I know how common the "teeth falling out" dream is, but let me elaborate to gather some of your opinions. I've had this dream, constantly since I was 13... at LEAST on a bi-monthly basis, sometimes much more frequently. There is a possibility that I suffer from bruxism, considering the dentist did point out on my last xray, that my jaw showed signs of TMJ and wearing down. But, I don't think that's all there is to the dream. Each time I have this dream, they fall out in very unique ways, and never the same each dream. Very unique...sometimes they melt out...sometimes they just dissolve or crumble...sometimes there's lots of blood and other times there isn't...sometimes I wiggle a tooth which causes all of them to fall out...once, they even EXPLODED into a million pieces. I am sure it has something to do with TMJ, however, I noticed that when these dreams tend to occurr are the times when I feel most insecure and anxious about my body. I'm a sufferer of eating disorders, and everytime it seems, that I attempt to eat better, and start feeling "fat" and more uncomfortable with my body, and out of control for eating "so much"... I get these dreams. The one reason I believe it may happen because of TMJ is because I can usually *feel* pain in my teeth, or pressure on my teeth while the dream is occurring...but I wonder, if it is possibly vice versa and that I am grinding my teeth BECAUSE of the anxiety I'm feeling. I don't know so much, whether or not I grind in my sleep, but I do know that I clench my teeth, even conciously... I have permanent "tooth marks" on the sides of my tongue because I clench so much. And the only way I can keep myself from clenching, at any time of day, is to literally hang my mouth open like a dork. Anyway, I'm going back and forth between ideas here, and I'm not asking for anything except OPINIONS. I can answer that, the night I had this dream, I was crying before I fell asleep because I felt so displeased with my body... I was telling my fiancee that sometimes I feel like I just want to *keep* starving, because the emotional anxiety I feel while trying to get my health back up, is too much...almost more painful than the physical pain I feel when I relapse into the disorder. I told him that I just didn't want to eat anymore, because it made me feel too terrible; even though I really want to recover, more than anything, I'm so sick of feeling terrible that I'd rather just say "fuck it" right now... well, this is important to the dream, because during the dream after my teeth fell out, I was trying to PUT THEM BACK IN...and each time I did, it was painful, and uncomfortable, and made me feel MORE physically unattractive having all sorts of awkward loose teeth sliding around in my mouth...so at the very end of the dream, I said fuck it, this hurts too much, and just pulled out any remaining tooth that hadn't already come out on it's own, and felt a bit of relief, though, I still felt bad about losing my teeth. My jaw relaxed in my dream, and in real life, as I woke up in a puddle of drool with my mouth hanging wide open. I feel as if, this might symbolize my whole "giving up" state of mind about my recovery with my eating disorder. What I also find symbolic is the fact that my fiancee was in this particular dream, not really noticing the fact that I was losing my teeth, just as when I tell him I feel out of control, he tells me otherwise...that, that is not the case. Also, before the ending of the dream, I was seated on a bench across from a lady outside of a dental clinic, who did not see my teeth falling out, but was compassionate...as if she understood. Ideas, opinions, agree or disagree?
I can't agree or disagree, because I'm not you ^^ What I can offer, is insight. As I've stated in other posts, I don't believe dreams have some huge hidden meaning. I believe the minor details hold the key to understand the cause of the dream, though. It's a combination of your subconcious and psyche telling you what it needs to tell you. Usually something that you forget/miss (to) realize(ing). Recovering from an eating disorder is quite a battle, and you're amazing for doing it. What I can gather from this dream, since I don't know you personally in any aspect is this. I do think there might be a connection between your view of yourself, and the dream *dun dun dunnn obvious! lol*. You mentioned that your fiance was in this particular dream, and didn't really notice the issue you were having with your teeth. The first thing that came to my mind was this. "Perhaps this is significant. It could very well represent the fact that she obviouslly see's herself in a less then flattering manner sometimes, but the lack of realization on her fiances behalf, could represent a subconcious knowing that she knows her fiance does NOT view her in such a negative manner". Again, that may or may not be obvious to some. I simply think that this was your minds way of telling you, no, reinforcing the fact that you know/think the eating disorder, or lack of self-esteem was misguided. That perhaps there is no reason to feel those ways, or to live that life-style? I can't/won't say much more because it goes beyond my personal understanding of the situation. I hope my opinion here offers some sort of benefit to you hun. By the way. Stay strong, you're gorgeous, Apples.
ahhh thats a very interesting interpretation and i see now how you see it, i also found that line to be significant, but without knowing the dynamics of theyre relationship took it more to mean shed felt he didnt't fully understand the depths of her frustration and wasnt really seeing the causes of the problems however i think perhaps your interpretation may be more accurate
Weird... I've had recurring dreams of teeth falling out too...;; For me, I think my dream was telling me that I was afraid to loose control of something in my life and not be able to fix it. However only you will know what the dream is truely about, I say search your feelings. Anywho I believe that you're having a lot of stress so I wish you best and hope things get better.
jaden and soaringeagle, I agree with those ideas about my fiancee; I know he sees me much differently than I see myself...he sees me to be far more than I ever give mySELF credit for...the frustration soaringeagle mentioned also rings true to reality; He doesn't understand the disorder at all, though he tries, he just doesn't, and he doesn't understand my frustration.... which in turn frustrates me more, lol. Either way, I think this dream was very significant to my waking life. And jaden, I don't believe ALL dreams have huge hidden meanings... I get dreams that are "okay, that was a weird dream" and I get dreams that are "wow.... what is going on inside of me" That sort of thing... there are many dreams that are just products of the constant stimuli you encounter during the day; and others I believe are your subconcious trying to tell you something, trying to get you to pay attention to the thoughts and feelings that are buried in the back of your mind... dig? I like to listen to my subconcious, hear it out, and make it happy
