Prison Dream Meanings

Prison Dream Meaning: From 27 Different Sources


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Prison

There are consequences for the choices you make, and some of those choices bind you in a particular way. When you break the law, you go to prison. And while you have to engage in criminal activity to find yourself in prison in real life, the idea of being imprisoned by something can easily apply to any number of circumstances where you feel bound to some person, place, or thing in a way that feels severely constricting. In fact, the phrase “like a jail sentence” is often used in casual conversation to refer to anything that obligates a person beyond his or her comfort level. There is a difference between jail and prison that may be significant, especially if the dream was clearly taking place in one or the other. While the two have very similar sensibilities, a jail is where people are taken when they are suspected of committing a crime or when the crime is of low severity. Prison is where convicted criminals of more serious crimes are sent to pay their debt to society.

If this distinction is made clear in your dream, recognize that jail is a more temporary form of bondage. Prison indicates that a more serious matter is being expressed. At the core of the symbolic meaning of prison is what you did to get there.

The inciting incident that ends in jail time is always a choice that may have seemed like a good idea at the time, but has consequences resulting in the removal of freedom and comfort in some area of your life. When this environment plays prominently in a dream, examine your life for where you may be feeling that a decision you made in the past is feeling like something you can’t escape in the present.

Dream Source: Complete Dictionary of Dreams
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Prison

also see Key and Ijock

1- Prison, in dreams, stands for the traps we create for ourselves. We may feel that outside circumstances are making life difficult, but in actual fact we are creating those circumstances ourselves. This can be on an emotional, material or spiritual level.

Often we crcate a prison for ourselves through a sense of duty or guilt and this can often be shown in dreams.

The types of locks and bolts we perceive in our prison may show us how we are imprisoning ourselves.

For example, a lock with a key would suggest that we know how to escape, whereas a bolt shows that we have to make a greater effort.

A barred window would suggest that we are being prevented from using that which is external to us.

Duty and guilt are opposite sides of the same coin in a spiritual sense. Duty can be a liability and therefore a trap, and guilt can prevent us from seeing a way forward. Often, when we feel trapped either by duty or guilt we will dream of a prison.

Dream Source: Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary
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Prison

Dreams of prison reflect your self imposed restrictions, borders, definitions belief systems and identities. You are venting out feeling suppressed and restrained by your job, relationship, health or finances. Also, this dream represents your awareness of karma, and that you are grappling with issues of punishment, blame, shame, regret, and atonement. This dream could also be giving you the message to recognize that you’ve locked up your talent and -expression and it is time to set yourself free. After all, you are the jail, the jailer, the prisoner, and ultimately the only one that can post bail, declare your innocence, and set yourself free.
Dream Source: Strangest Dream Explanations
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Prison

(1) Are you in prison in the dream? This probably means you arc not tree: your behaviour is to some extent compulsive, that is, not under conscious control.

If so, you must integrate the repressed emotion or

instinct that is now overflowing from your unconscious into your observable behaviour,

(2) If someone else is in prison, he or she probably represents some part of you that has been shut up in your unconscious, possibly as a result of some traumatic experience (in childhood?), and which needs to be set free and given suitable employment in your conscious life.

Dream Source: A Dictionary of Dream Symbols
Author:

Prison

Psychological / emotional perspective: Often we create a ‘prison’ for ourselves through a sense of duty or guilt and this can often be shown in dreams.

The types of locks and bolts we perceive in our prison may show us how we are imprisoning ourselves.

For example, a lock with a key would suggest that we know how to escape, whereas a bolt shows that we have to make a greater effort.

A barred window would suggest that we are being prevented from using that which is external to us.

Dream Source: Dream Meanings of Versatile
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Prison

This is a dream of contrary—see POLICE. It indicates much happiness in your home affairs and success in business.

To dream that someone is put in Prison through your efforts is not a fortunate sign. You are being too venturesome in your money matters, too eager to secure a profit, and it may mean a loss instead 01 a gain.

