I know everyone hates listening to other people talk about their dreams. I kind of do, too. But, last night I had a really vivid dream, and I don't usually analyze my dreams all that much, but this particular dream seemed to have so many metaphorical resonances that I couldn't help it.
The dream started where I really wanted to go see Emma, but she lives like five hours away and I don't have a car. So my mom decided to mail me a car. A red VW bug. I got the car and it was super adorably cute. But it wasn't an automatic so I didn't know how to drive it. My mom was explaining how to drive it over the phone and I ended up in the middle of a busy road with cars rushing past me. Then I drove straight into a lake and got stuck. An old-ish, grandpa-ish guy came down in a hang-glider thing and rescued me out of the car. We were flying up over the lake and I was freaking out because I was just holding on to this metal bar and I was afraid I was going to fall. We flew over the lake and got to this little secluded lagoon and there was a man sitting in a wheelchair on a little boat. He was getting ready to go surfing or something. The old man and I were worried that the other man was going to get hurt since he was by himself. We landed in the water to try to help him, but he thought we were trying to hurt him, so he got really mad and started yelling at us.
Using several different internet sources, along with my own ideas, this is how I analyzed my dream:
1. The Red Car I Failed At Driving: I think that the car is important because it allows you to move about and get from place to place. As I've been frantically trying to figure out how I'm going to go from Cottey to a nursing school or whatever else it is, I feel like I'm stuck. I also was pretty annoyed when I went to bed last night, so that's probably why the car was red, representing anger or frustration. So basically, I want to be in control of my life, but I'm stuck and it's making me angry.
2. The Lake: The lake in my dream wasn't particularly choppy, but it wasn't completely still either. I think that it probably represents the obstacles I've been facing. I've been driving my car along and I run into a lake is basically the same thing as me living my life and going along and then get stuck in this transferring nonsense.
3. Flying with an Old, Experienced, Flyer: This seems obvious. I need someone older, wiser, and more experienced to help me out of my lake. So basically, I should ask for help when I need it, and someone who knows what they're doing will help me along.
4. Finding and Trying to Help the Disabled Man: I know that I help people out a lot. I often try to seek out people who are hurting or need assistance in some way. This is why I want to become a nurse: to help people out of the water in any way I can. I also worry a lot about people who are attempting things that I think are impossible.
5. Man Yelling At Me: Clearly, I need to back off and try not to help out so much. People are perfectly capable of living the way they want to. It's not my responsibility to make sure everything is running smoothly for everyone. This makes so much sense for so many reasons that I don't need to get into on the internet.
I don't usually care too much about dream interpretation, but this dream was just so fantastically metaphorical that I couldn't not analyze it. Clearly, my brain is super stressed and confused and would like me to stop helping other people and rely on others for a change.
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