DREAMCATCHER : Alex Hossack and Catherine Aubrey interpret your dreams

Today’s Dream from Maria:

I was sitting in my house by the fire with my son-in-law, when I noticed the window upstairs in the bathroom was hanging off. It was hanging by one hinge and I was really anxious that it was going to fall off.

I asked my son-in-law to go and try and fix it. I was really anxious. I woke up before he had gone to fix it.

Dream Interpretation:

The dreamer initially describes a comfortable and familiar psychological state - however, something has occurred in her life which has destabilised her. This is represented by the window ‘hanging off’.

The fact that the window is hanging off by one hinge suggests that her emotional security is in the balance currently and she is anxious to address this and put it right.

She wants help to address this issue, symbolised by her request for her son-in-law to ‘fix it’.

She has identified that a problem exists by the symbolic representations within the dream. However, in waking life it is probable that she remains in a state of uncertainty and anxiety as she has not resolved the situation ie: she wakes before the problem is fixed.

If the dreamer would like to provide feedback about the interpretation, please send it to ACDreamcatchers@mail.com.

Interestingly, we have found it is not always possible to interpret your own dream, probably because it often represents the sublimation of feelings or thoughts that we are trying to avoid in our waking lives. However, with a little assistance from the dream interpreter, the symbols and themes can start to make sense and help us to move forward.

If you are interested in having a particular dream analysed, please send us an account of your dream to the following email address: ACDreamcatchers@mail.com We only have space to interpret one dream a week which will be selected from those received. Please refer to the guidance provided to describe your dream as this will enable us to provide a full interpretation.

Guidance for the Dreamer:

• Record your dream in writing as soon as you wake up with as much detail as possible.

• First of all ask yourself who is in the dream.

• Where are you, what is happening to you and what is happening around you?

• Record how you are feeling about what you and/or others are doing.

• Are there particular symbols or objects in the dream that are unusual?

• Are there any sounds and is the dream in colour or black and white?

• Are you watching yourself in the dream or are you experiencing it first-hand ie: through your own eyes.

Alex Hossack and Catherine Aubrey are Public Service professionals with years of experience as practitioners and managers in the Criminal Justice System.