Sometimes I have this dream, with variations on the same theme, of me going on the seashore with my parents and there, while on the beach or in the sea, huge waves coming over us while covering completely the beach...
i won't attempt to say anything freudian because that's not my trip. others, i'm sure, will. so, even in dreams, there are sometimes things that are bigger then ourselves. =^^= .../\...
Water is usually our emotional state. So you'll be swamped, your emotions overloaded by something that happens in or with your family. ("The usual" things that happen in a family where people fight and get emotional. ) When it happens just let it pass.