Confronting Past Trauma: A Dream of Confronting an Abusive Mother

Confronting Past Trauma: A Dream of Confronting an Abusive Mother
I was living in a snowy cabin with my dad like we talked about doing in real life. I was happy in my room when my dad came in, asking for something because he just hooked up with a women without protection. He grew frustrated, I was confused, then my mother who abused me in the past until I got away at 13 walked in. She was wanting to see me and my dad was the one who invited her in. I was angry and felt confused on how my dad could just forgive the woman who beat, berated, and molested me. My mom was grabbing me on the shoulders, I tried pushing her off me, she kept going, we ended up in the bathroom and I asked her, “do you have any idea how much you fucked me up? You made me feel disgusted with my sexuality in general. Don’t you get that?” She acted confused and said that she didn’t. I pushed past her and left the bathroom. Some of my other distant realities were in the dream as well, looking at me like I’m weird for being upset that my abusive mother is here. They were greeting my mother like what she did before was no big deal. At the end of my dream, I punched my abusive mother, kicked her, basically beating her up at this point. I then grabbed her and took her outside in the snow. I turned her into a gray cat, pushed her face into the snow, then told her, “if you ever come back her again, I’ll throw you into the cold water and make sure you can never come back up”. I tossed her gray cat body over the water in front of me and she ran away.

This dream may be a reflection of unresolved trauma and emotions surrounding your relationship with your mother. The snowy cabin represents a sense of isolation and detachment from the outside world, possibly symbolizing your feelings of being alone in dealing with your past. Your father’s presence may represent a desire for protection and support, but his actions of inviting your abusive mother into your safe space may suggest feelings of betrayal and confusion. The bathroom scene may symbolize a confrontation with your past trauma, as you express your anger and frustration towards your mother for the pain she caused you. The presence of other distant realities may represent different aspects of your psyche, some of which may be in denial or minimizing the severity of your past abuse. The act of physically beating your mother and transforming her into a cat may symbolize a desire for power and control over your past trauma. The threat of throwing her into the cold water may represent a desire to rid yourself of her influence and never allow her to hurt you again. Overall, this dream may be a manifestation of your subconscious processing and attempting to heal from past trauma and reclaim your power and agency.