I’ve never been able to submerge into the depths of water. I even dreamed about my mother falling through a trapdoor attached to the seabed and I couldn’t do anything about it. I can swim and walk on it but I can’t immerse myself into it.
I have had many dreams with water. Almost every time it is an idyllic sort of thing, one of beauty and pleasure. However, if I look under the water-- Its almost always a death sentence. Crocks, sharks, dragons, snakes, and so on. I could go down, I have gone down, but its always dark and toothy. It would appear I am discouraged from seeking the depths.
Interesting, it’s like the subconscious puts the dangerous stuff beneath the water surface. For a long time there was a conflict from me and it. The subconscious tries to let me experience (and therefor act) the dream if as I was awake. I on the other hand want to have control over it. In this journey I’ve learned that instead of trying to establish dominance it’s a matter of cooperation. But still my subconscious won’t let me face my greatest fears.
I scuba dive, so it’s easier to picture what’s going on down their. It’s probably easier to imagine you are experiencing things you’ve done before. Before diving, the depths below were much more of a mystery to me.
In waking life I dive with no problems up to 3 meters below the sea level. Once I dove into Krk lake, crystal clear water aside, it was an amazing experience since buoyancy was weaker.
Cool! Are you saying that, since it was fresh water, you required less weight to become neutrally buoyant?
Yes, it’s harder to float in lakes.
I can’t remember where I heard it, maybe some publication with either a vague or semi direct association with Jung, but water can often symbolize emotion in dreams. With oceans in particular, it can symbolize one’s struggle with emotional regulation.
I didn’t know that but it checks out for me. In fact I struggle with identifying my emotions. I am very empathetic and I get what others are feeling but when it comes to understand what I’m feeling I’m lost.
I dove in my dream just now. We were looking for something close to the surface, then decided to go deeper to get to a reef. On the way down, I lost my mask/goggles and my vision went blurry. Had a backup pair even in my dream. Water poses a risk in my dreams, but it’s not a dealbreaker.
After my vacation at the sea I realised that water is my ultimate reality-checker. There is just no way I can submerge in my dreams and this way I can recognise when I’m dreaming. Now I’m back in the city so I will no longer have the opportunity to go for a swim but I think I found a solution… I’ll make a new post about this topic.
