Hey Everyone!!

I have posted this on other dream interpretation forums and have gotten
some excellent feedback, so I thought I'd see what everybody here may
have to say.

A friend of mine has been having a dream that she cannot seem to wrap
herself around and figure out, so I thought I would ask here to see what
other people's interpretations of the dream may be.

In her dream she is standing at a bridge, on the bridge is a man she has been
in a relationship with for a couple of years now (and with whom she continues
to go back and forth in her mind as to whether she should move forward with
or go a different direction) and he is urging her to join him
on the bridge. But, she cannot as she is afraid the bridge is going to collapse
if she walks out on to it. No matter what she does, she cannot get herself
to walk out onto the bridge and before the dream ends (and after she wakes
up) she becomes extremely frustrated with herself for this.

She describes the bridge to me as being very sturdy and in great repair. She
gave me an example of the bridge that it looks almost 'exactly like' and this
particular bridge is indeed sturdy. I have not asked what the bridge spans but
if it's the same as the example, then it goes over a small creek.

I told her that I think the dream represents her 'self' telling her that the
only thing keeping her from the opportunities that lie on that bridge (the
relationship) is some fear within herself. Considering that she is afraid the
bridge is going to collapse, she fears that something about her will cause
the relationship to collapse but that is unfound as the bridge is clearly
sturdy and safe. I also told her that sometimes dreams can signify crossing
over something into something more positive and the only thing keeping her
from that positive change is that very fear, so, get over the fear and it will
be a good thing.

Anyhow, I was hoping to get some other perspectives on this as it seems
like a rather importantly symbollic dream.

Thanks Much,

M