Haunted House, Ghosts and Spirits Recurring

[msoccer23]

A few years ago I had this recurring dream about a haunted cottage or house that my family and I would go to for a few nights. Its quite a large house and everything about it is dark and its covered in vines. Just last night I had this dream again. The dream was just me arriving at this cottage and exploring the inside a bit, the only rooms in the house I ever visit is the room I sleep in and the kitchen/living room area.
The weird thing about the dream is that I have it for a few nights, the first one is me just settling in but the second and third I get attacked by ghosts or spirits, I get scratches and thrown/pushed up and into walls. What could this mean?

[dreamweaver123]

I think you ought to be careful, like there's something to hide in that house's history, a deep dark secret like a hidden room or maybe a hidden diary or newspaper article below the floorboards. Most of the time, ghosts are very kind and they might even seem a bit sinister, like saying, "Get out!" in order to protect you. Very rarely will a ghost hurt you unless it's an incubus or a poltergeist.
The ghosts in my home are lovely people, the guardian angel late brother and grandma I lost years ago...they will usually deflect any negative energy from evil spirits. A way I regained a sense of safety and security in my home was to build an altar to my ancestors, like they do in China, and looked at my late gram's picture and focused on reconnecting with her...a couple days later, she came to me in a dream. It was an OBE, out of body experience, to say the least. My soul left my body and stood up and saw gram next to my bed watching me and protecting me as I slept. I said to her in unspoken words, for ghosts don't need you to say it outright, that I was still grieving. She laughed and said in her Canadian accent, "You've mourned too long." I awoke a bit stunned and very happy, like she wanted me to enjoy my life and quit crying over spilled milk. It was something my dear gram would do to cheer me up and make me feel comfortable in my home.
You may get a visit from a loved one who's passed to take away the fears or angst or confusion. Chances are your loved ones are smiling looking down on you from above, wanting you to be content. I sometimes watch ghost movies, and I got the idea that I was getting too far out, like I needed to join the land of the living. I mean, it's great you want to know what happened there...you might want to call in a psychic, have a seance, and I sense a wiccan could really help you out. Some of these people are really attuned to the spiritual realm. I also kind of sense, and sometimes I'm wrong, that maybe something bad happened there and prayer or putting up your psychic defenses could really help out. I don't want to sound like some deeply religious holy roller, but I think you can stir up certain paranormal activity and you seem like a sweetheart so I'll say no harm will come to you there, but maybe reading some books on the ghost topic or calling in a clairvoyant could really assist you in knowing the true story.
I really think that every house or abode has a story within, particularly if someone died there. I think you can benefit from poking around and being cognizant of the spiritual realm. People might think I'm crazy but there's a hospital I went to once to get meds and I sensed some ghostly visitations and recently in the paper, they found the place was built on a Native American burial ground. I guess they are building a new wing and stirred something up there. I would go there and try to sense something, but I think it might scare the beejeezus out of me.
Good luck and best wishes!!

[Summer]

I think your dream may be trying to tell you that you are injuring yourself by continuing to go back into time (being pushed into walls and getting scratched). Whether or not you ever lived in that cottage in real life, maybe you are dreaming about it because something in your past - - probably unknown to you - - is unresolved and "haunting" you. I think your subconscious may be indicating that you need to discover what issues you need to dispose of, in order to get rid of those "ghosts" of the past.

[dreamweaver123]

The cottage holds skeletons in the closet, so to speak, and probably not yours or your family's, but there is a message there, that there is danger in dredging up the past and not living in the NOW, the present. I think reminiscing is fine to an extent, but if you're constantly nostalgic, write in a diary through the darkness and get the feelings out and release what's inside you. Tell the truth and the truth will set you free.
Write a bunch of feelings letters to people you're mad at and don't send them...instead, throw the letters in the paper shredder and say, "Hey, I forgive them all. I'm over this, and I need to be happy and in the present again." If you can just get the emotions out in a healthy way and then just kiss the rage or sadness goodbye and leave the past behind, you are better off.
You may be an emotional person that is expressing what everybody thinks but is scared to say...so own your own feelings and do not assume other people's opinions and emotions as your own. You may have a friend who is dumping their problems on you too much and you have to not get sucked in or get down low. You need to merely listen and be the kind person you are and forget it. Be careful not own other people's emotional baggage as your own.
You strike me as a very caring, loving person and people turn to you for advice or consolation. You are a nice person and empathic and sympathetic to others like a counselor or a social worker is, but you need to just quit trying to fight other people's battles for them and not get caught up in being someone else. You are you and your friend is your friend. You are in control of you and your friend is in control of your friend...if that person is unhappily married, then that person needs to get a divorce. You are trying to be a good friend and help someone out, but that person needs to make his or her own decisions. It is not your life to live. You don't need to live vicariously through another. Create your own drama and good times and be happy.
Basically, when you're a caregiver, things can get a little codependent and you're in some sense saving someone...but in the long run, people need to save themselves. I think there is an element of getting caught up in someone else's soap opera and maybe it's exciting, but you need to step back and say, "Hey, it is my life and I'm not gonna take the emotional baggage home with me" when you get home from work, or say, "Hey, this is not my problem. If someone is unhappy, that person needs to find ways to mend the fences or do something different." You may have a friend that is a bit melodramatic or over the top. Just be a good friends and provide your friendship but if things get too intense, don't be afraid to speak your mind or say, "Hey, you've talked my ear off for two hours and it's my turn." I think you catch my drift that there are healthy boundaries.
I know a really sweet, soft-spoken lady that works as a therapist and she's a great listener, but I'm put off by her inability to express herself or be assertive and state her needs. I just think in normal conversations two people are expressing feelings, not one person blabbing on and on. One time, I was talking someone's ear off, and I said, "God, I'm so sorry, you haven't uttered one word and shrinks get paid $100 an hour to listen to this trash." I mean, maybe you need to let your friend know that there are limits to dumping their problems on you. I guess you have good intentions and want to help out, but you may start to feel taken for granted, so just let people know your limits.