Corridor Dream Interpretation: Insights from 9 Unique Sources

Example: I’m trapped in a long passageway or corridor. I can’t get out. I’m feeling my way along the wall— there is a small light at the end of the tunnel, I can’t get to it. I’m very frightened. I wake up before I get to the end. Then I feel afraid to go back to sleep’ (Margaret).

The example may refer to the experience of birth in the birth canal. Such a corridor can also depict our sense of not being able to get out of an unsatisfactory situation. No man’s land; limbo; in-be- tween state; the process of going from one thing to another.

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(1) As a passage connecting different rooms, a corridor may symbolize a passing from one phase of your life to another; from one self-image to another; or from self-image or something deeper, and closer to your real self.

See Bridge, Crossing, Door.

(2) If, however, the corridor is long and / or dark and you never get to the end of it, the most likely meaning is that you are desperate to get out of some situation, external or internal.

See Hall/Passage in Buildings

1- When we dream of being in a corridor we are usuallv in a state of transition; possibly moving from one state of mind to another, or perhaps between two states of being.

2- We may be in an unsatisfactory situation, but not be able to make decisions except to accept the inevitable.

3- We are in a state of spiritual limbo.

To dream that you are walking through a long corridor indicates that you find yourself in a stagnant position. You can’t seem to break free from an uncomfortable routine. This corridor is the path you must follow in order to leave the past and move onto a new stage or new direction.

also see Hall / Passage in Dream Dictionary: Buildings

Dreams incorporating images of corridors are generally associated with change and shifting between places in our waking lives. These locations are not usually geographical but more attitudinal and / or emotional.

Symbol of transition; going from one situation to something different. Alternatively, a corridor can represent a route to one’s unconscious mind. In psychoanalysis, a womb symbol. (See Hallway).

See buildings

See Hallway.