DREAMCATCHER: Alex Hossack and Catherine Aubrey interpret your dreams. If the dreamer would like to provide feedback about the interpretation, please send it to ACDreamcatchers@mail.com.

Ali’s Dream:

I was driving a 4x4 with my partner along a motorway, everything was ok. Suddenly an open-backed truck started to overtake on the inside lane with two ‘bullish’ young men in the front seats.

They were gesticulating using rude signs to indicate that we were in their way.

I said to my partner that we would branch off to the right to avoid their antics, which we did and they went off to the left, continuing to gesticulate and shout abuse.

We soon reached the town centre and were looking for a place to park when I spotted the truck we had encountered on the motorway. I turned the car around to look for somewhere else to park.

We lost sight of the truck but when we turned the corner we came face to face with them again. No matter where we went in the town we kept on bumping into them., I seemed incapable of avoiding the two men and gave up. I awoke.

Dream Interpretation:

Dreams involving cars are often messages about what we are doing to ourselves on a psychological or emotional level.

Driving a car alerts us to our own motivations. This dream taps into the dreamer’s problem-solving style, which is denial or avoidance as he attempts to avoid a situation or event that is pressing and causing anxiety.

The issue, by which he may feel threatened, is represented by the two ‘bullish’ young men.

The dreamer is attempting to avoid thinking about the consequences of confronting the problem but no matter how he tries he cannot to get away from the issue.

The fact that he appears to be overtaken, suggests that to some degree the dreamer feels that he is being left behind but nevertheless continues to be avoidant of facing up to the problem.

This is a simple dream and one where the dreamer is attempting to avoid a problem even though there are continuous reminders that it will not go away. At the end of the dream, he has given up trying, which may be a sign that finally he is ready to face the issue.

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.

If you are interested in having a particular dream analysed, please send us an account of your dream to the following email address: ACDreamcatchers@mail.com

We only have space to interpret one dream a week which will be selected from those received. Please refer to the guidance provided to describe your dream as this will enable us to provide a full interpretation.

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.