BUGS
& INSECTS
Bugs and insects in dreams are almost represent annoyances. Like
animals the dominant characteristic of the bug is usually what is
being communicated to you about your own thoughts and emotions.
Ants
To dream of ants represents small annoyances or petty issues thoughts.
Ants may be a sign that you are too concerned with an issue that isn't
that big of a deal. Being irritated by endless overtime or compulsive
behavior.
Alternatively,
ants may reflect your awareness of how annoying your behavior is to
someone else who thinks your compulsive.
Negatively, dreaming
about ants may be a sign that you need to try harder to not be such
a snob.
To dream of army ants may reflect feelings about how excessive or
dangerous an annoyance can be if you don't avoid it. Feelings about
petty or annoying people will become dangerous to you if you they
are allowed to gather together against you. Grouping of petty or annoying
issues that you feel is threatening. Concerns about annoyances in
your life that will never stop attacking you. Feeling annoyed by multiple
petty concerns that are staring to attack you in a personal manner.
Feeling threatened by total embarrassment of something small that
will not give up until you change. A wish to avoid involvement with
a person or situation because you are sure it will result in non-stop
annoyance until you choose to go away. A very assertive annoyance.
Example: A man
dreamed of ants all over around him on the ground. In real life
he was annoyed by news about an old friend he didn't like and found
it difficult to stop thinking about it.
Example 2: The
Roman emperor Nero dreamed of being dragged into the darkness and
being covered with winged ants. In waking life he was overcome with
guilt for the petty murders of his mother, wives, and other family
members.
Bedbugs
To dream of
bedbugs represents feelings of uneasiness or annoyance about a situation
that has been deemed unacceptable. You may feel frustrated or bothered
that something in your life isn't good enough. Bedbugs may indicate
that you feel forced to change something that you believe is adequate.
They may also reflect criticism you've received.
Negatively, bedbugs
may be a sign that you are bottling up negative emotions. You may
need to express your true feelings. They may also reflect sensitivity
to criticism or your dislike for change.
Beetles
To dream of beetles represents thoughts and feelings of something
in your waking life being compromised or ruined.
Negatively,
a beetle may reflect lingering annoyances or bad memories of someone
who totally disregarded your feelings. Long-term exposure to a memory
of someone who made you feel like a loser.
Example: A man
dreamed of seeing a beetle on his couch. In real life he had experienced
his father throwing a sharp object at the couch ripping a hole in
it.
Example 2: A woman
dreamed of seeing someone eating beetles. In waking life she felt
forced to live in a dirty home with obnoxious neighbors who kept disturbing
her sleep.
Bees
To dream of bees represents hard work and industrious behavior. Hard
work that you are involved with or that you feel will be required
of you. Busy thoughts or feeling frantic. Feeling stuck with big job
or large amount of work. Fearing getting a lot of work or being stuck
with a scary job. Feeling stuck helping others. Annoyance at a person
that likes working before your feelings.
Positively, bees
may reflect a wish to catch up on work or work harder.
Bee dreams are
common around moments with large social expectations like weddings,
funerals, college selection, and childbirth. It may also reflect feelings
about being overloaded having to help others with their health problems.
To dream of being
stung by bees represents conflicting feelings about hard work that
is excessive or that you really don't want to do. Feeling that someone
or something has left you with big job that you don't want to do.
Feeling annoyed work that is required of you may be unfulfilling,
boring, or will take too long to finish.
To be stung on
your hands may symbolize feelings about being stick with a large load
of hard work that ties you down, hampers success, or prevents you
doing what you really want to do.
Example: A man
dreamed of seeing a bee riding on the back of a lizard. In waking
life he was annoyed with having to work overtime with a very scary
job.
Example 2: A young
girl dreamed about her mother being stung in the chest by bees and
dying. In waking life she discovered her mother having serious chest
pains and needed to be taken to the hospital. The bees stinging and
killing her mother may have reflected how annoyed she felt with having
to deal with the stress of taking her mother to the hospital while
also fearing her mother dying.
Example 3: A man
dreamed of seeing bees. In waking life he felt he was being lazy and
needing to increase his work load to catch up.
