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Missing shoes ~ Re-occurring dream
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I awoke this afternoon upside down following a recurring life dream. I will try and describe it in all its frustrations and fragments. It is always the same but different. I am participating in a sports game. Today was indoor soccer but it is usually basketball. I am an ex college ball player so that makes sense.
There are players all around and everyone is getting ready to play. The game pre-prep.
I happen to be pre-occupied because all my gear seems to be disorganized or missing. i can’t find things in order to get ready for the game. Everyone else is chilled out but i am panicking and searching. It’s frustrating. I put my socks on and they are dirty. My shorts are suddenly pants and i can’t find my hair elastic.
It is the idea that nothing is right. Everything is chaos inside and out. I am mad at myself for the chaos.
The worst is that my shoes are missing which means I am really not going to be able to play. I hate missing out. My teammates, who i sometimes know, sometimes not, are trying to be helpful. “Did you look over there?” “Maybe i have some extra shoes”. No one seems to be able to help.
Time seems to be ticking like a loud clock inside my head. The game is about to start. I must find some shoes.
I then go on a scavenger hunt rummaging through everything or anything to recover the shoes. Tension mounts because i realize that i actually left them at home. I am desparate to find replacements.
The epic search changes to finding any shoes that will fit. The game starts and the girls start playing without me. Nothing i find fits. I will do, anything, it seems to find a pair that works because i don’t want to miss the game. At no point do I surrender. It feels like life or death.
I attempt to borrow another person’s shoes but it turns out they are not a match. I continue to try and force them to fit. Just as i finally find a pair (not actually a true pair) the game ends. Ultimately i feel incredibly frustrated during this scenario ~ powerless.
I have had this same dream with little variations many, many times before.
My Dream Interpretation
The game represents a couple of things: life, community, relationships, connection. The feelings of missing out and trying desperately to make all this happen but unable too. The shear panic i feel in everyday life to do normal things. My inability to partake in life’s wonders without (a sense of who i am) my shoes. How walking in other people’s shoes is painful.
The shoes can also symbolize fragmented identities and a desire to integrate.
Dream Interpretation from The Dream Crowd
missing
To dream that someone is absent, especially if you expect to find them, suggests that you are looking for something that is already lost to you. Alternatively, you may be looking to feel a void.
looking
To dream that you are looking at something or someone, indicates that you need to take a much closer look at some situation or relationship. Perhaps you need to approach a situation from another perspective or viewpoint. Alternatively, it represents your passivity. You need to start taking action. To dream that someone is staring at you, suggests that you are hoping someone would look your way more often. It may also represent anxiety or pride.
shoes
In general, shoes represent your approach to life. It suggests that you are well-grounded or that you are down to earth. It also represents your convictions about your beliefs. If you are changing your shoes, then it refers to your changing roles. You are taking a new approach to life. If your forget your shoes, then it suggests that you are leaving restraints behind you. You are refusing to conform to some idea or attitude.
To see old and worn shoes in your dream, signifies that through diligence and hard work, you will find success. It may also mean that you have come to grips with accepting who you are.
To see new shoes in your dream, suggests that you are overconfident in your success. Alternatively you may be on a life path that is unfamiliar to you. To dream that you are wearing inappropriate shoes for the activity at hand, denotes that your progress and path in life will be laborious and ill-prepared. It may also indicate that you are heading in the wrong direction and need to reevaluate your goals.
To dream that you are not wearing any shoes, signifies that you have a lack of confidence in yourself and low self-assurance. You may be dealing with issues concerning your self-identity.
Thus if you dream that you lose your shoes, then it suggests that you may be searching for your identity and finding/exploring who you are.
To see baby shoes in your dream, symbolizes purity, innocence, vulnerability, tenderness and the desire for love. If you are planning to have or already have a baby, then it suggests that the baby will or has grounded you. After all, with a baby to tend to, you find yourself rooted at home most of the time and not being able to go out as much.
time
To dream about time, indicates your fears of not being able to cope with the pressures and stresses of everyday life. To dream that you do not have enough time, signifies stress, anxiety and fear. You may feel that time is running out in a business or personal matter. The passage of time or a series of events in a dream usually also represents time passing or a serious of events in real life.
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