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Dream Interpretation / Dreams of my childhood home!
« on: February 03, 2011, 07:04:17 PM »
Tony, here's another recurring dream with the same theme. I haven't had them recently, at least not with water playing a part in them, but they've entered a whole new realm (which I'll explain).
From 1958 until 1968, my family lived in a beautiful Cape Cod my parents had built. It had a huge back yard (big enough to slide in), and one side of it was bordered by forestland that seemed to go on for miles. The house was atop a hill, a dead end street, and was the very last on the left.
My parents ran into financial difficulty, and the house was foreclosed upon. We had no choice but to move, a very trying time for all of us. My mother did not take it well. The shame and disgrace caused her to become an alcoholic, and she drank actively for the next 10 years. She blamed it all on my father, who also drank--though he wasn't as emotionally abusive as she.
Approximately 12 years after leaving that house, which I've always yearned to one day buy back, I began having dreams about the place. They've always been very vivid and stretched for a 20 year period. In the first dream, I'm walking the banks of a raging river. The water is brown and turgid; I can see huge trees being carried along. It's late winter, maybe the end of March (which is when were notified that we'd lost the house--a horrible day of fights and recriminations). Eventually, I come to an embankment and climb it. I'm surprised to find that I'm in the back yard of our old home, and the river was actually a stream that ran through a nearby gully. It had grown to enormous proportions! When I realized where I was, I woke up.
The second dream found me in a small boat. The water around me was very calm, and the sky met the water and was colorless. Trees were poking up through the water. Suddenly, I began to sink...but I wasn't frightened. And when I landed on the bottom, I realized I was once again in the back yard of our old home, only now it was completely submerged under water! And I could breathe! Upon this realization, I again woke up.
Since then, my dreams have always involved that house and water in some form. At one point, I found myself hiding in the basement. I could hear the people who lived there walking around upstairs and was concerned that they'd find me. Suddenly, I look down, and I'm standing in ankle-deep water!
These water dreams went on for 20 years, with the water aspect always acting as a kind of surprise. Lately, the dreams have followed a different pattern. Instead of water, I'm the age I am now (58) and have bought back the house...but as I enter it, I see that the previous owner has changed things considerably. I think, wow, I've got a lot of renovating to do. And then I wake up!
For years, I've wondered about the meaning of these dreams. They didn't disturb me, there there is definitely some meaning, I know. Can you help me?
Rod
From 1958 until 1968, my family lived in a beautiful Cape Cod my parents had built. It had a huge back yard (big enough to slide in), and one side of it was bordered by forestland that seemed to go on for miles. The house was atop a hill, a dead end street, and was the very last on the left.
My parents ran into financial difficulty, and the house was foreclosed upon. We had no choice but to move, a very trying time for all of us. My mother did not take it well. The shame and disgrace caused her to become an alcoholic, and she drank actively for the next 10 years. She blamed it all on my father, who also drank--though he wasn't as emotionally abusive as she.
Approximately 12 years after leaving that house, which I've always yearned to one day buy back, I began having dreams about the place. They've always been very vivid and stretched for a 20 year period. In the first dream, I'm walking the banks of a raging river. The water is brown and turgid; I can see huge trees being carried along. It's late winter, maybe the end of March (which is when were notified that we'd lost the house--a horrible day of fights and recriminations). Eventually, I come to an embankment and climb it. I'm surprised to find that I'm in the back yard of our old home, and the river was actually a stream that ran through a nearby gully. It had grown to enormous proportions! When I realized where I was, I woke up.
The second dream found me in a small boat. The water around me was very calm, and the sky met the water and was colorless. Trees were poking up through the water. Suddenly, I began to sink...but I wasn't frightened. And when I landed on the bottom, I realized I was once again in the back yard of our old home, only now it was completely submerged under water! And I could breathe! Upon this realization, I again woke up.
Since then, my dreams have always involved that house and water in some form. At one point, I found myself hiding in the basement. I could hear the people who lived there walking around upstairs and was concerned that they'd find me. Suddenly, I look down, and I'm standing in ankle-deep water!
These water dreams went on for 20 years, with the water aspect always acting as a kind of surprise. Lately, the dreams have followed a different pattern. Instead of water, I'm the age I am now (58) and have bought back the house...but as I enter it, I see that the previous owner has changed things considerably. I think, wow, I've got a lot of renovating to do. And then I wake up!
For years, I've wondered about the meaning of these dreams. They didn't disturb me, there there is definitely some meaning, I know. Can you help me?
Rod