Dream Source: Mystic Dream Book
Author:

Prison

Being in a prison may comment on feelings of being persecuted or punished for doing something wrong.

A prison may also mention that you are imprisoned by your own thoughts or beliefs. Since a prison represents lack of personal freedom, it may point to a relationship that restricts your freedom, such as a bad marnage.

Dream Source: Ariadne's Book of Dream
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Prison

Material aspects: We may feel that outside circumstances are making life difficult, but in actual fact we are creating those circumstances ourselves. This can be on an emotional, material or spiritual level and is translated into the dream image of a prison.
Dream Source: Dream Meanings of Versatile
Author:

Prison

Duty and guilt are opposite sides of the same coin in a spiritual sense. Duty can be a liability and therefore a trap, and guilt can prevent us from seeing a way forward. When we feel trapped either by duty or guilt we will dream of a prison.
Dream Source: Dream Meanings of Versatile
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Prison

Lack or loss of freedom (real, perceived, or imagined).

Punishment.

Discipline.

A feeling or fear of an authority having too much control over you, or allowing them too much control.

See also: Trapped; Restrained

Dream Source: The Curious Dreamer’s Dream Dictionary
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Prison

To dream of a prison, is the forerunner of misfortune in every instance, if it encircles your friends, or yourself.

To see any one dismissed from prison, denotes that you will finally overcome misfortune.

See Jail.

Dream Source: Ten Thousand Dream Interpretation
Author:

Prison

If you dream that you are in prison, you are feeling suffocated in a relationship or situation.

If you dream your boyfriend or crush is in prison, it is a signal that this person is deceitful and untrustworthy.

Dream Source: My Dream Interpretation
Author:

Prison

1. Guilt and containment.

2. Confining or trapped situation.

3. Repressed communication, expression, usually emotional.

4. Repressed aspect of personality (someone else imprisoned).

Dream Source: New American Dream Dictionary
Author:

Prison

1. Bondage;

2. Captivity

3. Stronghold;

4. Place of confinement;

5. Satan’s kingdom;

6. Place of judgement and punishment;

7. Bound by your own thoughts/words.

Dream Source: Dream Dictionary The Biblical Model
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Prison

To dream of being in prison may symbolize not having any hope or joy in life, Ps. 107:10
Dream Source: Christian Dream Symbols
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Prison

Any place or state of confinement, i.E.

A mental bondage; see “bound”

Dream Source: Dream Dictionary Unlimited
Author:

Prison

We live in prisons of our own making.

See fail, Prisoner and Criminal

Dream Source: The Dream Books Symbols
Author:

Prison

(Cage) Imprisonment in a dream means benefits, money and comfort. It also could mean the reversal of one’s condition for the worst. Becoming a prisoner in a dream also could mean making unnecessary and wasted efforts to unveil a secret. In general, prison in a dream means difficulties and humiliation.

If one sees a known personality or a government administrator imprisoned or jailed, it could mean the same.

If one sees himself incarcerated in a large prison in a dream, it means that he will stand before a strong person who will delegate an important responsibility to him, and from which he will gain spiritual advancement.lfhe is incarcerated in an unknownjail which is built from plaster in a dream, then it represents his grave. Ifone sees himself locked and tied-up inside a house in a dream, it means a positive advancement in his life.

If in such a place one sees himself being tortured in a dream, it means that his benefits and profits will be greater.

If a woman sees herself imprisoned in a dream, it means that she will marry an important person or an older person.

If in one’s dream the prison is administered by a religious authority, it means that one correctly prescribes to his religion.

If it is a civil prison, then it means adversities, sufferings and distress caused by hypocrisy and by blaming others.

An unknown prison in a dream means the world.

A prison in a dream also represents an ill-natured wife, a difficult cause, silence, or controlling one’s tongue, the perfidy of one’s enemy, accusations, allegations, associating with rich people, one’s grave, suspension of travels because of an illness, losing one’s 342 drive, poverty, or unhappiness. Entering a prison in a dream also means longevity, or reuniting with one’s beloved.

