Keep your symbolic discoveries in your journal. Being upset about a dream can make us want to forget it rather than research it. One prevention for emotional blocks is to consider how we felt during the dream before we come to awake opinions. For example, most dreams about death are symbolic rather than literal. And it is doubly upsetting to awake and feel a rush of guilt because we were not the least upset about a death during the dream.
Some interpretations require time and diligence.
Joseph s dream of the sheaves bowing was symbolic, and his family immediately understood the symbolism but they still did not understand the timing. In our English translation barley bread tumbling down sounds insignificant and we could wonder why the man saw it as a threat . And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. Joseph s family had no problem getting the gist, but they missed particular details that would have enlarged their interpretation. The dream showed the butler serving the juice to Pharaoh, signifying him fully restored to purpose and fulfillment.