Alice CandorBeing held prisoner in a dream suggests a movement where you are currently restricting your own agency through the weight of an unacknowledged obligation. You are living within a space carved out by duties you feel you must still pay, a confinement that keeps your hands tied to things that have already passed.
This state of being bound shows how you are caught between the need to move forward and the pull of a debt that refuses to be settled. Such a dream might be surfacing because you are navigating the boundary between what is necessary and what is merely a habit of self-reproach. The restriction you feel is a sign that an old pattern is demanding your attention so that it may finally be resolved. You possess the capacity to recognize where these invisible ties are anchored, and this recognition is the first step toward loosening the grip of the prisoner.
For its more general meaning: Dream about being imprisoned
I dreamed that I was a soldier who got captured in war. I refused to give into fears, being threatened by the enemy I would be tortured. I was brought to a group of other prisoners to be shot. I was afraid as I looked around and saw no escape. I accepted I wasn’t going to survive and became calm. I ran towards the group of shooters, the first two shots missing me. Then I got shot in the chest by a machine gun multiple times, dying instantly. The other prisoners made it out alive.
Dear Reader,
Your dream is a symbol for sharing, marriage and endings. This dream symbolises a current relationship shares some commonality with your previous relationship with your ex. You are thinking about some long term commitment and marriage. Perhaps a relationship has just ended and you are trying to fill a void.