I’ve had this reoccurring dream for a while that I work in a theme park. My job there has never been specified until this dream. I was working there and I was still doing my real life job, a legal secretary. For some reason the law office was located in the theme park. There was one part I was working with my sister (we work together in real life at the same law firm) and we were in a computer room gathering evidence on clients. Apparently the clients were allowed to use the same computer room. One of the clients walked behind me and said “damn that’s a fat ass!” To me and then slapped me really hard between the shoulder blades. He went and sat down and I walked over to him and asked for his name. My intention was to tell my boss, Josh (the lawyer) what he did so he’d drop him as a client. The guy then pulls out his sketchpad and on a picture he’d drawn of a lion, he started writing his name. I said “I don’t need the whole page, just your name. And I don’t want your number either.” He laughed and wrote his name on the page and handed me the whole paper. Then I started to get scared about what if Josh doesn’t drop him as a client and then he continues to harass me. I needed a break so I walked out and went to the front of the park and to the parking lot. I don’t know what I did but when I was done, I came back to the front and started walking to the back where my office was. In every dream I have of this theme park, I always see the law office in the distance and think to myself “I really wish teleportation was real” and this time I’d pulled out my phone to take a picture and put that as the caption. I had to make my was through a bounce house and that’s where my kids were spending the day. I stood and watched them for a while and I noticed this couple outside of the bounce house watching them and taking pictures. I’ve had reoccurring dreams of this couple too and they always do this. So this time I was sick of it and I yelled out “hey! What the fuck are you doing?!” They looked around confused like they didn’t know who I was talking to. So I yelled again “I’m talking to you, fat bitch! Why do you keep following my kids to every event and take pictures of them?!” And then her and the man she was with started running. So I chased after them. They ran into this house that looked like a trashy, rundown, redneck commune. This guy named Bo came out. He tried to tell me that her name is Suzette and that that’s just how she is and she just loves every kid she meets. I argued back that it’s fucking weird and there’s no way she can love children she doesn’t know. We argue back and forth and he tries to hit on me. I’m very uncomfortable. Then these other two guys offer to give me a ride back to the theme park. I get in the car and I’m watching the road as we drive and then the road starts changing and I’m hallucinating. I start screaming and begging God to save me and pass out. When I wake up in this building that’s made of like tan stone and there’s candles and what looks like a sacrificial bed in the center. There were a bunch of people in white, red, and gold robes singing what sounded like catholic songs. One person was wearing the robe but had on this creepy big doll mask on and stuck something in my legs. She said something in Latin that I didn’t understand. It was just one word. I took off running trying to escape. I was naked too. I felt something sharp in my legs and I passed back out again. I woke up in what looked like a rundown jail cell. There was another girl in there with me and what seemed like a nurse. The other girl walked over to this tube like contraption and peed and pooped in it and then kicked a lever and all her waste went through the tube and into a bathtub on the other side of the room. Then the nurse said something along the lines of “do you need to go pee?” And then I heard voices in my head say “pee. Pee. Urinate. Piss.” And then the last one was what the doll lady had said in the sacrifice room before she did something to my legs and knocked me out. I ran over to the tube to pee and then I woke up.
Dreams often reflect our subconscious thoughts, feelings, and unresolved issues in waking life. This dream is quite vivid and layered, so let's break it down and explore some potential meanings:
Theme Park Setting: A theme park is typically associated with fun, escapism, and adventure. However, in your dream, it also serves as a backdrop for work, suggesting a blend of pleasure and responsibility. This might indicate a feeling of being trapped in a situation that is both enjoyable and overwhelming.
Work & Legal Environment: Working in a law office within a theme park can symbolize a merging of your professional life with the fun side of your personality (the theme park). It could reflect how you're balancing workplace duties with your personal side. The presence of your sister suggests a strong familial connection in work, perhaps emphasizing support but also a sense of obligation.
Inappropriate Remarks & Harassment: The incident with the client making a derogatory comment and physically touching you could symbolize feelings of vulnerability or being objectified. This part of the dream may reflect real-life worries about boundaries in your professional environment or experiences of feeling disrespected.
Desire for Control: Your intention to report the inappropriate behavior shows a desire to regain control over a situation in which you feel threatened. However, your anxiety about the possibility of your boss not taking action points to fears of powerlessness or being ignored.
Recurrent Characters and Confrontations: The couple taking pictures of your children may symbolize your protective instincts as a parent. Your confrontation with them expresses a fierce need to defend what is yours and an intolerance toward invasions of privacy. The feeling of being followed emphasizes anxiety about your family’s safety and the impact of external perceptions.
The Hallucinations and Abduction: The transition to hallucinating on the road and then waking up in a sacrificial setting reveals deep-seated fears or stressors. The hallucination could represent feelings of losing control over your reality or spiraling into a stressful situation you cannot escape from. The sacrificial imagery suggests feelings of being trapped or pressured by external forces or societal expectations.
Jail Cell and Regression: Finding yourself in a rundown jail cell with another girl symbolizes feelings of isolation or confinement, perhaps relating back to the previous invasion of privacy and the pressures in your life. The scene with the tube for bodily functions may reflect a loss of autonomy and basic dignity.
Themes of Disempowerment: The entire dream showcases a struggle with disempowerment and discomfort. The contrasts between physical discomfort (the slap, the state of undress in the sacrificial scene, the confinement of the jail) and your efforts to reclaim agency (the confrontation, seeking help) show a strong internal conflict.
Overall, this dream appears to illustrate feelings of vulnerability, the struggle for control, and a fierce protectiveness over your loved ones. It could also reflect stressors associated with your dual roles in work and personal life, as well as anxieties related to boundaries and safety. Reflecting on these themes in your waking life might help you address any underlying issues or tensions you are facing.