Falling

Dream fragments

Illustrative examples, not quotes from individual dreamers.

• The ground gives way mid-step, and the fall goes on longer than any real fall could.
• Falling from somewhere familiar — a rooftop, a staircase, the edge of the bed.
• The lurch in the stomach as the drop begins.
• The jolt that wakes you the instant before landing.

In your journal

Start with the moment of the drop

Did the ground disappear, did you step off something, or were you already falling? Note where the scene began and where your memory stops.

Was the fall frightening, calm, or strangely ordinary?

When this dream returns

Keep each entry before comparing it with an earlier one. Note what changed in the scene, your actions, and the feeling you woke with. A shared symbol does not mean two dreams have the same meaning.

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