Owen SterlingBeing kidnapped is a dream where the sleeping brain processes a sudden and total loss of agency to an external force. This experience shows how the dreamer feels an outside force is taking over their own direction.
The mechanism of this dream serves to rehearse the sensation of being unable to steer one’s own life. Such a dream points to a period where the dreamer is experiencing the weight of circumstances that cannot be negotiated or managed through personal effort. The feeling of helplessness is a sign of how the dreamer is currently meeting certain external pressures. This recognition of the lack of control provides a way to observe the pressure without being consumed by it.
The dream of kidnapping indicates a situation where the dreamer is following a path dictated by an outside influence. This occurs because the mind is trying to integrate the reality of living under a command or a set of conditions that do not belong to the self.
When a dream involves almost being abducted or almost being kidnapped, the threat of losing one’s autonomy is felt without the actual surrender occurring. This indicates that the dreamer is currently facing a situation where their ability to act for themselves is being challenged.
Being abducted in a dream shifts the focus to the act of being carried into the unknown. This happens when the brain is working through the experience of yielding to circumstances that feel dark or unpredictable.
I had a dream that my loving father had been replaced by a new, evil man. I yelled at him and he became angry and told me he planned on silencing me by driving a metal nail into my throat. As I begged and pleaded, he continued choosing bigger and bigger nails. I woke up.
Dear Reader,
Your dream stands for hidden things, awareness and overcoming. This dream symbolises perhaps you have been hiding the pain for so long that you forgot what pain feels like. You have attained a new level of awareness. You have overcame your fears to the point where you can now chuckle at it.