Toenails
To dream of toenails represents a determination of self-worth based on areas of your life that aren't easily noticed by others. Things you are proud about privately. A reflection of how valuable you know yourself to be without showing it off. Feelings about how well you respect yourself being a moral grownup that rarely needs to talk about it. Feelings about yourself never embarrassing yourself being looked at as immoral by other people. Staying the way you are is deserved. How confident or respectfully adult you feel on rare occasions when something personal is revealed about you such as income.
Toenails may symbolize self-perception about how skilled, talented, intelligent, powerful, or rich you feel yourself to be. Confidence that you don't feel the need to talk about often. Feelings about being good at something and not having to talk about it all the time. Never uncomfortable with your status or who you are because people will just see it. Nice toenails may indicate you feel confident that nobody tells you that you're stupid about your job or being financially sound. Being noticed as always paying your bills or being a moral adult if the occasion ever requires talking about it.
To dream of painting your toenails represents feeling good noticing your strengths or things you are secure about. Feeling special about why you never embarrass yourself. A strong feeling of confidence that you are too good to lower yourself in ways others do. Feeling safe no matter what you are doing. Negatively, painting your toenails may represent conceit, vanity, or feeling as though you are better than other people so much that it's all you ever think about.
To dream of having long toenails may represent neglect of your strengths. Letting yourself go. A sign that you are not as motivated or focused as you could be. It may also reflect a big distraction in your life. Not maintaining things that let you respect yourself.
To dream of cutting your toenails represents maintenance or protection of a secure aspect of your life. Making sure an area of your life that you are totally confident about stays secure. Making sure your reputation, skills, or resources are not diminished. Ensuring that others never see your flaws.
To dream of an ingrown toenail may reflect a big screw up or problem with enjoying being a grownup or having permanently successful appearances that you can't believe won't go away right away. Not feeling professional about why you have to wait for a problem to go away. Annoyance with a mistake or something mean that embarrasses you with feeling little until it goes away. Privately not liking noticing a problem in case you have to talk about it.
Example: A woman dreamed of her toenail being blackened and falling off leaving only skin. In waking life she was concerned about her 38 year old son's mental state while he continued living at home with her. In this case the broken off toenail may have reflected her feelings about losing confidence when occasionally talking about herself being a good mother to other mothers due her son current life. She may have felt like a failure of a mother that didn't look good to talk about her son to other people with if the subject should arise.
Example 2: A woman dreamed of having an ingrown toenail that was hurting bad. In waking life she lost her job and was deeply worried about losing her home. In this case the ingrown toenail may have reflected her feelings about losing her job making it impossible to make home payments while other people may have found it a rare occasion to witness her not looking her professional about paying for things.
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