Over the last two night, I’ve had three dreams; two occurred on the same night, and there have been two different themes/symbols that I’ve noticed in them. I have been going through a rough patch the last month or so and I’ve just had a friend tell me I was on my own to deal with it. So one of the themes may be a projection from what’s going on in my waking life.
DREAM 1:
The first one involves my building’s late Superintendent (he passed away at least 6 or 7 years ago if not more), and he is managing the townhouse complex across the street from my apartment building. The Super tells me he’s got an empty townhouse available for rent if I want to take a look. I do, so he leads me to a townhouse right in the middle of one of the rows. As we start towards the front door, the door, which is red in colour is a slightly ajar. As we get closer, the door shuts on its own. The Superintendent reopens the door and shows me around the home. I look at the floor tiles throughout the house and ask if there is the possibility of changing them; he replies with no. When we’re finished, he tells me not to worry about paying the rent, that he’s got me covered, which at first I refuse, but he insists that I leave it the way it is.
DREAM 2:
It’s the middle of winter; it’s cold and snowing and windy and it’s the middle of the night. I’m looking for shelter. I come upon a house with a red door. I knock on the door, and my friend opens it. But he looks at me and says, “Why should I help you?” and shuts the door again and no matter how much I knock and pound on the door, he doesn’t answer or open the door and I’m left outside to brave the elements alone.
DREAM 3:
I am on a sinking ship the middle of a large lake or ocean; I’m not sure which. It’s night time and my friend (the same friend from Dream 2) and I are trying to get off. He gets off and leaves me on the ship alone; he takes off on the last available lifeboat. As I make my way towards the stern (the ship is going down bow first), I notice a few people have sat down and aren’t making any move to get away. I ask them why they’ve sat down and why they’re not trying to save themselves. They reply with, “Why bother?” I answer with, “You’ve got to at least try” but when they don’t move, I can’t linger and I try to get away from the rising water. The ship goes down, and the dream ends with me struggling to keep my head above the water.
The two themes I’ve noticed are the red doors and my friend leaving me to fend for myself. I dream a lot, but it’s not often when I notice the same themes/symbols in my dreams, as most of the time my dreams have nothing to do with each other. At first I thought these had nothing really to do with each other, until I thought back and remembered the doors and my friend leaving.
Any insight would be appreciated. Thank you.
