Bedroom
To dream of a bedroom represents private thoughts, or issues that you don't feel comfortable discussing with other people. It's often pointing to sexual issues, personal problems, or things you find embarrassing. Relationship issues.
To dream of your bedroom door opening may represent a willingness to discuss to deal with private issues. A bedroom door closing may represent you decision to keep certain issues private or no longer discuss something openly.
To dream of looking out your bedroom window represents your perception of the future on personal or private matters. What's coming later in regards to your relationships or secrets.
To dream of cleaning your bedroom may represent your choice to be more conservative or objective about a personal or private matter. Alternatively, it may reflect how you are getting your personal or private matters in order. You may have been overwhelmed by a personal problem.
Example: A man dreamed of seeing the ceiling and walls in his bedroom cracking. He feared the ceiling falling on him. In waking life he had recently broke up with a long time partner and feared never being good enough to fall in love like that again. In this case the bedroom may have reflected a private and intimate aspect of the dreamer's life or self. The cracking ceiling and walls may symbolize the dreamer's fear of the instability and uncertainty of his emotional and personal life following the breakup.
Example 2: A young boy dreamed of seeing his cat staring at him like it was evil on the foot of his bed. In waking life he didn't like having to put up with the cat attacking him and felt that the cat was mean . He may have had issues with keeping the cats assaults to himself or privately choosing to not tell his parents about the cat's behavior.
Example 3: A man dreamed of being in his bedroom sitting down looking towards the bedroom door. Suddenly, a former friend he didn't like came into the bedroom and he started insulting the former friend until the former friend left uncomfortably. In waking life, the dreamer had privately held negative thoughts about the former friend but had not expressed them until an opportunity arose where he could perfectly express his lack of respect to the former friend without being seen or heard by others. The bedroom in this case represents the dreamer's private thoughts and feelings about the former friend that had not been revealed to others yet.
Example 4: A man dreamed of his parents invading his bedroom. In waking life he had revealed very personal secrets to his family and his parents found out. In this case the bedroom with the parents invading may have reflected a feeling of invasion of privacy and personal space by the dreamer's parents.
Beds
To dream of a bed represents an issue you are not interesting in doing anything about. Situations you have chosen to accept, live with, or do nothing about. Making the choice to metaphorically "sleep on it."
Sitting on a bed may be a sign that you are thinking about taking action with a situation you have accepted for too long. It may also reflect hesitance or fear of standing up to a problem.
To dream of an unmade bed may reflect indecision or unfinished progress. A made bed may reflect a final decision or a conclusion to an issue you've done something about. Feeling content that nothing else needs to be done with an issue.
To get out of bed symbolizes an effort to fix a problem, or make a change.
If you are waking up in a different and/or unknown bed it may reflect a new awareness of yourself. It could also reflect motivation to deal with issues in ways you've never thought of before.
If you find yourself sitting in someone else's bed then it represents inaction, or acceptance of an issue through a perspective based on whatever qualities stand out the most about that person.
Having sex in a bed symbolizes a positive or enjoyable experience you are having and don't want to change.
To dream of being forced onto a bed or feeling held down on a bed may reflect feelings about wanting to a make a change in your life, but feeling that something stops you.
To dream of two people in bed together without sex symbolizes two aspects of your personality that are inactive or not doing anything about an issue. Ask yourself what qualities or feelings about the people stand out the most and how those qualities may apply to waking life situations where you are comfortable keeping a situation as it is or feel comfortable not doing anything about a problem.
To dream of having no bed represents feelings about lacking an ability to keep a situation secure or stable. No way to rest on an issue or permanently be at ease.
Example: A young boy dreamed of pushed down on his bed and being unable to breathe. In waking life he felt forced to experience his father being abusive to his father with no way to stop it. He felt powerless to speak up and forced to accept the abusive situation.
Example 2: A man dreamed of seeing a girl he knew sitting on a bed. In waking life he felt that the girl was unintelligent and could never leave home while the girl's parents never choose to responsibility encourage her to grown up. The bed in this case may have reflected his feelings about how the girl was choosing to waste her life accepting herself living at home.
Example 3: A woman dreamed of being afraid as she was stuck to her bed unable to get off her bed. In waking life she was unable to find a new job and feared that she would be stuck living at home for the rest of her life.
