LDI ~ Her brother’s comforting presence

​My friend’s name and photograph were used with permission.  Christa is in the process of moving and all her things are in boxes.  This was the only picture she could find of her brother as a soldier.  I thought it was perfect for this post, because in her dream he came to help her and she felt his comforting and protective presence with her.
 
April 25
Logotherapy Dream Interpretation (LDI)
 
Good morning my dearest Pan! I had a strange dream 2 nights ago...will you think on it a little and tell me what you think please?
 
Christa’s dream
There was a huge surge of water somewhere where I was...I think it was a seaside...and then it pulled back and I saw a really large fish struggling in a shallow pool of water...I tried so help it and all of a sudden my younger brother who was murdered some years ago appeared next to me to help...he looked so beautiful and calm...he told me not to stress he will make a plan...we both then proceeded to take the fish to an aquarium where it was examined to make sure that it was ok...the lady who assisted us told my brother that she found him very handsome and I looked at her in surprise and then I woke up...
 
I encourage my readers to try and work out how you could help Christa to find the unique meaning message of her dream, before reading my response to her dream below.  If it is true, that our dreams are helping us to find comfort and meaningful answers for our CURRENT struggles, keeping in mind, that WE ALREADY HAVE OUR UNIQUE ANSWERS inside of ourselves… what could Christa’s dream be revealing about her current struggle and how could her dream help her?
 
PART 1
My attempt to assist Christa to find the unique meaning message of her dream, using Logotherapy Dream Interpretation
 
There was a huge surge of water somewhere where I was...I think it was a seaside...
 
When you say huge surge of water, I get the feeling that there’s a sense of being threatened/overwhelmed/possibly feeling as if you are drowning by the seriousness of the situation… maybe the reality of the coronavirus got to you and made you feel really uncomfortable…
 
and then it pulled back and I saw a really large fish struggling in a shallow pool of water...
 
Suddenly it pulls back and there’s this large floundering fish… (you were possibly feeling like a fish out of water at the time) again, I’m imagining this dream is connected to your anxiety over the news of the coronavirus and as your dream I think was on the 24 March… two days before the start of the lockdown… the fish being LARGE would show me how you are fully aware of how HUGE this situation really is.
 
I think you were already anticipating the sudden feeling of being stranded and helpless (anticipatory anxiety) … to suddenly be separated from what has been giving you life/oxygen/food… all that has kept you going. 
 
If it’s a comfort, I was also very anxious as the lockdown day came closer…
 
I tried to help it
 
You wanted to make the situation all better… you really wished you could fix it.
 
all of a sudden, my younger brother who was murdered some years ago appeared next to me to help...he looked so beautiful and calm...he told me not to stress he will make a plan...
 
When people tell me that their deceased relative or friend appears in a dream, I take that in two ways… either you are remembering comfort from your brother… someone you looked up to for comfort… he was a beautiful calming presence for you… and his memory still comforts you even now and even subconsciously in your sleep, or consciously during waking hours as a result of how you felt then when the person was alive… or, it is also possible your brother’s spirit really did come into your dream to literally comfort you now, because he’s aware of your fears.
 
he looked so beautiful and calm...he told me not to stress he will make a plan...
 
His memory, is reassuring and comforting to you… or, his spirit literally appeared in your dream to comfort and reassure you.  If this is the case, I believe that he already sees the bigger picture… he prays on your behalf and he will make sure you will be protected and not have to go without.
 
we both then proceeded to take the fish to an aquarium where it was examined to make sure that it was ok...
 
His comforting presence is showing you that you have the power to do whatever it takes to make sure YOU are going to be okay.  And that you are not alone… his memory, or his presence is with you still through it all.
 
the lady who assisted us told my brother that she found him very handsome and I looked at her in surprise and then I woke up....
 
I think that this is your own subconscious response to his presence… you are acknowledging how beautiful he is to you… that you felt his presence/memory as something beautiful.  The surprise could be because he was there in the first place, or you were admitting for the first time maybe, how special he was to you and still is.
 
There we go dearest Christa.  Only you will know the true answer, but let me know if you feel this sounds like it could be the answer to your dream and if not, let me know if you have any other ideas now that I have shown you how this works.
 
