I had a very vivid dream recently, in which I was underwater and there was this very big, very ugly, fish which was hovering in the water. It looked a bit like one of those Angler fish which have a little lure which they flick to attract prey into the vicinity of their razor sharp rows of teeth. Anyway, the picture of this fish was very clear in my dream and then it suddenly did something that I wasn't expecting - it lunged at me and I saw its teeth-filled jaws clamping shut! The shock of this caused me to wake from my dream with a start. Scary but cool also!
This got me to thinking about the meaning of dreams? I didn't know what my dream meant but I could guess that it wasn't good! A quick internet search brought me to a website that professed to be able to interpret the meaning of our deepest darkest dreams. It had a section on animals in dreams, so I followed that link and scrolled down until I had found 'fish'.
The website said that 'to see fish swimming in your dream, symbolizes good luck; personal wealth and power may be on your way'. Sounds good but it didn't say anything about being eaten by one of those nicely swimming fish!
I persevered, therefore, and did another Google search. This led me to a link that said that 'nightmares about drowning or being eaten by fish often mean being overwhelmed by something you can't control'. Given that we can't control our dreams, it may well be that I was feeling overwhelmed at the thought of being devoured by an ugly fish in my dreams?!
I'm sure there's a lot that we still have to learn about the nature of dreams. They are fascinating and elicit a huge range of emotions. One area that still provokes controversy is whether dreaming is something that is unique to humans? Having observed cats and dogs sleeping, I'm pretty certain that animals do indeed dream. Indeed, it would be pretty weird (and arrogant of us humans) to think that we humans are the only animal to display this sleep trait.
I guess this means that fish may dream so maybe, somewhere in the depths of an ocean, there is an ugly big fish dreaming of being eaten by a gigantic human?! If so, there's a good chance that he's not analysing the meaning of it, however!
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