Dreaming about being chasedWhat does it mean? Is it good to dream about being chased? Dreaming about being chased has real influences and reactions, as well as the dreamer's subjective imagination.
Being chased: the pressure of real life, or the monster within.
Dreaming of being chased or killed by people, animals or even aliens, and you are out of breath. This kind of dream reminds people of the real life that is always full of pressure, so the source of pressure is the key to this kind of dream. So if you can identify that it is your boss or your wife who is chasing you, it will certainly help to clarify the meaning of the dream. But if unfortunately, the enemy chasing you is blurry, then you can only infer who the "enemy" may be from the people who helped you or the people who traveled with you during the escape. So next time you dream, you need to try to be brave enough to take a look, so that you will know where the inexplicable fear in your heart comes from, and you must dare to face the danger to solve the problem.
For the target of pursuit:
If you can recall a specific person who is chasing you, then the interpretation of the dream is very clear. If it is your boss or a colleague or classmate, then it is related to your work and study environment and pressure; if you dream about your family and children, it is naturally related to family repression.
But more often than not, the "enemy" chasing you is often your own incarnation, so you can't get rid of it at all. This incarnation is actually your instinct, such as morality, sense of responsibility, guilt, etc. If the "enemy" is a part of yourself, then the outcome of the chase is very important.
Regarding the catch-up results:
You may stand up to the enemy, whether by setting traps or shooting around with a submachine gun, which means that you have suppressed the beast in your heart and achieved a temporary victory of reason.
You may have found a safe place to hide, which means that you use temporary escape to gain inner peace. But this is often a self-deception, pretending to not feel anxious. This kind of dreamer is generally weak.
You may have been killed after running away for a long time, or you may have woken up from shock. This symbolizes that the dreamer usually suppresses his instincts too much, and after the suppression reaches a certain intensity, he begins to be strongly resisted or retaliated by his instincts. The more brutal the pursuit in the dream, the greater the intensity of the dreamer's instinct suppression.
If you inexplicably make peace with your enemy, then pay attention to how you make peace with your enemy in your dream. That is a gift of wisdom that the dream gives you besides the fright. Perhaps using the same method, your confusion in reality will be solved.
Regarding the catching-up process:
Analyze how you escaped, did you run as fast as the wind, or did you want to run but couldn't run fast. Most people want to run but can't run fast in their dreams. The feeling of not being able to run fast makes them very scared in their dreams. This reflects a self-awareness that they have no ability to escape the dangers they face in life.
How you escape in a dream can also explain many things. For example, a netizen once dreamed of being chased by someone and wanted to escape but couldn’t run fast enough, so he jumped up and wanted to fly into the sky, but the person behind him grabbed his ankle and was very scared. This dream reflects that the dreamer tried to escape reality by fantasy (flying into the sky), but was grabbed by the ankle by reality.
If you want to hide, but you will be found no matter where you hide, no matter how tightly you close the door, it will be useless. Wherever you run, the pursuer is always a few steps behind you. At this time, the person or animal chasing you is a part of yourself, your conscience or your values, or a symbol of your own memories, worries and pain. Since the pursuer is in your mind, you certainly can't hide so that it can't find you, because you can't completely deceive yourself.
Zhouyi Dream Interpretation
The dream of being chased is probably the most common dream, and almost everyone has had this dream.
Such as being chased by a dog or a group of dogs, being chased by a group of bandits or robbers, being chased by a group of enemies, etc.
According to Freud's theory, the symbolic meaning of this type of dream refers to the conflict between a person's self and instinct. For example, sexual instinct and attack instinct are suppressed by civilization and society, so they are usually symbolized by wild beasts or savage and bestial people. In other words, in this type of dream, dogs or other ferocious beasts, bandits, robbers, etc. are all symbols of instinct. The person being chased is usually the dreamer himself, and sometimes someone else, but it is still a symbol of the dreamer's self.
Emotionally, this kind of dream is a manifestation of fear, which means that the dreamer is facing some kind of danger in his life at that time, and he is very afraid of this danger and wants to escape and get rid of it.
Running away may be the first reaction of our animal ancestors when they encounter danger. When monkeys see ferocious beasts, they can't hide in caves like snakes, curl up like hedgehogs, or shrink into shells like turtles. The best choice for monkeys is to run.