If one chooses to live in a sanctuary away from people in a dream, it means that he will be protected from sin.

If a sick person leaves his prison cell in a dream, it means that he will recover from his illness.

If a prisoner sees the gates of his jail open, or if there is a hole in the wall, or a ray of light, or if the ceiling of one’s prison disappears and he can see the skies and stars above him, or ifhe can see them through the walls of his cell in a dream, it means that he will escape from jail.

A prison in a dream also represents the safe return of a traveller, or the death of a sick person. Ifone sees himself imprisoned and tide-up by someone in authority in a dream, it represents adversities he wishes for them to be removed. Walking out of such an imprisonment in a dream means relieffrom such adversities Ifone is travelling, it means that he is a heedless, and if he is sick, it means that his sickness is a prolonged one.

It is also said that imprisonment in a dream may mean that one’s prayers are answered and that his difficulties and distress will be removed.

If one sees himself incarcerated in an unknown jail of an unknown location and whose dwellers have uncommon appearance in a dream, such a prison then represents his grave.

If a sick person sees himself walking out of an unknown prison, or out of a tiny house into a large open space in a dream, it means that he will recover from his illness and fully enjoy his life.

If one sees himself incarcerated in a prison he does not recognize in a dream, it means that he will marry a woman through whom he will prosper and have children.

If one sees himselftied-up inside his own house in a dream, it means that he will profit and witness blessings that will show in his household members.

If one who is experiencing difficulties in his life sees himself tied-up to a chair or to a wall in a dream, it means that his problems and fears will be dispelled.

If one sees himselfbuilding a prison in a dream, it means that he will meet a righteous man, or an Imam who will guide him on the straight path.

A prison in a dream also represents paralysis, arrogance, self-deception, or incarcerating troublesome people.

If one sees a deceased person in jail in a dream, it means that he is in hell. Ifone sees himself imprisoned in a dream, it also means that he may enter a forbidden place, a house of a prostitution, or a tavern.

(Also see Cage; Imam; Mental hospital)

Dream Source: Islamic Dream Interpretation
Author:

Prison

lucky numbers: 07-11-12-14-31-32

barbed wire surrounding a: straying has irredeemable consequences.

being in: are dejected at being forced to account for your actions.

others: self-enslavement is an addiction; success in spite of it.

released on parole: you know the seemy side and are unafraid to report on it.

being released from: reject the current offer on the table.

cell, being in a: your behavior patterns need revision.

breaking out of a: feel restraints are unjustified; your addictions rule the roost.

empty: prefer to be left alone in love disputes.

looking from barred windows: whose scruples are blocking your action?

dining hall: food wil never be sufficient to feed your hunger.

getting out of a: punishment for a short-lived fortune has been enough.

iron gate: need help of several friends to stimulate your creativity.

others being in a: need to elicit help of several friends.

prisoner, untying a: unexpected events wil transpire.

remaining in: a triumph over a restrictive part of yourself.

trapped in a: a big disgrace wil come to you from enforced restraint.

tunnel, trying to escape through a: your guilt is a journey, go through it.

visiting another in: your deeds have debilitated the friendship.

windows that are barred: others prevent any new action until you revisit your old actions.

9 dream interpretation about prison related.

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Dream Source: Dream Dictionary Unlimited

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Dream Source: Islamic Dream Interpretation

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Dream Source: Islamic Dream Interpretation

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Dream Source: A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences

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Dream Source: Little Giant Encyclopedia

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Dream Source: Dreamers Dictionary

A law court in a dream may make you focus on your capacity to make fair judgments in complicated matters concerning work, friends or family members. It may also highlight your feel...

Dream Source: The Element Encyclopedia

Universal Landscape: Restrictions and consequences of choices made.Dreaming Lens: Were you in jail? Was someone else? Were you visiting a jail? Were you in a cell? Why were you imp...

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