I'm not a psychologist or anything, but I have done some dream work as part of my therapy for depression/anxiety. It's important to remember that dreams are usualy based on some inner conflict and may have little or nothing to do with outside events, either past or future. Also, dreams are very personal - you can't just look up a book of dream symbols and "translate" your dream as if it were a foreign language - you have to ask yourself what the symbols in your dream mean to you. You mention that you were raised Protestant and became agnostic, but that you were then "converted" to Catholicism, seemingly against your own private misgivings, to judge from your post. You also express concern that you are too "impressionable," and that most of your friends and family are religious. Given that, I'd guess that your dream is an expression of your fear that you might once again be led my your impressionability, especialy towards those who are close to you, to adopt a belief system with is not really your own.
Hope that helps. |