[HalfSwede]

This one I don't get at all. Just scared the hell out of me:

I'm by the ocean, and I see a dead dog. I pick it up and it falls apart. Somehow I take it all back to some lab or something, and the parts start moving. That's it. The only thing I can think of is that I'm trying to leave something behind and having a hard time with it.

[danii24]

death some times can mean a new beginning. is there something changing in your life that frigthens you ?

Oceans can show your emotions eg. calm ocean or rough ocean. it could mean you feel empowered or unhindered or its indicative of spirtual refreshment or tranquaility or renewal.

To see a dog in your dream, symbolizes intuition, loyalty, generosity, protection, and fidelity. The dream suggests that your strong values and good intentions will enable you to go forward in the world and bring you success. The dream dog may also represent someone in your life who exhibits these qualities. Alternatively, to see a dog in your dream, indicates a skill that you may have ignored or forgotten. If the dog is vicious and/or growling, then it indicates some inner conflict within yourself. It may also indicate betrayal and untrustworthiness.�If the dog is dead or dying, then it means a loss of a good friend or a deterioration of your instincts. Also consider common notions associated with the word dog, such as loyalty ("man's best friend") and to be "treated like a dog".

dnt no if that helps
http://dreammoods.com/cgibin/dreamdi...bol&search=dog

[missbelle]

Hope you can figure the dream out...sounds like you might have a handle on it already......I hate dreams that are disturbing. When I moved here to Virginia from Florida I had dreams all the time...I was in a neighborhood and could not find my house. I kept looking but there was no house...in other dreams it was about the ocean and the water was all over where I lived and I was always looking to find a path home.... I could tell how much I hated Virginia and how I never felt at home. The dreams have gone but I still dislike Virginia.....LOL

hang in there;

Hugs;
Dee

[HalfSwede]

Originally Posted by danii24

death some times can mean a new beginning. is there something changing in your life that frigthens you ?

Thanks Danii

There are definitely a lot of changes going on in my life right now. I'm trying to give up some bad habits, and wondering if I'm going about the right way. I'm trying to find a balance between being too extreme and being too permissive, so I'm questioning my instincts--hence the dead dog. I had also just had a discussion last night with others in a similar situation, trying to turn their lives around, that threw me for a loop. Some seemed very extreme in the way they're making changes, and it just made me wonder if I'm making a big mistake in the way I'm changing my own life.

I hope to graduate soon and start looking for a job, so that will be another huge change. I am trying to start a new monthly meeting at school on career skills, and it's making me pretty anxious.

In addition, I'm trying to figure out what to do with the friends who used to join me in acting out, whether to keep them at arm's length or cut them loose altogether. We don't live in the same city anymore, but I have accepted a couple of their friend requests on FB. They seem to have changed in some ways, but in others, not much or not at all, so I'm taking a wait-and-see attitude and exercising more caution than I have in the past.

The one friend request I declined was from my old GF. She was never anything but trouble, and yet I still believe we could have had something if we'd had the courage to go for it, and stop acting like idiots. But I'm married now, and I don't think there's much chance of my old GF and I being friends. She was a brilliant person, but also manipulative and mercenary, not caring about anyone but herself. So, yes, I feel like that relationship is now finally dead, and I regret that it had to end like this.

In the dream, I actually found the dog submerged in a tidal pool, with little sea creatures scuttling around on it. That could mean the ocean had been at high tide (my emotions were stirred up), and now it (they) had receded, leaving me with all these things to think about. The dog was also a cute puppy, suggesting I might still feel some attraction toward bad behavior and people who don't really care about me. The fact that the dog was dead could mean I was finally seeing these things for what they are. The fact that it seemed to come back to life could suggest I still have hope that bad relationships can be repaired. I just have to figure out whether that's a false hope.

[HalfSwede]

Originally Posted by missbelle

Hope you can figure the dream out...sounds like you might have a handle on it already......I hate dreams that are disturbing. When I moved here to Virginia from Florida I had dreams all the time...I was in a neighborhood and could not find my house. I kept looking but there was no house...in other dreams it was about the ocean and the water was all over where I lived and I was always looking to find a path home.... I could tell how much I hated Virginia and how I never felt at home. The dreams have gone but I still dislike Virginia.....LOL

hang in there;

Hugs;
Dee

Thanks Missbelle
I've felt lost like that in real life as well as dreams. Used to have a lot of dreams about my house being flooded. And in real life, when I moved to Chicago from Massachusetts, I used to lock myself out of the house all the time, and I'd accidentally walk past my street on the way home.

I don't know why it upset me so much to move here. Could be because I didn't have any friends or family besides my wife, like I did growing up in Maryland (my family) or in Massachusetts (my wife's family). But I'm getting used to it here, and I think it's been a growth experience overall, though it's been painful sometimes.

