Renovations
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Resort
To dream of a resort represents your mindset being totally focused of having every single little thing done for you. It may also reflect a situation where someone is going of their way to make sure you always feel good not having to do anything for yourself.
Negatively, a resort may reflect laziness, neediness, or that you are using someone. You may be expecting too much from someone or expecting to never have to lift a finger no matter what.
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Restaurant
To dream of a restaurant represents feelings about how easy it is to be "served" particular feelings or experiences in waking life. Specific types of feelings or experiences that you are choosing to have. Consciously making the choice to feel a certain way or to easily have a certain type of experience. The freedom to have a certain type of experience that is always available to you.
Negatively, dreaming about a restaurant may reflect feelings about expectations for certain types of experiences to be easily given to you by others. Using others to keep feeling a particular way with ease. The idea that you can simply "show up" whenever you want to experience whatever you want.
Advertisements for restaurants may reflect people in your life with offers of easy experiences or easy access to something you enjoy. The option to feel a certain way if you want to.
To dream of eating dinner at a restaurant represents feelings about a finalizing type experience made easy. Feelings about other people helping you to finalize wedding, funeral, or business arrangements.
Consider the type of food being served for additional meaning.
To dream of eating at a French restaurant may reflect feelings about expecting to easily have experiences that make you feel integrity or self-respect. Expecting to see supported as a winner without question. Possible feelings about support groups.
To dream of a Chinese restaurant may reflect feelings about expecting to easily have experiences where you enjoy not having to think feelings matter.
Example: A man dreamed of eating at McDonald's. In waking life he was having issues with discontinuing a bad pornography habit. Dreaming of choosing to go to McDonald's represented his choice to keep going back to a pleasurable feelings that he knew wasn't healthy for him.
Example 2: A woman dreamed of eating dinner at a restaurant. In waking life she was finalizing her marriage and paid to have wedding arrangements finished for her.
Example 3: A woman dreamed of going to a restaurant with her husband and thinking to herself how diverse the people in the restaurant looked. In waking life she had attended her local church and began to see how diverse the religious views of her fellow churchgoers were. The restaurant in this case may have reflected her feelings about the church allowing her to feel spiritual whenever she goes to attend.
Revolving Door
To dream of a revolving door represents issues, problems, or opportunities where you may be "going in circles." Issues that you try to fix, but keep returning. Feeling that you are going nowhere or continually falling back to your old ways.
Negatively, a revolving door may reflect issues that you don't really care about doing anything about. A constant state of redoing something. No concrete solutions.
Rocking Chair
To dream of a rocking chair represents comfort in thinking about an issue back and forth until you don't think about it as a problem. Contemplation and introspection with ongoing processing and emotional grappling with an issue you keep rethinking about. A need to be perfectly comfortable about an issue by rethinking it over and over.
Negatively, dreaming about an rocking chair may represents overdoing feeling comfortable thinking about issue back and forth until it's not a problem because you are having difficulty moving on. Never getting over an issue until you are perfectly comfortable. Problems being perfectly comfortable getting over a loss without lots of reassurance. Struggling to reach a level of comfort or acceptance of a loss.
Example: A young woman dreamed of sitting in a rocking chair with a baby. In waking life, she had recently had a miscarriage of her baby after 8 weeks and was having difficult getting over the loss. In this case, the rocking chair may have reflected her feelings of comfort in contemplatively mourning and connecting with her lost child in her mind, going back and forth over the issue until she could finally let go. The dream may also hint that she had problems being perfectly comfortable getting over the loss without lots of reassurance.
Roman Colosseum
To dream of the Roman Colosseum in perfect condition represents confronting being ruined in public like nobody cares about you at all. A situation that insensitively makes a spectacle of you being watched never caring who you are at all by a lot of people trying to survive looking not mattering at all. Feeling that you can't do anything except save yourself or watch someone else save themselves. Not feeling good that doing anything weak is a problem. The fight of your life to avoid being ruined that feels like it might not be possible.
To dream of the present day eroding Roman Colosseum represents a past situation confronting being ruined in public was serious.
Example: A man dreamed of seeing a path that led to the central part of the Roman Colosseum with the Colosseum looking like it was completely intact. In waking life he was preparing to confront an enormous media spectacle with the potential for both legal problems and public embarrassment if he didn't control himself properly.
Roof
To dream of a roof represents feelings of protection, security, and boundaries that keep you safe from experiencing problems, uncertainty, or disappointment from external influences in your life going overboard. Feelings about how well you are shielding yourself from life's hardships or the stressors that you face in waking life. The upper limits of what you believe is possible or allowable. Boundaries or limitations that you have set for yourself or that others have imposed upon you. A general sense of feeling adequately protected from harm or danger and that problems are never on top of you in your life. A sense of coverage or refuge from inadequacy from problems developing at all.
