If you have recently dreamed of having superpowers, your subconscious mind might be sending you a message about your inner desires, emotions, and fears. Throughout history, psychology research has believed our dreams can reflect the emotions and desires in our life.
Understanding dreams may seem like pseudoscience, but humans often share similar motifs that can tell us specific messages about our life. Some dream imagery occurs across cultures, showing that our dreams are often linked to emotions that transcend borders.
Psychologist Freud stated that our dreams are an expression of our wishes, and through dreams, we can live our greatest desires. Today, scientists theorize that our dreams are the way our brain filters excess information, remembers important ideas, and alerts the conscious to potential danger. Many psychologists believe that during the day our brains are collecting massive amounts of information, which is then sorted during sleep, resulting in dreams that reflect our life.
So, if you have been dreaming of having superpowers, what could it mean?
Dreaming of flying
If you dream of flying through the air like Superman, you might be feeling unstoppable. This dream is linked to the idea of freedom, and that you have broken free of past ties that have held you back.
Dreaming of flying with wings can point to a desire to break free from an undesirable circumstance. You might feel held back by your current situation, and want to fly away to a new beginning.
Wings can also represent the fulfillment of a long-term goal. This could mean allowing yourself to pursue a dream that you have held back or seeing your work come to fruition. Wings can symbolize peace and courage, meaning you might see growth of positive energy in your life.
Studies have found that men dream of flying most often and that they often link this dream to external pressure from their everyday life.
Dreaming of super strength
Dreams of super strength can mean you are searching for emotional or physical protection. You might be adapting to a new situation, and you are dealing with a challenge. If you dream of having super strength, you have the ability to face this challenge head-on, you just need the confidence to unleash your own strength.
If you dream that you are carrying something extremely heavy, you might be facing a situation that requires tough perseverance. You have the power to meet the expectations of this problem, and you just need to hold on to the weight a bit longer.
Dreaming of telekinesis
Some dream about manipulating the world with their mind through the power of telekinesis. Telekinesis is an ability where you can move objects with your mind. When we dream of telekinesis, it can symbolize an inner desire to break free of limitations and grow personal power.
Telekinesis is a power we often see represented in media through characters that are working to transcend a situation that is holding them back. This theme is seen in our dreams, where telekinesis can often represent a desire to break free of physical limitations to reach one’s full potential.
Having the power of telekinesis in your dream could also reflect a situation where you feel doubt. You might feel like you have to prove yourself to someone and they’re not believing you. Telekinesis can represent a need for defense and physical protection in this type of situation.
Dreaming of weather-changing ability
If your dream involves changing the weather, you might feel that your emotions in your waking life are out of your control. This could be from a situation where you feel powerless and you wish you had more control over the results.
This dream can mean that you do have the power to control the stormy weather of your life, but you need to believe in yourself.
Dreaming of controlling the weather can also mean that you are concealing something from others. You feel self-conscious about this thing, and you want to protect yourself.
If you dream of conjuring lightning, you might be at risk of upsetting others with arrogance or ego. Lightning is powerful and dangerous, so if you dream of controlling it, you might need to check your interactions with others and err on the side of humility.
Dreaming of better weather, like sunshine, can represent growth of wealth and abundance. The sun is linked to happiness, growth, and money, so your dream of creating sunshine can be a great sign of things to come.
Unwanted superpowers
While having superpowers might seem like an amazing experience, you might dream that your superpowers are unwanted or out of control. This dream can signify a time of rapid growth in your life. You might be experiencing major life changes and you’re unsure how to manage your situation. This feeling of unease is reflected in a dream of uncontrolled superpowers.
A dream of trying to control your unruly powers can also symbolize that you feel a need to control your emotions. You might feel like you cannot fully show your emotional reactions to others, and that you need to hold back to please them.
Life can often feel out of our control, and this can manifest in a dream of unwanted powers. Not being able to handle a power like flying or telekinesis can represent not being able to handle strong emotions or a changing situation in life.
Other types of superpowers
You can also connect the meaning of your dream to the part of yourself where your superpower originates.
For example, if your superpower involves your eyes, like having laser vision, the dream might symbolize a problem you have ignored in the past. Eyes in dreams are linked to realizations and that you have ‘opened your eyes’ to an issue in your life. Combining the motif of eyes with superpowers can denote the level of control you feel over the situation.
Dreams have power
Dreams can be a powerful tool to understand our inner psyche: our desires, needs, and fears. If you have noticed a recurring dream like having superpowers, your mind might be trying to send a subconscious method.
Trying to understand your dreams can help you understand your conscious life better. Strong emotions often surface through the subconscious mind when we are sleeping. Decoding the subconscious through dream imagery can be a fun way to understand yourself better.
