Nurse

To dream of a nurse represents an aspect of your personality that carries you through a problem or tough situation. You or someone else that is doing everything needed to get though something. A nurse may also reflect your own plan of action to stay stable or get yourself through a difficult time. People, habits, or situations that are supportive of positive change.

There may be a problem in your life that was fixed, and the nurse symbolizes keeping on track, supporting it, and seeing it through to the end in a positive way.

A nurse will usually appear in a dream when there is a need for you to stay away from something negative, and to maintain integrity until it's finally resolved.

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Optometrist

To dream of an optometrist represents a person or situation in your life that fixes or improves your poor ability to understand people or events around you. A situation that provides surprising insight into the truth of people's intentions or honest beliefs. Feeling that you have learned something new or shocking that you will never forget. An improved understanding that makes you feel stupid that you didn't realize it before.

Alternatively, an optometrist in a dream may reflect a long dragged out situation that causes you to learn about every single little thing wrong with other people that you wouldn't otherwise notice.

Negatively, dream about an optometrist represents shock or fear that you didn't understand a person situation for what they really are sooner. Being subjected to new ideas, facts, or realizations that you weren't aware of before. Feeling forced or embarrassed into a better understanding of a situation. A setback, coincidence, or moment of strange luck that completely changes your poor understanding of people or events.

Example: A man dreamed of leaving the optometrist. In waking life his entire family was fighting for years over an inheritance he was getting the biggest portion of. He felt it was unbearable to wait for his inheritance while also being surprised to keep learning about selfish, stupid, or arrogant each and ever member of his family members really were. While eager to get his money, he was somewhat relieved to understand his family member's true feelings about him.

Orthodontist

To dream of an orthodontist represents a person or situation that disappointments you because you have to sacrifice happiness for a long term goal. Knowing you won't get to enjoy yourself for a very long time because you have to fix something or work very hard first. A long term delay that is in your best interest.

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Outbreak

To dream of an outbreak represents a dangerous ideas or situations that are getting out of hand. A negative situation, belief, or opinion that scares you that it can't be stopped. A fear of something only getting worse, or being unable to control a problem.

Negatively, an outbreak may reflect your desperation or sense of powerlessness to control the spreading of competing ideas.

Positively, an outbreak may represent a wave of support or positive change.

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Oxygen Mask

To dream of an oxygen mask represents total focus on keeping hope or vitality alive. You may feel a lack of what is most important to you and are very motivated to supplement it emotionally. . Feeling suffocated or smothered by a situation in your life. A relationship that's cutting you off from love, respect, or your ability to function normally.

Pain

To dream of pain represents feelings of discomfort, emotional suffering, or distress in your waking life due to difficulties or loss. Emotional agony, possibly due to an injury, illness, or difficult life circumstances. Unresolved issues, inner turmoil, or the need to address your own limitations and needs. Emotional pain or humiliation. Putting up with something that doesn't feel good. Feeling hurt by relationship problems or rejection. Feelings of being limited or "held back." Feelings about a loss that makes you feel you can't come back from it.

Negatively, dreaming about pain may represent feelings of helplessness, suffering, or being overwhelmed by negative situations in waking life. A fear of facing hurtful truths, a tendency to hold onto suffering, or an inability to let go of what's causing harm. Chronic pain in a dream might represent an ongoing problematic situation, a sense of despair, or a fear of never recovering from a current setback. Difficulty recovering from a relationship breakup or friendship ending.

People commonly experience pain in a dream after a relationship has ended.

To dream of feeling no pain when you should feel pain represents a possible sense of emotional detachment or numbness in your waking life. Suppressing your emotions or avoiding addressing a painful situation. A defense mechanism shielding you from the full brunt of a painful reality. A sign of resilience or desensitization to a difficult situation. Alternatively, it may symbolize resilience, inner strength, and the ability to handle adversity without breaking.

To dream of sharing someone's pain represents deep empathy and emotional connection with a person or situation. Selflessness, compassion, and a supportive nature. You may be highly attuned to the hardships of those around you.

Negatively, dreaming about sharing someone's pain may indicate that you are taking on more emotional burden than you can handle, leading to feelings of being overwhelmed. It might also reflect a difficulty in setting emotional boundaries, thereby allowing others' negative experiences to deeply affect your well-being. Wasting time feeling sorry for people.

Consider what body part you are experiencing pain in for additional symbolism.

Example: A girl dreamed of feeling her friend's pain in her own body. In waking life, she had been listening to her friend talk about her relationship troubles. In this case, the shared pain may have reflected her ability to understand and emotionally resonate with her friend's struggles, even to the point of feeling them as her own.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of feeling pain from acupuncture needles. In waking life, she was having relationship issues regarding saving money for the future. In this case, the pain may have reflected her feelings about enduring discomfort with her relationship and lifestyle due to the necessary financial restrictions she felt were needed to save money for the future.