Therefore, escaping due to fear is the deepest instinct in human nature. When you are afraid, you will naturally dream of running away, and the dangerous enemy will chase you closely behind.
Therefore, if the dream interpreter wants to know what makes the dreamer so afraid, he should ask the dreamer what kind of person is chasing him in the dream; if it is not a person, then what is it? The person or beast or monster chasing him symbolizes the person or thing he is afraid of in his current life. Although the dreamer may not admit that he is afraid of the other person rationally, he is already afraid in his subconscious mind. It is not a bad thing to let the dreamer know his inner fear. The next step is to help the dreamer face this terrible reality and help him solve this difficulty, so as to eliminate fear and gain inner security.
There was a girl about 17 or 18 years old who said she often dreamed of being chased. I asked her who was chasing her. She replied, "It was a beggar."
So I asked her again if there was anyone in her life who was like a beggar, begging her for material things or emotions.
She replied: "Those are my parents. When I was little, I was brought up by my grandparents, and I don't have much affection for them. Now that I'm with them, they're always begging for my affection like beggars. They also often blame me for not having affection for them. So I'm quite afraid to see them."
"They are the beggars in your dreams. You want to escape from them but can't, so you are quite scared. Their behavior is understandable. Parents all want their children to love them," I said.
The little girl responded to me: "So I feel bad about myself, too. Why can't I love them?"
"You are not unfilial. Feelings have their own rules and cannot be forced. You have not been with them since childhood, so how is it possible for you to have feelings for them all of a sudden? You don't have to blame yourself for this. You don't have to be afraid of them because you have done nothing wrong. Just like treating beggars, give money if you are willing to, and don't give if you don't want to, and don't run away. In this way, they will slowly understand the truth that feelings cannot be forced. Maybe after a while, you will have real feelings for your parents." I said.
If you don't know who is chasing you in your dream, try to be brave enough to take a look, so that you will know where the inexplicable fear in your heart comes from. This kind of look is the so-called: dare to face danger.
You can also analyze how you escaped, whether you ran as fast as a flying horse, or you wanted to run but couldn't run fast. Most people want to run but can't run fast in their dreams. The feeling of not being able to run fast makes them very scared in their dreams. This reflects a kind of self-awareness, thinking that you are not capable of escaping the dangers in life. How you escaped in the dream can also explain many problems. For example: I once dreamed of being chased by someone. I wanted to run away but couldn't run fast, so I jumped up and wanted to fly into the sky, but the person behind me grabbed my ankle, so I was very scared. This dream reflects that I tried to escape reality by fantasy (flying into the sky), but reality grabbed my ankle.
Have you ever had this dream: you are being chased and you try to hide, but you are always found no matter where you hide, no matter how tightly you close the door. Wherever you run, the pursuer is always a few steps behind you. Or like the woman who dreamed of a dog: she hit the dog with a stick, but she couldn't kill it.
At this time, the person or animal chasing you is a part of yourself, your conscience or your values, or your own memories, worries and pains. Because this chaser is actually in your own mind, you certainly can't hide so that he can't find you, because you can't deceive yourself.
By the way, do we have to obey our inner conscience? Not necessarily. Because for most people, the so-called conscience is just the education and family influence in childhood, which may not be correct. For example, people in the old times may think that it is very shameful, immoral, and against conscience for a widow to remarry, and this kind of conscience is nothing more than the old morality. Through dreams, we can know what is "chasing" us in our hearts, and then analyze specifically what we should do. Should we obey the pursuer, defeat it, or persuade it.
Because instinct does not consider social norms and ethics, and often manifests itself as sexual impulse and aggressive impulse, it inevitably conflicts with the self. The ending of the dream of being chased often symbolizes the dreamer's strategy to resolve this conflict.
Generally speaking, dreams of being chased have the following outcomes:
(1) The person being chased (often the dreamer himself) is bitten or killed;
(2) The person being pursued pretends to be dead or hides to avoid the sight of wild animals or bad guys;
(3) The person being pursued engages in direct combat with the wild beast or villain.
