Dream of being trapped in water barely breathing?

[curiousgirl55]

I've been having a re-occurring dream for a while, and it involves my head being trapped underwater (sink, bath, swimming pool) and I am able to breathe, but barely. If I take too deep of a breath I feel like I would drown. Although I am trapped and cannot move, I feel quite calm and I feel scared but at peace/relaxed. I've searched for an answer but I cannot find anything specifically like this. I am also having dreams of an apocalyptic nature. My most recent the world was infested with zombies, I swam through a sea of dead bodies and stood idly as people I knew were cryogenic-ally frozen.

[airjacobs]

Let's hope that our hunch is correct, because water dreams are so much better than real-life dreams. Look at Inception, for example: the trailer alone hints at crumbling cliffs, zero-gravity punch-ups and entire cities that spectacularly fold in on themselves. Meanwhile, what's the most exciting dream that you've had recently? The one where you wandered around a shoe shop hurling handfuls of your own teeth at your old headmaster? Hardly compares, does it?

[daeryk]

The water represents your unconscious negative thoughts and emotions. If you are drowning, or having trouble breathing it's a symbol for your feelings of being overwhelmed or emotionally suffocated by fears, insecurities, or other negative thoughts. A dream like this is telling you to talk to people about your problems, and seek guidance. Look for some support.

[Zephyrus]

i was thinking you might have your head buried in your pillow which constricts your breathing, and that just goes into the dream?

[Samael]

The best solution would be to take a deep breath. Being underwater is your dream sign, and the fact that you're already breathing is your reality check. Relax, you're safe, now breathe in.

[cygnus]

I was lucid for the first time as a kid because I was trapped in a covered jacuzzi. Water is still a dream sign I use, if that helps you at all. [edit: Samael's post just came up after I finished mine, so yeah, dream signs and so forth]

[Samael]

Water is still a dream sign I use, if that helps you at all. Have you checked out the Global Tag Cloud? Water is the fourth highest tag after school, flying and lucid. Seems to be a common theme, and that's in my dreams as well.