DREAMCATCHER: My grandson has gone missing from his pram

Today’s Dream from Cathy:

The dream began with me standing in a hall with other women joining some kind of new class. Everyone was milling around before it started.

Then I realised that I needed to park Tom, my grandson, in his pram in front of a wall at the end of the hall while I was doing the class. He was asleep in his pram (maybe three years old) and he was strapped in.

I parked the pram and turned to join the class. When I looked back, the pram was empty. I panicked and became very upset. The straps were still fastened like he’d been taken without opening them.

I began to look for him and ran to one side of the hall which was open and men were gathered watching football. I thought Tom may have woken and gone to watch the game but couldn’t see him and ran back.

There was a door next to the pram and I opened it hurriedly and ran in. It was a men’s toilet. A couple of men came out and walked passed me. I shouted “Tom are you in here”? He said “yes” and came out of a cubicle.

He wasn’t distressed in any way, just normal, I felt a huge relief that I’d found him. I woke up.

Dream Interpretation:

The dreamer is at the start of something new. Just ‘milling around’ is a sign that she is in the process of deciding where to find it.

The presence of Tom in the dream may represent her allegiance to ongoing current or past responsibilities, which she accepts while she is waiting for a new activity to start.

Tom is strapped in the pram asleep which symbolises safety, security and peacefulness - however, this suddenly disappears causing the dreamer anxiety and distress. She actively and anxiously searches for a resolution and finds it in an unexpected place, represented by the men’s toilet.

This dream may represent a reaction to the loss of something important which has challenged her. However, having regained her sense of security she can now relax and move forward in her life.

The dream reflects a positive outcome.

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Interestingly, we have found it is not always possible to interpret your own dream, probably because it often represents the sublimation of feelings or thoughts that we are trying to avoid in our waking lives. However, with a little assistance from the dream interpreter, the symbols and themes can start to make sense and help us to move forward.

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Dreams and the Dreamer Dreams are the personal creation of the dreamer and their symbols can be both personal and universal. Dreams often represent unconscious thoughts which are not usually recognised by the dreamer in their waking hours. The dream is satisfactorily ‘interpreted’ when it makes sense to the dreamer. The interpretation can help the dreamer to make decisions and/or changes in their lives.

Guidance for the Dreamer:

• Record your dream in writing as soon as you wake up with as much detail as possible.

• First of all ask yourself who is in the dream.

• Where are you, what is happening to you and what is happening around you?

• Record how you are feeling about what you and/or others are doing.

• Are there particular symbols or objects in the dream that are unusual?

• Are there any sounds and is the dream in colour or black and white?

• Are you watching yourself in the dream or are you experiencing it first-hand ie: through your own eyes.

Alex Hossack and Catherine Aubrey are Public Service professionals with years of experience as practitioners and managers in the Criminal Justice System.