After not having had any particularly eventful dreams for a long while I've suddenly had two nights in a row with tossing and turnings, breaking out in a sweat and remembering all in the morning.

First dream:
"I am on a ferry (cruise ship with night clubs etc) and walking around up and down the staircases, getting lost in the endless corridors. They had lots of odd thing on this ship/ferry/cruiser: a basketball hall, an ongoing ice-hockey game, a bus terminal etc. The on-going theme of the stroll around the ship is that everywhere people notice me; mostly men of all ages -smiling at me and giving me appricitative glances. I feel good. After a while I end up in what seem to be the bus terminal. I walk towards what I think is the rear of the ship and open a door. When I walk out the door I'm on land and I have just stepped out of a tour bus. I start looking around, asking people where the ferry is and where am I? Everyone looks at me with pity. I am somewhere on the coast of Denmark. I ask how I got there? They say that I have been there for quit a while. Suddenly I realise that I have been drugged and abducted from the ferry and taken to this place by all the men that I had seen on the ferry. They had chosen me. I remember saying; "But they cannot have done anything to me, I would feel it in my body!" The man I am talking to looks at me with great sadness and says: "Oh yes, they have done things to you (sexual things), I've seen it. But it is better if you do not remember, much better."

Second dream:
"My x-boyfriend (from many years back) comes driving in a convertible with the top open. It is in the middle of winter and freezing. The streets are all icy. I jump into the car and we go driving. Everywhere there are other cars spinning on the ice. People accelerate and try to spin just before the road turns into the sea (by the waterfront) - it seems very dangerous. Suddenly, John hits the breaks on the car. I cannot stay in my seat because it is an open top car and I am slung out. Next I know it, we are in the hospital. He is spitting out his teeth, like white gravel from his mouth. I notice that I am missing most of my front teeth too. I crawl up into his sickbed and we cry. Next, someone is telling me to get down because his new wife is comming."

In both dreams it is extremly dark outside and the feeling is the same; depressing, sick feeling.

Any hints?

Both your dreams to suggest that what started off as a pleasant journey turned into a nightmarish experience for you.
To dream of a cruise ship represents pleasant state of affairs.
The bus station symbolises reaching a stage in your emotional life.
The convertible refers to your attitude of glamour and influence.
You mention in the first dream that all the men are looking at you and you feel good about your self. In the second dream you see your teeth falling out. It may be that this particular experience has resulted in anxiety about your appearance.
What does Denmark represent to you?

Hope this helps figuring out your dream.

Good Luck!!!

Excellent questions. I will add one more:

Do you feel that the car sliding on ice, and the part about being snatched by the men from the ferry are related to losing or not having enough control?

Sorry, for not having answered your comments before - I have been away.

I think both dreams are both about loosing control and related to anxiety about appearance. I am a very self-controlled person and when I feel attracted to someone who doesn't show enough attention or obvious interest, I freak out completely and obsess about my appearance - thinking I must be the least attractive person on earth, instead of accepting calmly that the feelings aren't mutual. The bit about abduction is still a mystery to me, 'though.