Dream meaning
Swimming or underwater
Reflects the degree of ease or struggle with which you navigate your emotional climate.
34% of people have had this dream. Source: Nielsen et al. 2003
What does a dream about “Swimming or underwater” mean?
What psychologists say
Reflects the degree of ease or struggle with which you navigate your emotional climate. Gliding smoothly suggests emotional buoyancy, while struggling to breathe points to feeling flooded by feeling.
The Jungian reading
Water is the classic symbol of the unconscious and the maternal realm. Submerging oneself signifies immersion into psychic depths, while swimming represents conscious orientation amid emotional currents.
In old dream books
Folk books held that clear swimming waters brought clarity of mind and prosperity, whereas murky water counseled caution.
Dreams that often come with it
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