Held captive dream meaning

 

I dreamt I was being held captive, and the kidnapper had amputated my left foot and four fingers. He held me and my friend (her unharmed) for two years. Then we escaped somehow. (read all at source)

In real life being held captive seems an extreme and unlikely occurrence. But actually its a very relevant symbol to real life. You may be held captive in a relationship that you hate? You maybe pushed into doing things which you do not like? (read all at source)

Hold yourself for someone or something - you take the time to change. Being held captive by someone in captivity, imprisoned in the arms - it's time for action.
Idiomatic Dream Book... (read all at source)

Experiencing being kidnapped in a dream is our unconscious making us aware that we are being held captive by our own "demons". If the dreamer is kidnapping someone else, the person is likely attempting to assume some quality of the person they are abducting. (read all at source)

NEGATIVE...
In interpreting a cage in an internal dream, I would not see a positive connotation to it unless your enemies were in that cage! In dreaming that you are in a cage or being held captive, it would represent your lack of freedom. (read all at source)

captive a part of yourself is being held captive; look at the payoff you get from doing this; desiring to captivate someone. Who needs a captive audience to be heard? (read all at source)

Group of people attacking you.
You are attacking somebody else.
You are being held captive.
One person fighting against a group of people.
A group of people dragging away a person. (read all at source)

A problem being pointed out here is that you have no outlet for your work as goldfish are generally held captive in a fish bowl. Hands-on healing involves channeling energy through your body and projecting that life energy into your client. (read all at source)

Prison: Lost souls; Christian held captive by the enemy; rebellion; lawlessness; bondage; persecuted saints; slavery; Sheol or Hades; imprisoned unjustly; release from prison is God's blessing; confinement of personal circumstances; a spiritual condition that is fallen; death;... (read all at source)