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Why am I dreaming about a house I grew up in?
Houses in dreams often symbolise what’s happening for us, outside and in. How the house is built and how it looks can all represent what we show to the world around us, friends and family included. If the house is tidy and looking good, this suggests you want people to think the same of you.
What’s going on inside the house can reveal how you really feel. So, if the house is run down, that might be how you feel when you’re awake.
If you’re looking for somewhere to live, this would be an obvious explanation. If you don’t recognise the house in your dream and are nervous about going inside, it maybe you’re covering new ground in your life and may need to explore your feelings or options further, but are nervous about doing so.
Houses can represent your situation at the time of the dream, but also echo moments from the past. Dreaming of an old house that you used to live in may mean that something about your current situation is reminding you of another time and place, or that there are things in your past that may need to be explored to help you move forward. If the house appears in your dream but not as it did back then, it’s worth noting as that may well give you clues as to what the dream is trying to say. Pay attention also to the metaphors in your dreams, for example we often talk about houses – like relationships – having strong foundations, or we talk about knocking down walls that we’ve put up to protect us from other people. Sometimes water appears in the house in dreams (like a running tap or a flood of water) and this could suggest we’re navigating something that’s pulling on our emotions with home in mind.
The people that appear in the dream will also have some bearing on how the dream is explained. Different dream theories offer ideas about why certain characters appear, but it’s worth having a think about why them, and why now.
Houses can represent your situation at the time of the dream, but also echo moments from the past.
There’s lots more things that can happen in a house dream, so perhaps take some time to talk this through with someone helpful if you feel you need to explore the past, or why this is showing up in your dreams today. You may find keeping a dream diary useful, so you can spot patterns in your dreaming and why you have this when you do. I offer a template in Answers In The Dark.
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