Ending (I) symbolizes that the dreamer usually suppresses his instinct too much, and after the suppression reaches a certain intensity, he begins to be strongly resisted or retaliated by his instinct. The more brutal the pursuer in the dream, the greater the intensity of the dreamer's instinct suppression;
Ending (II) symbolizes that the dreamer often uses self-deception and turning a blind eye to release some instinctive impulses in daily life, that is, adding some reasonable disguises to the instinctive impulses so that the self does not feel anxious. Such dreamers are generally weak in character;
Ending (three) symbolizes that the dreamer is still suppressing his instincts in daily life, or that the dreamer has been suppressing his instincts for many years and the dreamer himself has become a rational machine.
The strategies shown in the above three outcomes are not the correct attitude towards instinct. The correct attitude towards instinct should be like Dayu's flood control. Letting it flood is certainly not advisable, but blindly suppressing instinct will also lead to troubles, and "draining" is relatively more desirable.
Making peace with the beast or bad guy in the dream is a kind of channeling. If the instinct is channeled, it is a continuous source of vitality and vigor; if it is suppressed, blocked and eventually overflowed, it will become a destructive force; if it is overly suppressed, the vitality and vigor will be exhausted.
Psychological Dream Interpretation
Dream interpretation: This kind of dream is usually caused by extreme worry or setbacks in real life. Dreaming about being chased and running is a bad omen, indicating that the dreamer wants to get rid of some difficulties or pressures as much as possible, but is often unable to do so. In fact, when you are at a loss, you can seek help from others and use the power of others to help you overcome difficulties.
Psychological analysis: If you dream of your wife chasing you, your life will be very happy, and your relationship with your spouse will be harmonious and your love will be sweet. If you dream of your friends chasing you, your difficulties will be difficult to overcome and you will lose your friends' help at critical moments. If you dream of animals chasing you, you may be depressed because you cannot solve the difficulties in your work and life. If you dream of being chased by ghosts, the dreamer will become notorious and may also have mental problems due to the pressure of work and life. If you dream of chasing others, all your current efforts are in vain and you need to spend more effort to achieve your goals. If you dream of chasing the opposite sex, the dreamer will be depressed because of being single, but a person you like may appear.
Case analysis of dreaming about being chased(Source)
Dream description: Mr. Cao's company is in a leading position in the industry, and his business ability has been widely recognized by the industry. Recently, the company arranged for him to take over the management position from the technical position to develop new projects. He began to worry about what to do if he failed in challenging the new project. He was worried about gains and losses, worried about insufficient ability, mistakes, and losing his current position. He was full of concerns, and his behavior became more and more conservative. He was indecisive in dealing with people and things, and he did not have the decisiveness before. The number of misjudgments at work also increased. He became more anxious and worried about his failure. That night, he dreamed that he was chased by a group of men and had nowhere to escape. He missed a step on the stairs and fell down. A man raised a big knife and chopped at him. Mr. Cao was chopped on the face, and his face was distorted and disfigured. He woke up in fear.
Dream interpretation: The symbolic meaning of dreams about being chased refers to the conflict between a person's self and instinct. For example, sexual instincts and attack instincts are suppressed by civilization and society, so they are generally symbolized by wild beasts or savage, bestial people. In other words, in this type of dream, dogs or other ferocious beasts, bandits, robbers, etc. are all symbols of instinct. The person being chased is usually the dreamer himself, and sometimes someone else, but it is still a symbol of the dreamer's self. Chasing and killing in dreams symbolize psychological conflicts. The mind is like a dam. If the water in the dam accumulates too high, the water will burst out. Therefore, the water in the dam needs to be surrounded and dredged at the same time. There is a reasonable balance between various external needs and human nature. The more the natural nature is suppressed, the stronger the rebound will be, and nightmares will follow. Nightmares remind us to pay attention to the balance of physical, rational, emotional, and sexual energy.
Therefore, if Mr. Cao had such a dream, it means that he does not want to accept the new position in his heart, but his subconscious mind knows what is the most suitable for him, so he shows it in the dream. The warning meaning of the dream is that if Mr. Cao insists on doing an inappropriate job, he will fail – being chased, falling down the stairs, and losing his current reputation – which is manifested in the dream as disfigurement.
