My wife has been an anorexic for nearly 5 years now. the info about her condition is contained in a post that you can see here. If you don't look at the previous post, she is 40 yrs old, 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs under 90 lbs now. She is losing her hair, and becoming increasingly weak and tired. The efect on our marriage and the effect on our family life is getting bad as well because of this.

But GOD knows about it all, PRAISE HIM!

Here is the latest dream that my Wife, Mo, had. It was so scary that it frightened me as well when she told me about it:

We live in a cape cod style house with a full basement. Mo was going down into the basement to get something (we have finished part of the basement and she stores her 'food' down there - pork rinds and carb free stuff, including diet drinks).

She got to the bottom of the stairs and saw my oldest daughter, who is 13, using the computer in the play room. She turned to the right and noticed that the shelves and other things in the back right side of the basement were gone - completely. She thought that maybe I had cleared out that area so we could continue renovation of the basement. She turned back to the left to talk to my daughter, but now she was gone as well. In fact, the entire basement was empty, just like before we moved into it (we built the house).

She got scared, and went up the stairs which lead back to the main floor of the house, next to the dining room. The entire inside of the house was bare - no kitchen cabinets, no flooring - just the subflooring - and only dry wall for walls. Nothing else was there - everything was gone!

She then started to cry out for me, for my daughters, and finally for her mom, but no one came, no one answered. She was alone in an empty, unfinished house, no furnishings, no anything.

She actually was yelling out in her sleep at that point, which woke me up.

At the time she was having that dream, I had was having one of my own that her yelling woke me out of. Mine was very short:

I was driving down a familiar road, in my favorite car. I think my one of both of my daughters were in the back seat of the car with me. My wife was not there.

Suddenly, the car hit an icy patch on the road that sent it into a spin. The car spun around three times. I remember my foot was on the brake, and I was gripping the steering wheel but not trying to ster into the spin.

Then, the car straightened up all by itself, and I was back on the road again, in the same direction as before, none the worse for wear and with no damage. All the original occupants were still in the car with me, with no one added. Then a voice told me that the LORD straightened the car out, and got me back onthe road again.

Thanks for your interpretation!

Todd

Okay... I am not an interpreter of dreams, but...

I've read that whenever you have a dream about your HOME, it represents your body. The kitchen represents your stomach (upper cabinents your upper digestive system, lower cabinents, lower digestive system). The basement is perhaps her bowels? Or perhaps her reproductive system?

The fact that they are all empty means that she is "empty". Perhaps her family being missing means that she has isolated herself from the people she loves.

I must admit I was thinking along the same lines as Julie with this dream. I was thinking of your wifes physical condition being represented by the house condition.

As for your dream I had thought maybe the car spinning out of control is how you are feeling about your wifes condition. You had your foot on the brake trying to stop the car from spinning just like you are trying to stop your wife from her being out of control with not eating. The fact that a voice said "the Lord straitened your car out" could maybe mean that He will straiten out what is out of control. He will make the path strait.

I am no one either to interpret dreams but this is what went through my mind while reading your post.

You know, that is a very good way of looking at it. I absolutely agree that the house represents her body or life. She really has seperated herself from most of her friends, but not me, the kids and her mom. However, she is doing that, little by little, because she is not seeing the problems her bahvior is causing.

I was wondering if the dream was a warning, since she has had so many reoccurring dreams. I thought it might mean that the LORD is telling her that she is running out of time (from the reoccuring dream post) and that this one was telling her that she may end up losing it all if she doesn't do something soon.

Thanks!

Todd

As I re-read this a few times I wondered if this may represent both the physical and the spiritual condition she is in....just an added thought.