Positively, dreaming about a roof may represent a general sense of safety and security from problems, disappointments, or being ruined. A protective barrier against external problems.
Negatively, dreaming about a roof may represent limitations, restrictions, or ceilings on your aspirations and potential. Feeling that you have to behave or respect boundaries when you don't want to.
To dream of standing on the roof represents feelings about a lack of barriers to achieving goals with a sense of it being unusual that you would have to think about nothing stopping you without limits. You are noticing that things you want are happening without a limit while you control yourself. Nothing gets in the way of having what you want with a sense that it might be dangerous or get you in trouble if you aren't careful. Believing in yourself completely if you have to because you feel you deserve nothing to stop you.
To dream of a leaking roof represents problems with personal security, vulnerabilities in your life's structure, or emotional disturbances that are developing in your life. Feelings of uncertainty about long-term security that's starting to present itself when that's unusual in your life. Insecurity or vulnerability, as if you are not adequately protected from harm or danger when you usually feel that you are.
To dream of a hole in your roof represents feelings of vulnerability that is noticeable or causing you to worry. Disruptions in your sense of security, an exposure to negative influences, or a risk that has come into your life unexpectedly. Awareness of serious vulnerabilities or gaps in your security or life structure. Feelings that something critical is missing in your protection or safety. An indication that certain areas of your life need attention and repair to restore a sense of completeness and security. A crisis, a significant loss, or a profound change that threatens your sense of stability and security. Overwhelming stress, pressure, or challenges or that a situation is becoming too much to handle.
To dream of a collapsing roof represents feelings of a loss of protection or security. Feeling that the protective barriers in your life are failing or have failed, leading to a sense of imminent danger or chaos.
Example: A man dreamed of standing on his garage roof and watching fireworks go off. He then suddenly found himself inside his house covered in ashes with a hole in his ceiling. In waking life, he had just ended an extramarital affair with a woman he felt was fake. In this case, standing on the roof may have reflected his feelings of experiencing complete freedom in his extramarital activities as long as he was careful. He felt a temporary or exciting moment of having no boundaries in his marriage.
Rooms
To dream of a room represents the personal space and boundaries you feel in a situation. What you feel you can or can't do in life. Close walls may reflect a lack of choice or ability to act. Distant walls may reflect lots of free time and options.
To dream of being inside a room you've never been in before represents the personal space and the boundaries you feel in a situation you've never experienced before.
Consider the type of room for additional meaning. Bedrooms are private thoughts, kitchens are preparation, bathrooms are issues with cleansing, and living rooms are issues you feel satisfied with.
To dream of an empty room represents an area of your life where nothing is happening. It may also it reflect feelings about starting over, previous conditions no longer feeling important, life situations or relationships ending. If the room was previously filled with furniture or objects but isn't anymore it may reflect feelings of emptiness or having no purpose. Feeling less comfortable within the boundaries of a situation.
To dream of a white room represents feelings about personal space or boundaries of a situation requiring you to be perfectly honest in your life. A room with white walls may also reflect life situations where you are confronting a lot of negativity or making a lot of personal change. A theme to your life that revolves around fixing problems you never got to fix before. Feeling that your entire life revolves around witnessing other people revealing their dishonest intentions to you over and over. A fear of not being perfectly honest at all times.
To dream of a white-walled bedroom may reflect a need to be perfectly honest in private. You may be privately concerned with trying to avoid embarrassing yourself or incriminating yourself. It may also reflect a lot of self-reflection, therapy, or personal changes you don't want others to know about. Secretly not liking how honest a situation is.
To dream of a messy bedroom represents feelings about a private area of your life being disorganized, out of control, or more irresponsible than what you project in public.
To dream of a room that you are familiar with completely changing represents feelings about what you can or can't do in a specific type of situation changing. The personal boundaries of an area of your life like work, home life, confidence in your abilities, privacy, and relationships may have changed.
Example: A man dreamed of being stuck in a room that was too small. In waking life, he felt trapped in debt. In this case, the room that was too small may have reflected his feelings of being financially constrained and limited in his ability to act freely or make choices due to his debt situation. The small room also symbolized the tight and uncomfortable personal space or boundaries he experienced because of his financial obligations.
Example 2: A woman dreamed of being in a room with tall distant walls. In waking life, she was trying to get a divorce and her difficult husband was causing delays and making her do all the work. In this case, the tall distant walls reflected her feelings of the long and difficult process ahead of her to regain her personal freedom and space from her marriage. She may have felt that completing the divorce was an enormous challenge of getting anything done, as though she could never get close to her goal due to the time, cost, and professional requirements.
