Descriptive Essay About My Dream - 1591 Words

A dream I had recently has stuck with me. I’m in a small room that I don’t recognize. There’s nothing of note about it other than it has no windows and only a single bright red door. The walls and floor are all sterile white. In the center of the room there is a round wooden table with a small fish tank in the center of it and it has a couple of goldfish inside. I don’t know where I am, but I do know that it’s my job to feed and take care of the fish. This seems like a simple enough task, but after a few minutes, I hear a knock on the door. I open the door to see my younger sister holding another fish tank, this time with a small purple fish inside of it. She hands it to me without saying a word, and then she leaves. I put the fish on the†¦show more content†¦I could make sense of most of the dream, but one part I could not figure out. Why fish? I decided to look up what fish represented to Jung, seeing as I couldn’t think of any significance myself, other than them being relatively easy to take care of. In my research I found a few explanations for the fish symbol, but the one that stood out to me the most was fertility. Not very many people know this, but my husband and I have been trying to conceive for almost two years without any luck. We’ve recently been discussing going to a fertility doctor to see if there are any issues that could be impeding us. It’s something that has been weighing on my mind lately, especially since my sister and best friend both had babies in the span of us trying. In the end, my interpretation came to this—stressing myself out and trying to do everything for everyone else is negatively impacting my ability to become pregnant. 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