If my interpretation does resonate with you, then please let me know if I can use it on my blog.  I would do it with or without your name, depending on what you give me permission to do.  I love to share with my readers, because it’s a way of helping others to learn how to help themselves to interpret their own dreams.
 
Lots of love,
Pan
 
PART 2
See Christa’s responses in brown below
 
There was a huge surge of water somewhere where I was...I think it was a seaside...
 
When you say huge surge of water, I get the feeling that there’s a sense of being threatened/overwhelmed/possibly feeling as if you are drowning/suffocating by the seriousness of the situation… maybe the reality of the coronavirus got to you and made you feel really uncomfortable…
 
I realised that it was the impending move to Pretoria that overwhelms me as everything is still so uncertain and I do not know when I'll be able to move with the lockdown happening.
 
and then it pulled back and I saw a really large fish struggling in a shallow pool of water...
 
Suddenly it pulls back and there’s this large floundering fish… (you were possibly feeling like a fish out of water at the time) again, I’m imagining this dream is connected to your anxiety over the news of the coronavirus and as your dream I think was on the 24th March… two days before the start of the lockdown here in South Africa.  The fish being LARGE would show me how you are fully aware of how HUGE this situation really is.
 
Yes...the lockdown literally took away any control I had over being able to plan the move and I knew I had to prepare myself for a new environment, but I am still stuck in my current environment...
 
I think you were already anticipating the sudden feeling pf being stranded and helpless (anticipatory anxiety) … to suddenly be separated from what has been giving you life/oxygen/food… all that has kept you going.
 
I think I dread being taken out of my sanctuary.  I love my house and the decision to sell and move was not easy...so yes being disconnected from what has sustained me up to now causes me anxiety...
 
If it’s a comfort, I was also very anxious as the day came closer…
 
I tried to help it
 
You wanted to make the situation all better… you really wished you could fix it.
 
 Yip...
 
all of a sudden, my younger brother who was murdered some years ago appeared next to me to help...he looked so beautiful and calm...he told me not to stress he will make a plan...
 
When people tell me that their deceased relative or friend appears in a dream, I take that in two ways… Either you are remembering comfort from your brother… someone you looked up to for comfort… he was a beautiful calming presence for you, and his memory still comforts you even now and even subconsciously in your sleep, or consciously during waking hours as a result of how you felt then when the person was alive… or, it is also possible your brother’s spirt really did come into your dream to literally comfort you now, because he’s aware of your fears.
 
Yes...he was always willing and prepared to help.
 
he looked so beautiful and calm...he told me not to stress he will make a plan...
 
His memory, is reassuring and comforting to you… or, his spirit literally appeared in your dream to comfort and reassure you.  If this is the case, I believe that he already sees the bigger picture… he prays on your behalf and he will make sure you will be protected and not have to go without.
 
He had such a hard life, I think subconsciously I hope that he is at peace now.

(he looked so beautiful and calm) This line is a reassurance that he is indeed at peace now.

we both then proceeded to take the fish to an aquarium where it was examined to make sure that it was ok...
 
His presence is showing you that you have the power to do whatever it takes to make sure YOU are going to be okay.  And that you are not alone… his memory, or his presence is with you still through it all.
 
Yes...I always trust myself to make a plan.
 
the lady who assisted us told my brother that she found him very handsome and I looked at her in surprise and then I woke up....
 
I think that this is your own subconscious response to his presence… you are acknowledging how beautiful he is to you… that you felt his presence/memory as something beautiful.  The surprise could be because he was there in the first place, or you were admitting for the first time maybe, how special he was to you and still is.
 
Maybe because he was kind of always pushed aside in the family...he was the black sheep...I found it surprising that someone else also saw his beauty...not in the physical sense necessarily but he was a beautiful soul...so misunderstood.
 
There we go dearest Christa.  Only you will know the true answer, but let me know if you feel this sounds like it could be the answer to your dream and if not, let me know if you have any other ideas now that I have shown you how this works.
 
If my interpretation does resonate with you, then please let me know if I can use it on my blog.  I would do it with or without your name, depending on what you give me permission to do.  I love to share with my readers, because it’s a way of helping others to learn how to help themselves to interpret their own dreams.
 
Thank you Pan! You are most welcome to use my dream! Love you lots!!

​Thanks for sharing this dream interpretation with Christa and I. 
 
~ Panayiota