I had this dream last night and although I don’t remember the details here is the gist.
This blond guy (I don’t know if he was a dentist or just some random guy) was trying to put braces on my bottom teeth but the way he was doing it hurt me. So I told him that I would be able to do it myself. So I took the braces and tried putting them on myself, all the while he was watching me (this made me more determined to put them on right and fast). Anyway, I got them on and he left. Meanwhile I heard my parents talking in the other room (the kitchen) and my mom was saying, “I’m divorcing you, I’m leaving” or something like that. And she was also saying some negative stuff to my dad (who looked as if he was listening to her but, was focused on washing the dishes). As I was hearing this, my braces came loose and I wanted that blond guy to come back and fix them. I also felt really sorry for my dad, wondered what he’d done wrong. I just couldn’t believe what was happening. I was relieved to wake up and find out it was just a dream. I don’t know what any of these symbols mean.
Here is a dream dictionary that has a definition for teeth, mother, father, pain. In looking up all these things, it would seem that you may be having some concern for something in your life out of your control not going as well as you would like it to. The obvious question is, do you have friends whose parents recently split up, and your subconsciously worrying about your own parents? It definitely sounds like you have something on your mind, anyway.
Actually my roomates parents recently split up. The thing is I could never imagine my parents separating. Probably everybody feels that way, but I feel my disbelief was more horrifying maybe because of my brother (who is mentally handicapped) who needs them both in his life. But the braces part I couldn’t find on the internet at all. And who was that blond guy?
**Teeth-Normally an unfavorable sign in a dream. It signifies displeasure and also shows that you are afraid of losing someone dear to you. **
This is sooooooo true.
My dad isn’t super elderly he’s only 50 (i think) but it’s not easy to see your parents slowing down. And I have been recently thinking about his health. I try not to think about it too much, but it ties in perfectly with the teeth and the fact that I felt really sorry for him at that moment. Also, thruoghout the dream I never saw his face.
Don’t put to much stock in interpreting dreams. Many psychologists have moved away from this on realizing that dreams have better explanations that “your subconscious is trying to tell you something.” Freud, who, IIRC, pioneered the field, has since come under heavy attack by actual psychologists for a variety of reasons (he didn’t use scientific method, “repression” doesnt happen usually, he was sexist, he didn’t generate many testable hypothesises, etc.)
I am one of those people who has several dreams all the time (and remembers them the next day,) so I have given up trying to interpret them all. But I do know that the simplest explanation is usually the answer…for example, if I am stressed out I get dreams about not being able to find my class, getting lost, forgetting about big events, etc. So if you get a “hunch” about what a dream means it is usually right, don’t worry about trying to find the meaning in each object in the dream, it’s not necessary.
Also, most dreams are just your subconscious working through events of the day. I usually don’t worry about a dream unless it’s particularly disturbing / vivid, or if I have several with recurring themes.
OTOH, dreams can be a way of telling you what you’re worried / thinking about…and it’s kind of fun to work through them. There’s lots of books, sites, etc. on the subject, but I agree w/ most responses that each object does not have meaning in itself. Like, if you dream about falling, which is supposed to mean being worried about letting go, losing control, etc. but aren’t feeling that way in your life, don’t worry about it.
It sounds like you have this one figured out, if you had your parents’ relationship on your mind.
BTW, if you start paying attention to your dreams you can learn to manipulate them sometimes, which can be really fun;)
If you were looking in the mirror while putting on your braces this could be a self image dream.
Looking for someone (the blond guy) to come back and fix something after you were unable to suceed at doing yourself and not knowing the mysterious blond guy -could represent not knowing who to count on/ fear of abandonment. (Since you went back for his help and he was gone)
He was watching you put them on which made you want to put them on faster. Was that because you wanted to proove yourself to him? The I’m leaving/ divorcing you also speaks to fear of abandonment; our parents and family structure are a huge part of our identity (self image again)
There appear to be self image/ identity/fear of abandonment and
fear of losing something important messaqes to your dream… I find the use of Male imagery curious. It is interesting that your dad was ignoring your mom while she was talking to him, and why didn’t they notice you had braces?
This may be why you had this dream, or, you could just be grinding you teeth in your sleep!
Well the thing is that the only person who can really understand your dream is you. It is true that many psychologists have moved away from Freudian dream analysis but most still agree that dreams are important and that they (sometimes) indicate that your subconscious is trying to tell you something or is simulating a real-life situation in a safe environment in order to help you deal with it if it ever comes up in real life.
In the second view it could be that listening to your roomate talk about her parents splitting up prompted you to test your own tolerance for a similar situation.
It could be that the whole braces thing symbolises your desire for independence. If it is then the dream could be about how you want autonomy from your parents but still want to be close to them emotionally. The divorce thing is prolly just background tension prmpted by your roomates’ parental breakup. That is IF my prior assumption is correct.
The thing is that it is really hard to do an accurate dream analysis like this. It is really needs to be an ongoing conversation between you and someone who can suggest ideas to you.
The one bit of good news is this: pretty much all dream theorists agree that if someone offers an interpretation to you and it just feels instinctively wrong then it prolly is wrong. LIke I said: the bet person to analyze your dreams is you.
Here’s my theory on dreams about teeth. And I’ve had quite a few.
Whenever I’ve woken up in the middle of one of those dreams, I found that my head is facing sideways and the pillow is not supporting my jaw, so my teeth are not lined up straight. It feels weird.
I think Brain is busy trying to be creative and come up with a good dream… “Lessee, you were in the dining room with a nice tall strong blonde guy, and he was tenderly working on your… um…”
But then Brain is interrupted by an incoming signal: “Jaw Nerve #367 reporting sir! Left Lower Incisor is reporting abnormal levels of pressure, sir!”
“Oh, sure, he’s working on your left lower incisor. With some rubber bands like you saw yesterday on your boss’s desk.”
Thus your dream about teeth. In my case, they’re generally dreams about teeth falling out.