Example 4: A woman
dreamed of an angry bee. In waking life she felt she was under attack
by a family member.
Example 5: A woman dreamed of a bee on her foot. In waking life she
was annoyed that she might have to get a job that so that she could
avoid dropping out of college.
Butterfly
To dream of a butterfly represents issues that are special or important
to you that you are sensitive about losing. It may also
reflect a fear of loss. You might be sensitive about having to change
something you like. Butterflies generally represent personal
interests or relationships that we don't want give up or change. Alternatively,
a butterfly may represent something you feel you need to be perfectly
careful about or that you don't want to scare away.
To dream of a
butterfly flying away from you represents having to let go of something
special or important to you. It may also reflect a change you feel
forced to make.
Butterflies commonly
appear in the dreams of people who have experienced a death of a friend
or family member. The butterfly reflects their sensitive feelings
about having to let go of the loved one.
Butterflies tend
to show up in dreams when something you are emotionally invested in
is threatened or criticized. You don't want to give something
up or be embarrassed away from something you love. You may have a
passion, interest, or person that you feel is important to keep.
A butterfly can also point to criticism of things you enjoy, or caring
about what other people think.
Example: A man
once dreamed of seeing a yellow butterfly. In real life he was taking
vitamin supplements that he didn't want his doctors finding out about
because he feared they'd make him stop taking them. The butterfly
reflected the importance he gave to these supplements for improving
his health and the fear of losing these benefits if the doctors found
out about them.
Example 2: A young
girl dreamed of her house being filled with butterflies. In real life
she had a hobby that she loved that was being criticized. The butterflies
represented her sensitive feelings about her hobby being criticized.
She didn't want to change anything she was doing.
Example 3: A woman dreamed of seeing a butterfly coming out of a cocoon.
In waking life she had been released on medical probation after being
declared legally insane. She was required to take medication as part
of her probation release and was sensitive about having her medical
probation revoked.
Caterpillars
To dream of a caterpillar represents an aspect of your personality
that annoys you that it's comfortably taking it's time progressing.
Behavior that annoys you that it doesn't have to stop while it takes
its time. Annoying progress that is always happening, but never finished
yet. An annoyance that notices taking it's time progressing in stages
as though it's wonderful. It may also reflect annoyance with progress
that one person thinks is wonderful while another person doesn't.
Annoying behavior that notices it's not much better than anyone else
while taking its time, but isn't going to stop.
Negatively, dreaming
of a caterpillar represents full awareness of yourself noticing something
annoying to someone else a lot in stages that you can't stop or don't
want to stop. You may be having anxiety about making a choice that
can't stop that will annoy someone else a lot. Caring too much about
annoying someone else while feeling that not stopping progress in
necessary.
Alternatively,
a caterpillar may reflect something hasn't transformed yet.
Example: A young
man dreamed of playing with a caterpillar while a friend didn't like
him doing that. In real life he had made a final decision to change
schools which his friend was not pleased about. In this case the caterpillar
may have reflected the dreamer's feelings about annoying his friend
with the progress of his school transfer that he didn't want to stop
while the friend wanted him to stop.
Example 2: A woman
dreamed of seeing a caterpillar. In waking life she was experiencing
hallucinations that wouldn't go away. All her doctor's explanations
kept falling apart as the hallucinations slowly got worse. In this
case the caterpillar may have reflected the dreamers annoyance that
she was slowly and progressively losing her mind while doctors believed
it wasn't a serious problem while she did.
Centipedes
To dream of a centipede represents feelings about annoying situations
that are so scarily wacky that you'll do anything to avoid them. Annoying
wackiness that you want to go away on its own. It may also reflect
feelings about putting up with people you really don't like because
they are too odd or unconventional for your comfort level. Feeling
bothered by someone or something too unusual for comfort that is imposing
itself on you. Feeling terrified of something ridiculous. Disbelief
that something ridiculous likes itself the way it is and doesn't have
to go away right away. Behavior that is scarily wacky which you feel
doesn't need to do that right now. Scarily wacky behavior that has
nothing else to say. Annoying behavior that doesn't think it makes
a mistake while being creepy weird. Annoying behavior that creeps
you out with wackiness that it thinks it matters. Annoying emptiness
that thinks it looks good when it doesn't. Behavior that does't bother
to think anything is wrong when it is and doesn't want to go away.
