Dreaming of a Delay

delay, hold-up, lateness, postponement · mostly negative

Being held up in a dream warns that someone may be trying to slow your progress.

What happens in the dream

  • You're delayed: enemies are scheming to keep you from moving forward

How you felt

  • Frustration: the dream often reflects a sense of being stuck despite your efforts
  • Impatience: perhaps pressure you're putting on yourself to go faster

Ask yourself

  • What is really holding me back right now?
  • Am I putting too much pressure on myself about timing?

See also Haste · Enemy · Difficulty · Train

Source: G. H. Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or What's in a Dream (1901). Also searched as: hold-up, lateness, postponement.

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