Example 4: A woman dreamed of sitting in bed with a strange woman sitting between her and her husband. In waking life she was aware of a problem she had accepted as never being confronted and hadn't made enough effort to deal with.
Example 5: A woman dreamed of herself and others in bed and then suddenly being shot to death by someone. In waking life she was very worried about hurricane preparation not being completed by other people while a hurricane was forming.
Example 6: A young woman dreamed of being in a bedroom with two single beds, which seemed strange to her. In waking life, she was experiencing her boyfriend of four years being unusually upset with her, and she suspected he might be considering leaving her. The two single beds may have represented her feelings about both her and her boyfriend feeling separated in their personal and sex lives, and having to accept it that way.
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Blinds
To dream of seeing blinds represents discretion being used in revealing information or the truth. Choosing how much you want others knowing. You or someone else that is controlling what others are allowed to notice.
Negatively, blinds may represent insecurity or jealousy about letting others notice your flaws or weaknesses. Only letting other people notice the good stuff.
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Boutiques
To dream of a boutique represents feelings about personal choices related to your identity that are protective of feelings of exclusivity, quality, uniqueness, refinement, and individuality. Feelings about high-quality special options or choices that other people don't have. Feelings about owning something that is out of reach for most people. Choices that make you look good being original or exclusive about respecting yourself. Your thoughts about the value of uniqueness, personal expression, and the careful selection of what you incorporate into your life. The importance you place on personal style, selective tastes, or the pursuit of distinct experiences. Your thoughts about the importance of standing out from the crowd and expressing your distinct identity. A desire for personalized experiences tailored to your specific tastes and preferences. Your desire to treat yourself or others with special care and attention. Struggling to find a balance between your desire to be unique and your desire to conform to societal expectations.
Positively, dreaming about a boutique may represent your appreciation for high-quality options and the value you place on maintaining a sense of individuality. It reflects your conscious choice to honor your distinct identity and adhere to selective tastes, making you feel special and refined. You may take pride in the exclusivity of your choices and the unique path you've chosen in life.
Negatively, dreaming about a boutique may represent feelings of being overly selective or exclusive to the point that it doesn't help you. A resistance to mainstream or mass-produced ideas, choices, or experiences. You may be struggling with a desire to distance yourself from common or ordinary things, possibly leading to isolation or elitism. Feelings about spending too much money. A tendency to make impulsive or extravagant purchases. A need to find a balance between your desire for luxury and her financial reality.
Alternatively, dreams about a boutique may reflect feelings about paying too much for clothing and regretting it afterward.
Boutique symbolism may be common to people having or attending a wedding.
Example: A woman dreamed of trying to dissuade her friend from trying to set up a boutique in New York. She felt that the boutique wouldn't survive the economy if she stuck with her plan to sell brownies and baked goods. In waking life, she was very focused on buying a wedding dress, her baby, and shopping the day after Valentine's Day. In this case, the boutique may have reflected her concerns about her wedding plans being too expensive for her guests to afford attending with current economic conditions.
Example 2: A woman dreamed of ordering a shirt from a boutique whose owner she knew in real life. The store sent her $1000 in clothes that she didn't really want. In waking life, she did order a shirt from a friend who owned a clothing store and felt that the purchase was a little bit expensive. In this case, the dream may be more literal as it mirrors her waking life regret of spending too much money at her friend's store.
Example 3: A woman dreamed of trying on a wedding dress in a boutique. In waking life, she was discussing changing her last name with her boyfriend. She felt that changing her last name would be a great way to leave everything behind associated with her last name and past behind. In this case, the boutique may have reflected her desire for a fresh start and a new identity with a sense of relationship exclusivity using her boyfriend's last name. She was playing with the idea of taking her boyfriend's last name like it an exclusive personal choice that only getting married could provide.
Example 4: A woman dreamed of shopping at a boutique and purchasing a pair of boots. After she bought them she wasn't sure how much they cost and found out that they cost $900. In waking life, she had spent too much money on her budget for the month. In this case, the boutique may have reflected the woman's recognition of overindulging in impulsive or extravagant purchases, and the high cost of the boots could represent the financial consequences of these behaviors.