The house in your wife's dream represents herself and yes as was said certain rooms can sometimes represent certain areas of your person. Such as an attic would represent her intellect and in this case the basement is her unconsious mind and her own intuition.Your wife going down the stairs means she was going into her subconsouisness and setbacks. Seeing your daughter represents her feminine side and turning to the right where your daughter was denotes that she feels that what she is doing is right because she believes by watching her weight she is going to be a more beautiful woman turning back to the left represents she is being passive to her problem, not confronting the issues, although going up the stairs means she is searching for answers. Her feeling scared is her having self-doubts and the diningroom is her trying to understand and gain knowledge about her problem...she is getting close to making an important decision in her life. Seeing floors represents the support a person feels they have and apparently the fact that she is seeing only sub floor means she feels her support from her family for her way of thinking is not good. Walls represent barriers for her.To dream that she is crying out to those you mentioned and no one is there to hear means that she feels that her cries are falling on deaf ears, she can't seem to communicate to others her feelings.

I humbly agree with others here and i think that your wifes spiritual and physical person is crying out. It seems that she is coming to realise her eating disorder is wrong but is fighting it the whole way. She is battling within herself and I think we all know as Christians who is causing this confusion and mayhem inside your wife....... There seems to be a very big spiritual battle going on right now for your wife. Praise the Lord that HE is stronger. We need to pray for her in a mighty way. Is there a Christian place that your wife can go to that can help her with this disorder?


Your dream seems to say that you feel as though you are not in control of the situation with your wifes disorder. Your just going down the same old road dealing with the problem the same old way. Not seeing any new ideas, no new direction no new plan to deal with this problem. Your in the back seat...just along for the ride yet applying the brakes trying to slow the situation down and gain control. The car spins three times and i believe the Lord is telling you through this that HE is aware and in control of the situation. By hearing a voice tell you that the LORD straightened the car out, and got you back on the road again seems to mean you are trusting that HE has the situation in control.
I will pray that the Lord will show you what to do and what direction to go.....It definetly appears that your wife needs some kind of medical help. I pray you will beable to get her to agree to this. Please keep us updated if you can....

Also has your wife had any test done such as for hyperactive thyroid or something like that?

Regarding your wife, Mo...as I read this dream I was somehow reminded of this scripture...

Rth 1:21 I went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why [then] call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?

Your wife may feel that God has deserted her. The root of her disease (affliction) may be there...a kind of self flagelation.

When I read Todd's vision I thought of these scriptures...

Psa 32:7 Thou [art] my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. Psa 32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. Psa 32:9 Be ye not as the horse, [or] as the mule, [which] have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. Psa 32:10 Many sorrows [shall be] to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about. Psa 32:11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all [ye that are] upright in heart.

Just what I was lead to is all...

Thanks for taking the time to read these dreams and responding.

Yes , she has been to therapy but only six times over the last two years. She did not want to go back because the therapist told her she needed to go to the inpatient treatment program, which lasts 5 weeks. She felt threatened by that! She really does need to do that, but she refuses.

She has had a battery of tests over the last two years, all of which were blood work, which showed that her liver enzymes were not elevated enough to be dangerous. She also had a thyroid test, which did not show any problems. However, that was earlier this year, and she is now under 90 lbs. For all we know, her liver enzymes could be elevated right now. The concern is her heart. A nurse friend of mine who knows my wife says that her heart HAS to be enlarged by now, since she has signs of heart failure (swollen ankles, bradycardia, extreme sensitvity to cold, etc) Tonight she feels foggy, disoriented. But she insists on exercising anyway! UGH!

Thanks again. I will keep you all updated. I wonder if she will have another attention grabbing dream tonight? It seems the LORD is really talking to her - she needs to listen to HIM!

Praise and GLORY to JESUS CHRIST the LORD our GOD.

Todd

Todd, could you possibly show her this? Maybe it would help?

Maz,
You hit it right on the head. She is VERY upset with GOD. Our youngest daughter has a learning disability due to a stroke she apparently suffered when she was being delivered during childbirth. We found out about the stroke when she was 5, which is when this problem started. We have seen our daughter get much better as she gets older (she is 10 now, and is reading and talking very well and is very social. If you looked at her you could not tell that she even had a problem!), and it is a definite testimony of GOD'S GRACE, MERCY and healing! I praise HIM everyday for her, since she makes so many advances everyday, at least to me. My wife is what she calls a 'realist', and she thinks our daughter will never get any better than she is now. She also thinks that GOD owes her since her dad died when she was 8. She even said that 'God will not let me die' even though she is destroying HIS temple. She thinks she has suffered so much in her life that GOD owes her something.



