Any thoughts on what this dream means?

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It was very short. I was lying in a hospital bed in the hallway of the building I used to work at- it's an office, not a hospital (I left this job about 3 years ago).  There was no context to how I got there, why I was in the bed or who put me there. I'm under blankets and my head is propped up with a pillow. I was there before anyone else arrived in the office in this situation. Under the blankets, I'm physically tied down with rope and only dressed in my undergarments.  My coworkers start arriving and are passing by and I have to keep making excuses as to why I'm in bed and not getting up and going to my desk (it's morning and the work day hasn't started yet).  I can't tell them that I physically can't get out of bed because I'm tied up and it's embarrassing not only that I'm bound but I'm also not dressed and don't want the people in the office to see me like this. At the same time, I have no way to free myself without asking for help and I know I only have a few minutes before it's time to start and I'm going to be late if I don't find a way to get out of the bed.  After a few coworkers stop to talk to me and tell me they'll see me in the office in a few minutes I woke up in real life.

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These were both great answers. It was hard for me to decide on and gave me something to ponder.  I think the second one spoke to me a little more, but still trying to connect to how it applies to me.  To answer the questions posed in the first response, the answer is obvious in the dream. I was embarrassed that I was tied up and couldn't move and it was inappropriate to be in this situation at work. The same with being naked.  How do I explain how I came to be in this situation?  As for tying the metaphors these 2 things represented, that is a bit harder but I will think more about this. Thanks again for your help.

WinterRose · Answer

You are literally being tied down and prevented from doing something which you should be doing.  Make the connection to your real Life?  Where are you either prohibited by others, or by yourself, from doing something which you know you should be doing?  It might be work related, as it is a taking place in an office you were in a few years ago. I find it interesting that you didn't ask anyone passing bye for help.  Why?  Ashamed?  Why would you feel this way?  Go back over your Life and see if you can make the connection to the fact that you have been, in the past, hindered from progress, etc,etc. etc.

linkus86 · Answer

The description of the hospital bed being bound and unclothed in a hospital bed is all about feeling helpless vulnerable, trapped, and in need of healing.  But when we dream of our pasts its most often because our subconscious recognizes we need to learn something from out past that we need in our present waking life.  Think about it.

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