The brakes again
4 August 2026
Coming down a hill I do not recognise, pushing the brake pedal all the way to the floor and nothing happening. It never ends in a crash. I always wake up somewhere on the hill. Third time this month.
- dread
- helplessness
- urgency
They would like: A symbolic interpretation
An interpretation, offered as one reading rather than the answer.
Responses
BeaA symbolic interpretation
Offered as one reading and not the answer: the brakes dream, in the people I know who get it, tends to turn up in the months when something is being decided by other people. That is a pattern I have noticed rather than a diagnosis of anything.
RafiqA similar experience
Mine is a handbrake that comes away in my hand. Never crashes either.
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