Bricks
To dream of bricks represents solidarity or endurance with the basic building blocks or fundamental components of a situation, relationship, or project. The core elements of a problem or solution, and the sense of stability, strength, resilience, and permanence that these components offer. Feelings about something being meant to last. The groundwork or foundational aspects of a permanent outlook on life.
Negatively, dreaming about bricks could represent feelings of burden, pressure, or the weight of responsibilities. Feeling stuck, hindered, or limited by foundational issues or structural problems. Perhaps you feel overwhelmed by the magnitude of the task at hand or the painstaking effort required to build or break down something substantial.
To dream of a brick house represents a perspective on a situation that is secure, unwavering, or confident. A perspective about a situation being solid, dependable, and resistant to change. A state of mind or a situation in your waking life that is established and unlikely to change, which can be either comforting or stifling depending on the context. An outlook on life that is secure in why it can't be canceled easily. A sense of security, protection, and resilience. A state of affairs that you perceive to be firmly established, reliable, and difficult to tear down. Family life security that is unwavering. Negatively, a brick house may represent a mindset that is too fixed or stubborn, resisting necessary change or adaptation.
To dream of a brick wall represents feelings about encountering a seemingly insurmountable obstacle or barrier. Your perception of a challenge or difficulty that seems hard to overcome or resistant to change. Barriers or restrictions in your path that prevent you from moving forward or achieving your goals. Feeling that there is nothing else left to do except stop. A secure, unwavering, or confident obstacle that isn't allowing you to continue. People, a force, or rules that solidly stand against you. A warning symbol for a major change is coming up in your life and you don't see it.
Negatively, dreaming about a brick wall could represent feelings of frustration, impasse, or limitation. It might symbolize a sense of helplessness or defeat in the face of an immovable obstacle. Perhaps you feel stuck, blocked, or thwarted in your efforts to progress in some aspect of your waking life. It might also signify rigid or unyielding boundaries, possibly indicating a relationship or situation that feels confining or restrictive. Feelings about some part of your life that absolutely must stop or you will experience "pain" or serious consequences. Feelings about not doing anything else for the rest of your life with the way you are because you have no choice other than to change.
Example: A woman dreamed of a truck carrying a load of bricks that was beginning to spill the bricks. In waking life, she was having trouble paying her mortgage. In this case, the bricks falling off the truck may have reflected her feelings about the foundational stability and security of her home life starting to crumble or become unstable due to her financial difficulties. She may have felt that every last dollar counts in order to pay her mortgage where each brick lost represents money lost that could have been used towards the security of her mortgage being completely paid off.
Example 2: A man dreamed of standing in front of a white brick wall. In waking life, he confronted the first day of the most powerful spiritual challenge of his life. In this case, the white brick wall may have reflected his feelings about the magnitude of the challenge that wouldn't let him progress without it. It was a call to absolute honesty and integrity because he had to change all his bad habits for the rest of his life without exception.
Example 3: A woman dreamed of seeing a teenage girl outside a brick home before being hit by a truck. In waking life, the woman was frustrated with her teenage daughter choosing to move out. In this case, the daughter being outside a brick home may have reflected her feelings about her daughter's decision to leave home unintelligently giving up unwavering family security.
Bugs
Bugs and insects in dreams are almost always hinting at people or situations that really annoy you. Irritations. Situations that annoy you that you have to put up with them. The dominant characteristics of the bugs in your dream are usually reflect what type of situation or behavior that annoys you.
Dreams with bugs or insects infesting the home commonly appear when a person has physical health issues. Waking state aggravation or infection. If the dreams are recurring it may be a sign that you should get a checkup or see a doctor.
Bugs dreams can point to health problems, people doing irritating things near you, inconsiderate remarks, or bad memories.
Example: A woman dreamed of her home being overrun by bugs. In waking life she had been diagnosed with fibromylagia. The bugs reflected her constant state of annoyance with being unable to do anything she wanted because we always always so tired or depressed.
Example 2: A woman dreamed of being stung by a black bug. In waking life she had some annoying pain in her hand after having recovered from a serious injury.
Example 3: A woman dreamed of having bugs crawling on her. In waking life she was experiencing a lot of annoyances related to living with her pregnancy.
Example 4: A woman dreamed of bugs being all over her mother-in-law's floor. In waking life she was experiencing repeat situations with her mother-in-law saying things to her that she found annoying.
