Recurring dreams about rats and flooding?

[Susannahmia]

For the last few weeks, I have been having dreams where my house is either infested with rats or flooding or more often both at the same time. I have also had a few other dreams where I had a pet rat and something bad happened to it. The dreams are never the exact same but usually contain both of these themes? Anyone have any idea what they could mean?

[kizzyr]

When I dream about rats it is usually that they are at the end of my bed nibbling on my toes as I sleep. I wake up terrified, standing in the middle of the bed screaming at my boyfriend for help. Its horrible I checked it out and was told that it was a sign of struggling with the rat race in life and great stress in the workplace. As it turned out every time I have that dream I am feeling very stressed. Usually dreams about rats indicate some from of stress or fear in your waking life.

[Suaimhneach]

Following what the above poster said, flooding could indicate a sense of overwhelming ness. If it were my dream I would think of my association with rats (which is: ick, go to the wild out of my house!) and flooding (which is: something I cant control). So I would interpret that to be... what is in my life that I dont want there that I cannot control?

Dreams can sometimes give us hints at things that are causing us real life stresses that we shouldnt ignore.