I have two ir three recurring themes in my dreams. The most frequent dream is that I’m in someone’s house - the wrong house, someone I don’t know - and trying to figure out how to get out before anyone notices I’m there.
I wonder what that’s all about.




Maybe it’s an imposter syndrome dream. I’ve had those ever since I got my PhD - I still don’t feel like “Dr.”
I’ve read that in a dream, a house represents one’s self, one’s consciousness. Maybe the dream is telling you that you’re running away from some new revelation about yourself.
Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com
Yes, but I really don’t feel like an imposter. And I really can’t think of anything I might be trying to avoid. Plus, I’ve had this dream all my life, several times a year.
I’ve had the same dream many times over the years. I think that reflects a concern about crossing boundaries.
I feel for you, Susie. I hate it when I have the same dream over and over and can’t figure it out. Makes me want to take my subconscious out back and beat the crap out of it.
“If you’re trying to tell me something, then TELL ME!! Cheezus!”
Usually, when I finally do figure it out, the dream never comes back.
Also, I agree with the above posters. The house isn’t someone else’s. It’s still you. It’s just unfamiliar.
Maybe it signifies the various jobs I’ve been in!
>>I really don’t feel like an imposter
But things are exaggerated in dreams. It doesn’t have to mean you think you’re an imposter, just that there’s something niggling in the back of your mind that hasn’t gotten out.
When I was going through an emotional growth spurt a few years ago, words from songs would come to me at odd times, and they always meant something to what I was going through. Even if I remembered the words incorrectly–it was the incorrect words that meant something.
The mind is an incredible thing.