I was with some friends and we all got presents for no good reason. everyone got something different. I got a swimming pool. It was wierd because at first it was a tiny little above-ground pool, then when we set it up it transformed into this beautiful in-ground pool. So I got the hose to fill it up and when I turned around, it was already full. We decided we wanted to get in, so I jumped in and made a cannon ball. I felt really confident about my cannonball (yeah I know that sounds lame) but anyway, I was trying to come up for a breath but couldn't and I almost drowned. I HAD TO ACTUALLY TELL MYSELF THAT IT WAS ONLY A DREAM SO THAT I COULD WAKE UP AND SAVE MYSELF FROM DROWNING! It was really weird to wake up and to actually black out from lack of oxygen.
This dream doesn't make much sense to me b/c I'm a good swimmer... I'm on the swim team and I am a lifeguard and I have an in-ground swimming pool... so why would I get one in a dream?
2007-06-17 14:54:16 · 15 answers · asked by Hopeful 2 in Social Science ➔ Dream Interpretation
There is something in your life that is overwhelming to you...You normally have control over everything, but this certain event you have no control over...Change is on its way... When it comes sink or swim....
2007-06-17 15:06:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The dream has to do with an area in which you feel confident, but that still has pressure and anxiety associated with it.
The pool transforming from something tiny to something beautiful suggests your own confidence with regards to swimming. Although you may have started out small and insecure, you have blossomed into a confident swimmer, and thus take pride in your achievments.
The pool didn't need filling because you didn't need to 'fill' yourself with anymore confidence: the pool was ready to go. Doing the cannonball could represent a playfullness and a willingness to stretch yourself in your abilities, and the fear of drowning is simply the fear, that all confident people have, that no matter how good they are, they can still fail.
It could be that the dream was simply reminding you that, no matter how confident you become, that the fear of failure is always lurking, and that the best way to deal with it is to remember the basics: the belief that you CAN do this.
2007-06-17 23:50:57 · answer #2 · answered by Khnopff71 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like there is an issue that has been getting bigger and bigger, hence the change in the swimming pool. Perhaps the swimming represents something that you have control over normally and a change has occurred either in the relationships with the people on the swim team etc. Someine is trying to change what you have, maybe hold you back from achieving something you want. The drowning could be connected to that loss of control.
2007-06-17 22:05:47 · answer #3 · answered by lizzie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't think your dream has anything to do with swimming. But like you said in your dream everyone got a different present. But what you received was specific to you and your life. A swimming pool can represent something in your life which will provide comfort and relaxation. The tiny swimming pool represented the beginning stage of cultivating and getting ready for something bigger. Next, you said you got a bigger swimming pool, but in order to enjoy greater things you have to put in more work. This is why you struggled, you assumed it would be easy at the bigger level. Your drowning can represent the worries associated with having more and the responsibilities of it.
2007-06-18 21:01:20 · answer #4 · answered by super saiyan 3 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's hard to say, because meanings of dreams change from person to person. Water does not have a single meaning for all people, but is dependent on the person, and recent happenings.
But based on what you've said, I'd say a possibility could mean you are concerned about failing in something you think you should be good at, or are expected to be good at by others. Not neccessarily swimming.
It reminds me of dreams I have right before a project or paper is due where I forget to turn it in, or over sleep, etc.
2007-06-17 22:28:39 · answer #5 · answered by Emerald Martini 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, this seems like a "freeform" dream, Nothing more than your brain exploring different themes and images. You mentioned you and your friends got gifts from an unnamed source for no reason. Your gift morphed into a large pool. The end was a dip into fear but not significant except it ended the string.
2007-06-20 20:04:19 · answer #6 · answered by morgan j 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The question I would put to you, is are you neglecting other "gifts" that you have, I don't think that the dream is about your ability to swim, obviously you are an expert in that area, and feel very confident of yourself, with respect to your athletic side, but are you exploring the other facets of your personality enough, emotional, spiritual, intellectual? Water is a symbol for the emotions, yet a personal symbol for a part of your life where you are comfortable and confident as well. You feel confident in water in your waking life, but in approaching a symbol of emotion, which gets deeper as the dream progresses, you suddenly find yourself trying to cope with something outside your experience....Perhaps you dwell too much on your athletic side, where you feel confident, but feel ill at ease where your emotions are concerned? Could you have a situation in front of you, which is asking you to pay more attention to your feelings, but perhaps you're concerned that if you jump right in to it, you will be overwhelmed by it ? (such as falling in love, as an example)....
2007-06-18 09:11:59 · answer #7 · answered by beatlefan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You might have gotten a pillow or blanket on your face that was blocking your air. Then you were dreaming, you felt like you couldn't get air. When you are deeply sleeping you are almost paralyzed, so you have to "wake up" slightly to move. That is why you dreamed the drowning dream, it woke you up enough to move and get the blanket or pillow off of your face.
2007-06-17 22:32:39 · answer #8 · answered by greengo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you have that sleep disorder where you stop breathing during the night and you happened to jump in the pool at the same time it happened... outside circumstances (music, people around you, etc) can effect your dream.
2007-06-18 00:30:37 · answer #9 · answered by Blaze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
relax, yes dreams do mean something, but by the way you are saying it, it makes no sense, so nothings wrong, unless you have done something bad, this dream is just probably recalling your last christmas, when you got the pool and your first time swimming...
2007-06-17 22:03:44 · answer #10 · answered by ressonancedfonnon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