I had a vivid dream about working in a tall office building. I was standing around the water cooler and talking to coworkers when a giant purple octopus climbed the side of the building. It would reach it's tentacles inside and pull people out and eat them. I kept running from the tentacles and hiding to avoid being eaten. Eventually the building had taken so much damage it caused it to break in half horizontally at the middle. I was now in the half that was falling. I was still trying to escape the tentacles but also trying to find a way to make it to the other half before I fell and died. I woke up just before the building hit the ground.
This dream may represent a feeling of being overwhelmed or attacked by a stressor in your waking life that seems to be larger than you can handle. The figure of the octopus may represent a fear or anxiety that can entangle you and harm you if you're not careful. The office building could suggest a work-related stressor or a sense of expectations or pressure from others. The fact that the building splits in half may symbolize a sense of internal conflict or a feeling of being torn between two options, possibly related to work or personal life. The dream may suggest that you feel the need to find a way out of a difficult situation, and are struggling to maintain control over it.