This dream is a metaphor about the dreamer being saved or redeemed in some way. It suggests that the dreamer feels overwhelmed in some area of life, such as "drowning in work" or feeling "over my head." The dream also suggests that no one else is going to jump into the situation to solve the dreamer's problems. The dreamer needs to pull oneself to safety, or in other words, the dreamer needs to get out of a no-win situation.
That you are trying to push memories of that person out of your life. That you are not aware of how profoundly that person affected you and that your trying to forget the damage they did to you. And you can forget and process the information and accept it and move on. You don't have to hold on to the hurt and pain they caused you and you can finally breathe.
it can mean many things. it can mean that this person is someone that you will meet in the future will become someone you know. and then drown or will be un able to swim. In dreams, drowning usually represents feeling "over your head" in something or overwhelmed by circumstances. For example, you might be "drowning in homework." In this dream, the stranger represents yourself, and the dream expresses your feeling overwhelmed by something beyond your control.
I'm trying to cross the water dirty and I feel like drowning
According to Dreammoods.com (http://www.dreammoods.com/dreamdictionary/d2.htm): Drowning means that you are overwhelmed by emotions or repressed issues that are coming back to you. You trying too quickly to discover your unconscious thoughts and you should proceed more cautiously. If you die while drowning, this signifies an emotional rebirth. If you live, then a waking relationship or situation will ultimately survive the turmoil.
The person drowning in this dream represents some part of your own life. It may be that you have neglected or given up an activity that was important to you or that circumstances have prevented you from doing something you love. Or, it could suggest that you feel overwhelmed in some area of your life, for example, "drowning in paperwork."
Someone else's dream is not about you at all, but about that dreamer. If someone says something about you in THEIR dream, "you" represent that other person in their own dream. On the other hand, if you dream that someone warns you about your partner, that is quite different and you should pay attention to your own dream. In this case, the "someone" in your dream represents your own mind which is trying to get you to recognize that your partner is not as wonderful as you would like to believe.
Drowning dreams reflect feelings of being overwhelmed or "over your head" in something. Often these dreams are about having more work than one can manage, but they can also reflect "drowning in sorrow," or some other intense emotion.
A dream about being chased means your subconscious is trying to tell your conscious mind that you are running away from something in your life. Trying to identify the chaser will help translate the meaning of the dream
To see someone drowning in your dream, suggests that you are becoming too deeply involved in something that is beyond your control. Alternatively, it represents a sense of loss in your own identity. You are unable to differentiate who you are anymore.
I feel that the meaning behind your dream is that you feel other people in your life are trying to take away your freedom, independence and/or stability in your life. Someone is trying to impose their wishes on to you forcibly. Your feet are how you get around in life, someone is trying to take that away from you.
The drowning relative in this dream symbolizes some part of yourself, or some area of your life, such as your job or primarily relationship. Drowning suggests that you feel overwhelmed and "over your head" or "in too deep." You are asking others for help in the dream because you don't feel able to get out of the situation by yourself.
The dream is about saving yourself. Drowning suggests that you are "over your head" in some situation. In other words, you are overwhelmed, having taken on more than you can manage. The dream suggests that it is time for you to save yourself by pulling back and extricating yourself from the situation.