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“I dream about losing things. What could be behind it?” (includes Being Lost in a Dream)
If the objects you lose in the dream are not specific then this could represent an overall fear of loss that you have in waking life, which has manifested in your dreams.
You may have suffered a bereavement or experienced another form of loss like a relationship breakdown or recent illness. One of the things I talk about in Answers In The Dark, is that grief doesn’t just belong to death; it can belong to anything that mattered to us that’s no longer there. So if you’ve lost your job or a relationship has broken down, it makes sense we’d dream of feeling/being lost or losing things. Being lost in a dream is also common following retirement, divorce or at certain times in life where change has been thrust upon you; even something as simple as reach a certain milestone in age (e.g. 30, 40, 50) could prompt this dream. (E.g. we talk about ‘losing our looks’.)
To dream of losing your handbag or your wallet can represent a financial situation with which you need to keep an eye on. To dream of losing your teeth can also represent a fear of losing something important.
Dreaming of being lost can suggest you may have reached a crossroads in life or that you’re not really sure which direction to take next. Sometimes this may relate to a change in career or that you’re feeling unsure about which path is the ‘right one’ and so inevitably remain still rather than take a step in to the unknown.
If you are actually losing (or forgetting where you put things) during the day, then this can play out in your dreams at night. If you’re worried about actually losing things in waking life because you are, then get checked out with your doctor.
Keeping a dream diary is a useful way to notice patterns in your dreaming and understand why you dream what you do.
Delphi is the author of Answers In The Dark: Grief, Sleep and How Dreams Can Help You Heal, out now on Amazon and Hive. The Dreams Maven™ is part of the Helping You Sparkle™ portfolio. You might also like Monday Mojo™.
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