Hey everyone,
I dreamed last night that I was with my mother, uncle, and friend/crush at the beach. It was sunny outside and the water was clear and blue. We were swimming in the ocean and I noted that it was not like a typical beach. There were water slides and tubes that people could go down and somehow it appeared more like an amusement/water park. We kept swimming until I suddenly realized that it was jellyfish season. I saw there were hundreds upon hundreds of these marine animals floating in the water. In the middle of the ocean, there was a staircase which we proceeded to climb up in order to stay away from them. Strangely enough, there were also some jellyfish on the stairs, so we climbed up further while trying not to step on them. We finally got to the top step and I remember looking down at the water, where the jellyfish just kept floating around. I wasn't afraid or anything in the dream, I was just a little nervous and annoyed because the jellyfish were preventing us from enjoying our time in the water. Any ideas what this all means? Thanks.

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Gina,
First I would look to the relationships with your mother, uncle and 'crush'. Is there some sort of 'painful' {jellyfish} experiences in any or all of those relationships? They may be related with each other in some way.

Realizing it was 'jellyfish season' may provide some clue to these associations. Perhaps there has been recent events that has caused you to focus on negative experiences. The beach is often symbolic of unconscious contents ready to be realized {the ocean being the deep unconscious}. You are trying to avoid the painful sting of thee experiences {climbing further up while not stepping on them}. If this is the case then it would point to some painful experiences that you do not wish to dwell on because the pain involved.

On the other hand the dream may merely be addressing some recent experience that was pretty much benign but could be very annoying. Again look to the relationships I mentioned. Living in Florida there may even be experiences involving the beach. At your age your dreams will often focus on such experiences with the intent to avoid any 'pain' that may be involved with the experiences. These 'jellyfish' are 'floating' in the water {your unconscious} and whether they represent something deeper or something benign they remain because they did strike a nerve that involves emotional pain. Can you identify what that might be?

Jerry

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Thanks so much for your help on the interpretation. I had previously read before that oceans and bodies of water often represent emotional parts of oneself and the deeper subconcious. I think it's helped me understand a bit more about what it is I need to look at emotionally and why it's affecting me the way it is. Thanks again!

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