Wacky behavior that thinks it's family when it isn't at all.
Example: A woman
dreamed of seeing dead and half-dead centipedes in a sink of water
as she washed lettuce. In waking life she had an unwanted pregnancy
which motivated her to get an abortion. The dream may have reflected
her mixed feelings about thinking an abortion would make her look
scarily wacky to friends and family.
Example 2: A young
girl dreamed of an centipede that needed to be killed. In waking life
her boyfriend broke up with her and told her that he never wanted
to discuss getting back together again, but then later told her he
may want to at a much later date. The centipede in this case may have
reflected the girl feelings about her boyfriend's idea of getting
back together being an annoyingly creepy ridiculous idea when she
didn't think it was a good idea at all because she was completely
over him.
Example 3: A woman
dreamed of seeing an enormous monster centipede that would charge
at her, and then back off. In waking life she was having issues preparing
to tell her parents about a marriage to a new man after having been
previously married and divorced. In this case the centipede may have
reflected her annoyed feelings about her parents overreacting to her
getting married because she thought their reaction might be empty
while she kept telling herself that she didn't need to tell them right
this minute.
*Please See Millipedes.
Cochroaches
To dream of cockroaches represents feelings of undesirability. Something
you really don't want in your life. (e.g. the feeling you'd get from
a bad haircut.) Feelings about a situation being low quality, dirty,
or poor. A tarnished reputation. A continuous problem. Feeling annoyed
by something subpar. Imperfections that embarrass you.
Example: A young
man dreamed of being surrounded by cockroaches. In real life he met
an old friend who expressed love to him. He was extremely uncomfortable
with this expression of love. The cockroaches reflected how undesirable
it was to have this friend be so honest with him about his feelings.
Example 2: A young
man dreamed of using insecticide on cockroaches. In waking life he
was trying to repair an old friendship that had a lot of bad memories
and misunderstandings that got in the way.
Example 3: A woman
dreamed of a bonnet being infested with cockroaches. In waking life
she was operating a business that she didn't want to with people that
annoyed her.
Example 4: A woman
dreamed of taking a lot of cockroaches out of her suitcase and then
having one cockroach left. In waking life she felt it was undesirable
to leave her fiance and move on with her life. In the end she kept
finding reasons to talk to him to avoid moving.
Example 5: A woman
dreamed of Jesus placing a cockroach on her head while putting his
hand over her mouth. In waking life she was annoyed by a website forum
not allowing her to talk about her religious beliefs.
Crickets
To dream of crickets represents a situation where you feel that nothing
is happening or that's leading nowhere.
Example: A woman dreamed of hearing crickets. In
real life she wasn't sure if a relationship she was in for 3 months
was going anywhere.
Dragonfly
To dream of a dragonfly represents asserting one's self or telling
someone to "f*ck off." Making it obvious or rudely stating
that you don't care about anything someone else is thinking.
To be attacked
by a dragonfly symbolizes an interaction with someone else where
you were insensitive to their feelings. You may have said or did
something that was cold or insensitive to another person. Alternatively,
an attack by a dragonfly may represent a person or situation that
was cold, rude or insenstive to you. Someone may have asserted themselves
in a way that doesn't feeling good for you.
Example: A woman
dreamed of holding a dragonfly in her hand that died. In waking life
she was planning to dump her boyfriend, but then changed her mind.
Earthworms
To dream of earthworms represents feelings of annoyance that something
won't prefer to stay unnoticed. Feeling annoyed that you need to see
someone you don't want to. Feeling annoyed that someone is getting
attention when you prefer that they stay away. Jealousy of a friend
or family taking too much to someone you want to talk to wish that
they would go away. Feeling someone is a little big crazy or dishonest
about being involved in a situation that you don't want to to be.
Annoyance that someone will not let you enjoy yourself doing what
your doing.
Feelings of disgust
of having a unwanted person noticed involved in your life. Parents,
friends, family members, or wacky people whose behavior embarrasses
you and prefer to not have it around you. People who aren't popular
who embarrass you, or mentally ill people whose behavior embarrasses
you and prefer to not have around you.
