A strange dream

I was in my office. Not MY office, but it was mine in the dream. I was doing business, whatever it was, with clients who all failed to notice the room was approximately three feet under water. I didn’t know why it was under water, it usually wasn’t. But people came and went oblivious to the fact we were wading through the space. It wasn’t flooded in the hall. Opening the door to the hall didn’t disperse the water. It was only in my area. No one noticed. Business as usual.

One dream dictionary suggests that the image of water rising up in a house symbolizes struggles or overwhelming emotions. Only in my area, no one else’s? And no one I deal with notices my emotional difficulties? Sounds right, I’m too good at masking difficulties. Consider where the flood is, suggests the reference, to see where I am overwhelmed. At work….my flood affects no one else…..and no one notices….

Is this a cautionary fable?