Fainting

Dreams that we remember are those that have penetrated through our ego defenses and their messages have began to come into our conscious awareness. Often, we do not have a full understanding of the meaning of a particular dream. Awareness is a long and continual process.

If you remember dreams in which you are fainting, the setting of the dream and the details leading to the fainting spell are important. Fainting in your dream suggests that you are unable to consciously confront the issues or the topic that is being raised by the unconscious. In daily life, we faint when we are ill or when we are overcome by environmental forces (i.e. heat, smells, a traumatic event or a dramatic visual image). In the dream, internal forces, images or emotions that may be to powerful for us to process may have an overwhelming effect on the dream ego and fainting occurs.

The fainting dream may be the first step in a process of becoming more aware of a particular area of your life.

The unconscious will continue to send up messages and eventually you may be able to experience the unconscious psychic event that currently results in fainting.

Vision: Dreaming you have fainted means a “dizzying” love affair ahead.

The dream may also be a warning of personal loss and failings. Someone else is fainting: you will be asked for help.

If it is money, be very careful.

Depth Psychology: Fainting is a sign of helpless feelings toward another person, but also that you are temporarily freed from your responsibilities.

See Dizziness. Frequent dreams of fainting might also be a sign of poor blood circulation in the brain during the night.

Extreme fear, trauma, or other emotion.

A desire to escape a particular experience.

The idea that there’s something you’re unwilling to see, admit, or deal with in your life.

For more clues, consider what was happening in the dream right before you fainted and how you felt about it.

See Falling, Tired