Thanks for that, too. I really appreciate it greatly. You always seem to be led to the right scriptures. Thanks, Maz!

Todd

Wow that statement in itself is so revealing as to her behavior. My heart cries for her. Oh how the FATHER loves her so.......I pray that she will see just how much and begin to get well again...........
Thankyou for sharing with us so that we may pray for your wife and for your family too......

Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications. The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped….
Psalm 28:6-7 KJV

Todd,

First your wifes dream:
I can't shake the feeling I have from the interpretation - there is something that makes your wife seem like there are two halfs of each other - something to the right, the right side is dominante and I'm not sure why. Is your wife covering up something? Hiding something - it's like if you see me this way you won't notice what I'm trying to keep hidden.

She has lived this way for some time and I believe the interpretation is a healing is coming. Things are ending. Her crying out and no one being there is how she feels, inside she has been screaming and doesn't feel anyone hears. The LORD our GOD hears and he is going to reveal and heal.

There is a hidden TRUTH that will unfold.

This is the significance of your dream as well.
Your life has been out of control and the LORD is going to change things.

ASC2

Hope IS reality....Just as much as the curse of this life.

I pray your wife can have this revealed to her. And that she can get excited about it. I pray the veil covering the Hope can be removed and she know the true reality! And that she would grow in the true word.

Literally...she's starving for truth!!!!! Open her ears God l pray in Jesus name.

Let her see the true hope of the world God.....

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Thanks, guys! That dream was the first in a series she has had since. Two nights ago she dreamt she was at her mom's house, and coming out of the bathroom in the hallway when she noticed me behind her. She moved over to the wall in the hallway that is next to her old bedroom (where she grew up), felt very weak and said her legs felt 'mushy'. Then she collapsed. She thinks I caught her before she hid the floor. She woke up at that point. We will be at her mom's house this Sunday.

This morning she woke up yelling 'No!No!'. I asked her what she dreamt and she was very reluctant to tell me. When she finally did, it was short - she was hovering above her body, which was standing up (she was looking down on on herself). Then she was in her body seeing a vision of me, our daughters, her mom and stepdad, the girls she works with and Christmas presents. Then a large white hand came and took all of it away. She was left standing in the dark. That was when she started yelling 'No!' and woke me up.

I think these dreams are all connected. They are all very similar in theme. Ever since my vision on Wednesday morning this week, she has really been having dreams. My vision was short as well - I was looking through a window, and could see my face and head. There were Christmas colors in the background. Then a piece of white paper with large, bold block letters appeared and it said "DO NOT WORRY". There was other writing below it, and it looked to be technical writing of some type - symbols and lines - but I did not see it all and could not recognize it. The message was clear however! Ever since that vision, I have had a feeling that things are changing each day, including today. Even though things went wrong all day long on Wednesday, I was carried through the day by that vision (laptop smoked on me including my hard drive- felt naked without it! , computers failing, files missing, a virus outbreak, etc). It all turned out okay, and everything was settled by the end of the day.

Tell me what you think, guys.

Merry Christams to you all!
Blessings in the NAME OF JESUS CHRIST THE LORD OUR RISEN SAVIOR!

Todd

I think it's simple...God's warning your wife.

Sounds like she will accept the reality of Hope to me!

Sounds like God uses you to catch her right before she falls!

Christmas is the birth of Hope!!!!!!!!!

