JoannaB

In this dream I was working on a liquid that would cause silver to no longer tarnish. I left the bottle of this liquid out, and one of my sons drank it. He was in horrible pain as the liquid attacked his stomach. He told me he thought he would be ok because he made sure to keep himself grounded. I corrected him that grounding is against electricity but would not help at all against chemicals. I did not feel emotions in this dream, and I failed to call doctor's for help, though I remember wondering if my son would die.

There is an interesting parallel between this dream and another dream I had recently where I left my kids unattended at a playground, and when I returned one or both of them had severe burns from dyeing shirts, and instead of calling for help, I pointed out to them which part of directions they did not follow.

Dream self interpretation attempt: Is my subconscious blaming me for being a negligent parent somehow? For focusing too much on teaching and not enough on protecting and nurturing? I think I do protect and nurture my kids though, so why does my subconscious raise this problem? Ah, I think I got it: my dream could be telling me that I am not nurturing the new and creative parts of myself, that self criticism is not what is needed and that I need to ask for help and take care of myself like a mother takes care of a child. This could be about my failure to self improve. And to be honest it may also be that due to my failure to self improve to pay enough attention I am not being as good a mother also as I should be toward my sons after all. Not endangering lives but not nurturing full potential maybe.