To dream that
you are an earthworm represents feelings about yourself embarrassing
or annoying other people with being noticed when they don't want you
around.
Example: A high-school
girl dreamed of having her best friend dump earthworms all over her.
In real life she was trying to ask a boy to a dance and her friend
would always interrupt her whenever she got close to the boy. The
earthworms reflected her feelings about being annoyed that her friend
wouldn't stay out of her way no matter how hard she tried to talk
to the boy.
Example 2: A woman
dreamed of earthworms. In waking life she was placing her husband
in a care facility because he had dementia. The earthworms in this
case may have reflected her feelings about annoyance of her husbands
behavior from his dementia and preferring to have him be unnoticed.
Fireflies
To dream of fireflies represents feelings of ingenuity, creativity,
or originality that inspires you, but never lets you know it personally.
Something incredible to watch that leaves you feeling that there is
not much else to do with it. Amazement at how wonderful it feels to
notice that nothing can stop a situation out of control. Ingenuity,
creativity, or originality caused by the annoyance of someone else
to your benefit. Something wonderful to watch that never wants to
criticize you when something is wrong, but never notices you personally
either. Feelings about observing behavior that cares about nothing
except being the center of attention. Behavior that shows off never
fired, stopped, or interfered while never knowing you personally.
Annoyance about
someone or something that wonderfully won't do anything except feel
hopeful during danger, hopelessness, or emptiness. Impersonal or distant
behavior that will do nothing except keep feeling good that nothing
is wrong during an empty moment. Annoyance that something is "only
there" that never wants you to be nervous. Annoyance of liking
being around something that you can't really know personally. Something
you don't want to bother because it makes the emptiness feel more
special. Disbelief or awe that someone would help you, but never talk
to you. Feeling good being helped during a dangerous or hopeless time,
but you don't get to talk to the people that helped you. Feeling good
getting away with something because someone helped you, but you don't
get to talk to them. Feels good that you are not nervous around it,
but doesn't want to talk to you.
Negatively, dreaming
of fireflies may represents annoyance of other people enjoying silence
or quiet. Annoyance of others enjoying noticing waiting during an
empty moment. Annoyance with other people feeling good never getting
anyone back during an empty moment. Not enjoying asking for something
while other people are enjoying taking their time. Associating with
something inspiring, hopeful, or amazing that never really cares about
you. Associating yourself with other people's ideas, originality,
creativity, or ingenuity to make yourself believe in yourself more.
To dream of catching
a firefly may reflect feelings of never wanting to let go of other
people's ingenuity, creativity, or originality to feel better about
yourself.
Fleas
To dream of fleas represents irritating problems that are difficult
to ignore. They often symbolize a hard dose of reality
that you can't stand, or something that constantly provokes you.
Fleas on a dog represents an irritant or annoying problem that effects
your ability to be confident. A distraction that makes
it harder to believe in yourself or feel in control.
Flies
To dream of flies represents a recurring distraction or annoyance.
A problematic person or situation that keeps coming back despite your
best attempt to get rid of it. A problem that is so annoying that
you can't think of anything else.
Negatively, flies may be a sign that you are putting up with an annoyance
for a prolonged period of time when you don't need to. Feeling too
lazy to take action, make a change, or speak up. Not being willing
to move away from an annoyance. Unexpressed feelings about someone
that is inconsiderate. Petty annoyances that are recurring. Feeling
extremely irritated by someone or something. Repeat nagging.
Example: A woman
dreamed of seeing flies. In waking life she was very annoyed by her
father who repeatedly kept nagging her to clean her house.
Grasshoppers
To dream of a grasshopper represents your feelings about a person
or situation that always seems to outsmart you.
Hornets
To dream of a hornet represents a person or situation that is
a lingering threat, or problem that is lying beneath the surface. You
may have a fear of reprisal from standing up for yourself, or concerns
about a situatuon getting out of control.
To be stung by a hornet symbolizes anger, vengence, and revenge.
A hornet's nest would symbolize a very sensitive issue you want to
steer clear of. You may be concerned about a possible confrontation.