[COLOR=purple]I dealt with a demon posessed woman as I am gifted in deliverence ministry. One of her demons was the spirit of anorexia. He was seeking to destroy and kill her by shackling her mind. Encourage your wife to quote the word of God outloud several times a day, Give God praise for Healing and Restoring her body and setting her free from Anorexia and help her to remind satan that God's will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven NOT satans will. I will keep you in prayer and always remember the battle belongs to the Lord but we must put on the Whole Armour of God. I know this will help you both, Glory to God and many Blessings to you and your household in Jesus Name.

I had a friend who was supposedly delivered from many demons or unclean spirits.
I personally never felt she was possessed.

She later committed suicide.

People who are severely troubled should never be told they have this issue.

This is dangerous ground to tread and l don't recommend telling this to people.

I have to wonder if Jesus is tipping the scales for your wife.

She's surely weighed and been found wanting, but!

Jesus is our weight and balance and he was weighed for us.

I believe your wife is saved.

Blessed assurance!

Thanks, Miki. She is saved. That is the blessed assurance that she and I have right now.

I want to thank everyone who has replied so far. While I do believe that there is demonic influence trying to take advantage of the situation, there is not a possession. This is most likely an act of the flesh. My wife took something that was healthy and positive five years ago - going on a diet to slim down a little bit and shape up - and turned it into a way to stop having children and show that she has control of her life.

This was a decision she made without any thought of how it would affect our marriage, her life, or our children. She knows, as a healh care practitioner, that if a women manages to lower her body fat to less than 6%, her menstrual cycle will stop. She managed to do that over three years ago. She does not want another child who has problems (we have one with a learning disability). It is too much for her to handle. That is why she is mad at GOD. Now she has no body fat at all and is only skin, muscle and bones. It is a frightening sight! I hope any woman that may read all of this and is thinking that pro-anorexia sites present a way to stay thin in a healthy way will think twice after reading these posts. It is a dangerous, life threatening problem, it destroys the very temple that GOD made us to be, and adds misery and woe to the lives of those she knows.

She has pushed her friends away, has caused our relationship to suffer far outside of the normal give and take in a marriage that one expects, and is now scared that something is wrong but she will not admit that it is her current condition due to fear, pride and the flesh. She is blind to the facts. She needs to come out of this blindness before it is too late. I think the dreams are warnings concernng that.

Thanks to you all. Blessings in the NAME ABOVE ALL NAMES, JESUS CHRIST.

Todd

I can't seem to get this off my mind....

I don't think l've ever been more sure that my friend that committed suicide is in heaven...She was wonderfully saved before that devil of a pastor decided she needed demons cast out of her.

She had so struggled with mental and emotional issues compounded by poor nutrition...

Jesus died for our sins...pure and simple....

It was sad what was left behind by my friend though....Her friends and family that were irrevocably changed....God used it though---- but the sadness will never be taken away.... Not until every tear is wiped dry.....

I think of the bog of despair l was in...Jesus pulled me out in time.

Now the one who weighed me will be weighed....But l find no glory in it....Only sadness.

The enemy comes in and entangles himself in our unresolved issues and seeks to drain us of our hope and replace it with despair.

But Jesus saves...And you know what l thank God for?

That he doesn't need any help!

He helped me.....no one else Maz...no one else was there.

He wanted to use others but they couldn't hear so he came to my rescue.

He didn't send his sheep out to find me...He found me himself.

I mattered enough to him to make a special trip...

tears...........

Hi Miki,
Thank you for your testimony regarding this subject. I appreciate your condor and info. But I have one question for you. You said:



Who weighed you and is now being weighed? I am curious about that statement you made.

I agree that the LORD doesn't need any help. HE can do it all himself!

Our friends and family, three therapists and my daughters and I have tried continually for three years to reach her. We have prayed, interceded, confronted, hinted, and tried over and over again to get through. It does not seem to matter to her.

When I had the vision from the LORD a week ago that said in big, bold block letters on white paper : DO NOT WORRY I took that to mean that HE was in control. No matter what, HE is in control. I rest in HIM, and have released it all to HIM.

Thanks again, Miki.

Todd

The accuser of the brethren.

Greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world.