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Not surprisingly, dreaming about an alarm clock is usually for the same reason we set our alarm clocks in real life: it’s time to wake up!
This type of ‘waking up’ can be metaphorical, literal, or spiritual. Without realizing, we can often be sleepwalking through life, going about our daily routine without realizing just how sleepy we’re being! We think we may be awake – but are we?
If we’re not, that’s when our subconscious kicks in and starts sending us messages that it’s time to wakey-wakey. What better way for our conscious mind to process this than by featuring an actual alarm clock in our dreams?
Dreaming About Waking Up To An Alarm Clock
If you dream that an alarm clock is buzzing in your dream, it’s a sign that there’s something in your life you need to wake up to.
Pay close attention to the situation in your dream. Like the alarms that wake us up every morning, alarms in your dreams are doing the same thing. Good morning, sunshine, what do you need to look at in your life? Maybe you are waking up beside the wrong person, or waking up to the wrong job, or maybe even waking up in the wrong house.
The situation in your dream is a massive clue as to what you need to wake up to. If you wake up and find nobody sleeping next to you, for example, but you are in a real-life relationship with someone in your bed every night, then it could be a sign that there is a problem in your relationship that needs fixing. There is distance between you both and it’s time to wake up to it. The person may be with you physically in real life, but mentally or emotionally there may be a disconnect.
Dreaming About An Alarm That You Can’t Shut Off
This is one of those dreams that can induce panic while in the dream and even after waking.
If you dream that your alarm is going off and you can’t turn it off or hit the snooze button, then this is usually a clear indication that the urgency of the situation you need to wake up to is very strong.
Again, it is important to pay attention to the situation surrounding your dream. If, for example, you dream you are in a new house and your alarm is buzzing and you can’t switch it off, then it may be an indication that in real life it is time to move or there is something in your house that needs fixing.
The panic you may feel in the dream is a reflection of the panic that is happening in real-life. This type of urgency is a feeling that is important to pay attention to.
Dreaming About An Alarm Clock You Can Hear But Can’t See
If you dream that you can hear your alarm clock but you can’t see it, then it is usually a sign that there is an underlying fear in real life that needs addressing.
As with the other interpretations, pay attention to your surroundings in the dream as these are signs of what the fear is relating to.
The hidden alarm clock is a dream symbol of the fear itself. Write this dream down upon waking up because hidden fears often require deeper exploration in real life to find the source of them.
Have you had this dream more than once? Check out what that means in our recurring dream definition.
