[such is life...]

I have never posted here so i'm not sure what to expect...but I have a recurring dream that I am in the back seat of a car and no one is driving....but the driving is being done perfectly, right speed, staying in the right lane,stop lights curves in the road.... then all of a sudden I relize that no one is driving the car and I panic and get myself in the front seat so I can drive the car. After I am behind the wheel I wonder how my car was driving its self. Then I take over. I dream this very often and I don't know the meaning of it or if there is a meaning.

[PurpleFlyingMonkeys]

Such, don't you have dissociative diagnosis? Sounds to me (although I may be waaay off) that it's a reflection of that. I call it my back burner feeling but I get a feeling where it's like I'm on the back burner just watching while someone else is controlling and being, although there's no damage done, it's not me having control.
Perhaps your back seat driving is similar (although my backburner isn't in dreams) that basically you're in the back just watching the ride until you come back out and get control of the car.
Maybe I'm thnking too simple minded, but it seems pretty clear to me.

[unaluna]

yeah, i've read something similar, that not having control of a car in a dream, like for a child who dreams of driving a car and can't, you're being asked to do something that is WAY beyond your ability, like in terms of taking care of yourself.

[medkev13]

Everything in the dream is you - living or inanimate. That you are in the back of...basically you...backs up the watching as something else is doing the driving. Question :: Did your panic cause the car to get out of control? You did jump in and take the wheel, which could be a message from your subconscious that you are ready mentally to start taking conscious control over different parts of your life.

[medkev13]

Also, the fact that the car was driving perfectly, but then you panicked when you realized nobody was at the wheel could reflect a lack of self trust in you, in that you don't trust yourself to take control over your actions.

Oh, and welcome to me sleep boards ^_^ We're pretty talkative here! :P

[such is life...]

Originally Posted by PurpleFlyingMonkeys

Such, don't you have dissociative diagnosis? Sounds to me (although I may be waaay off) that it's a reflection of that. I call it my back burner feeling but I get a feeling where it's like I'm on the back burner just watching while someone else is controlling and being, although there's no damage done, it's not me having control.
Perhaps your back seat driving is similar (although my backburner isn't in dreams) that basically you're in the back just watching the ride until you come back out and get control of the car.
Maybe I'm thnking too simple minded, but it seems pretty clear tos me.

yes i have d.i.d , I have wondered the same thing.

[such is life...]

Originally Posted by medkev13

Everything in the dream is you - living or inanimate. That you are in the back of...basically you...backs up the watching as something else is doing the driving. Question :: Did your panic cause the car to get out of control? You did jump in and take the wheel, which could be a message from your subconscious that you are ready mentally to start taking conscious control over different parts of your life.

When i realize that no one is driving i do panic and scramble to get in the front seat but nothing happens with the car.
You may be right about taking conscious control over my life thank you

[such is life...]

Originally Posted by medkev13

Also, the fact that the car was driving perfectly, but then you panicked when you realized nobody was at the wheel could reflect a lack of self trust in you, in that you don't trust yourself to take control over your actions.

Oh, and welcome to me sleep boards ^_^ We're pretty talkative here! :P

agree with you here also thanks for the welcome