Dreaming of Anxiety

anxiety, nervousness, stress, worry · mixed

Anxiety in a dream can mean renewal after a threat, unless it is about a major matter.

What happens in the dream

  • You feel anxious: sometimes a good sign, success and a refreshed mind after a threatening time
  • You are anxious about a momentous affair: a disastrous mix of business and social troubles

How you felt

  • Worry: the dream often reflects daytime stress spilling into the night
  • Coming relief: it may express tension looking for release

Ask yourself

  • What worry follows me into my sleep?
  • What would help me set this weight down?

See also Fear · Afraid · Agony · Nightmare · Affrighted

Source: G. H. Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or What's in a Dream (1901). Also searched as: nervousness, stress, worry.

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