Just wondering...anyone interested in a dream interpretation list?

[reallyME]

Hi all

I was wondering if any followers of Jesus here, might be interested in a dream interpretation group I'm in. If so, please let me know.  I had a really peculiar dream this morning that really caused me to feel a wound that was familiar to N'ism in my life:

Finally we were ready to leave, so we went toward wherever we were going, and, the next thing I knew, we were sitting on the edge of this deep drainage thingy.  There were windows where some people could stand and look out, but then there were some people sitting on the edge of the thing, and it was full of water to the top, right where our feet were hanging.
 
I noticed that a distant cousin of mine was there with me and playing around, standing up, like she would jump in.  Finally, she jumped!!!  She never came up.  As she was under the water, I was screaming, "Somebody PLEASE HELP HER!  SHE IS GOING TO DROWN!" People just sort of stared while we helplessly watched the girl drown in the murky, dark water. 
 
Finally, the water drained all the way to the bottom, and I was in this scene, clinging to the side of the rock, dangling over the empty drainage thing.  I looked down and saw the drain and was thinking, "what if Lisa got swept away into wherever that water goes."  Then, I realized that I was hanging many feet up from the drain too, and I called for my husband,
who was standing looking out the windows of the wall behind us.  I said "Help me!"  He just stared.  I asked "Don't you see that I might fall and die?  Don't you care?"  He continued to stare.  Then, I summoned all my strength and got myself back up on the wall and, crying over losing my cousin that nobody seemed to care about, I left.


I am guessing this first part of the dream, dealt with the helplessness I often feel as I watch people "drown" while nobody does anything.  I have often been in situations where a child was being abused, and I will report it, but the other people act as though nothing is goin on around them out of the ordinary.
 
The dream was very revelatory for me, in that it showed me WHY it matters so much to help the helpless...because at some point, I might BE that person who is in a bad place in my life, and I do not want a deaf ear turned toward me.

[Hopalong]

Oh ((((((((((((Laura))))))))))))))))))

You are a Knight of the Round Table for sure.
A mighty fighter and protector....

But you deserved it too. Your dream only makes me
think how very hard it was for you, and how determined
you were to hold on to life.

My hero!

Hops

[Portia]

My goodness Laura what a dream, chock-full of meaning I think. Water means so much! Water being the sub-or un-conscious, water pools being the submerged stuff in our minds.

I guess people can drown in their own heads? If there's nobody to help them climb out of the isolation of depression and so on.

From your dream i get the impression of your incredible strength as a survivor. And your need to do it alone, because nobody is there to help you?

I hope you have someone to help you, to listen to you, to care for you. And that you recognise people who can be there for you! I find it's not easy - seeing those people. I'm so used to the other kind, the ignorers, that kind people sometimes scare me.

Have you thought any more about your dream?

[gratitude28]

Laura,
Could you be watching yourself drown in some way? Are you like your cousin? Why do you think it was her in the dream? What were all of your emotions while in the dream?
Love, Beth

[reallyME]

Laura,
Could you be watching yourself drown in some way? Are you like your cousin? Why do you think it was her in the dream? What were all of your emotions while in the dream?
Love, Beth

Hi Beth.  No, I don't think I'm watching myself drown, because I'm the type of person who is very much in control of my own life as much as possible.  I rarely just stumble into things or am overwhelmed by them.

I'm not like my cousin, because she is really messed up mentally and that's not my situation.

I know it was her because I saw her face and body.

My emotions were mostly fear and deep anguish knowing she was about to drown and I was helpless to stop it from happening.

~Laura

[gratitude28]

Do you live near your cousin? I guess, like you said, she represents those you wish you could protect (but maybe the child Laura too???).
Portia had a good idea about the water too. What does it mean to you? Cleansing, dirty water, why drowning, etc????
Love, Beth

[reallyME]

My cousin lived with us for a while.  She was very abused by her N mother and I was the one to report the abuse, while staying in her home at one point...so I was labeled BAD GUY pretty quickly.

I DID try and save her, by taking her from her home at one point and moving her in with us.

The water was a symbol of just that...water.  She was about to drown, as she still often does in her life's decisions.  SHe is a mother of almost 7 children now, has MS herself but seems to manage just fine.  I do feel protective over her at times.

~Laura