Being chased in a dream reflects real-life pressure and stress. The chaser being a person indicates interpersonal conflict; an animal indicates instinctive fear. Being chased and running away represents an avoidant mindset. Stopping and confronting the pursuer predicts courageously resolving the problem.
Being chased is one of the most commonly reported stress dreams among adults. What's doing the chasing matters most: a human pursuer often reflects pressure in a relationship, while an unidentifiable pursuer usually points to a vaguer, free-floating anxiety.
Psychoanalytically, the dream symbolizes a real-life problem you're avoiding. In Jung's framework the pursuer is often your own Shadow — the part of yourself you don't want to acknowledge — and turning to face it in the dream can signal readiness to confront the issue.
Legs too heavy to run often reflect the real muscle atonia of REM sleep bleeding into the dream. Escaping by flying away, by contrast, is often read as the unconscious signaling that you do have the resources to rise above the problem.
Dreams involving a threatening situation like "Being Chased" usually reflect real-world stress or a feeling of losing control. Jung interpreted such dreams as the unconscious processing anxiety the conscious mind hasn't fully addressed — and how you respond to the danger in the dream often mirrors your real coping style.
Try to recall a recent situation that felt out of your control.