Yes, absolutely - what happens in your waking life will be hashed over in your dream life. You should read the 'R' quotes below about dreams...
If there is something that you are not dealing with in your waking life - or not expressing - then your dreams are going to show you what it is....because it's for the good of your health and the wholeness of your Being.
The stresses you talked about could very well contribute to the symbolism in this dream....but that is just a symptom of something deeeeeeper, Rudy. You're looking at the surface of those things....go deeper to see what Base Belief System is in place that is causing you to stress in this way...