DREAMCATCHER : Alex Hossack and Catherine Aubrey interpret your dreams

Today’s Dream from Katie:

I have had a repetitive dream for the last three nights. My teeth are falling out. I put my hand to my mouth and my teeth fall into the palms of my hands. The dream ends at this point?

Dream Interpretation:

 This is a very short dream. Nevertheless it is classic and many people will recall having a similar one. This dream can have two meanings.

The first is a sign or worry over physical deterioration or illness. Some news in the dreamer’s current life may have triggered this anxiety.

The second is that the dreamer is psychologically feeling less competent or capable. This may be linked to getting older.

Teeth represent an intrinsic part of our identity, confidence and presentation to the outside world. For example, when we smile.

The symbolic loss of teeth may represent a loss of confidence in ourselves. The dreamer ultimately catches the teeth, symbolising an attempt to engage in actions or behaviours which retrieve some control over these feelings of loss.

If the dreamer would like to provide feedback about the interpretation, please send it to ACDreamcatchers@mail.com.

Interestingly, we have found it is not always possible to interpret your own dream, probably because it often represents the sublimation of feelings or thoughts that we are trying to avoid in our waking lives. However, with a little assistance from the dream interpreter, the symbols and themes can start to make sense and help us to move forward.

If you are interested in having a particular dream analysed, please send us an account of your dream to the following email address: ACDreamcatchers@mail.com We only have space to interpret one dream a week which will be selected from those received. Please refer to the guidance provided to describe your dream as this will enable us to provide a full interpretation.

Guidance for the Dreamer:

• Record your dream in writing as soon as you wake up with as much detail as possible.

• First of all ask yourself who is in the dream.

• Where are you, what is happening to you and what is happening around you?

• Record how you are feeling about what you and/or others are doing.

• Are there particular symbols or objects in the dream that are unusual?

• Are there any sounds and is the dream in colour or black and white?

• Are you watching yourself in the dream or are you experiencing it first-hand ie: through your own eyes.

Alex Hossack and Catherine Aubrey are public service professionals with years of experience as practitioners and managers in the Criminal Justice.