Past Life

To dream of a past life represents your memory of an earlier time period of your life or remembering who you were before you made a big change.

Example: A woman dreamed of a past life where she went into the forest to die. In waking life she had moved to a heavily forested property in the jungle of Brazil and her life was completely different now without any children.

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Text Messages

To dream of text messages represents unspoken communication of ideas or intentions. Telling someone what you're thinking without actually telling them. Text messages may reflect body language, tone of voice, or an unspoken gesture.

To dream about sexting or sexual text messages represents unspoken communication of ideas or intentions about pleasure. It may also reflect your unspoken wish to have sex with someone through gestures or body language.

Example: A girl dreamed of her sister text messaging a boy she liked. In real life she was insecure about the boy she liked liking her sister more after she introduced them. The sister text messaging the boy she liked reflected her anxieties about the unspoken body language or rapport she feared between them.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of checking text messages on her cellphone. In waking life she was flirting with men at work and making gestures to signal interest.

Example 3: A woman dreamed of sending her boyfriend a text message. In waking life she had decided to breakup with him and signal this to him by no longer calling him.

Tree of Life

To dream of the tree of life represents a situation that is unrelenting and that requires total moral adherence. Difficult life situations that allow you make choices, but always offering the possibility of temptation or failure.

The Tree of Life perfectly symbolizes life in that like the tree, life is always difficult with the option of good or bad.

Sex

To dream about sex represents a positive and pleasurable experience in your waking life that feels exhilarating and as good as it can get. This enjoyable and thrilling experience is deeply personal and just for you. The person you have sex with in the dream represents a quality you recognize in yourself or a situation that you find fulfilling and enjoyable. Thinking of everything required to be safe to have a thrilling experience. A thrilling experience that you privately aren't telling anyone about being thrilling to you. A sense of disbelief that you are allowed to have such an enjoyable or thrilling experience, as it doesn't happen in all your usual encounters with people.

Whatever the thoughts, feelings, or memories that stand out the most to you about the person you have sex with represents what you are experiencing more of in your life.

For example, if you have sex with a celebrity it may symbolize a quality you see in that celebrity coming out of you or enjoying an activity you associate with that celebrity.

Alternatively, sex in a dream may reflect your most private thoughts about your own sex life.

To dream of being unable to find a safe place to have sex may represent challenges in expressing yourself, doing what you like, or pursuing your interests due to conflicting feelings or external complications. Interests or goals may be sidetracked by complications or conflicting feelings. You might be struggling to find a secure and comfortable environment to connect intimately with someone or to fully explore your desires and passions. Alternatively, it may reflect your inability to be close or intimate in your relationship.

To dream of having sex interrupted represents outside forces intruding on your private time, relationship, or ability to enjoy what you are doing. Your career, personal commitments, or other distractions may be interfering with your love life or your ability to focus on your passions. External elements are spoiling your special moment or your opportunity to shine.

To dream of having sex with a person who has something wrong with them may represent your enjoyment of feeling needed or superior in some way. An enjoyable or thrilling experience that is limited, less capable, or feels lucky to happen at all. A thrilling enjoyable experience that doesn't think of what average people do. Enjoying yourself in a way that can't be 100%, but still feels good anyway. You may also be enjoying the role of being more desirable, important, or interesting than someone else. Alternatively, it could also symbolize your enjoyment of an experience that has vulnerability or imperfections.

To dream of having sex with someone in public may represent attention you are attracting yourself with your personal interests or achievements. A thrilling experience where you don't care what anyone else thinks about it. Your private life being made public or other people speculating about your life. A fear of being exposed or judged by others.

To dream of having sex with a vanishing partner represents a thrilling experience that initially excites you but eventually loses its appeal or significance. Your confidence in the situation may wane, and you might feel that the experience wasn't as incredible as you initially believed. This dream could also symbolize a lack of commitment, an inadequate partnership, or feelings of insecurity in a relationship. It may indicate sexual or romantic frustrations and a sense of uncertainty about the connection or bond you once had with someone.

