Ever wonder why you dream that your teeth are falling out?
KEY POINTS
- It is common to dream about the image of teeth falling out.
- Three dreamers who experienced this image had completely different situations happening in their lives.
- The situations that trigger any dream are specific to the dreamer’s waking situation and relation to the metaphor.
Some systems of dream interpretation assert that this common image has an invariable meaning, that it is about loss, important life changes, anxiety, and jealousy. However, the image of teeth falling out, like all dream images, takes its meaning from the dreamer’s personal history and associations, and the specific situation they are discussing with themselves in the conversation that is the dream.
Here are a few examples that illustrate how dreams with a common theme can have different meanings based on each dreamer’s definition
