Thank you, NWGRITs and DavidG.
Well, I'm reading a book called Adult Children: the secrets of dysfunctional families. It's quite obvious my family is one. And I see how I am the "lone child" and the "fixer".
I dreamed last night I was in a house (my "home", in the dream) situated in the middle of a river, and it started to get very, very hot inside. So hot everyone had to leave the house and go outside. We were standing outside looking at the house and suddenly all insects and little animals started to get out too. Spiders, frogs, flies, mosquitos, cockroaches, even snakes and bats. Oh, worms too
I thought, in the dream, "Well, at least it's not a fire. Once it cools I'll see what I can salvage".
The heat I figure is the rage/anger/fury I've been feeling.
I guess at this point it's not a matter of opening the can or not - it's wide open! The important message from the dream is... there's more than just a few worms to pay attention to, and the house is still salvageable. Does it make sense or I'm reading too much into it?
Thank you all.