Ladybugs
To dream of a ladybug represents annoying thoughts or feelings
you have about being responsible, careful, or doing the right thing.
It suggests maturity that bothers you. Something that annoys you that
you have to respect someone or something wonderful. Annoyance at having
to protect something special. Annoyed feelings about caring about
a child or something innocent. Annoying little girls.
If you see a lot
of ladybugs in a dream it may be suggesting that something in your
life is making you feel like you are being overwhelmed with responsibility
and can't be as carefree as you once were. A dislike for having to
care about someone else's feelings. A dislike for babysitting children.
A dislike for protecting friends who are not respecting you because
the long-term friendship is more important.
If you are attacked
by ladybugs it may suggest that unpleasant thoughts and feelings about
having to be responsible or careful. Maturity in some form is being
forced upon you.
The symbolism
is based on ladybugs having am adorable harmless appearance that makes
you feel bad killing it. A similar feeling to disliking hitting or
getting angry at a little girl because they are misbehaving.
Example: A woman
dreamed of seeing a ladybug. In waking life she was experiencing a
friend talking behind her back and she felt that the friendship was
important to keep so she didn't want to anger the friend by bringing
up the betrayal. She was annoyed by the friend's betrayal, but felt
the need to protect the long-term friendship.
Example 2: A woman
dreamed of seeing ladybugs in her home. In waking life she didn't
like having to babysit her children. She felt annoyed having to stay
home to watch over and protect them.
Leeches
To dream of leeches represents negative thoughts and feelings
about something you feel is sucking the life out of you. Alternatively,
a leech may reflect something dangerous that you want to get away
from right away.
There is something you really want to separate from in your life
that drains your good spirit, vigor, and confidence. A
leech may also reflect a person or situation that you feel is draining
your finances.
Example: A man dreamed of leeches attaching to his leg as he crossed
a river. In waking life he was experiencing annoying increasing medical
expenses for his sick wife.
Lice
To dream of lice represents thoughts and feelings of being unclean
physically or emotionally. You may feel guilt, regret, used, dirty,
or like you're not good enough. Feelings about about a patheticly
dirty situation or problem with a sense that it might be contagious
to be close to or cause you unnecessary frustration.
To dream of having
lice may reflect feelings of total embarrassment with a frustration,
irritation, or that you are not good enough in some way that will
require annoying temporary changes.
Alternatively,
lice may reflect people or situations that you wish to distance yourself
from.
Locusts
To dream of locusts represents devastation or the belief that you
may lose everything that you've worked for.
Maggots
To dream about maggots represents feelings of unease, discomfort,
regret, nausea, or feeling that something is lost forever. You may
be uncomfortable with a situation or something you did. You may also
have regret for something that you've lost or a mistake that can't
be fixed.
Negatively, maggots
in a dream may reflect very comfortable feelings of being forced to
accept and live with a failed relationship or major failure. Unbearably
living with regret. Being very uncomfortable around someone who you
feel doesn't like you. Uncomfortable feelings about wasteful ruination.
Example: A young
woman dreamed of maggots after experiencing her father abandoning
her in real life after a paternity test came back positive. The maggots
reflected her unease with knowing her father wanted nothing to do
with her and her regret for having the test done.
Example 2: A young
woman dreamed of maggots crawling on her. In real life she had enormous
difficulty forgiving herself for hurting her ex-boyfriend. The maggots
reflected the great discomfort that the thought of hurting him gave
her.
Example 3: A woman
dreamed of being in a home with maggots. In waking life her father-in-law
had been disowned by her and her husband for being to emotionally
toxic. The maggots may have reflected her uncomfortable feelings about
how the relationship ended.
Example 4: A woman
dreamed of seeing maggots. In waking life she was feeling very uneasy
about a big fight with her daughter and the possible permanent damage
that may have been caused to her relationship with her daughter due
to the fight. She felt terrible about fight being so serious while
feeling that their hope for a strong relationship was wasted.
Millipedes
To dream of millipedes represents feelings of being annoyed by a person
or situation that is bigger or more powerful than you are comfortable
with. Annoyance with people that you can't be easily dismissed or
ignored. Having to put up with people or situations that ignorantly
dismiss or overlook you.