Example 3: A woman dreamed of an empty room. In waking life, her daughter had moved out on her own leaving her to live by herself. She felt like her life had no meaning anymore. In this case, the empty room may have reflected her feelings of emptiness and lack of purpose now that her daughter was no longer living with her. It may also reflect her feelings about her daughter moving beyond the boundaries of parental control and the personal space of home life.
Example 4: A woman dreamed of all the rooms in her house getting larger. In waking life, she was in a late-term pregnancy and getting close to giving birth. In this case, the expanding room sizes may have reflected her feelings about numerous areas of her life becoming more important and complicated as the baby was close to being born.
Example 5: G. Gorden Liddy, the former chief of security for the President of the United States dreamed of being under siege while protecting a woman who lived in a house with 50 rooms. The 50 rooms inside the house in the dream may have reflected his feelings about the 50 US States. The entire dream was a reflection of his anxiety about protecting the President while he was responsible for managing the country.
Example 6: A man dreamed of walking into a room he was familiar with where suddenly everything had changed in the room. In waking life, he had been working on a difficult problem at work and experienced a big breakthrough that changed how his career and work atmosphere felt. In this case, the changed room may have reflected his feelings about his work environment and career path feeling completely different after solving a major problem. The transformation of the room symbolized the shift in his professional life, where he went from struggling with a difficult issue to experiencing a newfound sense of control, success, and possibilities.
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Sand Castle
To dream of a sand castle represents an accomplishment that you are proud of, but that you feel is vulnerable to external factors beyond your control. A temporary or fragile success in your waking life. It may symbolize something that you have built up or achieved, but that is not permanent or long-lasting. The sandcastle can also represent your creativity and ability to construct and manifest your goals, but it may also indicate that you are aware of the impermanence of things in life and that you need to enjoy and appreciate what you have while it lasts. Feeling good that something you've achieved has to be talked about or seen by everyone you know when it probably not last. Feeling proud of yourself for achieving sobriety, but knowing that sobriety is fragile to emotional instability or bad influences.
Example: A man dreamed of his sand castle being ruined and then trying to rebuild it like nothing was wrong with it. In waking life he was sensitive about staying sober from alcoholism. He believed he was strong about staying sober, but then went out with some friends and got drunk. He didn't think it was a big deal and that he could continue to manage himself. In this case, the sand castle may have reflected his confidence and belief in his ability to stay sober, while the ruined sandcastle and his attempt to rebuild it despite its flaws may reflect his denial or attempt to brush off his recent relapse. The dream may be warning him to be more vigilant and mindful of the potential triggers that could cause a setback in his recovery.
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Screen Door
To dream of a screen door represents emotional or psychological filtering. Something you like thinking about, but don't wish to expose yourself to for real. A sign that you want to enjoy something, but don't want to deal with the reality of actually doing it. A screen door may also reflect situational protection. Taking in the good and ignoring what you don't like.
Example: A young man dreamed of seeing a beautiful girl behind a screen door. The girl was someone desirable, yet had family and friends the dreamer didn't like. The screen door reflected his wish to fantasize about her while ignoring the unpleasant reality of her friends and family.
Second-Hand Store
To dream of a second-hand store may reflect your consideration of old ideas, ideas others are bored with, or getting involved in a relationship with someone that someone you know has already been in a relationship with. Considering making a choice to try someone else's idea or a "second hand" idea. Considering trying an idea that someone else doesn't have time for.
Negatively, second-hand store may reflect your dislike for having to do something unoriginal. Feeling like a loser because you have acknowledge someone else as the source of your accomplishment. Feeling that an old idea isn't an interesting as a new idea that you are considering.
Example: A woman dreamed that she was shopping in a second-hand store. In waking life she was considering a business idea that she had gotten from someone else whom didn't have the time or resources to try the idea themselves.
Secret Rooms
To dream of a secret room represents feelings about hidden aspects, undisclosed information, or unexplored potential in your life. A sense of privacy about personal boundaries. A part of your life that doesn't usually talk about itself. Facets of yourself or parts of your life that you have yet to discover, confront, or integrate into your conscious understanding. The dream may serve as an invitation to deeper self-reflection and discovery, suggesting there is more to know or reveal, either to yourself or to others.
Positively, dreaming about a secret room might symbolize the richness of the inner self, untapped potential, or unknown talents and abilities. It may indicate that you possess knowledge, skills, or emotions that you've kept private, but that could be beneficial if explored or exposed. There may be a sense of excitement or thrill related to the possibility of self-discovery and personal growth. Realizing undiscovered aspects of yourself. Feeling good learning something originally hidden or undisclosed.
