Arrested Arresting

It often suggests a restraint of your natural expression by moral judgements or questions of right and wrong.

Depending upon the rest of the dream it can also depict restraint of your anger or sexuality, or other ‘unlawful’ feelings. Because such dreams often include the police it can be about feeling that circumstances or social pressures are holding you back; or that your development or growth is held back.

If you have difficult feelings about police or social authority, the dream could point to the way you restrain yourself due to those feelings. Such dreams are often experienced by people who have survived harsh political regimes and know the terror of being arrested. See: police under roles.

Useful questions are:

What of my feelings or motivations does my dream suggest I am ‘arresting’?

If it is someone else being arrested, what do they depict of my own urges or traits?

Does my dream indicate I am feeling guilty about something – is so what?

Do past experiences with authority lie behind this dream?