When people dream about diving deep underwater, they may also feel that their current situation is just too difficult for them to cope with.

This can be pressures at work, demands of family life or the general stress of day-to-day living. Feeling Weighed Down or Freeĭreams about being underwater may mean that the dreamer is feeling weighed down by external pressures in their waking life. This fear is not particularly common what is more common are dreams of fears related to water, such as drowning or being lost in the water. This represents the common human fear of being trapped in their own body with no way to free themselves. Oftentimes these dreams take place underwater or in an enclosed space where there is little oxygen present. When people have a fear of being suffocated, dreams will sometimes give form to that fear. These include fear of 1) dying underwater or drowning, 2) having something pressed over one’s face,3) being trapped in a low-oxygen environment, 4) or it may even be symbolic. Underwater dreams can be a representation of our water-related fears.

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