Thread: Does everyone run very slow in their dreams?

I broke my knee very badly in February, so I can't run very well at all in real life. (It doesn't help that I am overweight either)

But in my dreams I am a track star, I run so fast I seem to be flying directly over ground and sometimes can't even stop myself at first. But when I look down I see my feet somewhat spinning behind me as though I am Sonic the Hedgehog!

Originally Posted by Rusty Shackleford

Every time I am running in a dream it is like I am moving slower than a turtle and actually not really even going anywhere at all. I am usually getting chased by someone that is trying to kill me or harm me and I start to run and I my body feels like it ways a ton and I barely move and then the person trying to catch me is getting closer and closer very quickly then right as they are about to catch me I wake up sweating balls.

Yes! I experience the exact same thing. When im being chased and I try to run, it feels like something is holding me back, and I run really slowly, its sooooo frustrating!

I cant imagine being able to run fast in a dream, I wish!

being chased = being criticized
running in slow motion = feeling helpless, lack of full control, struggle.
being killed = being put down

It seems like in reality you may be feeling some criticized in some way and you are having struggle and wanted to fight back with words. Projecting running slow shows emotionally you are having some struggle in defending yourself. In other words, you are feeling helpless in terms of protecting yourself in words. You basically wanted to show people what you can do, but due to low self esteem or confidence, you are losing control.

Whether that criticizism is constructive, you are trying to avoid it. Deep down, you want to stay firm where you are and that is why you vent out this dream of being killed. (http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...2234306AAWsaYM)

YES ! BUT only when its day time dreaming, i always feel very drunk in my dream a

in non lucid dream i always run really slow when being chased or something, but in lucid dreams i have hyper speed!

Happens to me whenever I run in dreams. I remember one dream in which I was running in, and I was running slow. It was on a nature trail. I was runnin from two ex friends of mine (not for real) and they were these two mean goth chicks, so, I started pulling on weeds and such on the side of the trail to propell myself faster, not sure if it worked or not.

Originally Posted by lucidreamsavy

Happens to me whenever I run in dreams. I remember one dream in which I was running in, and I was running slow. It was on a nature trail. I was runnin from two ex friends of mine (not for real) and they were these two mean goth chicks, so, I started pulling on weeds and such on the side of the trail to propell myself faster, not sure if it worked or not.

I have been exactly there, pulling on weeds and tall grasses in attempt to move myself forward. This is because, like someone earlier said, my feet 'can't simply get enough grip to propel myself forward', its really frustrating.

I'm looking very forward to using the information I've found ITT, it is brilliant.
Like jumping, and pretending that I have rocket boots or am on a rocket skateboard. I'm new to looking into controlling my dreams, wish me luck, this site seems pretty dang useful, so I decided to register.

never in my lucid dreams. It is a common dream theme to have to run away from something, or get somewhere really quick, and find that it is very hard to move, or your feet are stuck to the ground. I had this dream twice.

an update

So, after reading into this, basically just that one day, and spending a couple hours on this forum, I had another dream where I was running, totally realized it and that I was dreaming. Immediately I took over, someone had mentioned jumping, that popped into my head and I jumped up and to a tree a pushed myself off with my feet, I was still moving relatively slow like i was under water or something. So I started thinking about being under water, I had wayyy more thought ability in this dream then I've had before, so I started thinking about that. I started thinking too hard and it caused me to wake up.
I was really happy.

Nice work Slow motion running is pretty common in dreams and it's mostly impart to SP as someone mentioned here before. Your legs feel heavy because you are sensing your legs in reality. I overcome this obstacle by imagining that I'm as light as a feather while visualizing myself moving faster.

Well I remember 1 dream when I was chased by water, I couldn't run. Another dream when I became lucid, I could run, very fast. I ran to a cliff and jumped off.

I don't believe so much in dream symbolism. It's almost like horoscopes, vague and it could always be true.

Still nice to read that many people share the same experience.

I fly, run slow and run fast . its pretty disordered and makes no sense to me. just electrical impulses jumping in the brain deciding what I will be doing next

YAY !!! Brave Dave is not afraid of the Necro Police. Welcome Dave. Keep up the good work.

This happens to me all the time. I usually use it to trigger a lucid though

I remember that used to be my problem a while ago. I don't know what changed but now it's easy and a lot of my dreams have to do with running and parkour

The answer is easy.

You are applying physical world responses to the non-physical world. Its like using an axe in cyberspace.

You have to accept that the dream world has its own rules. "Running" is a ridiculous concept in the dream world. It doesn't work because it is unneccesary. See axe reference above.

You are projecting the dream images. If you "run" in a movie theater, does it make you safer from the threats in the movie?

If you don't like the movie of your dreams. just start a new movie.

Or, decide that there is nothing to run from. Whatever it is that you thought you needed to run from, just turn and face it. Ha! No more need to run.

JJ

I tend not to run in dreams at all... For some unknown reason I paddle about, Quite rapidly too.
I seem to hover with my toes just above the floor and my feet paddle around like a ducks feet sometimes going really fast, I lean forward into it and bank the turns and its funny as hell but I like it, Don't know why I do this but it gets me there fast..