Top Ten Dreams and Their Meanings Part 3 of 5
When your teeth are falling out in your dreams, this suggests a fear of aging, feeling unattractive or unappealing in some way in your waking life. This may also symbolize a fear of losing something or someone important to your emotional or material survival.
There is also a tooth fairy association, when you’re a kid and your teeth fall out the tooth fairy comes. So, when you have a dream of your teeth falling out this links this dream with money, too. There may be some references to financial concerns.
Teeth are symbols of viability or, sometimes, power. Hence, this dream may suggest that you are feeling neglected, frustrated, overlooked, or inferior in some way. There may be some basic actions that you want to take or that you should take, but you haven’t because you feel like you’re not good enough in some way. This dream is signifying that you need to believe in yourself more and that you need to be more assertive.
It is also worth noting that in Chinese tradition teeth crumbling or falling out is associated with telling lies or not being true to yourself.
Being chased in a dream is a powerful indication that you’re trying to avoid someone or something in your waking life. When you’re running away or feeling the need to hide or escape in a dream it usually carries the same meaning, even when no specific threat is known.
If the identity of the threat is known, it may offer you clues. If it remains vague, generalized, or unknown, then chances are it has an emotional source. Perhaps you’re trying to deny or hide from painful feelings, or you may be running away from a responsibility or expectation, either self-imposed or placed upon you by others. If you continue to avoid dealing with the issues, there’s a likelihood that this unsettling but common dream will continue to occur.
Such dreams can be hard to interpret since they require a considerable degree of self-understanding; using a close friend as a sounding board can often help you to uncover what this dream may be trying to tell you.