Elderly

To dream of elderly people represents experience or the wisdom to know better. Having "been there and done that." Re-experiencing a similar situation. Sound advice coming from experience. It may also reflect boredom with something you know too well.

Old women may reflect experience with supporting others or being screwed over. Old men may reflect experience asserting yourself or embarrassing others.

Alternatively, an elderly person may represent you feelings of being old.

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People

To dream of any person that you know or recognize represents a quality in yourself or an aspect of personality based on your most honest feelings, or memories of that person. People in dreams are personal symbols that are unique to all people as not everyone is going to have the same opinion about a person.

People in dreams often represent feelings about issues, problems, or people in your life that noticeably respect themselves in some manner. Interaction with issues that can react or have a "mind of their own." Respecting feelings being important in some manner. Potential volitility with interacting with someone or something in waking life. Concerns with people or issues in your life "talking back to you."

An aspect of yourself that respects itself in a specific way based on the feelings about their appearance. Ask yourself how does the appearance of the person you are dreaming about feel to you specifically (face, body, race, attractiveness, personality, gender, sexual orientation, breeding) and how do you respect it respecting itself? Do you fear a reaction from it or respect its appearance?

In order to know for sure what a person means to you, you need to spend time thinking about what memories or feelings stand out the most about them.

Friends in dreams may also represent your current projection of that person based on a current situation in your life.

To dream of people that you never seen before represents thoughts, feelings, or situations that you've never experienced before. They may also reflect hidden or repressed aspects of yourself. Ask yourself what their facial features or clothing makes you feel.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing an old childhood friend who always made him care too much about getting approval. In waking life he was having issues where he felt he was caring too much about what other people thought.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of seeing a girl named Ruth who toke over her job when she went on maternity leave at her first job. In waking life he was pregnant a second time and was having anxiety about having to go on maternity leave.

Example 3: A man dreamed of seeing a very beautiful female doctor whose face and gestures towards him made him fear making her getting her angry. In waking life the man was concerned with not pissing off someone who was paying his health bills.

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Pet Food

To dream of pet food represents thoughts or feelings about your ability to nourish or sustain something that brings you comfort, joy, or emotional support. Your understanding of what is needed to keep a certain aspect of your life 'fed,' encouraged, in balance, or well-taken care of. Pets are often symbolic of emotional or relational needs and the food may represent the emotional or psychological sustenance needed to maintain these relationships or aspects of yourself.

Positively, dreaming about pet food could symbolize a responsible attitude toward emotional needs or interpersonal relationships. You are aware of what needs to be done to nurture something or someone valuable to you. It may also signify that you are in a nurturing phase of life, giving attention and care to those who depend on you, including aspects of your own emotional well-being.

Negatively, dreaming about pet food may point to an emotional issue that is being exacerbated. Wasting your time saying you like something about your life in order to feel better about yourself. Wasting your time feeling good caring about someone ignorant or undeserving of that care in order to feel better about yourself. Feeling burdened or overwhelmed by the responsibilities of caring for someone else or keeping an aspect of your life balanced. You might feel like you are not up to the task, or perhaps that you're 'feeding' something that is not good for you, such as a bad habit or a toxic relationship.

To dream of cat food represents feelings about nourishing, sustaining, encouraging, or "feeding" illusions of confidence about something that isn't as tough as it says it is.

To dream of dog food represents feelings about nourishing, sustaining, encouraging, or "feeding" behavior that is emotionally protective. Encouraging emotional self-defense. Encouraging a loss of self-control over instincts and urges.

Example: A woman dreamed of buying herself a cat and always forgetting to feed it to the point of looking so skinny that she began to worry about it. In waking life, she was an unemployed stay-at-home mom experiencing relationship troubles. In this case, the neglected cat food may have reflected her feelings about forgetting to encourage herself to look for a job after telling her boyfriend she would because getting a job scares her that she'd have to stop taking care of her child herself and reenter the workforce after an extended period as a stay-at-home mom.

Refer to the themes section for animals for a more in depth look at animal symbolism.

Rapper

To dream of a rapper or rap musician represents an aspect of yourself that likes to feel good arrogantly showing off. You or someone else that likes to brag or show off to others about what you have or how much more important you are. It may also reflect a person in your life that scares you that all their priorities are based on showing off.

Dreaming about rappers may also reflect competitive conflict that involved threats or arrogant displays of grandeur to embarrass opponents. An arrogant cold attitude that belittles competition every chance it gets. Feeling good bragging in public about being better than other people.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing a rap star that loaned him money. In waking life he felt that a friend who had done him a favor only did it because he was looking forward to using him later on to show off to other people.

Example 2: A man dreamed of seeing angry rap stars yelling at him. In waking life he was running a very competitive business that required showing off and bragging in public to embarrass the competition that he was superior than they were.