Saturday, June 2, 2007

Dreams of fish


I have never had recurring themes in my dreams before I started studying medicine.

Now I dream about fish all of the time. There are always multiple tanks that I have somehow inherited from somebody. There are many kinds of exotic fish in all of these tanks, and invariably there is at least one tank in trouble that I have to help in a hurry.

Last night it was a tank of dumped goldfish who were so overcrowded that the top ones weren't even covered in water. I tried to contact my parents who have a massive pond in their front yard, to see if they wanted any. By the time they arrived, all of the fish had somehow turned into second-hand novels. (I don't know - it's a dream!!)

I'm always running around managing things in the dreams. Somehow in a lot of them I will end up swimming in a fishtank or two.

I wouldn't say that they are nightmares. I'm never afraid, just stressed. The fish never attack me. I just have to manage and help them.

Stress does odd things to my brain.

3 comments:

adrian said...

yes very odd, but funny, too. Fish dreams are supposed to symbolise sperm if they're little fish, and children if they're medium sized fish. A fishing rod is supposed to symbolise...well, you figure it out!
Otherwise it's supposed to be a good omen (unless the fish is carp), so yay for the fishies!

The Girl said...

OMG, keep the sperm and children away, I still have another million years of study to go! :D

Right now I can do with all of the good omens I can get. As long as I don't have spiders above my doorway, birds pooping on me or any of the awful good omens that people are supposed to believe in. Ugh.

adrian said...

I don't think it's good luck to have animals pooping on you. Good luck? I don't think so. A little Irish leprachaun bringing you a pint of Guinness and a four-leaf clover? Now that's some good luck I could drink to!

Kudos to the million years.