The feeling of searching for something important and being unable to find it is challenging enough when it happens in life. In the language of symbols, it also taps into a deep fear shared by all people: the elusive search for meaning that all of us have to face from time to time in our lives. On the face of it, a dream of searching for a lost object has a primary purpose of helping us relieve stress so we can wake up the next day and face our day-to-day lives with greater psychic balance. This is the purpose of all recurring dreams of this nature.
If you have this dream on a regular basis, it may simply be a convenient way for your unconscious to process the pressures of everyday living. What it is that you are searching for should be your first consideration. Your personal associations with this object will reveal what you sense is currently elusive. When in doubt, ask yourself, “What does this thing do, or what is it for?” Keys represent your access to the various compartments of your life. Your wallet connects you to abundance and the ability to meet your needs in the world.
A more personal or specific item should be viewed through whatever meaning you assign to it.
If there is no specific thing that you are searching for or you do not know what it is that you have lost, the dream may be pointing to a free-floating sense of being inadequately prepared for some situation in your life. Where you are looking offers the next shade of meaning. Your own home connects to your personal sense of self. Any other environment should be used to guide you; where you feel that something has been lost may be telling you that a certain area of your life has left you feeling incomplete.... Complete Dictionary of Dreams
A mechanical failure may mention that your thinking is faulty and dysfunctional. It may point to a difficult or complex problem that needs to be manipulated by your mind.... Ariadne's Book of Dream
If the dreamer has these issues in her daily life, then the fear experienced during the day may be entering her dream state. However, most people that have a dream about being stalked are not stalked in reality.
The dream is symbolic and brings up issues regarding persisting problems or prevailing difficulties.
The dream could represent one side of the dreamer’s personality attempting to catch up with the other.
For example, if the dreamer is doing something hurtful to himself or has a bad habit or addiction, the stalker in the dream may represent that negative part of the dreamer’s personality or life.
The dream stalker could represent your conscious, a prevailing problem, or a goal that you have been putting off and unable to pursue.... The Bedside Dream Dictionary
If you are the one who stalks someone, this implies you do not trust others to solve a problem that affects you.... The Big Dictionary of Dreams
To hear others talking loudly, foretells that you will be accused of interfering in the affairs of others.
To think they are talking about you, denotes that you are menaced with illness and disfavor. ... Ten Thousand Dream Interpretation
To hear others speaking in a loud voice denotes that you will be falsely accused of malicious gossip.... Tryskelion Dream Interpretation
2- We arc perhaps afraid of not being listened to properly and this anxiety can express itself through hearing someone else talking.
It is not necessarily the words that are important, more the sense of what is being said.
3- Psychic communication.... Ten Thousand Dream Dictionary
To hear others speaking in a loud voice denotes that you will be falsely accused of malicious gossip.... Encyclopedia of Dreams
It is not necessarily the words that are important, more the sense of what is being said.
If we cannot hear them properly we are perhaps not ready consciously to accept the information.... Dream Meanings of Versatile
To dream that you are talking on and on in your dream may foretell of bad news about someone you care for.
To hear others talking loudly in your dream signifies that you will be accused of not minding your own business and butting into other people’s affairs.... My Dream Interpretation
If you have difficulty in talking in your dream, this suggests repressed anger, difficult feelings or an absence of social contact in waking life.... The Element Encyclopedia
The dreamer was single, so the subject of the talk may have been bothering her. Perhaps the most prolific and creative of sleep talkers was Edgar Cayce. ... A Guide to Dreams and Sleep Experiences
During the course of a normal night of sleep, the human brain switches between deep and light sleep, and dreaming sleep, several times; confusional arousals occur when the brain becomes divided, literally, between sleeping and waking. Part of the brain wakes up, but another part remains deeply asleep. During a confusional arousal, a sleeper may talk, sit up in bed, scream, or even leave the bed and wander around—the proverbial sleepwalking, although that is less common than sleeptalking. Because development of the sleep stage switching mechanism occurs during the period from infancy to about ten years old, confusional arousals are most common in this age group. Current research confirms the validity of popular lore about sleeptalkers and sleepwalkers—that one should not attempt to awaken them. Despite the open eyes, despite the calm or agitated talking, sleeptalkers are deeply asleep. The recommended strategy is that there is no need to yell or try to wake up someone who is sleeptalking; just make sure they are safe and comfortable. In the morning, the sleeper will not remember their episode. See also Sleep disorders entry in NIGHTMARES.... The Element Encyclopedia
Make sure windows are closed and, if stairs are a hazard, doors locked. If you’re really worried about your sleepwalking, seek advice from your doctor and if someone you know is sleepwalking don’t try to wake them—just guide them quietly and gently back to bed.... Dreampedia