Refer to the themes section for bugs for a more in depth look at bug symbolism.
Building
To dream of a building represents a perspective on a situation. How you view a situation. Consider the purpose or design of the building for further meaning.
The levels of the floors of the building may use dream numerology to reflect your mental state or intentions. For example, a 5th floor may reflect situations where change is occurring and the 9th floor may reflect an ending of some kind. Higher floors may represent higher levels of understanding and lower floors may reflect lower levels of understanding, stress, or fear.
To dream of jumping off a building represents a choice being made in waking life to never think in a certain way ever again. Purposely abandoning a view or idea.
To dream of falling off a building represents mistakes or accidents that have forced you to change the way you think or look at a situation. Losing control. An unstoppable reduced sense of achievement or consciousness.
To dream of a building that is damaged or in ruins represents an outlook or perspective on a situation that isn't as strong or confident as it used to be. Significant changes may be occurring in your life. Feeling that you can never go back to your old ways. It may also reflect damage to your confidence or self-image. Feelings that change is necessary.
To dream of a building collapsing represents feeling that a situation in your life is coming to an end on it's own. A situation is "falling apart." An unstoppable loss. It may also reflect feelings about the ending of a situation being inevitable. Shocking disappointment.
Example: A man dreamed of being driven up the side of a building. In waking life he was in therapy and was being made to discuss a problematic outlook on life he had.
Example 2: A woman dreamed of being in a building that was collapsing. In waking life she had a terrible altercation with a family member that made her feel like all of her family life was impossibly ruined.
Example 3: A woman dreamed of seeing an incomplete building. In waking life she felt she never had enough money to complete her goals in life.
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Bunk Beds
To dream of bunk beds represents inaction on an issue from multiple perspectives or having more than one reason not to change how you think. It may also mean that you have two issues that you are simultaneously avoiding changing.
Alternatively, bunk beds may reflect you and someone else that are both unwilling to change. Facing a similar issue as someone else at the same time. Negatively, it may reflect shared fears, guilt, jealousy, or laziness.
Bunker
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Butcher Shop
To dream of a butcher shop represents an option for coldness, brutality, or insensitivity that isn't personal about a role making tough decisions for other people to help them sustain strength and confidence by cutting out things that are unnecessary or making larger problems smaller. Thoughts or feelings about talking to someone in your life who doesn't have a problem dealing with facing harsh realities, making tough decisions, or cutting away excess and unnecessary elements from your life. The need to make tough decisions for other people (or made for you) that need to be decisive, practical, and unafraid of the consequences of your actions. Feelings about emotional detachment or the need to detach emotionally to make objective decisions. Consideration of the ethical and moral implications of tough impersonal decisions. Feelings about an authority figure (or being one) who makes tough impersonal decisions on behalf of others.
Negatively, dreaming about a butcher shop could represent feelings of being overwhelmed by harsh realities or the brutality of making tough decisions for other people in a manner that isn't personal. Feelings about someone else making tough or impersonal decisions for you when you don't want them to.
Example: A woman dreamed of being in a restaurant while involuntarily dating the serial killer Ted Bundy who took women into a back room that looked like a butcher shop to kill them. In waking life, her business only had 1 customer who was making professional cuts to his business expenses to manage his annual budget. In this case, the back of the restaurant feeling like a butcher shop may have reflected the cold, impersonal, calculated nature of the business expense cuts the customer was making to his own business which directly impacted her business.
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Cabin
To dream of a wood cabin represents a wish to be alone or to do something by yourself. You may need your privacy or don't feel like talking to anybody.
Example: A woman dreamed being inside a cabin. In waking life they were spending a lot of time alone writing a book.
Example 2: A man dreamed of driving out to a cabin and being offered drugs before deciding to leave to avoid doing the drugs. In waking life the man a recovered drug addict in school to be a drug counselor. He was feeling temptation to abandon school and do drugs again, but decided to return to school. The cabin reflected his wish to be alone and do drugs.
Example 3: A woman dreamed of being in a cabin. In waking life she had taken time off work to be pregnant at home.
Castle
To dream of a castle represents a perspective or outlook on a situation being aware of itself as being safe having the most authority, power, influence, control, and special treatment about being listened to. Feeling about yourself or other people believing that they are the most important person in a situation or the center of attention. You can always have your way, people listen to you the most, or you have a lot of control.
