Symbolic reading

The arithmetic here is emotional integration. Life requires both highs and lows. The dream is forcing you to quantify and accept all your feelings—the good and the bad—to achieve psychological wholeness. You cannot have balance if you only count the positive.

Practical reading

If you are trying to suppress difficult emotions (like grief or anger) because they seem 'negative,' the dream warns you against this. All feelings have value; they must be accounted for if you wish to move forward in emotional health.

Psychology explanation

This mirrors the process of achieving psychological homeostasis. The subconscious is teaching you that emotional stability is not the absence of feeling, but the ability to weigh and accept the totality of your emotional experience.