What does it mean to dream of losing your teeth? Is it more positive or negative?
Is it possible to interpret a dream?
The same dream is not interpreted in the same way by each of us. “A dream must be interpreted according to the person’s problem.” explain Maria Hejnar, clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst in Paris. “As said Freud“L’dreams interpretation is the royal road which leads to the knowledge of the unconscious”. When we sleep, censorship is also asleep, and elements can therefore appear which are not necessarily authorized by the awareness.”
It is therefore possible tointerpret a dream, but only by confronting it with your history, your problems or even your personality. To understand it, think about what it evokes for you, what it makes you fear. To lose your smile, to no longer be able to eat?
What does it mean to dream of losing your teeth?
What are the different possible interpretations of a dream where you see your teeth falling out? “Teeth, historically, symbolized life force, aggressiveness. Primitive men hung animal teeth as necklaces around their necks when they went hunting, so that the animals would fear them. The teeth are basically used to seize prey, chew, attack and defend oneself. It also recalls the myth of Cadmus, who sowed dragon teeth to reap an army of warriors.” says the psychologist.
Dreaming of losing your teeth can therefore represent the loss of a certain vital force. “This is a very common dream. This can be a distressing nightmare for people who are very anxious, who lack self-confidence, who lack the capacity for aggression, and who have difficulty asserting themselves.
It is also a dream that can appear in somewhat difficult situations, where you have to prove yourself, which are new, or which went badly in previous times. It is also a Rite of passagewhen children lose their teeth we give them money, they have accomplished something, it is a reward.
Dreaming of losing your teeth can therefore occur at the time of an important change, if the person has doubts about their ability to cope with it, as if their vital force were falling.”
For Freud, this corresponded to repressed sexuality and self-loathing, to painful change, or even to the fear of losing something important. It’s up to you to see which interpretation speaks to you the most in your situation.
Sources:
Maria Hejnar, clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst
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