Steve,
It will be Sunday morning before I will be able to fully analyze your dream. I will say that the beginning of the dream seems to be pointing to a 'place' in your life that was dark and depressing. It could relate to early life or/and a more recent time. I say or/and because it could be both with the any early life experiences having an influence or bearing on later life experiences of 'depression'. Either way the friend {a positive aspect of yourself} knows there is a better place {emotionally if not financially/socially} and you have set in motion efforts to get there {whether it be psychological or/and whatever else there may be that takes you to this better place}. It does seem there are a lot emotional energies involved {river flow}.

Let me analyze the whole dream and see where it leads. Saturdays are dedicated to 'social obligations' and Sunday I will have the needed time to provide a comprehensive interpretation.

Jerry

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Steve,
After looking at your dream in-depth here is what I come away with. Exactly where and how it fits in your life you will have to determine.


Strong emotional flow related to your 'original' self {the principles you were brought up with} that was a depressing place to be in. It was a place where you were drenched in emotional conflict. Those aspects rule your unconscious life which extend to your conscious personality and motivate who you are in the present. It is not a place you wish to be and need to or/and are contemplating making changes in your life. You are having difficulties making the transition. When you do make progress the underlying unconscious energies slow you down. But not to try, leave things as they are makes it worse. You are going with the flow which sidetracks you from the needed changes.

The destination you need to get to is a place in time you either were or/and the original intent of the better life you intended. This may be addressing original intentions that have been sidetracked. You need to follow those steps where you were disciplined enough to see progress. Instead of working to make progress you are merely waiting, expecting it to automatically happen {which it won't}. You are passively looking for good luck to turn things around, expecting faith to call your number. You can visualize what a better life would be like but the unconscious emotions/motivators are too strong and you are more prone to think than do. You can do more, much more in achieving that better place in life you seek.

The reluctance/inability is partly due to the foundations in life, those early life experiences/influences that shaped your personality and psyche. The tendencies in your life is to 'go with the flow' instead of taking charge and making things happen. There is good chance one or both of your parents possessed this trait. Either way my sense is you need to get busy ad actively pursue the needed changes for a better emotional life instead of waiting for it 'just to happen'. What may make tht difficult is the personality traits from early life, those aspects being very strong to overcome.

Jerry

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Hi Jerry,

Thanks for your responses and from what your have written, in large makes a lot of sense.

About four years ago I was made redundant and quite fortunate that my partner's parents allowed us to move in with them to allow us to save our money to buy a property. I was also fortunate to quickly get a job. At that point, things were looking up in all aspects.

Approximately 3 years ago the marriage failed and I moved out to a flat of my own and from your interpretation need to get back (emotionally rather than physically) to where I was four years ago - which makes a lot of sense to me.

You are right, my parents, mostly my father had a "go with the flow" attitude to life.

Again thanks for taking the time to interpret my dream.

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