Annoyance that
something is never going to work the way you want while you feel that
you don't even matter. Annoyed feelings about a relationship partner
not respecting to your face as though it doesn't matter. Feeling annoyed
by something that easily scares you that you never matter at all.
Example: A man
dreamed of seeing millipedes. In waking life he was annoyed by his
wife never feeling good loving or respecting him anymore scaring him
that he didn't even matter.
*Please See Centipedes.
Mosquitoes
To dream of mosquitos represents an annoying interference. You
may feel that your good nature or innocence is being taken advantage
of. Something that gets in the way of happiness or achieving
your goals when your carefree or trying to enjoy yourself.
A mosquito may also be a sign that you feel taken advantage of
or feel overwhelmed by small problems.
Moths
To dream of a moth represents a person or situation that is
imposing itself on you. Feeling annoyed by someone interfering or
intruding on your happiness. Feeling annoyed about having to put
up with something. Jealousy that something you like is never as
perfectly easy you'd like it to me.
Moths may reflect
feelings about friends or family never leaving you alone. Feeling
that it's too easy for someone to disrespect you with impunity.
Someone you don't like rudely showing up when you don't want to
them. Feeling that someone enjoys ruining you special moments or
making you feel like you don't matter. Unexpected lingering annoyances.
Feeling like an idiot when you don't deserve to.
Example: A woman
dreamed of a white moth. In real life a relative had died. The moth
reflected her feelings about how the death and funeral imposed on
her life. A problem she didn't want to deal with at all, but felt
forced to.
Example 2: A
young girl dreamed of seeing a guy she liked catching a moth and
putting in a paper bag. In waking life she discovered some really
negative unpleasant information about a guy she liked. It was difficult
for her to get it off her mind and accept it. She was annoyed by
the gossip ruining her perfect happy view of the guy she liked.
Example 3: A man
dreamed of moths eating his roof. In waking life he had stomach ulcers
that were getting worse. The moths may have reflected his feelings
about the worsening ulcers intruding on his ability to enjoy his life
feeling normal.
Parasites
To dream of a parasite represents a person or situation that
you feel is living off your energy or resources. You may feel that
someone is draining your money, power, or opportunities. Problems,
or responsibilities that hold you back or make you feel like you
can't do what you really want. Feelings about a disease or health
condition you have.
Positively,
parasites in a dream may reflect your objective views about enemies.
Negatively,
parasites may reflect feelings about people you think are lowlife
scum or people who use others. Racist views or feelings about people
being disgusting.
Example: A woman
dreamed of seeing a sign that said "Parasites Keep Out."
In waking life she was living in Nazi Germany when they Jews were
considered "objective enemies" or "undesirables."
Example 2: A man
dreamed of having a parasite inside him. In waking life he had a serious
fungal infection that he felt was destroying his life.
Pill Bug / Potatoe Bug / Sowbug
To dream of a pillbug represents shyness or introversion. Your
feelings about a problem in your life that makes it difficult to
be yourself around others.
Example: A young man dreamed of a crying pillbug crawling
on his arm. In real life he was very shy with women and
found it difficult to speak to them when he was around them.
Praying Mantis
To dream of a praying mantis represents your feelings about
a person or situation that has a total disregard for your feelings.
Feeling that someone is intentionally unsupportive. It may also
reflect your feelings about a person scares you that they will never
listen to you. Feeling forced to face your fear. An unbearable dilemma
or inevitability.
A praying mantis
may also reflect your own attempts to pressure people with fear
or unbearableness to get them to go away. Insensitively subjecting
others to their fear.
Positively,
a praying mantis may reflect forcing others to face their fears
when they don't want to. Not listening to the feelings of someone
you are preparing to force into making a change they have absolutely
no interest in making.
A praying mantis
is a common symbol for people who take drugs and have bad trips
because it reflects the person's feelings about how unbearable it
feels that the negative experience will not stop.
Ayahuasca users
commonly report seeing a praying mantis symbolism while intoxicated
by the tea. The praying mantis in these cases most likely symbolizes
unpleasant confrontation with fear or other negative psychological
issues. It may also reflect the vomiting or diarrhea.
