Thread: The feeling like you've seen someone before, but not? ...type of dream.

I read something that all faces in our dreams are faces that we have seen in reality, because brain cannot form faces. Also, why would you give it too much attention? Try MILD technique if you want to find answers, I think you could use that prospective memory to at least find answer or maybe even induce Ld.

Most dream characters are people you've seen in real life. Whether it's on the way to work, on tv, or someone you've walked past at a store. Though sometimes features of their body can be distorted and look different than in real life. If you have a feeling you met this girl before, this is the reason why

Although in order to provide a more accurate interpretation it would usually be best to have some additional general background information about you (and a description of events just before this scary dream), the image of a woman in the dreams of man usually symbolizes aspects of his personality such as his emotional life, values and attitudes towards relationships.

In addition, she may also symbolize such things as his ability to rely on intuitions and gut feelings etc. when making decisions.

This is only a general, broad overview of the male population at large and there are many exceptions where men are quite adept at handling their emotions and relationships.

In those cases, the image of the woman would tend to symbolize another aspect of their personality which was less under their control such as, for instance, the ability to handle practical, everyday matters or to think logically etc.

Dreams normally are trying to balance out an attitude, belief or outlook of the ego which, if not tended to, could potentially interfere with the all-round self-development of the dreamer over time.

In this case, the clarity and force of the dream is probably meant to emphasize the need to look at an area of your life (symbolized by the woman) which is usually not being paid much attention to for some reason.

The front area of a house in dreams often points to issues related to the dreamer’s relationship with the outer world of people in general, and in how the person looks to others (e.g. as symbolized by the “façade” of the house involved).

Maybe things are apparently going quite well in your life right now as represented by how everything is “normal” and it’s a beautiful day.

Then suddenly, a girl with a searching stare appears out of nowhere, “magically” approaches you, and ends up “in your face” as it were, waking you up with a jolt.

In this context, “appearing out of nowhere” likely means that she represents an inner figure who has appeared out of your unconscious mind because she’s “angry” (the scary stare) that you don’t pay enough attention to her for whatever reason.

She’s probably “magical” in order to represent that she hasn’t been “made human” enough by paying constant attention to what she represents over time.

So what she symbolizes apparently may not be available as it should be for reasonable use in everyday interactions with others.

The idea is that the dream wanted to “wake you up” to this fact with a jolt in order to make sure you pay attention to its message.

In this way of looking at your dream, the feeling that you know the girl from the past or something similar would probably mean that you feel the effects of this inner figure in your life but only fleetingly.

For example, you may experience a certain mood, can’t put your finger on it and quickly put it out of mind, perhaps losing a valuable chance to see what you were really feeling about something instead of maybe covering it up with a put-on reaction.

Or vague hunches come and go in the blink of an eye but you don’t try to remember them, resulting in being unable to take advantage of the help they might provide in a various situations.

Anyway as mentioned, without knowing anything much about you, this way of looking at your dream might not fit your personal circumstances very well, but I hope these ideas can be helpful in some way.

Please feel free to ask any questions or to make any comments about this particular way of looking at your dream.