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- Mel, selected from DivineCaroline
- January 26, 2011
- 5:01 pm
- 203 comments
By Molly Mann, DivineCaroline
Dreams come to us in our most private moments: wrapped up in sheets, our public faces stored away for the night. The visions we see in sleep are supposed to be expressions of our individual psyches and imaginations, but most people’s dreams are based on themes that are very common. I thought my recurring dream of losing my teeth was scary and freakish until I went online to find thousands of others having the same dream, all trying to find out what the heck it could mean. Just because our dreams are shared, though, doesn’t mean they aren’t unique; the way we experience these common elements in dreaming life is what’s significant.
1. Finding yourself at work or school naked
Not surprisingly, Freud interpreted dreams about being naked as repressed sexual wishes. But the most important part of this dream is the feelings that are involved. You suddenly find yourself exposed, vulnerable, and awkward. What area of your life corresponds to that feeling? Figure this out by noting where you are, who notices you, what part of you is exposed, how people react to you, and how you yourself react to the situation.
Read more: Fun, Guidance, Health, Mental Wellness, dreams, interpretation
Mel, selected from DivineCaroline
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Haha :-) Thank you!
Time out time
thanks
Great advice. Thanks for sharing.
What a gentle mum. Thank you.
203 comments
+ add your ownafter years of not dreaming or not remembering dreams, i am again having vivid odd dreams. some easy to interpret, the reoccurring appearance of my spouse who died last year. But what i fine add is a lot of what i call "one liners", no context, just a person walking up to me and saying something. sometimes a stranger, sometimes my son. this morning, i remember it was a stranger who asked me if i had a purple towel. that was it. the whole dream.
thanks!
Thanks Mel for sharing Ms. Mann's exceptionally interesting article.
This is actually quite interesting
very interesting, thanks.
But I don't think flying has anything to do with sexuality. Many kids dream of flying, and I've heard of many of my friends who used to have this dream as kids and lost the ability to fly in a dream when they got older. I think it has to do with creativity and not having to worry about "adult stuff".
Thank you :)
Very interesting. I have many of these dreams (some recurring). Thank you!
I once dreamt of losing my teeth, specifically the canines.
And now I read that "this dream is most common among menopausal women"... Depressed now, as I'm 24.
Thanks.
Interesting.
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