that I can’t get into. Eventually, I find out (from a neighbour or the previous owners) that there is a man who lives in the room and he works all night and sleeps all day. I am assured that he is very quiet and I will never see him and he won’t bother me. I am always upset that there is a man living in my house whom I never see and whom I know nothing about. I am very curious about this person but am also too scared to break into the room or force the lock open, and eventually just put up with the fact that he lives there.
The other night I had a dream where I was living in a house and “the room” was already there, only this time I decided that I wanted to go into the room and would force the lock. The door had two locks on it and in the first lock, a key magically appeared hanging from it, as if it had always been there. The other lock was open. I pushed open the door and the room was rather large and almost empty, except for double bunk bed, a toilet in the middle of the room and a sink at the wall. At first it seemed that there was no window in the room, just a skylight. The bunk bed had no sheets or linen but there was a small great white shark lying across the bed which gave me a start until I saw that it was a stuffed toy. I turned around and then noticed that there was a window with some white curtains and out the window were some woodlands. I feel happy that the room is now open and I can do something with it.
Dreamer’s Associations
I think the house may represent my sense of security.
The man in the house may represent my fear of the unknown, or a fear of looking closely at things from my past.
The great white shark has been an object of fear for me since childhood.
The bunk beds indicate childhood siblings – I had an older brother who committed suicide 11 years ago.
Dreamer’s Bio
I am a 40 year old professional lawyer, a single woman who has never been married and has no children. In my spare time I enjoy photography and writing fiction. I am quite introverted but can participate and be social and extroverted when it’s required. I used to be scared and insecure, but as I grow older I am finding confidence in myself to face up to the things that used to scare me. Born 12th October, 1970.
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cjarman66 says:
April 10, 2011 at 3:00 pm (UTC 10)
Hi Kate
The unopened and unentered rooms of our house represent the unexplored aspects of ourselves. Until now this room has been kept locked. The man in the room may be your creative self or another direction in life – its difficult to say without knowing you.
What is clear is that this man has stayed quiet, and has not disturbed your life. He keeps different hours, letting you get on with your working day, while he sleeps. But now you’re curious and surprisingly you find that you’ve had the key to this room all along.
What’s changed is your attitude. Before you were happy to have the door locked, now you want to know who is inside.
This is right on time – it’s all part of the mid-life transition where one says “I’ve done that” and “what else is there?” This could be the start of the who new chapter in your life.
Your thoughts?
Craig
Jeri Canfield says:
February 20, 2012 at 8:33 pm (UTC 10)
Thank you kindly for sharing your dream with us. Upon quick review of your dream my feeling is that you have not come to terms with the insecurity that was caused from your brothers passing and quite possibly other childhood tramatic events.
Even though you thought you had security in your new home, you still feel insecure and your not sure why? So you seek to find answers. Because it’s hard to see our own lives from the outside we manifest other characters to see what’s going on for us. The neighbour or previous owner is someone that is on the outside looking into your life. This could go either way it could be there is a man in your room taking control and nobody hears or, we also create other character that would be different aspects of ourselves or different issues we have, take on different characters in this case, you are a man in a room, being very quiet and working all night and sleeping all day. Over worked! The working man taking control, being over worked but in reality not at all in control of their lives. The fact is you’ve have done what you thought you needed to do to create security in your life and you don’t really know who you are inside and you have surpressed issues that your scared to truly face with how you truly feel. You shut the door and you have always had the key to open it.
The interesting thing is the next time you vist this dream the room is already there, stating you are aware and have placed it into axceptance. Acknowledged it! Awesome, i always tell everyone that, it’s a very big turning point, exceptance! Ok so your aware of the issue and your going to attempt to resolve it. You have the key, you always did, just something you left hanging in the air. But now you reached the first part, exceptance. The second door, your will, the choice to push forward. Just like you worked hard and push forward to create security (your home) now you are now ready to push open the other door that you shut. It’s even possible that you have deliberatly made a point in your real life to put off coming to terms with your brothers passing (or your belief about life/death) until you got to where you are in your life now? or put off facing something else that happened as a child.
The other interesting thing here is you open the door and the room feels empty. (Ponder that for a moment) It seems like a large,almost empty space. I wish i knew more of your feelings at this point. I am gonna fly at it anyway, I believe all dreams should be give multiple meanings and then the dreamer picks what he/she knows is right. But I also think, I should not be doing this without your input either, so pls keep that in mind. Ok here we go…
The room seems big, well as a child it would. But even as an adult your aware of how big that issue is. The shark, stalking around waiting and scaring you. Perhaps you have now grown allot. Your older self is looking back in at your younger self. The toilet is symbolic to release and let go or a private place, possibly lack of privacy. The sink is to cleanse and purify. The window is new hope, discoveries and adventures awaiting. Your purpose, Your Destiny and now that you are not burdened with your past you can move forward and do what you are here to do. Carry on getting to know that inner self that you just went and unlocked and reconnected with (your inner child) and allow her to continue to grow because it’s from here, your whole self will evolve and move forward and do good things. The curtains are parted and unveiling the future. So get rid of that @#$& (the toilet) and move on (the window) your out of the woods! (woodlands)
Please don’t sue me now!…
Warmest Wishes To All,
Jeri Canfield
yourdestinypromotions.com
P.S. Thank You Kindly For Letting Me Post On Your Blog!