What does it mean to dream about hiding?
Hiding in a dream often mirrors a waking wish to avoid exposure, whether from a person, a responsibility, or a feeling you would rather not face.
Four ways to read it
Each reading below comes from a named tradition and a cited source, so you can see where it came from and decide what fits your dream.
Freud
Freud would read concealment as the dream's own method, the way a forbidden wish hides behind a safer image. To hide may be to keep something out of sight from yourself as much as from a pursuer. He would ask what you are unwilling to have seen.
After Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams (Brill trans., 1913), public domain.Jung
Jung might see a part of the self withdrawing rather than meeting what approaches. Hiding can protect something fragile or delay a needed reckoning. He would ask what would happen if you let yourself be found.
Jungian concept (our summary).Modern
Threat simulation reads hiding as a rehearsed avoidance response to danger. It often follows waking situations where you feel watched, judged, or wanting to disappear. The continuity is usually with a real pressure you would rather dodge.
Threat-simulation theory (our summary).Mythological
Concealment threads through myth, from heroes cloaked from enemies to mortals hidden from a god's wrath. The hiding place is a charged spot, both refuge and trap. The dream may carry that same mix of safety and held breath.
Rosmerta Publishing editorial synthesis (after Bulfinch; Frazer).