Understanding the meaning of a recurring dream.

[diana.m]

I have a recurring dream where i need to make an urgent or emergency telephone call and for various reasons am unable to dial the numbers or sometimes I cannot find the numbers on the keypad or I dial the wrong number and have to start over again. I dont dream it every night but have had this dream several times. Does anyone know what the underlying meaning of this dream is trying to tell me.

[Bob A Job]

Alot to do with this dream could be the context with why you would be using the phone, who are you contacting? why is it urgent?
Dreams are understood to be a subconscious communications whilst the brain is mostly shut down, the fact that dreams seem bizzare sometimes can be likened to trying to explain something using only abstract pictures.

The main feature of these dreams seems to be a telephone (in other words a communication device), and your anxiety at its failed use (your struggeling with communication). If your trying to call someone in particular i would suggest that you have an issue with communication with that person, maybe you desperatly want to tell them something. If there is no-one in particular that the call relates to it could be identifying your communication problems (are you hiding your true feelings?). Dreams are very often interpretable in many different ways, so without details i could be way off.

[fideldyfee]

i get that all the time diana, i dont know why but i think its the same reason that you can never scream or run away in dreams, its like u just cant and its so frustrating. i once had a dream where i had to write down a car registration and i couldnt find a pen, then i found one but it didnt work, i tried everything but couldnt do it. its really weird but i dont think it has a meaning, its just one of those things.

[Eleana]

how weird, i have had that same dream many times, although i havent had it for a while - i dreamt i had a car crash and was trying to dial the emergency services but kept pressing the wrong number each time even though i was trying really hard to concentrate.

another dream i used to have was that id be driving along in a car & then suddenly id be sitting in the back seat having to try to control the car from there!! i had to lean forward & use my hands to push the pedals and it was really scary because it was really hard to control (obviously!!) i dont know how i was steering!!

[diana.m]

Eleana, I have also had that dream about driving a car from the backseat, it just shows how very "ordinary" we all are even dreaming the same dreams. Just knowing that others have the same anxieties and stresses is very comforting. Thanks for your answers

[Bob A Job]

the 'backseat driver' dream is a very common one, its a symbol of not being in control and things moving to fast.

Dont be alarmed if, when your dreams are analysed you only seem to stressed, worried, panicked, tired and scared. Its a natural part of dreams for them to fade in memory, so we forget all but the worst of them.