I have normal dreams.
Sorry, I HAD normal dreams. Until he showed up about 2 years ago.
Who is "he"??? I don't even really know myself, but before we get to that I should address the fact that I hadn't seen him in months when he reared his head for the first time again last week. In my dreams of the past, he would remain in the background. Literally, he would watch the events unfolding in my other dreams from the distance--as if judging my response to them.
I don't know what it means, him showing up out of the blue. But I don't think it's good. I don't THINK it's good. But the only reason I'm telling a bunch of strangers is that I want to know if I'm right in my assumption.

The room was a stark white. The kind of white that's blinding to say in the least, and the only things in it were two chairs and a table. I was sitting in one of the chairs, and the other was empty. So I waited. At the time I didn't know what for, but I waited--and he came.
Now, keep in mind the most I could see of the man was his profile--he was leaning forward with his arms braced on his knees and his head dipped forward. His attire seemed a little odd, but casual none-the-less, he wore purple shorts and a white t-shirt. In my usual dreams I couldn't even see what he was wearing. "Then how did you know it was him?" It's not as him a person that invades my dreams, but the feeling that comes with him. Its a sense of awareness. That thing where you turn around--like completely around-- and someone is staring at you, and you don't even wonder how you knew.
I can't explain the feeling his presence gives me, but it was something humbling and a little scary.
He said to me (he didn't really "say it" but I heard it in my mind, and it echoed in the room), without looking up
"It's been a while hasn't it?"
In my dream I smiled at him (SMILED AT HIM??!!!) as if we were friends, and I agreed that
"Yeah, it has."
Repeat, I hadn't had a dream with him in a month or so.
Then he laughed, as if we were sharing an inside joke, and told me:
"I've been busy."
I asked him,
"What have you been doing?"
And everything froze. Time pulled to a stop, I couldn't move, and he didn't move either. I felt as if my question was wrong, like the kid who cusses in front of his parents, I shouldn't have said that.
He said bluntly and curtly, "Nothing."
He started doing this weird clenching thing with his hands. Making them into fists then flexing them again. It was the first time in the dream I felt truly scared, and some things about the situation of the dream started to alarm me, like the fact that this room had no doors--I couldn't escape him. Was that his doing? Did he want me trapped here?? I didn't even know why I was so scared of making him angry but...
"Who are you?" I asked him.
He freezes up again, but as he slowly started to raise his head, I was more curious than scared. I'd never actually seen his face in my dreams and part of me was eager to know who he really was...
His head lifted slowly, and the light in the room grew to blazing. In a split-second of blindness and confusion my dream ended and left me staring at the wall in the dark of my bedroom...

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WhiteMaidenWest,
First, it could be important that I know your age. The reason I ask for your age and gender is both are important to understanding the dream. A younger person's dreams are usually more related to current waking experiences because they are still in that formative stage of life. An older person's dreams usually have a more reflective message where the dream is addressing past experiences/influences that are now {and throughout their life} causing emotional difficulties that need to be understood. I suggest you read my page {short page} A Simple Guide to Dreams to get an understanding of Jungian dream psychology. It will provide insights to how dreams function. This is the science of the psyche and not a 'psychic' interpretation using crystal balls and what not.

Your dream is dealing with an 'unknown masculine' aspect in your life. Because all dreams have at least two applications/meanings it is possible this dream is addressing an actual male in your life as well as your own inner masculine aspects, your animus. The waking person is 'unknown' because of the emotional experience associated with him was either forgotten or repressed. The animus aspect would be a trait or a set of attitude that you have yet to identify with or fully develop. We all have masculine and feminine aspects embedded within our psyche and the goal is to balance to the two so the waking 'emotional' life is balanced and harmonious.

The animus male within you knows all about you but you know little about this important psyche quality. 'He' is an aspect that has not be recognized or developed and needs your attention so these attitudes of 'taking charge' in certain situations, being assertive when necessary, ambition, strength, forceful can develop as needed. This male aspect is a part of your dreams because it is lacking in your waking life, there are already instances where you needed these masculine attitudes but they were not available. The description of the male in your dreams is one that applies to your already existing personality. Arms braced between the knees, head 'dipped' forward would suggest this is an attitude or trait you already possess, a submissive attitude that describes you act or feel in some aspect of your waking life. 'He' is watching, a view from within, your actions and demonstrating {by being in your dream} what is lacking and needed in your character that would make you stronger. Not knowing what he is wearing is not knowing how to use these vital masculine aspects, they are not a part of your personality {clothes in dreams usually symbolize personality traits and/or attitudes}. To realize this would be 'humbling' because it would bring about a stronger you. But it also be scary since it is an unknown and unused aspect.

As for an actual waking life experience involving a male {if applicable}, in this instance it would most likely be addressing an experience that has been forgotten or repressed. That would normally involve a traumatic emotional experience involving a male that has been pushed deep into the unconscious so the ego does not to have to deal with. The dream language 'don't really say it' does suggest there could be something that the conscious self does not want to be told, contents held in the unconscious. The dialog after that describing the encounter would be how your conscious self is treating the unconscious contents, one of wanting to accept this experience with the masculine (SMILED AT HIM??!!!) but also one of not wanting to consciously let him enter into conscious knowledge {everything froze. Time pulled to a stop, I couldn't move}. It is the wrong question because it is something your conscious mind doesn't want to confront. But because of its emotional energies it 'freezes' a vital part of your self, you waking self, which can be controlling in how you act in life and feel about yourself. They are unconscious agents that can control your conscious life without you being aware they exist.

The end of a dream is important. In your dream, when this masculine aspect does raise his head {wants/needs to become part of your 'mental' consciousness}, there is a 'blazing' {burning} response. That could represent anger {fire} or passion. It would be recognizing or admitting this experience or attitude into your conscious mind that would bring about such a response.

You must determine which of if both aspects fit {the first most likely does, the second possibility being the unknown}. As for the first, does the actions describe your personality? If it is also the second then it would be addressing an experience involving a real male, an experience that was emotionally disturbing and you do not wish to think about it. It may be something that is deeply repressed and not yet available to your conscious mind. Not yet but will one day will be. anything and everything that is within the unconscious will one day 'show itself' because nature's intent is to bring these things out so they can be understood. By understanding the experience and finally confronting them there can be a healing process. without that the emotional forces will continue to control your life unconsciously.

So which do you think it is? You may not understand the first as much as you should but that can be remedied by reading about the animus and your masculine aspects. the second, if it applies, will likely strike a cord [even if it is deeply repressed} because the emotional energies it holds can not withstand scrutiny. For me to determine which applies I would need to know more about your personal life {you would need to consult a psychologist who works with dreams in private sessions}. Knowing your age would help and a response to what I have stated may provided some insights.

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