Dreams about detours can be indicative of the mental hurdles we experience in the process of making a decision.
The popular dreams about detours are often plain evidence that physical obstacles and challenges along the way hinder us from achieving success. This is also seen as an indication that one should avoid confrontation and try to solve a problematic situation in another manner.
Some psychotherapists say that taking a detour in our dreams indicates an absence of communication with each other or having incomplete thoughts or ideas. In simpler terms, it looks like we are trying to avoid confronting the problem at hand instead of solving it.
Also, detours in dreams can also signify something for later in your life that might hold you back from attaining certain things, or become an obstacle for you.
If obstacles seem insurmountable there are ways of overcoming them with problem-solving skills and creativity. Sometimes we dream of detours because our subconscious is saying “this is not the way.”
In these dreams, we often find evidence from our waking life, with the goal to identify obstacles that may be causing a roadblock or a detour. If there are dead-ends or missed traffic signs in our waking life, they may appear in the dream as well.
Confronting the obstacle and finding a way to overcome it, almost always leads to the dream facilitation of overcoming those same issues in real life, whether it is literal or symbolic representation of challenging events.