Example: A young
man dream of getting into a fight with a praying mantis and getting
stung by it. In waking life he felt he was risking breaking up with
his girlfriend if he left on a trip and took the trip anyway. His
girlfriend broke up with him shortly after. The praying mantis most
likely reflected his feelings about his choice to leave on the trip
being completely at odds for his feelings.
Scorpions
To dream of a scorpion represents the expectation for pain or hardship.
A lingering possibility for bad news or an altercation. A potential
for retaliation or a threat that keeps you on edge. It may also
reflect an expectation of painful news or an unpleasant situation.
A feeling of not knowing when a suspected problem is finally going
to rear it's head or when a "death blow" will strike.
Feelings about a bad or untrustworthy person inevitably turning
on you. Arrogant people who are fully aware of themselves never
doing anything they promise to do.
To dream of
being bitten by a scorpion represents the realization of pain or
hardship that you were expecting. Something bad happened that you
were hoping wouldn't happen.
Example: A woman
dreamed of a scorpion sitting on her shoulder. In real life she
was having a long distance relationship and constantly feared her
partner would grow bored and end it. The scorpion reflected her
constant feeling that a painful breakup was always possible.
Example 2: An
employee dreamed of seeing a customer turning into a scorpion. In
real life the employee hated dealing with this customer and was
constantly on edge because they always knew the customer might return
and ruin their day.
Example 3: A man
dreamed of desperately trying to kill a scorpion. In waking life he
was struggling to find ways to fight off a stubborn infection his
child had while hoping it wouldn't return.
Slugs
To dream of slugs represents strong feelings of prejudice or disgust.
An issue or problem that is seen to be so unpleasant that you don't
want to do anything about it. Feeling that something is so awful
you want nothing to do with it.
Example: A woman
dreamed seeing another woman beating a white slug. In waking life
she was elderly and reexamining her youth and sex life. She felt
relieved to be older now because she felt sex was disgusting and
was relieved she couldn't get pregnant again.
Example 2: A man
dreamed of seeing a slug. In waking life he had been spending a lot
of time sitting around watching TV and not working. The thought of
having to work again after spending so much time not working felt
awful.
Example 3: A man dreamed of seeing a slug. In waking life he had a
really low opinion of a man he didn't like because he felt the man
didn't care about anything except using him to get free stuff without
paying for it. The slug may have reflected his prejudice about poor
people or unpaying customers.
Snails
To dream of a snail represents impatience or boredom. Your
thoughts about something that is really slow or that's taking too
long.
Spiders
To dream of a spider represents feeling trapped or hopeless. A negative
situation that feels inevitable or impossible to escape. Beliefs about
things that you think are permanent or will never go away.
Alternatively,
spiders may reflect irrational beliefs. Powerful insecurities that
prevent you from doing what you want in life. Irrational fears that
prevent you from enjoying yourself, or powerful desires for things
you don't believe you can ever have.
Positively,
a spider may represent a positive area of your life that is intricate
and patient. Inevitable success based on skill. This would usually
be represented by blue or white spiders.
Example: A man
dreamed of seeing spiders flood his bedroom. In real life he had
an embarrassing health problem and believe it would never allow
him to have a girlfriend. The spiders reflected how trapped he felt
my his health problem.
*Please See Tarantulas.
*Please See Black
Widow.
Tapeworms
To dream of a tapeworm symbolizes an aspect of your personality
that continually takes what's rightfully yours. A person
or situation that keeps robbing you of things you deserve or that
you'vtae earned.
Example: A young man dreamed of removing a tapeworm. In
real life he had removed his wisdom teeth after experiencing a long
period of nagging pain. The tapework reflected his feelings
about his aching teeth being a distraction that prevented him from
living as he felt he was supposed to.
Termites
To dream of termites represents feeling assailed by an unwelcome situation.
Annoyance or disappointment that something totally fails to meet expectations.
You may not like the idea of having to make a change, replace something,
or move on. It may also reflect a surprise that some area of your
life isn't as perfect as you thought it was.
Example: A man
dreamed that the foundation of his house was infested by termites.
