A Working Dream

[Erin M.]

I'm familiar with the basics of dream interpretation but I wish to dig deeper with this one because of desperate circumstances, willfully bending the laws of physics if necessary.

What prompted the dream I believe is taking a step toward making a much-delayed and life-altering move, going South in all senses of the phrase. I sent an email to someone who's been relatively blissfully unaware of my struggles and who might not be trustworthy, even though this difficulty was not in the original plan. All of this has come out of new mental developments and a new political awareness that goes beyond the views of my usual social contacts. I'm aware this awareness is dangerous because it's disengaged from my body and soul, which have always been in trouble due to lifelong issues which have remained unresolved. That was a mouthful, I know.

Last night I dreamed that I was at a job that I had over a dozen years ago when I was living over a thousand miles away from my current location, south and west of here. This comes after six months of retroactive introspection in which I examined very negative hidden aspects of my relationship to my former boss, which I was completely unaware of at the time I was working there. What prompted the dream however was not my relationship to my boss but my relationship to a coworker I hadn't paid so much attention to in my musing about my old experiences there. My boss was in the dream, as well as several people I didn't recognize but would be in subordinate positions to her, but my coworker Marilyn was not.

I dreamed that I returned to the job. There were many, many unopened boxes of old and clunky but never-used-before computers in my office. But there was no desk.

I used to love my desk at that job. It was huge, custom-made (custom-made as standard issue in that building to all the people who held my position, that is - not custom made for me in particular), and made of wood as opposed to the particle board material I've always disliked. But there was no desk in my dream. I know I need to handle what that situation represents, and I have even survived a similar situation in the past, but I am unsure how to now.

There was a part of the dream in which I interacted with other people in some kind of porch or foyer that was half-outside and surrounded by beautiful green trees, but I don't remember it well enough to say anything else.

Any ideas would be helpful.

[Jennings]

There is a relationship problem that concerns you today which reminds you of where you previously worked. The work then entailed was clearly incidental to the rivalry that existed which appears to have had sexual undertones. You enjoyed your status but the 'bitching' that prevailed meant everyone was equal with possibly the exception of access that may have caused antipathy within the ranks. There was possibly certain nefarious or avocational activities ensueing.

It looks as if you have become entwined in a relationship with connections to the past (and hence the dream) but personal circumstances have altered and you are now launching yourself into the 'you' that you always felt you were but you are uncertain how it will be accepted in this renewal of relationship. It is this uncertainty of travelling the road seldom trod that concerns you. This uncertainty is reflected in your dream and comes across with more than a 'resounding tinkle'. Good luck in this new adventure.