When I was a senior in high school, I had a recurring dream of my teeth falling out. I dreamt about my teeth just about every night for at least three weeks. Sometimes they’d fall out one at a time, sometimes all at once, but the worst was when they’d just start decaying in my mouth and crumble away. In one dream, I was walking around my house, toothless and crying, and nobody would help me when I showed them the collection of my own teeth I held in my hands.
I became terrified that my dreams meant I would actually lose my teeth—my perfectly straight, took-years-of-orthodontics-and-thousands-of-dollars-to-get, pearly whites.
Nine years later and about a million trips to the dreams section of Barnes & Noble, I still have a full set of teeth, but I’ve learned that when we’re experiencing stress in our lives, it tends to show up in our dreams as well, many times cloaked in these symbols.
Nudity
You’re walking down the street, going to work, or just standing in a crowd … naked. You’re mortified that you forgot your clothes, but nobody seems to notice. Sound familiar?
According to Gustavus Hindman Miller’s 10,000 Dreams Interpreted, dreaming that you’re nude in public foretells scandal and unwise engagements.
Dream Moods, a popular dream interpretation Web site, says dreaming about being naked shows you’re feeling vulnerable or shameful. You could be feeling inferior at work, or feel unguarded or exposed in a situation.
Storms
My storm of choice in dreams is always a tornado. I look outside, see a funnel cloud forming, and for some reason, I run right to it. For other people, it can be hurricanes, avalanches, or rain storms.
This one’s pretty simple to crack—dreaming of a storm symbolizes an internal storm in your life.
Dream Moods says storms signify “overwhelming struggle, shock, devastating loss, and catastrophe in your personal affairs.”
Miller says storms in dreams mean continued sickness, unfavorable business, and separation from friends—all things that will cause great distress. The good news is if the storm passes before you wake up, the stress won’t be as bad.
Crashes
Dreams of crashes—airplane, car, train, or otherwise—represent deep anxieties and fears. Many people fear these dreams are premonitions, but most likely they aren’t. Crashes can represent a feeling that your life is headed for disaster. Are you pushing yourself too hard? Are you feeling out of control? That out of control feeling may manifest itself in your dreams.
Dream Moods goes even further to break down crashes in dreams. If you dream of an airplane crash, you may have set high and unrealistic goals for yourself. Car crashes represent a shocking situation or a painful experience.
Hell
Ever dreamt about the fiery abyss of hell? Dream Moods says dreaming of hell shows that you’re suffering from an inescapable situation. You may have many inner fears and repressed guilty feelings. On the other hand, if you dream of fire, but not necessarily in hell, it symbolizes destruction, passion, desire, illumination, transformation, enlightenment, or anger.
Death
I once dreamt that my dad died, and I woke up crying and in a cold sweat. It was probably one of the worst dreams I’ve ever had. Luckily, dream experts say dreaming of death is merely symbolic and there’s no need to be afraid it’s a sign of things to come.
Miller says death dreams often mean the beginning of suspense or trials in your life.
They can also show forthcoming finalities, like the end of a marriage or a career.
Bugs
Bugs in our dreams—ants, spiders, moths, gnats, flies—could mean a number of things.
Miller says bugs are an indication that a “disgustingly revolting complication” will arise in your daily life.
Dream Moods takes bugs more literally, as in something is bugging you. To dream of bugs suggests you are worried about something and are filled with anxieties and fears.
A third interpretation is the bugs may represent your sexual thoughts.
Cats
Most experts agree on this one; dreaming of a cat foretells misfortune and bad luck.
Unless of course you’re a devout cat lover, and then it represents creativity, independence, and power.
Miller says if you’re able to kill the cat or drive it from your sight in your dream, your luck will turn around; you’ll overcome great obstacles and your fortunes will rise. But if you dream of a cat or a snake being friendly, watch out—an angry struggle is around the corner.
Losing Teeth
Ahh … the dream that’s haunted me for years, losing my teeth.
Miller says losing teeth signifies burdens that crush your pride. If your teeth are knocked out, you’ll have sudden misfortune. Decayed or snaggled teeth mean business or health struggles.
Other interpretations for dreams about lost teeth are that the dreamer is feeling powerless in life and may be in a transitional period from one phase of life to another.
Some experts say losing our teeth in a dream parallels the time in our lives when we lost our milk teeth and childhood innocence; these experts believe that dreams of losing teeth today show we’re just as insecure and uncertain as we were in infanthood.
When I dreamt about my teeth back in high school, I was trying to choose a college—definitely a stressful decision. The dreams resurfaced when college graduation rolled around four years later and I’m sure they’ll start again at the end of grad school.
A little bit of stress in our everyday lives is normal. But sometimes it becomes such a regular occurrence in our lives that it influences our dreams and causes us to lose valuable sleep. Understanding our dreams is key to identifying and ending stress in our waking hours and restoring peace and restfulness to our nighttime hours.
Source: http://www.divinecaroline.com/self/dreams/eight-dream-symbols-point...
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All right, for the dreams interpreters, I do have some questions. I dream about been alone in an elevator and it stops!
And that dream has happened to me more than once.
Also I park my car somewhere and when I go back for it, is no longer there.
Also, on returning somewhere, I do get lost, because the landscape has completely changed and I can not go back where I came from!