In real life he was being forced to except an early retirement. The
termites in the foundation reflected how unwelcome early retirement
was to the foundation of his life.
Ticks
To dream of ticks represents an annoyance in your life that forces
you to be extra careful. An exhausting need to stay perfect or appear
perfect to others. Never getting to enjoy yourself because you are
too concerned with being cautious of a mistake. Always feeling on
the edge. Annoyances that you are experiencing after first believing
you were completely finished something. Frustrations that nothing
you is good enough.
Negatively, ticks in a dream may reflect frustrations with never being
as perfect as you want to be. Recurring annoyance with afterthoughts
that you weren't perfectly compliant with a procedure as you wanted
to be. Excessive religious devotion that makes you feels bad that
you weren't perfect.
Ticks coming
out of a mouth may be symbolic of constant nagging or criticism
that prevents you from relaxing.
Example: A girl
dreamed of ticks that she couldn't get off her no matter how hard
she tried. In real life she was having a difficult time being accepted
by her boyfriend's mother who made her feel as though nothing she
did was ever right.
Example 2: A man
dreamed of ticks coming into his house and the more he killed them
the faster they came in. In waking life he was having serious marital
problems. The ticks reflected his inability to please his wife and
his constant feeling of being on guard from angering her again.
Example 3: A woman dreamed of having ticks on her shirt collar. In
waking life she was a professional who helped people recover from
alcohol and drug addiction while also having to feel annoyed by her
son who was getting involved with alcohol. She felt embarrassed as
a professional who had a son risking becoming an alcoholic. She felt
annoyed that even with all her experience she still had to be extra
cautious about her own son risking being an alcoholic.
Example 4: A woman dreamed of holding an alligator with ticks on it.
In waking life she was threatening her husband with fearing God's
rath because he had cheated on her. She felt annoyed with herself
for not praying with perfect religious procedure to ensure God's power
would work. The ticks in the dream may have been a sign that she was
aware of herself frustrating herself with not perfectly following
religious policies while threatening her husband with God's rath.
Wasps
To see a wasp in you dream represents hatred, vengence, or angry jealousy. You
or someone you know that is experiencing a bitter conflict with someone
else.
To dream of killing a wasp represents overcoming enemies or bitter
conflicts.
Worms
To dream of a worm represents feelings of annoyance about dishonest
behavior that gets away with it and wants you to feel good about it.
Insidiousness or dishonesty that wants you to accept it. Lowlife behavior
that "wiggles away" when discovered. Lowlife behavior that
annoys you that it technically gets away with dishonesty while enjoying
itself. A worm may reflect a person who is untrustworthy or slick.
You may have a very low opinion of yourself or of someone in your
life. A con artist that takes advantage of good people. Overtly using
people and wanting them to feel good about it. Feelings about a spouse,
partner, or friend who've you've helped resorting to pathetically
lowlife behavior that would take advantage your good nature. Enjoying
revenge or taking things away away from people with "bottom of
the barrel" lowlife tactics. Feeling about someone else enjoying
insidious dishonesty that takes advantage of a technicality.
Alternatively,
dreaming about a worm may represents weakness, degradation, filth
and general negativity. Feelings about something that is spoiled or
ruined.
Example: A woman
dreamed of shellfish with a worm in it. In waking life she discovered
that shehad caught hepatitis from eating contaminated shellfish.
Example 2: A woman
dreamed of incandescent "wiggly worms" crawling on her eyelids.
In waking life she developed retinitis (inflammed retina) a few days
later.
Example 3: A man
dreamed of seeing a worm in her nose, pulling it out, and then having
a small piece left over that she couldnd't get out. In waking life
she felt her abusive husband was using her. The worm in this case
may have reflected her feelings about her husband behavior overtly
using her and while wanting her to feel good about it.
Example 4: A woman
dreamed of being offered a drink that ended up having worms in it.
In waking life her husband left her. She considered divorce, but feared
it would allow her husband to get away with taking things from her.
The worms may have reflected her feelings about her hsuband's potential
to be a scumbag that would take advantage of laws or technicalities
to get awat with revenge in a divorce.
*Please See Earthworms.