Example: I am trapped in a small brick room with no way out. I shout for someone to help me. Then either a huge bird or creature with arms tries to catch me and I scream myself awake’ (Karen S). Karen had lived through a divorce, an unhappy love affair, the loss of a baby. In the dream the figure who comes after she has called for help might save her, but her fears make her reject it. Perhaps Karen’s feelings about men paint them as monsters. Whatever her past males may have been like, with such feelings it is Karen herself who is the prisoner and suffers loneliness. Trapped dreams can also depict feelings we have about work, about lack of opportunity, and so on. It must be remembered that the dream puts into images one’s own feelings about the situation, not the external thing itself.
See also: imprisoned; cage; cell; wolj under animal; escape; holding. [1]
If you change the way you do things, you will surely experience a feeling of liberation.
Gypsy tradition says that if you dream that an animal is caught in a net you must act with caution. Otherwise, your plans will fail. [2]
• It reflects feelings of frustration perhaps due to being trapped in your job or a difficult relationship.
• If you are trapping something in a dream be aware of holding onto things too tightly.
• Sometimes dreams of being trapped relate to the paralysis mechanism that affects the large muscle groups during dream sleep to stop us acting out our dreams. [3]
If you successfully escape the trap in your dream, you will triumph over your rivals and your relationships will improve in real life. [4]
Having no options.
Being forced into a certain action or decision.
Someone trapping you with an intention to harm you can be an indicator of a Toxic Dream, or of your subconscious mind playing out a fear (such as based on imagined events or something you saw on TV).
See also: Prison, Restrained, Caught, Being [5]