DREAMCATCHER: Alex Hossack and Catherine Aubrey interpret your dreams

Today's dream from Claire:

I am having an affair with a man I was really attracted to, while still in a relationship. We went to a building with two people in a room, really high up.

We needed to leave and the man I was having the affair with was going to help me through the window because it was too high for me to jump from.

He had hold of me but then let go and jumped on his own. I was confused. He sat on a wall in the street below the building waiting for me calmly, but there was no way I could get down to reach him. The other couple were still standing there.

Someone from work had queried my affair with this man and I had admitted that I was attracted to him, but I loved my partner. I didn’t know what to do?

Dream Interpretation:

The dreamer is attracted to something exciting while still holding on to what she knows is comfortable, symbolised by the affair while she remains in a relationship with someone she loves.

She has reached a high point in her life but feels she needs to leave that behind now and come down to move on. The support she needs has been offered but then withdrawn, leaving her feeling confused and stranded. This is represented by the man she’s having the affair with having ‘hold of me but then let go’.

She is waiting calmly for a solution and at this time feels that she is standing still and is unable to reach her next goal.

The symbols in the dream suggest that she is questioning her current circumstances, admitting an attraction to something exciting but also feeling comfortable with what she already has. She remains confused.

This dream highlights a stage of reflection in the dreamer’s life and may prompt action to find a way forward which incorporates both the excitement and stability she requires.

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.