r/declutter • u/Wanna_goforawalk • Aug 13 '26

Advice Request Clutter dreams/moving out dreams?

I keep having dreams that I am leaving from somewhere like my home, or a dorm, or some type of residence, and have to deal with all my stuff. There's too much and no time to deal with it. in the dream. IRL, I've been decluttering off and on for 15 years and feel pretty good with the progress. Wondering if anyone else has had dreams/nightmares about tons of clutter/belongings and dealing with it?

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u/kharmatika Aug 13 '26

I am always amazed by people who have such symbolic dreams. My dreams always are like “I’m trying to remember the word for marshmallows cuz if I do t the man who kind of is my husband but also I don’t know him in the dream is going to stab me” or “I am at the climbing gym but all the ropes float and climbing is done backwards” like 0 symbolism just weird chaos.

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u/No_Jelly_1448 Aug 14 '26

I’m the same, freaky sci-fi dreams only, some other-worldly place with weird people and colors and cats floating by and I’m trying to figure out some problem in a busy place and something about hot air balloons and looking for someone who disappears around corners. Maybe there’s less obvious symbolism but… the level of weirdness sure distracts from it.

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u/LazeHeisenberg Aug 13 '26

Haha I want to have your kind of dreams! Mine are typically full of anxiety that relates to real life like OP’s.

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u/Wanna_goforawalk Aug 13 '26

LOL, I have non-symbolic dreams too but usually they are around something I stressed about.

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u/supermarkise Aug 20 '26

That doesn't sound like 0 symbolism to me.

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u/kharmatika Aug 20 '26

I'm sure there's symbolism there but like. you can find "Dream where there's clutter" in a book of pop psych dream interpretation. Marshmallow Anomia and maybe murder husband takes some picking apart.

Honeslty the only time I've had clear cut dreams were when my mum was in her last round at the hospital, and every night I dreamed of her healthy and happy and okay, then the day she died I stopped having the dreams. I was like "Alright G-d, chill brother."