When I run in my dreams it alway seems to be on all fours. I walk upright, but when I run, I go down to all fours. Last night I dreamt that I was in a huge warehouse on some scaffolding. I crashed to the ground (on purpose) bringing many shelves down with me and starting the building on fire. As I ran out, it was on all fours. I have had several different dreams with me running on all fours.

I would like to know what anybody might think running on all fours means. Any ideas?

Running on all fours makes me think about reverting to an "animal" state. Is there anything else about you that is different in the dreams than in real life?

I am able to jump huge distances when on all fours. Sometimes it feels strange to run like that and other times it feels like I can run really fast.

I guess maybe my arms are different. I can't explain it tho. Like my shoulders become disjointed or something. Even in my dreams, I am wondering why I run like this.

I am never able to speak either. I'm always out of breath when I try to speak. Not sure if that has anything to do with it. I did not try to speak in this last dream and I can't remember ever trying to speak while running. Just something else that happens a lot in my dreams.

Thanks Marcia!

That's interesting. It does seem like a more animal-like state. Maybe it has to do with just freeing yourself from responsibilities for a while. What is your emotional state in these dreams?

I think you are on to something about freeing myself of responsibilities or something. I have to think about that.

I can't say for sure my mental state. I would almost say it is calm. Or almost absent of a state. The running does feel good tho. The rush of the speed.

I was basically asking if you felt good or bad in that state. If you feel good, then it might just be a way of your subconscious letting you let go of your worries for a while. How do you feel when you wake up?

SAorry, but I'm not sure of that either. I certainly don't wake up feeling bad. Usually, I can't get the image of running on all fours out of my mind. I wake up in a ponder, if you know what I mean.

As long as you don't feel bad, either in the dream or when you wake up, I think the dreams are probably helping to relieve some tension in your waking life, so are good for you.

You know, I wouldn't have connected those two (jumping far distances and running on all fours) had I not read your post here. I was originally looking for some meaning to to running the way I was. You even described the differences in how i run. Let me guess, when you're jumping far distances you're actually trying to fly but you can't right?

Are you referring to your own dreams? This thread is over 5 years old. The OP hasn't been around for a while.