There is a big land with many buildings and a lot of people in this dream, so it's an expansive and complex world. A dark forest sounds "closed-in" rather than open space, probably fits with emotions like anxiety and sadness that feel like they close in around you. Do you remember specifically what this worry was?

I also sometimes have something very literal in a dream, and honestly I don't know what that means. Sometimes it seems like I'm saying things in dreams that are exactly like what I would say while awake, about different parts of my life. But in any case, it's an anxiety you feel. Maybe the content of it doesn't matter as much as the emotion.

The people first are annoyed with you, and then their annoyance turns to rejection. Maybe they are reacting to your continued worry--that they get turned off. You say they "happily" ignore you--that makes me think of people who have a very hard time accepting other people's dark emotions, so they are critical of them, and maybe start to seem smug and self-righteous and put on airs of happiness even though there is really quite a lot of meanness behind it. Do you know anyone like that?

Mike