Dreaming of drowning

Artemidorus · Oneirocritica

Drawn up, it speaks of To be pulled from the water at the last moment foretold rescue, a friend's hand arriving in real trouble. Survival in the dream was survival promised.

Drawn down, it warns of To drown in the open sea warned of ruin through affairs too large for the dreamer, debts, voyages, entanglements over the head. The counsel was plain, come back to shallow water.

Jungian · the collective unconscious

Drawn up, it speaks of Drowning is the ego overwhelmed by the unconscious, and sometimes overwhelm is the only door in, the surrender that comes just before the change. Dreamers often go under right before they wake into something new.

Drawn down, it warns of Drowning as a repeating dream is the psyche flooding, more feeling than the current structure can carry. It asks for a bigger vessel, rest, help, someone standing in the water with you.