Negatively, dreaming of a castle may represent a perspective or outlook on a situation that overdoes being aware of itself as being safe having the most authority, power, influence, control, and special treatment about being listened to. Monopolizing all the power or attention. Demanding "royal treatment." Believing yourself to be too important to listen to other people's concerns or ideas. Scaring other people with total authority, control, influence, or requiring special treatment. Corruption with total power because it doesn't have to listen. Thinking that being better than other people is your job. Being too defensive. Isolating yourself with power. A false or naive perception of yourself as being too powerful or resourceful. Strong interior barriers. Being too introverted while being controlling about anyone being allowed to talk to you. Anxiety about someone else having to be totally respected. A fear of upsetting a customer.
Example: A woman dreamed of being in a castle. In waking life, she was recovering in the hospital and felt that all her friends and family were giving her "royal treatment" while she recovered. In this case, the castle may have reflected her feelings about her perspective on her life situation being protected and cared for in a special way, as though she were in a secure, elevated position where her needs were attended to by others.
Example 2: A man dreamed of being inside someone else's castle. In waking life, he was annoyed by family members whom he thought were too controlling and domineering. In this case, the castle may have reflected her perspective on her life situation as perceiving her family members' sense of power, dominance, and control over him, as if they were imposing their "rules" in their own domain.
Example 3: A young girl dreamed of being led out of a castle by a friend. In waking life, the dreamer realized that she was too introverted and defensive about it. A friend helped to tone down her defensive nature. In this case, the castle may have reflected her perspective on her life situation being isolated with the controlling authority to remain introverted and never need to speak to people if she didn't want to because she was aware of people fearing her getting angry.
Example 4: A wealthy woman dreamed of being imprisoned inside a castle. Shortly after the dream occurred she contracted the "sleeping sickness" and her entire life was ruined. In this case, the castle may have reflected her feelings about herself being trapped with her illness with perspective on her life situation that felt authority over everyone in the hospital needing to work for her as her illness progressed.
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Ceiling
To dream of a ceiling represents your feelings about a limitation you have in attaining a goal, insight, or achievement. "How high the bar has been set." Higher ceilings may reflect a sense of limitations being distant or that there is a lot that can be done. Lower ceilings may reflect awareness of limitations being clear and present.
Positively, a ceiling may reflect how comfortable you feel experiencing a situation where nothing can stop you or that clear limits have been established.
Negatively, a ceiling may represent feelings that you can't progress any further.
To dream of being on the ceiling and looking down at yourself symbolizes feelings of having reached a limit psychologically or spiritually. You may be aware of yourself being unable to improve yourself in some way.
To dream of a crack in the ceiling represents discomfort that a secure boundary is not as secure as you thought. Positively, it may reflect a new opportunity to make progress that is slowly revealing itself
To dream of a ceiling falling down or caving in represents feelings that an entire situation must change. Inevitable or unstoppable change.
To dream of water dripping from the ceiling represents feelings of uncertainty or anxiety about the future. Feelings that a problem in your life is slowly getting worse and can't be avoided any longer. It may also reflect an unpleasant truth or inevitability slowly surfacing.
To dream of a ceiling getting lower represents feelings about limitations getting worse or being closed off in some manner.
Cellar
To dream of a storage cellar represents ideas or situations that you are saving for a special occasion or moment.
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Chimney
To dream of a chimney represents feeling good or enjoying yourself without having to notice problems. A situation where all that you don't like is easily dealt with. Pleasure, entertainment, or enjoying one's self "without a hitch." Not bothering yourself with the hassles of maintenance or upkeep. Comfort knowing that what you like is always working.
A chimney may also reflect enjoying power that is unchallenged or never embarrassed. Never caring about what you don't like at all.
Alternatively, a chimney may reflect you or someone else being viewed by others as comfortable with power. The projection of your dignity and status to others.
Negatively, a chimney may reflect enemies you feel "have it all" or feel good knowing they can't be stopped.
To dream of a blocked chimney represents delays or problems that keep ruining your ability to enjoy yourself. You can't sit back and relax. The inability to effortlessly notice yourself with respect, power, or dignity.