Over the past fifty years of interpreting dreams, I cannot remember a single person of whom I have interpreted dreams for or discussed dreams with who hasn’t experienced at least one dream of having been drowning.
To better learn about the dream meanings of drowning dreams and almost nearly drowning in dreams, first you must come to well understand what WATER actually represents in drowning dreams and dreams in general.
Clean, Clear Water Clean, clear water represents God, the Holy Spirit forgiveness, compassion, purity of heart, physical spiritual cleansing and blessing. In other dreams, water is symbolic of setbacks, hindrances presenting challenges and testing. In this type of dream, the width of the body of water determines the time frame or how long the dreamer will undergo circumstances. While the water depth determines the intensity of difficulty the test, obstacle, challenge or setback will present to the dreamer.
In most dreams involving drowning, the challenge or test that caused the dream relates to emotional, material, health and or unanswered spiritual questions. Conversely, it is not uncommon for dreams of drowning to affect our personal and financial lives, as a result of problematic situations that we find ourselves feeling trapped in and have not be able to find answer or solution.
One major reason for the dreamer to dream he is drowning, is under water or being pulled under water and helpless to reach the surface represents a dilemma in the dreamer’s family, health, emotions, relationships, career or finances that is materialized in a dream of the dreamer portrayed as physically drowning in water. Similarly, emptiness, self-pity, sorrow, remorse, grief, abandonment, loneliness, giving up, depression, escape, emotional stress and spiritual emptiness in their lives often results in the dreamer experiencing dreams of drowning.
For The Christian: Christians and non Christians alike can experience dreams of drowning for the same reasons. But for the whole, the normal faith-based Christian has dreams different than the above mentioned, which represents an entirely different and unique set of challenges. Challenges involve blessings and gifts that God wants to bestow upon His people. Often, the blessing or gift will be determined by how cleanly or to what degree the dreamer comes out victorious through and after the end of the challenge or test of faith shown in the dream.
In the same way, as with a non Christian, the Christian can also experience dreams of drowning because of a temptation to backslide and fall back into a relationship or an old habit of a sin nature, and the dream of drowning is symbolic of God calling the person to repentance, for we can do nothing without God active in our lives.
For the dreamer to be dreaming he is drowning yet, somehow manages by his own strength and determination to pull himself back up to the surface represents that despite the magnitude of the obstacle, problem or pressure he is feeling or facing in the natural world, he will find an answer or solution, and find a way to resolve the problem restoring his life back to normal.
To Dive Into Clean Clear Water, to dive into clear water when the dreamer sees the bottom represents strength, stability, a self starter, having foresight and the ability to plan ahead.
To Dive Into Dirty Murky Water: For the dreamer to dive into dirty or murky water not able to see the bottom represents a headstrong, illogical thinker; this dreamer does not think ahead or plan for the future. This is a self-centered, overly proud, selfish individual who thinks firstly about himself, his wants are and very is inconsiderate of others or their feelings.
For the dreamer to dream he is drowning or under the water or being pulled under Dirty or Murky water in a dream represents that he is involved in one or more of the following: guilt, lies, deceit, illusion, betrayal, back stabbing, gossip, secrets, manipulation of someone, sexual bondage/addiction, bad habits, or a hidden agenda and the guilty feelings or the emotion of the fear of being discovered is surfacing in his dream in the form of him drowning or almost drowning portrayed in a dream.
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