What does it mean when you dream you can't move?

Answer 1

Your Body Is Involuntarily Tryin To Protect You From Acting Out The Dream, Completely Natural And Harmless, But If You Felt Terrified During The Dream I Think It Means That Som'n Paranormal Stuff Is Going On Around Your House And You Need To Go To Church, Or Whatever Your Religion Is, If It Happens Again That Means Someone Not Alive Anymore Is Either Following You Or Just Likes You (Don't Mean To Freak Ya Out), Anyway You Think What You Feel And Dreams' A Cousin Of Thoughts So Try To Remember How You Felt Dream, You'll Get Your Answer. By The Way This Is From Experience.

Answer 2

This sounds like an example of sleep paralysis - the mind naturally puts the body into a light paralysis while dreaming. Researchers speculate this is to prevent the dreamer from acting out the dream - and perhaps being injured - during the dream. It is very common and entirely harmless.

Another possibility: If the inability to move is the message of a dream, rather than a physical sensation while dreaming, it could symbolize a feeling of complete helplessness. For example, in real life, a person may strongly disagree with a policy at work, but have no authority to change the policy. That person might dream of being unable to move. Similarly, if a person needs to "move" from one house to another place, but cannot sell the house, that could trigger a dream about not being able to move. One last suggestion: a person who has no compassion is described as being "unmoved" by another's pain. That person's subconscious might create a dream in which the inability to be moved by emotion becomes an inability to move in any way.