And now, for a contradicion to the books explanations, I once dreamt about a car accident, and then forgot it, and a week later it did happen!
But I did just what I had done in the dream and no one was injured!
The car turned upside down completely, upon a tire blowing in the middle of the road, and in the dream I said one of the names of "God" according to Kabbalah (which it is a misname, since there is no God for Kabbalists),
and the World turned side up, again, thus I said the name and we were able to get out of the car (3 people) and no one was injured, the car was a total loss, but the insurance paid me enough to buy a better car!
To dream that you are ascending in an elevator represents a rise to status and wealth. You may have risen to a higher level of consciousness and are looking at the world from an elevated viewpoint. If the elevator is moving upward in an out of control fashion or it crashes through the roof, then it indicates that you are being catapulted to a position of power in which you do not yet know how to deal with. You are afraid of the new responsibilities ahead for you. Descending in an elevator suggests that you are being grounded or coming back down to reality. It also signifies setbacks and misfortunes.
In general, the up and down action of the elevator represents the ups and downs of your life. It also symbolizes emotions and thoughts that are emerging out of and submerging into your subconscious. Alternatively, the dream may have sexual connotations.
To dream that the elevator is out of order or that it is not letting you off symbolizes that your emotions have gotten out of control. It may be a reflection of your life or your career. You are feeling stuck in some aspect of your life, whether it is your career, relationship, etc.
To dream that the elevator is moving sideways means that your efforts are counterproductive. You are going nowhere in your work, relationship or other situation.
Thanks so much for the reply, Samael. Definitely, the elevator is always going up, but it stops.
I assume, then that it happens at the time when I am not progressing any further, and I feel frustrated about it.
And I have had many moments in my life when that has happened, all right!
I have to continually be moving in consciousness, otherwise I feel I am not even alive!
Landscape
To dream of various landscapes in your dream represent where you are in your life or in your relationships. How do you see yourself with respect to the rest of the world and those around you? Consider what is going on in the landscape and how it may parallel your own waking life.�In particular, a barren or dry landscape depicts dissatisfaction in your love life. According to Freud, the dream landscape symbolizes the human body. A landscape with gentle contours symbolize the female body, while a rocky landscape represents the male body. Also consider the feelings that the landscape invokes.�
To dream of ever changing landscapes indicates psychological transitions or emotional progress. It represents the various stages in your life. Alternatively, it may be offering you various viewpoints in looking at the same idea or situation. Something may be slipping away from your grasp. Look at the symbolism of key elements in the landscape.�
http://dreammoods.com/cgibin/dreamdictionarysearch.pl?method=exact&...
And again, thanks!
The landscape, the changing one, is mostly within city streets, where I was somewhere and all of a sudden, I am somewhere else, the streets have changed, may be it is another country, I do not feel anything negative about the new place, only it is not where I was before.
I will, if it happens again, look at what is in there, then!
To dream that you are parking your car represents your desire to settle down. Alternatively, it means that you feel accomplished in your goals and satisfied with your life. If you have difficulty parking the car, then it means that you are in some sort of a rut. You are feeling restless. Perhaps you wished you had taken a different path in your life.�
To dream that you parked your car in a non-parking zone,�suggests that you are poking your head in places where you do not belong. If you forgot where you parked, then it indicates that you have lost your direction in life. You are going off track.
http://dreammoods.com/cgibin/dreamdictionarysearch.pl?method=exact&;...
Lose
To dream that you lose something indicates that you may really have misplaced something that you had not realized yet. It may also be a signal for you to clean out and reorganize your life. Perhaps you are overwhelmed and distracted with the hustle and bustle of day-to-day life.�Alternatively, losing something often coincides with a significant life change or waking issue.
On a symbolic note, losing things in your dream suggests lost opportunities, past relationships or forgotten aspects of yourself. Your personal associations to the thing you lose will clue you into the emotional meaning and interpretation of your dream.
http://dreammoods.com/cgibin/dreamdictionarysearch.pl?method=exact&...
And thanks, many thanks again!
I park the car without any problem, but when I come back looking for it, is not there!
Therefore it is a question of loss, more than anything else, however, I never lose anything else other than the car!
Do not lose money or clothes or anything, just the car!
May be the car is my outer personality and I do not mind losing it, in fact, good riddance to it!
It is no problem at all! I'm glad I can help Carmen my friend :)
Found this also:
To dream that you forget or can't find where you parked your car indicates that you are dissatisfied or unhappy with an aspect of your waking life. You do not know what you really want to do with your life or where you want to go.
Thanks Samael, again!
However, the dream really goes like this, I know where I parked the car, but when I go out to pick it up, is not there, so I think it was stolen, or someone moved it, and then, all of a sudden I begin to doubt that I parked it there, or even knowing that I did, I go looking all over the street and the neighboring ones, to see if I can find it!
It is a feeling of loss, what I get, as if something that was mine has either been taken from me, or moved without my approval and in the end, as if I am not sure of what happened.
Like I can't believe what has taken place!
I think it is a deep neurosis!
I've recently had a couple dreams where I'm naked, or partially, even though I'm conscious of the fact, I go on doing what I was doing.
I've never had (that I recall) a dream about my teeth, but the other night I had a dream of my skin splitting open.
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