Why do we dream we are falling?

 

What do you dream about?

What do you know about dreams?

Many people dream they are falling. And many think that if you wake up before you hit the ground you will die. This is not true.

Dreaming of falling is common to other types of dreams. It is an indication of insecurities, instabilities, and anxieties. You are feeling overwhelmed and out of control in some situation in your normal life. Maybe the way you feel in your relationship or in your job. You feel out of control because everything is too busy. You feel there is nothing you can hold onto. This feeling of lost control may be a mirror of what is happening in your working life.

Falling dreams also often are because of a feeling of inferiority in some situation. It may be the fear of failing in your job/school. It may be a loss of status, or failure in love. You feel shameful and you feel you have lost your self-esteem. You feel you are not good enough.

The famous psychologist Sigmeund Freud said that dreams of falling indicate that you are thinking about sexual temptation.

Falling dreams usually happen when you first start to sleep. At this time you can have twitches (very short fast body movements). It is believed these twitches are to wake you up.

Try to guess the meaning of the words in bold and match them with their closest meaning from the choices in the right. Some of the answers are very close and have similar meaning. The meaning of these words is how they are used in the reading. Some of these words have different meanings in the dictionary depending on how they are used.

 The answers are below the table.

A=4, B=1, C=8, D=7, E=2, F=5, G=6, H=3

Some example sentences using the new words or phrases from the meaning of how they are used in the reading to help you understand better.

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1. These dark clouds indicate that heavy rain is coming.

2. He makes her feel insecure because he is always at the bar meeting other women.

3. She has so much stress. I think she might be mentally unstable.

4. Try to calm down and not be so anxious about tomorrow’s test.

5. Students in the university entrance test year feel overwhelmed with too much study.

6. He drives a big expensive car because he feels inferior. And this car has high status.

7. Passing the test helped my self-esteem.

Some questions using the new words/phrases. Try to use the words/phrases in your answer.

1. What do other dreams indicate to you?

2. What things do you feel insecure about?

3. If your friend seems unstable, what do you do to help?

4. What things do you feel anxious about?

5. What do you do if you feel overwhelmed?

6. If you have feelings of inferiority then what things can help your self-esteem?

7. What status items (products) can you think of?