1- In dreams, to shrink is to have a desire to return to childhood, or to a smaller space in order to be looked after. In everyday life we may be aware of losing face or of feeling small and this can be translated in dreams as shrinking.
To see something - or somebody - shrink can indicate that it is losing its or their power over us.
2- Psychologically we can learn to handle who we arc by recognising both how necessarv, and also how small, we are in the general scheme of things.
The latter can be accompanied in dreaming by a feeling of shrinking. We therefore become less threatening to ourselves and others.
3- Following the psychological recognition of our smallness, we equally can become aware of the sense of belonging to a much greater cosmic whole. This is represented in dreams by a feeling of shrinking. [1]
To see something – or somebody – shrink can indicate that it is losing its power over us. [4]
The latter can be accompanied in dreaming by a feeling of shrinking. We therefore become less threatening to ourselves and others. [5]
It is the fear of failure or making commitments that imply responsibility. [7]