To dream of a having sex with a faceless person represents a enjoyable or thrilling experience that allows you to learn more about what really pleases you. Feeling good with something you are undecided about, enjoying being single or trying new things, and feeling free in not knowing what you really want. Exploring your desires and passions without the constraints of a specific identity or emotional attachment. An enjoyable or thrilling experience where you don't really know what someone thinks about you, or why something is the way it is.

To dream of having sex with yourself may reflect your enjoyment of showing off your skills or experience to others. Having a good time being the center of attention or showing off. An enjoyable experience where you feel you are the most important. Negatively, it may be a sign that you are going too far enjoying showboating or asserting yourself. Enjoying yourself thinking your more attractive or better than other people. Being so in love with yourself that you don't see it as a problem. This dream could serve as a reminder to maintain a balance between self-confidence and humility.

To dream of foreplay or sexual activity in a bedroom that never leads to full sex may reflect unfulfilled desires, hesitations, or insecurities in your waking life. It could signify that you are contemplating taking action on something enjoyable or thrilling but are unable to commit or follow through completely. Potential opportunities or experiences that are within your reach but remain unexplored. It might suggest that you are struggling to overcome personal barriers or external factors that prevent you from fully embracing these opportunities. You may need to assess your priorities and work on building the confidence and determination necessary to pursue your desires and passions more actively

To dream of chasing someone to have sex may reflect feelings of longing, desire, or frustration in your waking life that an enjoyable or thrilling experience alludes you or isn't achievable. Feeling that someone is making it difficult for you to like yourself the way you want to. Your feelings about other people never wanting to have a good time with you. A common dream for elderly people.

To dream of people watching you have sex may reflect feelings of vulnerability, exposure, or a lack of privacy in your personal life. It could also signify that others are judging or scrutinizing your intimate relationships or personal interests. Feelings about a person or situation making it difficult for you to enjoy yourself. Additionally, it may indicate a fear of being caught or revealing something you'd prefer to keep private.

See the themes section for sex for a more in-depth look at sex symbolism.

Example: A man dreamed of having sex with Oprah. In waking life, this man was a successful public speaker. Oprah to him represented excellent communication skills. In this case, the sex with Oprah represented how thrilling it felt to be so good at public speaking.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of having sex with an android. In waking life, she was having sex with someone she felt was socially boring and easy to control sexually. In this case, the dream was about her most private honest thoughts about her sex life.

Example 3: A man dreamed of having sex with himself and suddenly seeing himself yelling at himself. In waking life, he had embarrassed himself going too far showing off his skills to customers the point that his business partner had to lecture him on stopping it. In this case, the dreamer having sex with himself may have reflected his enjoyment of being the center of attention and showing off his skills to the customers

Example 4: A young woman dreamed of sexual foreplay in a bedroom that never leads to full sex. In waking life, she was considering asking a guy she knew to the prom, but couldn't get the confidence to ask him for real. In this case, the the prospect of sex that never happens may have reflected unfulfilled desires and hesitations about asking the guy to the prom that never allows a thrilling experience of going to the prom with the guy she had a romantic crush on.

Example 5: A woman dreamed of seeing a man having sex with a woman in front of her. In waking life, she was amazed at how easy a man she met could translate another language. She felt left out and stupid. In this case, watching someone else have sex in front of her may have reflected her feelings of being left out and witnessing someone else's thrilling experience or ability that she could not participate in or match.

Example 6: A man dreamed of having sex with multiple woman in which he described the incident as "banging chicks." In waking life, he was a police officer who was enjoying abusing authority to control people whenever he wanted. In this case, dreaming of sex with multiple women may have reflected the man's enjoyment of exercising his power and authority over others in his waking life, experiencing a sense of thrill and satisfaction in controlling people whenever he wanted.

Video Games

To dream of a video game represents feelings about a challenging experience you are having to see how far you can get doing something without failing. Testing how far you can challenge something pushing limits. Enjoying a challenging experience to test limits or to avoid failure. Feuding or competition. A win or lose situation. You also may be experiencing a situation where you need to do everything right in order to achieve a goal. Competition that feels casual. Two opposing forces trying to prove they are better than each other. A competition where you are enjoying trying to overcome a challenge faster than someone else. Attempting to prove yourself to yourself with increasing difficulty or risk. Surprise or disbelief that nobody will stop you from taking a situation as far as you can. Escapism that challenges itself in order to avoid boredom.

