Do you ever have themes that re-occur in dreams? [View All]

I've only had it happen one time to me. For several years, I would have dreams about trying to take a shower and either not be able to do so or it being extremely difficult to do it.

For example, I'd dream that I was trying to shower in the middle of a restaurant, and I would be trying to have people not see me naked. Same thing once on the beach. Also, I'd dream about just trying to find a place to shower and not being able to. I'd have this dream about once a month for a couple of years.

I kept thinking that it meant that I needed to cleanse myself and wasn't able to do so. I thought about all aspects of my life to see which part needed cleansed.

After my relationship of 9-1/2 years ended, I never had the dream again. It's been over 8 years, and I've not had one.

I keep wondering how I could have figured out that the dreams were in reference to my relationship. (I'm assuming that I should have been able to get the message, but it wasn't clear to me.)