Sadness

To dream of being sad may represent feelings of disappointment, failure, or loss of something important. Feeling unfulfilled, apathetic, or depressed. Missing people or something in your life a lot. Dreams of sadness common occur around relationship breakups.

Negatively, sadness may reflect your fear of losing something important. Insecurity, low-self-esteem, or not believing that something good in your life with last for long. Difficulty accepting loss or unpleasant changes.

Example: A woman dreamed of looking at her pregnant belly and being really happy and then suddenly being overcome with sadness. In waking life she was pregnant and then had a miscarriage.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of being overcome with sadness. In waking life she had just broken up with her boyfriend.

Example 3: A man dreamed of being overcome with sadness. In waking life he was having trouble dealing with his divorce.

Example 4: A woman dreamed of feeling sad watching apartment buildings sinking. In waking life she started a new job helping terminally ill people. In this case the sadness may have mirrored her waking life feelings about watching sick people die.

*Please See Depression

*Please See Mourning

Saddles

To dream of a saddle represents feelings about carefully and comfortably keeping yourself the way you are. A commitment to safety. Domesticating ambition. Protecting yourself against an unnecessary situation. Emotionally protecting yourself by carefully minding your own business or paying attention to safe progress. Consider the saying "saddle up!" for some difficult or "bumpy" situation. Being careful about getting ahead, ambitious goals, or getting ahead. Safely navigating general life frustrations or relationships while trying to safely make progress yourself. Professional or safely pursuing your goals.

Negatively, a saddle may reflect feelings about needing to be careful about protecting yourself because you feel that other people will not like you or respect you if you don't. Comfortably and carefully accepting a difficult situation you need to endure.

To dream of having no saddle or riding a horse "bareback" may represent feelings about progress or ambition that isn't safe. No commitment to safety. Getting ahead quick that is dangerous, unprotected, or reckless. Feelings about yourself or someone else not asking for any safety measures while pushing for progress. Feeling that you have nothing to protect you while pursuing goals.

Positively, dreaming about having no saddle may represents feelings about enjoying risk or being original. Enjoying not listening to anyone pursuing goals. Feeling that it's faster to pursue progress or goals without needing safety or comfort.

Dictators

To dream of a dictator represents an aspect of yourself that is all-controlling. Negatively, it may reflect you or someone else that is repressive or totally uncompromising. Dictators in dreams can also represent people or situations that are not allowing you to do anything you want. Possibly an over controlling parent or father figure.

To dream that you are a dictator represents situations where you are all-controlling. A sign that you need to be more flexible and open-minded in your thinking and in your decision making. You may be too controlling.

Mourning

To dream of mourning represents regret, disappointment, or sadness about a change that has occurred. Disbelief that something in your life has changed for good. Mourning may also reflect your feelings of regret due to a bad decision.

Alternatively, mourning may reflect your difficulty letting go or adjusting.