Anxiety

Where were you when the anxiety hit you in the dream? The location and people around you might be a hint of who might be causing it. If you are alone maybe you need time to relax and take a breath. Anxiety in dreams are usually nightmares that could be an underlying issues involved.

Distress in a dream signifies atonement for one’s sins and restitution of his human dignity. To experience distress in a dream also signifies regret for something wrong one has committed. If one’s distress dissipates, and if he is relieved from its burden in his dream, 1'Z‘Z IBN SEERIN’S it means repentance from his wrongdoing. In a dream, distress and sorrow mean being in love or suffering from one’s devotion to his beloved.

Human beings are 'self-organizing' systems forced to interact with an environment that is always changing. We seem to use the dream state as 'training wheels' in exploring and making any changes. Life's natural movement toward entropy is unfolding all around us, even while we try to achieve stasis and a sense of the familiar. In higher organisms (like humans) this pursuit of stasis is achieved through the nervous system. Dreaming offers a sensory vehicle to process anxiety in a safe environment. Anxiety is a common theme in dream specifically because it is one of the most important reasons for dreaming. When disturbing things happen in our dreams, they are meant to do just that: disturb consciousness and help us to let go. See Nightmare, Answer, and Attack or Being Chased.