Question: A colleague of mine was fired a few months ago. Last night I had a dream about her drowning dogs from a dock on a river. The dock had a little square in the middle that allowed access to the water. This is where she was holding the dogs underwater. She used a pole with a noose on the end. The dogs were all small breeds. Her demeanor wasn’t like she was being evil, just doing something that needed to be done. She explained to me matter-of-factly that these dogs simply had to be drowned. When she was finished drowning the dogs, she buried them in a field – much like she was planting them.

Answer: This is an introspective and potentially cleansing dream. All persons in your dreams are aspects of self. Since it was a former colleague, then the dream is talking about your professional or business aspect. So in other words, there is a characteristic that this former colleague has that you see within yourself. It could be an aggressive or assertive nature. Drowning the dogs is you letting go of aggressive tendencies that have been holding you back. Death usually symbolizes rebirth or new beginnings. The dock represents a safety zone or a place for reflection – emotional peace. The river is your inner flow of life.

Apparently, you have been going through an emotional time, and this is your way of dealing with letting go and finding your happy place or new direction. I think you have come to terms with where you are headed as your dream ends on a calming note. The field and planting – albeit dogs that were drowned – represent a calmness that you have realized, while the planting suggests a determined positive new direction.

Good luck to you, I think you are on the right track!

IRMA WRITES:

 HI, I AM ALWAYS DREAMING OF MY HUSBAND AND I SEPERATED AND AS TIME PASSES I
TRY TO CALL HIM AND HE NEVER ANSWERS THE TELEPHONE. OR ILL CALL AND I CAN
HEAR HIM TALKING TO ANOTHER WOMEN ON THE PHONE. ON  ONE SPECIFIC DREAM I
ASKED HIM IF HE WAS HAVING A AFFAIR HE ANSWERED NO BUT WHEN I LOOKED AT HIM
HIS NOSE WAS HUGE WITH WARTS ON THE TIP OF THE NOSE. THE LAST DREAM I HAD OF
HIM WAS THE THAT HIS LEFT HAND WAS CUT OFF I ASKED HIM WHAT HAPPENED HE SAID
THAT OUR DOG HAD ATTACK HIM. MY HUSBAND IS LEFT HANDED. I ALWAY DREAM OF US
BEING APART WHICH MAKES  ME VERY INSECURE AND SUPSCIOUS OF HIS ACTIONS AND
MOTIVES. PLEASE HELP INTERPRET MY DREAMS . I AM DEFINETLY A DREAMER. I HAVE
DREAMS EVERY NIGHT . 

Dear Irma,
You are in a state! For some reason, not identified in your dream, you do not trust your husband. The telephone that goes unanswered is you feeling alone, left in a solitary state, lonely. The detached hand also speaks to this. You feel detached -  alone from those around you. The fact that your husband is the lefty in the family speaks directly to the source of your emotions. Warts on the nose denotes others around you may not have your best interests at heart. So, whether it's all in your head or not, the symbols seem to indicate that you need to confront your husband and get some answers. The question is whether you are prepared to hear the answers. Your situation is not a simple one that a dream interpretation will solve. Suggestion: seek marriage counseling...
Wishing you a better dream tomorrow,
Gypsysister

Dear Mom Dreamer,

The old door on the house represents your childhood. It is a familiar place or how you reference in your mind your early years. It centers you. Your mother is acutally you telling yourself that you are OK. Your Mother does not influence you as before. You have overcome the hardship and are stronger after the pain of your childhood.  It's a cool dream of self actualization and empowerment.

Your second dream is still about you. Your neighborhood represents self. The red truck is your comfort zone. Red denotes danger or caution and you know that subconciously, hence the color choice. The stopping and starting is exactly the way you feel in real life. At times your life is going along and you are doing just fine, then something happens and you are back on that emotional rollercoaster. When you are in the truck, or when your life is simple, you feel good about your place in the world, that's why you are sad to see it go. You know something is happening in real life that is not peaceful, not calming, and could possibly be quite upsetting.

Peaceful dreams,
Gypsysister

Recurring dream – Never can find a dial on a telephone, cannot get thru to anyone.  If someone answers, it is an answering service that does not service my calls.  Phones break.  But especially, can never use the keys correctly to connect to anyone. 

Hi there,
Telephoning or contacting is you trying to get in touch with someone. Perhaps on a more sexual level. The fact that you don't seem to connect could be what you are experiencing in real life. In other words, the relationship is not going to the next level. Not being able to use the keys correctly is you what you are thinking on an unconcious level. It's seems you may not want the relationship to become more intimate.
Sleep tight,
Gypsysister

Dear RR:

SCisneros dreams:

...My two boys are grown now with families of their own, but my dream is always back when my boys were about 6 & 11yrs old.  They both took to water at an early age and were very good swimmers.  My dream is always is about water and for some reason, my youngest son (about 6yrs at the time) always drowns just before I wake up sweating and crying.  The water is always a lake or pond, but I have no idea where.  As far as I can remember, nothing is in color and it occurs usually at night.  Just before I awake, my other son and I are always reaching into the water trying to grab my youngest son’s hand, but he slowly sinks into the water, that’s when I awake sweating and crying. 

Dear SC: