What does it mean to dream about losing teeth?

Tooth loss is something we experience as we grow and age. Unless there is external force, our teeth generally do not fall out. So what does it mean to dream about losing teeth? Any bad signs? Let’s take a look at Zhou Gong’s interpretation of dreams below, which will reveal the answer to you immediately.

When you dream about loose teeth or falling out, you should first check if there is really anything wrong with your teeth. Maybe your teeth are slightly loose, but you didn't notice it during the day, so your subconscious mind reminded you in the dream.

Western dream interpretation:

People lose their teeth in two situations: when they are aging and when they are growing; so losing teeth in dreams generally has two meanings: the sadness of aging and the joy of growing. Freud believed that tooth loss was a symbol of castration. If this was a dream of a boy, it would be easy to understand, because everyone knows that men have a "castration complex."

But this is a girl dreaming about losing teeth. Do girls also have a "castration complex"? Indeed, Freud believed that girls' "castration complex" was mainly manifested in "penis envy", that is, the desire to have a masculine penis. In fact, there is also a side of women's personality that yearns for masculinity. If combined with dissatisfaction with the performance of one's own female role, this dream indicates that the dreamer hopes to weaken or remove the masculine side of herself. Perhaps she thinks that this is what makes her relationship and work unsatisfactory. As speculated before, her personality may be very strong, not the type that is dependent on others. Such girls often do not receive care or recognition from the men around them in life and workplace.

Zhou Gong's Dream Interpretation:

1. Dreaming about your teeth falling out means that you will have a quarrel with others. There are also setbacks in leisure activities. To put it more clearly, there is a risk of water disaster. Water activities such as boating, surfing, swimming, fishing, etc. should be banned completely. Also be extra careful when doing other recreational activities.

2. In the past, people said that losing teeth would mean the death of an elderly person, because when people vaguely felt that an elderly person might die, "primitive people" would indeed use the method of losing teeth to tell you. Because teeth are bone tissue exposed outside, losing teeth means "separation of flesh and bones."

3. Tooth loss also means "losing face" or "destroying self-image" because losing teeth will affect your facial appearance. Losing teeth also means speaking carelessly, because lost teeth are things that will be spit out of the mouth, similar to words. In addition, it can also express endurance, as the saying goes, "swallow the broken teeth"; it can also express the loss of the right to decide on actions, because teeth can also symbolize decisiveness.

4. Dreaming about losing teeth indicates that your original firm belief may be shaken. Teeth are the strongest part of our body, so they are also a symbol of strength. What is psychologically associated with solidity for us humans? The answer is things like beliefs, traditions, values, and world views. Therefore, dreaming about teeth falling out also symbolizes that our original belief system may be shaken.

5. Dreaming about losing teeth indicates problems in interpersonal relationships. Teeth grow in the mouth. As the saying goes, "artful in speaking" is used to describe a person who is very good at talking when interacting with others. Therefore, teeth are related to a person's interpersonal communication. If teeth fall out, it may symbolize that there is a problem in interacting with others.

6. Dreaming of losing teeth symbolizes the desire to lose weight. The biggest function of teeth is to chew food, and if teeth fall out, the implication is actually that you cannot chew food. So why would a person chew and refuse food? We know that obesity and eating too much are closely related, and if teeth fall out, then a person will definitely not be able to eat too much, so he will naturally lose weight. Therefore, dreaming about losing teeth also symbolizes that the dreamer feels that he is too fat and wants to lose weight.

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