Negatively, a secret room in a dream could represent areas of your life or personality that you are deliberately keeping hidden due to fear, shame, or insecurity. Issues you are avoiding, repressed memories, or taboo thoughts that you're not willing to confront. Feelings of being trapped by something that you wish to keep hidden, perhaps indicating guilt or a fear of exposure. Feeling ripped off or embarrassed that important information was previously withheld from you.
Example: A young man dreamed of finding a secret room in his father's basement with valuables in it. In waking life, he was worried about making an expensive purchase to replace something he owned, but then soon realized that what he already owned wasn't actually broken after he cleaned it. In this case, the secret room may have reflected his thoughts about the unexplored potential or hidden insight of cleaning his equipment that nobody told him about that made him feel it was an advantage to save money.
Example 2: A man dreamed of finding a secret room with a depressed clown in it. In waking life, he realized that his depression may actually be related to a big embarrassment from his youth after spending years not understanding why he was depressed. In this case, the secret room may have reflected his subconscious mind, where he had locked away unresolved emotions and past experiences that contributed to his ongoing depression.
Example 3: A woman dreamed of being unable to find a secret hidden room in her house. In waking life, she felt she was unable to have private quality time with her boyfriend anymore. In this case, the secret room may have reflected the secret room may have reflected her feelings about a private and special aspect of her relationship that she felt was increasingly elusive or inaccessible.
Example 4: A young woman dreamed of being in a secret room. In waking life, she felt that her family and culture were subversive to everything she believed in. In this case, the secret room may have reflected her personal thoughts and experiences as secretive or hidden, due to their stark contrast with her surrounding societal and familial norms.
Septic Tanks
To dream of a septic tank represents feelings about your ability to effectively deal with problems that won't be perfectly fixed for prolonged duration of time. An imperfect manner of dealing with problems.
Negatively, a septic tank may reflect too much reliance on needing long term goals completing perfectly and successfully to have a healthy relationship. Taking risks with problem solving that requires a big perfect ending in order to work out.
To dream of a septic tank broken or exploding may represent repressed emotions reemerging. Feelings of disappointment about not having fixed a problem you believed didn't matter anymore.
Example: A woman dreamed of her septic tank exploding. In waking life a lot of suppressed emotions between her and her husband regarding issues with their child had came up in a huge fight.
Shacks
To dream of a shack represents feelings about an area of your life that feels neglected, low-quality, or lacking in resources. A situation where you feel that you are getting by with the bare minimum to sustain yourself or cope with a problem. A situation where things feel unstable, temporary, or improvised. Thoughts about something in your life that isn't being given enough attention, effort, or support. Feelings you or someone else who is experiencing financial issues. A desire to move out of a dysfunctional or worsening home life.
Positively, dreaming about a shack may represent humility, resourcefulness, or making the best of limited means. Your ability to endure or succeed despite difficult circumstances or a lack of comfort. You may feel content or proud of your ability to make things work without needing luxuries or external validation.
Negatively, dreaming about a shack could represent feelings of inadequacy, insecurity, or embarrassment about your current life situation. Self-doubt, low self-esteem, or feeling ashamed of your accomplishments or living conditions. Struggling with a sense of being "less than" others or living below your potential. Experiencing lots of issues with being unable to afford to maintain a stable home life due to financial issues. Dealing with unemployment. Poverty, low self-esteem, or fear of not meeting societal expectations for success and comfort.
Example: An older man dreamed of living in a shanty town with shacks that were crudely built. In waking life, he had been unemployed for over a year while trying to find work. In this case, the shacks may have reflected his feelings of inadequacy or embarrassment with his life where he felt that he was getting by with the bare minimum and struggling to improve his circumstances.
Example 2: A woman dreamed of living in a shack with her parents and sisters while her father was possessed by an evil spirit. In waking life, her father had to move to a rehab facility for alcoholism due to a DUI arrest. Her mother was a housewife who was forced to take care of the family home expenses while dealing with her own health problems. Her parents were in their 60's. In this case, the shack may have reflected her feelings of insecurity and instability due to the family's financial struggles and the emotional burden of her father's addiction. She may have also felt neglect of their home life and the difficulty in maintaining a sense of normalcy while dealing with multiple family problems.
Shelf
To dream of a shelf represents ideas or opportunities that are waiting to be used.
To dream of putting something on a shelf represents putting off ideas or opportunities until a later time.
Example: A man dreamed of picking up a bottle of liquor off a shelf. In waking life he began speaking to a girl he knew liked him and whom he wanted to have sex with. The shelf reflected he awareness of this girl waiting for him to talk to her so he could have sex with her whenever he wanted.