Alternatively, dreaming about a video game may represent a challenging experience in your waking life to achieve the best improved time or highest count in some area of your life. A challenging experience with others to see who can do the most, highest, or longest with a record. A challenge to outdo someone else's reputation or best performance.

Negatively, a video game may reflect an attitude that is arrogant about challenging itself to see how far you can go with certain behaviors without failing. Testing a situation or person too far. Ignorantly not understanding that other people don't like you testing how far you can take a situation. A reckless or dangerous attitude about testing something with how far you can take it. Issues with thinking you are better than someone else and needing to test it. A competition between people who want to get back at each other. A deadly or serious challenge to see how far a situation can be taken without failing while ignoring the deadly or serious nature. Petty feuding or teenage competition. A cold or casual view of a competition with big stakes. Childish or petty competition. Not taking a serious conflict seriously while having a casual attitude about competing. Passive aggressiveness that chooses petty attacks instead of discussing the problem or negotiating. Childishly wanting to get back at someone more than they are getting back at you. Seeing how far you can dishonesty push a situation or get away with something. Wasting time competing with others over petty achievements or goals. "Playing games" with trying see how far you can push people or put up with an obstacle to your goals. Childishness that plays games with a situation instead of being serious.

Alternatively, a video game symbolizes an escape from your problems, instead of confronting them. Intentionally wasting time. Competing in your head without competing for real.

To dream of a "level" in a video game may represent feelings of progression or advancement in a situation where you are challenging yourself to see how far you can take it. Increasing amounts of difficulty as you test yourself in a situation with how far you can take it. It may symbolize the attainment of new skills or knowledge, as well as the overcoming of obstacles or challenges. It could also indicate a need for a sense of accomplishment or fulfillment in one's endeavors.

Consider the type of video game character, video game, or video game system for additional meaning.

Example: A man dreamed of stealing 2 video games from someone who didn't like him. In waking life, he was running a business and confronting a dishonest person who was trying to compete with him illegally. The dishonest person who was trying to compete with the dreamer illegally had a very casual attitude about competing even though there was a lot of money at stake. The dreamer had to strategically take action to cut off the illegal competitor, but the competitor just kept trying to compete anyway. In this case, the dreamer trying to steal video games from someone may have reflected his attempt to abruptly stop someone from illegally competing with him in the first place to make the person go away.

Example 2: A man dreamed of playing video games. In waking life, he was forced to endure a challenge from a coworker to see how long he could walk back and forth along a path without getting tired. The dreamer kept defeating old times as the challenge lasted for months.

Example 3: A young man dreamed of playing an old video game on a CRT television. In waking life, he had a job interview scheduled. In this case, the old video game may have reflected his practicing answering questions for his job interview to challenge himself to become more confident during the job interview.

Example 4: A young woman dreamed of seeing a video game being created. In waking life, she was trying to find escapism from life in general.

Example 5: A young woman dreamed of playing a video game that involved being strategic about matching things. In waking she was aware of a guy she liked sharing things with her, but couldn't get him to answer any of her texts. In this case, the video game may have reflected her attempt to challenge herself to keep improving her relationship with the guy she liked by seeing how many things she could get him to do similar to her. She was playing games trying to get the guy to interact with her and respect her.

Example 6: A young man dreamed of seeing himself on a screen as though he was in a video game. In waking life, he was challenging himself to be the best he could be at being an expert at out-of-body experiences.

Example 7: A young adult dreamed of a video game-like scene where spider crabs came out of the wall and having to shoot them like it was a video game. In waking life, the dreamer was reluctant to accept a sister back into the home after the sister returned from a mental health facility. In this case, the video game-like scene may have reflected the dreamer's competitive tendency to try to turn people against the sister when nobody else in the family thought the same.

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