Dreaming I have cancer

[Sophiexoxo]

I’ve just woken up super early. I was having the most vivid real dream that I had cancer’ there wasn’t specifically a type but in my dream I was in a hospital waiting room for a “check up” my parents were there with me and I had no hair. I was completely bald because of the “cancer” now I’m worried sick. After a quick google I can read that it states that your dreams can tell you things that you need to get checked out. Now I’m so scared and anxious. I don’t know what to do. This is just another thing to add to the long list of things being scared about, I’m literally just surviving. I know that something isn’t right with me because I’m always in pain. I’m always so tired: I always feel weak and achey: have done for months. Could my dreams be correct and are they trying to tell me something

 

[MARCC]

Dreams mean nothing and don't mirror reality. I have had crazy dreams for years and none have come true.

 

[Jonathan123]

Dreams mean nothing and don't mirror reality. I have had crazy dreams for years and none have come true.

Carl Jung and Freud devoted a lot of time to the interpretation of dreams. They felt that dreams were a message from the unconscious mind over which we have no control. We can't make ourselves dream what we want. The language of dreams is in symbols. It is not a case of dreams coming true or not. That is not their intention, they are not fortune tellers. But they do reflect something that is going on that our conscious mind is not seeing. The unconscious is a storehouse of all our thoughts, wanted or unwanted, and they are set free when the conscious mind can't interfere as in sleep, and all inhibitions fall away. Many have dreams about sex when, in fact, the dream simply means a joining in some way that is needed. Nothing to do with sex at all.

I’ve just woken up super early. I was having the most vivid real dream that I had cancer’ there wasn’t specifically a type but in my dream I was in a hospital waiting room for a “check up” my parents were there with me and I had no hair. I was completely bald because of the “cancer” now I’m worried sick. After a quick google I can read that it states that your dreams can tell you things that you need to get checked out. Now I’m so scared and anxious. I don’t know what to do. This is just another thing to add to the long list of things being scared about, I’m literally just surviving. I know that something isn’t right with me because I’m always in pain. I’m always so tired: I always feel weak and achey: have done for months. Could my dreams be correct and are they trying to tell me something

Google is incorrect as often happens. Your dream is not telling you to get something physical checked out. I used dream interpretation when I was counselling, and it was interesting what it revealed. Getting 'checked up' is another way of saying something needs your attention, needs to be looked at, not a physical thing but a mental one. First of all what is cancer? Something is eating away inside us! Now what does that remind you of? Anxiety! It eats away at our lives not in a good way. You are waiting for a check up. Anticipation is one of the real bogey men in anxiety. Your parents being with you indicates that the dream is set in the past. Please understand that your dream has nothing to do with actual cancer, but is showing cancer as a symbol. This is not easy to understand and dream interpretation can be very complex. 'Lost your hair'. Hair is often called a 'women's crowning glory', and is why so much advertising is about that. In a dream it can mean you have lost a lot of your femininity in anxiety, which is the same as your self worth. Metaphors are often used in dreams. Like the expression 'off the top of my head' when we are thinking about something with a quick answer. Dreams often follow one another like a serial. This one may be the first of many, but if so you are lucky. There is nothing to be scared about in a dream. Aches and pains are so often anxiety based, as is exhaustion. Nightmares can be very frightening, but are still dreams that have some interpretation.

 

[MARCC]

My friend who is a psychiatrist believes in the activation synthesis theory whereby dreams have no effect or relation to everyday life.

 

[Beautiful Disaster]

When I have dreams that disturb me like this, I try to think of the opposite. Let’s say I dream I won a million dollars. Would that mean that was likely to come true??? Or even dreaming you can fly - people often have those kinds of dreams. Will that foretell that you will be able to fly? No not at all. Then why would a negative thought come true? Just another way to look at things. Hope it helps.

 

[Sophiexoxo]

Thanks guys. It’s so hard. My anxiety is peaking as I’ve for a very long time felt sick and like something is very wrong with me. Im terrified of being sick or dying and leaving my young son. This dream has messed with my head and my brain is telling me that it’s confirming to me that my instincts are right and I have something seriously wrong. I want to go to the doctor but what will I even say. They will think I’m mad.

 

[Chase17]

If you’ve been feeling sick for a while, absolutely go see your doctor. You have every right to investigate why you’re not feeling well to determine how you need to proceed to get better. You have nothing to feel bad about seeking medical care.

 

[Jonathan123]

When I have dreams that disturb me like this, I try to think of the opposite. Let’s say I dream I won a million dollars. Would that mean that was likely to come true??? Or even dreaming you can fly - people often have those kinds of dreams. Will that foretell that you will be able to fly? No not at all. Then why would a negative thought come true? Just another way to look at things. Hope it helps.

This is a good example of how symbols and metaphors can have so much meaning in dreams. 'You are able to fly'. Of course the dream is not telling you to do that because it's impossible. But look at it. 'To fly' means to leave the ground. We are no longer 'grounded'. Now the unconscious may be telling you to get your feet back on the ground where they belong and not up in the air. Stop kidding yourself you can do more than you actually can. (Not you, I am generalizing). In anxiety dreams can often become more intense and can be frightening. When I was coming out of GAD I kept having a recurring dream about America. I could see the Union flag and skyscrapers, and it felt good. I was not understanding the message I was getting. My old counsellor said I was entering a 'new world', as the USA was called. He was right. I was and I did. Anxiety changed my life so much and for the good. Everyone dreams. People who say they don't just means they forget the dream on awakening. There are precognitive dreams where an event that has not happened comes true. This has been proven over and over. The unconscious is very powerful, and we need to listen carefully to what it has to say.