Hi there,

I'm a lurker & have never posted on this board before, but I have really vivid dreams, usually 3-4 a night and I remember 90% of them.  I have had a couple of particularly vivid ones where loved ones that had passed on seemed to have a message for me.  In one of them, my mum's uncle came to see me to say he was sorry for the bad things he had done when he was alive - I don't know if it was real or just my mind needing closure but it meant I was able to grieve finally after having only felt anger towards him.

I had recurring dreams as a child about the house burning down, which went on for a few years and also one of being chased, I think by a wolf but I'm not sure.  Other odd ones when I was about 6 were of balloons made of bricks getting bigger & bigger and also carousels going faster and fast - I found these ones scary & oppressive but have never understood what they meant.  Maybe I'm just mad!!

Pickle

Just a quickie, I recently read somewhere about dreaming about balloons - will try and dig it out for you as it talked about their symbolism etc.

Jx

Hi Pickle,

Couldn't find my book about dreams and symbolism. I do recall that balloons symbolise our dreams and hopes. Balloons made from bricks would suggest either a fear of not being able to achieve your dreams or the dream itself being unobtainable. Not sure if that was helpful, but yes your gut response that they were oppressive is correct!