Floating
To dream of floating in water represents a negative or uncertain situation that you are dealing with. Staying strong, holding on, or keeping up. Feeling carried through an uncertain situation with little you can do about it. Keeping your composure with. Doing the best you can to survive a problem situation. Managing or having a handle on your emotions. Managing or navigating a difficult or turbulent emotional situation. Progress in a difficult situation by the most simple means. Concerns with being "carried away" by a dangerous or emotional situation. Anxiety or concerns about "drifting along" in a situation. Consider the term "staying afloat" and how it might apply to your current life situation. Feeling that nobody is supporting you. Problems that persistently won't go away until you confront or address them personally.
To dream of seeing a boat floating on water represents navigation of uncertainty or negative situations. Your potential to or active attempt to confront issues. A serious effort to "stay afloat" in a difficult situation. Responsibly moving beyond uncertain boundaries in your life. Feelings about needing to stay buoyant. Feeling that you have limited support or are capable of supporting yourself through a difficult situation.
To dream of seeing an object or animal floating in water represents an aspect of your personality that is holding on or surviving a problem. Uncertain possibilities, ideas, or modes of action that are still available to you. An area of your life that isn't succumbing to uncertainty, problems, or being impossibly overwhelmed.
Negatively, an object or animal floating in water may reflect an aspect of your personality that is persistently not being dealt with completely. It may also reflect opportunities that have shown up due to a negative or uncertain situation. Something in your life that is barely getting by or nobody else cares about anymore. Good idea or opportunities lost to negative situations or uncertainty indefinitely.
To dream of yourself floating in the air represents the feelings about yourself being incredible or doing noticeably incredible things. Feeling safe that people can't oust you or outsmart you. Living in stasis with a higher level of achievement.
To dream of floating in the air and looking down at yourself represents feelings about yourself observing yourself jealous that you can't reach a higher level of achievement. Feeling high in spirit, but low in physical ability.
To dream of an object floating in the air may represents ideas or possibilities that feel incredible. Feeling that something incredible is waiting for you to do something about it. Feeling safe to try something incredible or unusual.
To dream of floating above the earth and looking down at it represents your feeling about how wonderful or incredible your life feels. Feeling that your entire life revolves around being bigger or better than others in some way. Negatively, it may reflect feelings of being too big or rich to believe that anyone could do something better than you do.
Example: A man dreamed of walking across a river that had raccoons and possums floating on it. He used the floating raccoons and possums as a walkway to cross the river. In waking life he was dealing with a 6-year divorce with his wife while needing to deal with a temporary problem with his daughter connected to his wife. The floating raccoons and possums in the river used as a walkway may have reflected his feelings about all the problems with his wife that weren't going away being something he had to temporarily and carefully "walk over" to discuss issues related to his daughter.
Example 2: A man dreamed seeing a rowboat floating in water and then suddenly start sinking. In waking life he was attempting to manage a problem and suddenly become too overwhelmed with problems to continue managing the problem.
Example 3: A woman dreamed of unborn babies floating in a toilet. In waking life she was starting to feel unsure about the new man she started dating. The floating unborn babies in the toilet may have reflected her feelings about problems related to her new relationship persistently not going away until she made the decision to end the relationship.
Example 4: A teenage girl dreamed of herself floating in water. In waking life she was unsure about whether or not to initiate a real relationship with a guy friend. The floating in this case may have reflected her feelings about maintaining herself in a state of uncertainty about whether dating her guy friend was a good idea while knowing it was a possibility.
Example 5: A woman dreamed of floating in water. In waking life she was unemployed and experiencing financial frustration. In this case, the floating in the water may have reflected her feelings of trying to stay afloat amidst the financial challenges and uncertainty, doing her best to maintain her composure and manage her emotions, while seeking new job opportunities and support to overcome the situation.
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