Drowning
Psychological (Freud)
Drowning often stands for being flooded by feelings the waking mind can no longer hold. Water symbolizes the unconscious itself, and the dream may reveal a fear of sinking into repressed emotions or dependencies.
Oriental reading
In Oriental interpretation, drowning is often read as sinking into worldly cares, debt, or wrongdoing. For one who is rescued or reaches the shore, however, many see hope of deliverance from distress and of forgiveness.
Death & Danger
Dream interpretation is for self-reflection and entertainment — it is not a medical or psychological diagnosis.