I hope you find something to like about NoVa. I used to like to go up into the Blue Ridge Mountains and just hang out at the diners there.
hs

[Perna]

Not a bad interpretation! "Water" in dreams is supposed to be about our emotional selves. I was thinking too, it could be about the proverbs, "you can't teach an old dog new tricks" and "beating a dead horse"? Maybe you are feeling you are too "dead" or there are too many pieces of you to put together again?

But I think mostly that dreams are about how we are feeling as we dream whatever. Were you feeling frightened or disgusted or anything while dreaming it? Sounds like, since you picked up the pieces and took them somewhere, were trying to get "help" and refused to believe the dog was done for, that would feel good to me now, that you are still in there "fighting" to fix whatever?

[danii24]

Originally Posted by HalfSwede

Thanks Danii

There are definitely a lot of changes going on in my life right now. I'm trying to give up some bad habits, and wondering if I'm going about the right way. I'm trying to find a balance between being too extreme and being too permissive, so I'm questioning my instincts--hence the dead dog. I had also just had a discussion last night with others in a similar situation, trying to turn their lives around, that threw me for a loop. Some seemed very extreme in the way they're making changes, and it just made me wonder if I'm making a big mistake in the way I'm changing my own life.

I hope to graduate soon and start looking for a job, so that will be another huge change. I am trying to start a new monthly meeting at school on career skills, and it's making me pretty anxious.

In addition, I'm trying to figure out what to do with the friends who used to join me in acting out, whether to keep them at arm's length or cut them loose altogether. We don't live in the same city anymore, but I have accepted a couple of their friend requests on FB. They seem to have changed in some ways, but in others, not much or not at all, so I'm taking a wait-and-see attitude and exercising more caution than I have in the past.

The one friend request I declined was from my old GF. She was never anything but trouble, and yet I still believe we could have had something if we'd had the courage to go for it, and stop acting like idiots. But I'm married now, and I don't think there's much chance of my old GF and I being friends. She was a brilliant person, but also manipulative and mercenary, not caring about anyone but herself. So, yes, I feel like that relationship is now finally dead, and I regret that it had to end like this.

In the dream, I actually found the dog submerged in a tidal pool, with little sea creatures scuttling around on it. That could mean the ocean had been at high tide (my emotions were stirred up), and now it (they) had receded, leaving me with all these things to think about. The dog was also a cute puppy, suggesting I might still feel some attraction toward bad behavior and people who don't really care about me. The fact that the dog was dead could mean I was finally seeing these things for what they are. The fact that it seemed to come back to life could suggest I still have hope that bad relationships can be repaired. I just have to figure out whether that's a false hope.

thats alot of changes i hd old friends i had to stay away from because if i wantd to change i couldnt do it around friends that were doing the stuff i needed to stay away from. think of yourself and stay away if you need to good luck

[Sunna]

That was awesome group dream interpretation!
Mine was more simplistic.
"What dead dogs is HalfSwede running into?"
Sorry, but I had a little chuckle when I realized that some people could have called your ex GF based on the description the name for the female dog, cute like a puppy maybe, but...

The relationship has fallen apart, is quite clearly dead, but it still wants to get reanimated? Eeek!

[HalfSwede]

Thanks Perna!

Originally Posted by Perna

Maybe you are feeling you are too "dead" or there are too many pieces of you to put together again?

I'm actually feeling pretty alive these days, though when I had this dream, I was already pretty worn out from the dream I'd had the night before last. I think there are a lot of pieces I'm trying to put together. I would generally like for there to be fewer warring impulses inside me.

Originally Posted by Perna

Were you feeling frightened or disgusted or anything while dreaming it?

Yes, definitely, and also sad. I know it's only a symbol, but it was still a dead puppy. I woke up exhausted and in a bad mood. It really took me until about 10:30 or so to start feeling relatively normal.

[HalfSwede]

Originally Posted by Sunna

That was awesome group dream interpretation!
Mine was more simplistic.
"What dead dogs is HalfSwede running into?"
Sorry, but I had a little chuckle when I realized that some people could have called your ex GF based on the description the name for the female dog, cute like a puppy maybe, but...

The relationship has fallen apart, is quite clearly dead, but it still wants to get reanimated? Eeek!

It was a great group effort, absolutely! I'm feeling a lot better. Thanks, all!

Eeek! is right. Be afraid, be very afraid...

[HalfSwede]

Update

Finally had a good dream last night. I was at my grandparents' house with my sisters and my cousins and it was the 1970s. We were all in our kids' bodies, but we had the knowledge we've acquired up to now, so we were all being nice to each other for a change.

Still didn't sleep all that well, but not having bad dreams made it a lot easier to get up.