Dream
Dear Ian, I dreamed that a talking bee called Frank (or Fred) invited me and other people (one of them was my dad) to see his new invention.  It was a robot that looked like an elephant but didn’t have a trunk.  It was picking things up between it’s ears and putting them into a shed.  It started malfunctioning and was putting everything into the shed, including a pram or pushchair. Then Frank the bee started telling it off saying out of the side of his mouth “your showing me up”.  I was trying hard not to laugh, and this is when I woke up, chuckling to myself.

Meaning
Thanks for getting in touch with your dream. It’s absolutely brilliant! When we dream of a bee, we are reflecting on something that is busy and productive in waking life. The robot elephant sounds like a computer, loading things into its memory and then storing them. In waking life, it sounds like the busy productive side of yourself is sometimes momentarily puzzled by new technology but your easy and relaxed side always works out how to use new things and have a laugh at the same time.

Dream
Dear Ian
Have been desperate to find out what my recurring dream means.  I dream I am out and about and desperate for the toilet but when I finally find public toilets to use they are always flooded, disgustingly dirty and not private, everyone can see what I’m up to.   I’m so desperate for the loo, I use them anyway and it’s the whole thing of not having the privacy and trying not to get my feet wet.
What can this mean?

Meaning
When you dream about a toilet you are dreaming about your own needs in waking life and how you can fulfil them. The flooded toilets in your dream indicate that you have emotional needs in your waking life that you often try to ignore. When you make an effort to tell others about your needs, it often turns into a messy situation and you end up feeling disappointed with yourself. However, you are desperate to have your needs met so you keep drawing attention to them.

The need for privacy shows that you don’t want to appear needy and would much prefer it if other people could understand what your needs are without you actually having to tell them. Trying not to get your feet wet indicates that you are over cautious about stepping into emotional situations because you are unsure what the outcome might be.

In waking life, we often hope that our own needs will be met if we look after the needs of others but usually we just end up being taken for granted. The best to resolve these dreams is to put your own needs before the needs of others by using the word ‘No’ now and again. This is not being selfish; you can only really look after others when you look after yourself by clearly stating your own needs.

Dream
I wonder if you can tell me what my recurring dream means please? These dreams have occured over the past 20 years or so though they are not constant and i am not able to pin them down to how i feel at the time.  For example being stressed, too busy or overly tired.  I dream i’m trying to get somewhere.  The scenario will be different each time but i’m always doing some form of travelling.  Train, bus, walking round the office building or in the last one i was on a quad bike.  I don’t exactly go round in circles but i never actually get to where i’m meant to go.  Something always diverts me.  In recent dreams it also includes a man i’m close to but due to circumstances cannot be with.

Meaning
When we dream of trying to get somewhere, we are reflecting on where we are trying to get to in waking life. The dream suggests you find it challenging to get to where you really want to be in your waking life. This lack of progress is not because you lack the ability to reach your goal, but because you often put the needs of others before your own needs and this diverts you from your chosen path.

To start reaching some of the goals that will make you feel truly fulfilled, you will have to start using the word ‘No’ a bit more often. Although this may seem a bit selfish at first, it soon creates the awareness that the more you look after yourself, the more you can look after others. This doesn’t mean you have to say ‘No’ to everything, just the things that you feel are compromising your own happiness and fulfilment, both in the workplace and in your romantic life.