Subconscious Messages

I've been having some pretty intense dreams the last few nights. In one, I was hanging out with a former boyfriend, but I was also finding him very irritating and silently thanking my stars we were no longer a couple. In another, a co-worker told me he was desperately in love with me even though both of us were married to other people. In a third, I was yelling at my mother in front of several family members for talking about weight gain whenever we sit down to a sumptuous meal and thereby ruining everyone else's ability to enjoy it.

I wonder what has generated this series of dreams? Am I subconsciously reassessing my relationships at work and at home? Is my subconscious trying to boost my self-esteem -- for whatever reason -- by (a) congratulating me for having the wisdom/courage to break up with an unsuitable boyfriend, (b) telling me that I'm attractive enough to make a co-worker confess his love for me even though he knows I'm happily married, and (c) showing that I'm strong enough to stand up to my mother in public and complain about something she does regularly? Perhaps these dreams are simply sparked by the fact that I have seen the people involved -- my former boyfriend, my co-worker, and my mother -- recently.

I wonder what a therapist would say about this series of dreams. I'm sure the one involving my mother would be especially interesting to dissect during a session....