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A Dream About Magic Glasses: What Does this Mean?!

August 20, 2010 by · Leave a Comment

Dream Meaning

A recently submitted dream:

Hi, I’m hoping you can settle a bet. My sister had a dream about going to an optometrist and getting new glasses. When she wore the glasses, she had the best luck ever. People saw her as beautiful, her boss gave her a new office, and her husband bought her a new car! When she took the glasses off, though, the dream turned dark and there were scary sounds. So she put the glasses back on really fast and things were light and sunny again.

I told her that the dream probably means she needs a change or something but my sister says she doesn’t think it means anything at all. Who is right? We have a lunch riding on it!  – a big sister in Detroit

Well, big sister, I hope it helps you get a free lunch, I can tell you that you are more right than your sister. The meaning of the dream actually goes a little deeper than her needing a change, though.

When we dream of glasses, optometrists, eye exams, contact lenses, and just about anything else related to the eyes, our subconscious mind is letting us know that we need to “open our eyes” and “see” something that we’re missing.  This thing, which is partially hidden to us is something we’re aware of but are trying to sort of sweep under the rug.

An example:  A mother of a 4 year old knows that she has to make him stop sucking his thumb.  She knows that kindergarten is around the corner and that the other kids could potentially make fun of him.  However…. he’s her baby!  So she tries not to think about the glaring truth.  In her sleep, her subconscious mind can finally get through to her without any protests – it has her where it wants her, quiet and unable to move away!  When she dreams of buying a new pair of glasses, the glasses are a dream symbol – symbolic of her SEEING what’s right in front of her.

I believe this dream scenario is the same with your sister’s dream.  The fact that everything is so fantastic in her dream when she has the glasses on would indicate that what she’s failing to “see” is extremely important – especially when you contrast the great feelings with the gloom and doom when she takes the glasses off!  In all  honesty, I believe that what she’s trying not to see may be of vital importance and should be dealt with as soon as possible.

It sounds like the issue is huge and her subconscious mind is well aware of the fact.

When your little sister is treating you to lunch (after all, you were on the right track!), you should absolutely, positively try to help her realize what she isn’t facing.  It could be as simple anything along these lines:

  • Knowing that she needs to take better care of her health.
  • Knowing that she needs to switch jobs.
  • Knowing that she needs to give up smoking.
  • Knowing that a friend isn’t good for her.
  • Knowing that she isn’t pursuing a personal dream.
  • … or just about anything!

Thanks for submitting your sister’s dream for analysis and best of luck to both of you.

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Dream Analysis: A Plate Upside the Head Doesn’t Spell Future Headaches

March 31, 2010 by · 2 Comments

I dreamed about 4 nights ago that my husband and I were fighting so bad that I hit him in the head with a plate. We were yelling and yelling and he was so unreasonable and was saying such mean things that I felt like I had to just shut him up. I am not a violent person and actually don’t even fight with people that much. I argue with my husband sometimes but all marriages have that. But I never hit him with plates. Why would I be so violent in my dream? It is really troubling me. I can’t get the image of the plate and his cut head bleeding so much blood out of my mind. It makes me sick and I don’t know what to do. Is it a bad omen for something happening to one of us or to a big fight. As you can see I am really a wreck over this. Please help me.

First of all, rest assured that there is no omen involved. People often think that, but dreams can’t tell the future. They do, however, often indicate something that is currently going on or something that has gone on. A dream such as this one indicates that there is something “below the surface.” More times than not, if we dream about an open wound (or surgery, pulling teeth… that sort of thing) – our mind is trying to “dig” beneath the surface for something.

In this case, I would be willing to bet that you have been trying to get something across to your husband for a while – something that he either isn’t accepting or simply isn’t “catching.” It could be hints you’ve been dropping for a new sofa, something around the house that you want him to take care of, or something on a grander scale. It could even be a case of wanting him to listen to you or pay more attention to you.

The hit in the head with the plate was pretty much your subconscious mind’s way of saying, “Now I’ve got your attention!!!”

As far as dream symbolisms go, I think that the fact that “so much blood” came out of the wound indicates that you fully expect to be able to get through to him – in your heart you believe that you’ll get to the source of the problem. If, in your dream, you had hit him on the head and nothing had come out, I’d worry that you might be fighting a losing battle and that (down inside) you knew it.

Think about how this relates to your situation. I’d be willing to bet that a light bulb has already appeared!

Again, this is absolutely not an omen for anything. If, by coincidence, he cuts himself shaving or you have an argument about what movie to see Friday night – know this: The dream did not predict or cause either one. Dreams rely on what happened yesterday, not tomorrow.

Sweet dreams!

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What Do Fairy Tale Dreams Mean?

