THE DREAM The following are dreams from my collection which all include references to rescues. I have tried to isolate the symbolic meaning of the rescue.

A dream about rescuing a man from jail linked to the dreamer having to change her approach to a project or it would have failed. She had to sacrifice some of her principles but life is about compromises. The rescue symbolised her making the most out of a bad situation.

A dream about rescuing a baby could have been a premonition of the next day. Her sister in law turned up asking for money. The dreamer felt this was getting out of hand as it had happened before. The rescue symbolised her having to help her sister out in a way which was not wanted.

A dream where the dreamer is eventually rescued by a woman who is evasive and unaware of her ordeal linked to the dreamer being unhappy in real life and self abusive. The rescue symbolised something which distracted the dreamer and took her mind off her troubles.

A dream where there was danger if someone stopped to help the dreamer linked to the dreamers thoughts about work. He had a huge workload and feared he would not be able to get through it. But he did not want to ask for help because it may show that he was not coping. The rescue in the dream symbolised the dreamers reluctance to accept help.

Whilst the dreamer was pregnant she had a dream that she was rescuing people from epidemic illnesses. Eventually the dreamer became a doctor and the rescue dream symbolised her wish to help people by training to be a doctor.