You’ve woken with a thud. You know you’ve just taken a fall in your dream and made a crash landing back into your body.
Why are we so frightened of falling when the sensation in itself is so exciting? What we’re really frightened of is being unsupported and crash-landing. If you dropped from a tall building and 20 strong firefighters stood underneath you with a net, you wouldn’t be as afraid because you’d feel supported.
Falling in a dream may suggest that you feel unsupported in life. Why don’t you feel supported? What can you do to support yourself? Notice what you’re falling from in your dream (a cliff, a ladder, or out of thin air) and if you don’t wake up first, take amore of what you fall on or into. What’s the context—work, relationships, or a social situation? This will give you a clue to the areas of your life in which you feel unsupported.
If you dream you fall off a ladder, first check the ladders around your house to make sure they’re safe, then ask yourself if someone was supposed to be holding the ladder for you. If you see someone else falling in a dream, ask yourself if they need support. Or perhaps they’re falling from your grace? What do they represent to you? Perhaps an aspect of yourself is falling away?
Look at your life, too. Are you anticipating a downfall at work, in a relationship, or in another area of your life? Fall is another name for autumn, a time when the leaves drop off the trees.
Research has found that when astronauts dream in space, they dream that everything floats. Perhaps the fall in your dream is simply a physical sensation.
Leon Nacson specializes in dream coaching and regularly contributes to national newspapers, magazines, radio and television programs.is one of the pioneers of the self-help movement in Australia. Visit: www.DreamCoach.com.au/
