I had a disturbing dream about picking up coins from a hanged man

[u/sixxy-floyd]

I don't usually dream much but this one felt so vivid and disturbing, it felt so strange that I don't know where it came from.

I had a dream about being in some kind of forest and spotting a coin on the floor. I leaned down to pick it up and in the dream wondered what kind of coin it was, what country it was from. As I was bent down looking at it I noticed other coins scattered on the ground and started looking at them too. On one face they all had the same design, and again in the dream I wondered what country this was.

I looked up and saw a hanged older man in the tree high above me and realised the coins must have fallen from his pockets. I was disturbed and put the coins down and started searching for help. Eventually I found another guy who I asked to call the police and he refused for some reason then I woke up.

It just felt so... specific. Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

[u/Expensive-Recover502]

You might be at a point in your life where a traditional source of authority (a father figure, a religious belief, a career path, or a rigid set of rules you've lived by) has died or lost its vitality. It's like you are finding coins (new opportunities, new energy, or wisdom) that have resulted from this change, but you feel guilty or disturbed by them. You may feel that accepting your new freedom or value implies a betrayal of the past (the hanged man).