Dear Brayden:

Maybe your dream means that you are not having a good relationship with your father, but he has control of your life (he is driving the car and you are in the backseat). He is leading your life but you don’t like his leadership. You don’t trust him to do a good job managing your life.

I would like to think that your dream means that it is a good idea for you to prepare to drive your own car, that is, to manage and lead your own life. Depending on your age, prepare to get in the driving seat of your own car (symbolically), not your family’s car.

I don’t believe dreams predict the future or anything like that. Do you?

anita

Hi Brayden,

I just thought of an additional meaning. Have you heard the term “Backseat Driver”? In the dream you were the one (the backseat driver) who told your dad to look at something, inadvertently causing a car crash.

So, IRL, your dad is metaphorically driving the FAMILY car. But IRL do you ever give your dad advice? What would happen if he followed it? Do you fear eventually being the head of the family? And yet don’t fully trust your dad to do the job? And is your mom in the symbolic passenger side and is just “along for the ride”?

Fascinating dream!

Inky