That is an interesting dream and your comments chimed in with my thoughts on my walk today. As you know I am selling my house and could not stop thinking about it and it reminded me of being badly in debt and going over the cost of things in my mind. Can I make ends meet and for how long?
I tried to practice mindfulness but it’s far more difficult to do when you need to.
Your work and clothes could be symbols of what you have lost in the gambling mud. Clothes are the physical goods, work might stand for the internal work needed to heal. There is a school of therapy called „the work.”
I know I put off healing my hurts with gambling. I just didn’t want to tackle my low self-esteem, issues in my marriage, upset over my mother’s suicide … I know when I did start to look at these things it was like peeling an onion, more and more stuff further down. But I don’t regret my decision to tackle these things – I am more content now and excited, (and scared) about entering a new phase of my life.
Sorry for such a long post. I hope some of what I have said resonates with you and helps you to stay on track gf and move into you new life. Go well!