Posted by Daisym on December 11, 2004, at 20:59:50
In reply to Dream #2...more bizarre looks into my unconscious, posted by gardenergirl on December 10, 2004, at 23:12:34
<<<My husband and I were at the airport. For some reason, I had it in my head it was the Atlanta airport, which we flew thru over Thanksgiving. We were walking around the gate area, and I was looking for a bathroom. (I often dream of needing to find a bathroom, only to wake up and find that I really DO need to go to the bathroom...any else do this?) It seemed like every bathroom I found was really disgustingly dirty. So bad I couldn't bring myself to use them. Although there was a small one tucked into a corner that was almost like a powder room in someone's home, although it did have a stall. This was not so bad, and I think I must have gone in there. There was a middle-aged, sort of heavy set woman washing her hands in there, I remember.
>>>I flashed on doing privates things in a more private place. I have no idea why the middle age woman was in there...but I agree that many people dream of bathrooms when they have to go themselves.
<<<So my husband and I needed to return a rental car, and suddenly we were in this car and driving towards the place where you turn them in. I remember him saying something like the plant (where he must have been doing business) was a certain distance away, and I got the impression we were running late and might miss our plane. I remember the scenery, grassy medians and some smaller trees, a few businesses, etc. as we drove along. Then suddenly we were on this grassy hill outside of the airport building, which looked much more like an office building, and not at all like an airport. The car rental return place was across this big ditch/ravine type thing and down a hill. My hubby wanted me to stay on the airport side, perhaps because he was concerned about our flight. So I stood there and watched him DRAG the rental car by a big chain down the grassy hill, into the ditch, which had some deep water in it at one end, that almost looked like a swimming pool at the edge, and lug it up out of the water and onto a sidewalk. I remember thinking, "Wow, he's really going to do that."
>>>You have so many journey symbols in this dream but there is a big focus on the "rental" car stuff -- like a temporary way to get where you are going. (school?) Sometimes these can also symbolize things that we might need something different in our lives to get us from one place to another. And being late and then the show of strength by your hubby. I'm getting fertility stuff, running out of time, needing to get out a rut and maybe even needing some help along these lines.
<<<At some point in the dream, when we were wandering inside the airport, I decided that I would use a quart of yellow paint I had and paint a large panel of wood. I only had the quart of paint and a one inch brush, so it didn't go very fast. I don't know why I took this upon myself. There was no one else around. The panel did have some peeling areas, and needed repainting, but hmmm. It also had some texture at the bottom, kind of like a textured ceiling, so I had to kind of "pounce" the brush on it in order to get the paint into all the texture.
>>>My first thought was "sister Merry-Sunshine" fixing and brightening up the world. You don't give up even if you only have a small brush. You took it upon yourself and no one else was around (you being a therapist?) But since you are still in the airport and still with your husband, it could still be about your relationship and you need to change your technique to fix it the way you want it. Airports are often used to symbolize life journeys and transitions. You are fixing the airport...
<<<There was also a younger woman who worked at the airport who gave us directions at some point. She seemed to know my hubby.
>>>Don't know about this. My therapist usually gets me to try to interpret my own dreams but he will also suggest if everyone in the dream is me, then what part of me would this represent? So a younger you might know the way? And she knew who your husband is but not you (herself?)
I'm not at my best right now. But it was fun to try. I'll keep thinking about them. Thanks for sharing.
poster:Daisym
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