March 13, 2010 by · Leave a Comment

Have you ever had what I call a “Fairy Tale” dream? One in which everything seems more surreal than usual. Things are bright and sunny, pretty and larger than life. If you had to describe it, you would probably use the words “like a fairy tale.”

In these dreams, you may or may not be a prince or princess and there isn’t always a castle and moat! Yet there’s something distinctively “fairy tale” about the dreams.

So exactly what do these “fairy tale” dreams mean? In a word: ESCAPE.  That’s not to say you want to escape your life altogether but, make no mistake about it, there’s some element of your life or a particular date on your appointment calendar that you do want to escape from.

Oddly enough, the people who have this sort of escapism dream are the ones who are going along, acting as though everything is great, and coming off as though they haven’t a care in the world.  The girl with a school assignment that she’s sweating bullets over acts as though it’s a breezy cake walk.  Because she’s in such denial, the stress builds up.  She’s a perfect candidate for an escapism dream such as fairy tale dreams.

The man who refuses to face his relationship problems, trying to cover them up any way he can is another candidate.

Sometimes just admitting that we aren’t perfect and that we have worries and insecurities can free us up to find solutions.  Whether the solution is studying harder, preparing more, or talking things out with a loved one – the solution is always a HEAD ON approach and never a HIDE FROM approach.

If you’ve had a fairy tale dream recently, ask yourself what you could possibly be trying to escape from. It could be any of the following types of situations:

  • an upcoming test
  • a dental appointment
  • meeting someone in particular
  • work evaluation
  • a project at work or school
  • a confrontation
  • vacation
  • an interview
  • etc!

Meet your fear and reservations head on – admit them, then prepare for them.  Create your own fairy tale ending.

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When You Dream of Bad Things Happening to Someone You Love

July 15, 2009 by · 107 Comments

Richard Nixon mask

Although this is a common type of dream,  it’s one that few people really want to think about – let alone try to find the dream interpretation!

Have you ever dreamed that something bad happened, or was about to happen to someone you love, as you watched?  A recent reader recently sent me a dream to analyze that involved her watching as her husband was robbed by someone dressed as Richard Nixon.

How amazing is that?!

Anyway, she said that she watched as her husband handed over all of his money to “President Nixon.”  She wanted to help her husband, especially since at one point it looked as though he was about to be hit on the head with a bat, but she was frozen in place.

When analyzing dreams,  I often go with my initial gut reaction and this time I felt 110 percent confident with it.  After complimenting her brain on its creativity (!!!), I e-mailed her back something along these lines:

While we often dream about something happening to our loved ones as a reaction to being worried about them (even more than usual) – we often dream these types of dreams when we’re upset with them – even incredibly angry at them!  This dream would be that type of dream.  The fact that the husband was the only one in any sort of danger indicates that he alone is on the recieving end of negative feelings.  The good news is that since he wasn’t actually harmed, the feelings weren’t terribly bad!

Something else that’s interesting is the symbolism of money.  The fact that the husband had to give all of his money away, while the wife retained her own purse and possessions indicates that the negative feelings spring from a financial disagreement, difference of opinion, or even resentment.

The only thing that mystified me was the Richard Nixon mask.  I kept wondering why him?  I went over a few things in my mind, such as what he represented:

  1. Trickiness (“Tricky Dicky”)?
  2. Dishonesty?
  3. History?
  4. Maligned?

I simply e-mailed her my thoughts, ignoring our ex-Presidentfor the time-being.  I got an e-mail back within a few hours. It was filled with exclamation marks, because she thought I’d nailed it.
Apparently, her husband had recently spent a great deal of money on purchase that she felt was frivolous. She explained how they’d argued, how she had wanted a kitchen hutch, how he had stormed off to sit and sulk in McDonald’s for 3 hours (I love this guy! – I pointed out how lucky she was that he drowned his anger in milkshakes as opposed to something else!).
Then, she said the magic words that solved my Nixon mystery – she said that on the day he’d gotten his bonus check, he called and said he’d be home a few hours late, that he had to “pick something up.” She thought the something was the kitchen hutch she’d been eyeing for months.  SO, when McDonald’s Mike (not his real name) showed up with a golfer’s dream set in the pick-up rather than a wife’s dream, she was floored.  She said she met him outside and lit into him.  She told him that it all felt like a “dirty trick” – aha!   That’s where the Richard Nixon mask came in!  Tricky Dicky strikes again.

It reminds me of the time my oldest two daughters had a HUGE fight when they were younger.  The oldest one told me the following day that she’d had a dream that her younger sister was attacked and eaten by a crocodile.  I asked, “Awww, are you upset by the dream?” (I was ready to reassure her that it was just a dream, and that nothing like that would ever happen.) My speech wasn’t necessary, though, because when asked if she was upset by the dream, she just said, “No, not really.”  Then she smiled and went outside to ride her bike!

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