My new stepdad sucks and my mum is a ghost

Date: 3/4/2025

I felt like I was a different person in a bigger city like Manchester. I know I pegged a few people (consensually of course) which was kinda cool. I remember avoiding someone, and I head to the public toilets. Then I was communicating with an invisible ghost, trying to stay calm I felt it was my mother (but again not my real mother because I'm not this person). I was hiding from a father figure, but he wasn't my actual father on any account. My mother ghost seemed to want me to have a good relationship with him which makes me think he's my stepdad. He looks lanky with hollow eyes and acts like he takes drugs slurring his words. We briefly see eachother by the toilets but I quickly leave. I climb a ladder on a ladder by this big, theatre stage. Both ladders add up to about 50ft and I'm in the rafters with the curtains. There's a white plastic table by me and I feel fine. I see my brother at the bottom of the ladder and he seems drunk as usual and starts climbing. I tell him no I don't want him here, there's bitterness in my words and I feel almost disgusted he's coming closer. On the second ladder he keeps joking and I push my foot firmly against him without jolting him to try and get him down without falling. It's too late and he joins me at the table to hear all my disappointment and frustration I carry about him. I then want to leave and look down and my head is spinning, it's so high up and there's nothing stable about getting down. I feel drunk like my head is very heavy and I'm so tired. I'm shaking as I head down the first ladder, the second isn't placed right and the base needs flipping out so while holding on dearly to the first I'm trying to kick through the second to stabilise it. I start crying as I get more tired and I revert to a childlike cry wailing at my brother for help. I mumble for his arm through sobs and I grip it tightly. I feel bad receiving his help after berating him but I get the ladder knocked out enough. It wobbles a lot on my way down but I touch the stage and the feelings made me start crying again. My brother follows shortly after and then the scene turns more like a house as my "stepdad" bursts through the door with a plastic shopping bag full of miniature alcohol. He opens two and throws them back, into his mouth. He talks to us like objects and I know he beats my brother and me, he goes towards my brother and he cowers. A stark contrast to earlier. I tell him to leave, I'm feeling stupid. He approaches me with his dead eyes and a small smile of disbelief. He threatens me and I wake up.

AI generated interpretation This dream appears to be deeply rooted in your subconscious emotions and experiences. The presence of your new stepdad, who sucks in your dream, and your mum appearing as a ghost are likely symbols of the changes and challenges you are currently facing in your waking life. The setting of the dream in a bigger city like Manchester and the interactions with various people, including pegging them consensually, may reflect a desire for exploration and freedom in your life. However, the presence of the father figure, who is lanky, with hollow eyes and potentially addicted to drugs, represents feelings of unease and discomfort towards authority figures or new family dynamics. The communication with your mother as a ghost could symbolize unresolved issues or feelings of loss and longing for her presence in your life. The desire for a good relationship with the stepdad figure, despite your negative perceptions of him, suggests a subconscious need for acceptance and connection within your family. The ladder symbolizes your efforts to overcome obstacles and reach higher grounds in your life. Your interactions with your brother on the ladder, feeling both bitterness and disappointment towards him, may indicate strained relationships or unresolved conflicts within your family dynamic. The fear and struggle of descending the ladder, feeling drunk and tired, could represent feelings of vulnerability and instability in your current situation. Your emotional breakdown and cry for help from your brother may signify a need for support and understanding from those close to you. The aggressive and threatening behavior of the stepdad towards you and your brother at the end of the dream highlights feelings of fear and powerlessness in facing authority figures or abusive situations. Your assertiveness in telling him to leave and standing up for yourself suggests a desire to reclaim your power and protect yourself from harm. Overall, this dream reflects complex emotions and inner turmoil related to family dynamics, power struggles, and the search for stability and security in your waking life. It may be beneficial to explore these themes further in therapy or self-reflection to gain insight and address any unresolved issues.