Example 3: An elderly man dreamed of having pain in his shoulder after Satan grabbed it. In waking life, he was having a hard time doing what he once could. In this case, the shoulder pain may have reflected the emotional burden he carries, perhaps feelings of uselessness or frustration, associated with the aging process and the consequent loss of physical strength or ability. He may have felt emotionally hurt with experiencing himself losing his vitality while feeling it could never come back.

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Paralysis

To dream of paralysis represents feelings of being powerlessness or helplessness. Feeling stuck or unable to react to problems in a desired way. You may feel unable to respond to a person or situation that is dominating or manipulating you. Noticing that nothing you do works or helps you. You may feel unable to deal with a situation or take action to change circumstances. A dominating figure in your life that doesn't allow you to make any decisions for yourself.

Alternatively, paralysis in a dream may reflect situations that have happened so quickly that you feel unable to react rationally. Forces against you were so strong and sudden that you could do nothing about it.

Paralysis dreams can often be associated with aliens, witches, or demons usually because they reflect how unusual or terrible the paralyzing factor in your life is.

Paralysis may also link to feelings of depression or overpowering illness. Feeling emotionally paralyzed. Difficulties expressing your feelings. Feeling unable to end a relationship or speak to your boss about something. Feeling inhibited.

Example: A man dreamed of being paralyzed on his bed. In waking life his online business was failing and he felt it was impossible for him to do anything else with his life because he had an embarrassing illness that would be noticed all the time.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of leaving a mansion where everyone living in it was paralyzed. In waking life she stopped talking to her overbearing mother.

Example 3: A man dreamed of being paralyzed as he tried to enter a bridge. In waking life he was depressed about a change that was occurring.

Example 4: A man dreamed of his arm being paralyzed. In waking life he was experiencing sexual impotency and didn't like not being able to have sex whenever he wanted.

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Paramedics

To dream of paramedics represents a sense of urgency or seriousness. You may feel that a problem needs to be addressed immediately. It may also reflect feeling that a big decision has serious consequences. Desperation to restore some area of your life.

Alternatively, paramedics may reflect feelings of powerlessness to do anything in an urgent situation except allow someone else with more experience to take over. Not wanting to interfere or make things worse while someone else takes care of a problem. Excepting yourself as being less important than other people in a crisis.

Negatively, paramedics may reflect an urgent need to fix a problem that someone else doesn't think is as serious as you do. Urgently wishing to fix a bad relationship when someone else doesn't want to be involved with you.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing paramedics drive down his street and then slowly back out. In waking life he decided to shut down a failing business believing it was going to cause serious urgent financial problems for his life. He shortly realized that it wasn't as serious as he thought it was as he found a solution to pay his bills shortly after.

Example 2: A young man dreamed of seeing paramedics. In waking life he had broken up with her girlfriend and felt desperate to get the relationship back.

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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.

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Patient

To dream of a patient represents you or someone else that is focused on fixing or dealing with a problem. It may also reflect a healing process you are experiencing. Feeling too weak to deal with serious problems. Difficulty recovering emotionally from a traumatic or hurtful experience.

Negatively, dreaming about a patient may reflect feelings of thinking of yourself as victim. An area of your life that is in a perpetual state of fixing or recovery with no real visible progress.

Pepperoni

To dream of pepperoni represents feelings about an experience that's strong about deserving to think about yourself first without anyone else thinking it's a problem.

Example: A woman dreamed of shopping for a frozen pepperoni pizza to eat with her son, but couldn't find one. In waking life, her in-laws were visiting for Thanksgiving. In this case, the pepperoni on the frozen pizza that couldn't be found may have reflected her feelings about having a problem with casually deserving to think about herself and her son first having a good time without her visiting in-laws getting in the way.

Phlegm

To dream of phlegm can represent a feeling of disgust or unease towards expressing something that might be considered unpleasant or offensive to others. It can also indicate a fear of being rejected or judged for expressing your true feelings or thoughts because they they might find it unpleasant or disgusting. Fear or disgust with what you intended to express to others. Not saying anything out loud that you privately think to yourself because it might be disgust other people. Last minute realizations that it isn't easy to say out loud what you feel privately feel to other people because it might be viewed as inappropriate or embarrassing. Reversing what you intend to say in private.

Example: A young man dreamed of being ready to make a report to his classroom, but then getting a cough and needing to go to the bathroom to cough up phlegm. In waking life he was thinking about his repressed feelings and numerous possibilities of love. In this case the phlegm may have reflected his feelings of fear or disgust with what he intended to express to others.

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Phobia

To dream of having a phobia represents issues with confronting your fears. You may be allowing fear or insecurities to control your life or prevent you from trying something new.

Consider the specific phobia for additional meanings.

A fear of heights may reflect a fear of power, embarrassing yourself with power, or being in the spotlight. A fear of winning or success.

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