Summary: Dreams represent more than just random fragments strung together from our waking lives. At least we’d like to think they mean more. Searching for the significance behind our dreams has led many of us to buy overpriced dream dictionaries, hunt down online interpretations and even venture into the dreaded troll underworld known as “Yahoo Answers”. The more daring among us may even check out the father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud. According to Freud, dreams are fundamentally about wish-fulfillment and are often sexual in some way. With that in mind, we’re betting that dream you had about riding a giant banana through the Lincoln Tunnel takes on a whole new meaning. Freud would have had a field day with this one. Anyway, we here at Weirdworm have decided to take a look at twelve of your most common dreams. We’ll be offering different explanations as to what they may represent. Because dreams are particularly open to interpretation we decided to go with a traditional analysis as well as a unique view on the subject. For the latter we chose to ask someone who knows “a little bit about everything”, our very own – “Frankie the Maintenance Guy”. He’s our office’s janitorial warrior. Frankie is always around to clean up anything from the smallest spill to the ridiculous amounts of dried raccoon feces stuck to the ceiling of our boardroom. This is how Frankie looks on a good day. Frankie hit a lotto number back in 1978 thanks to a dream he had which involved the scoreboard of a Yankees game (he won $50.00 bucks). We’ll be referring to Frankie’s take on the subject as our “in-house expert opinion”. Let’s get started… 12. Teeth Falling Out THE DREAM: These notoriously common dreams tend to involve the horrible discovery that your teeth have suddenly become rotten, loose or worse…they are completely falling out your mouth. These dreams usually leave you extremely distressed. THE TRADITIONAL MEANING: Face it, we are a vain species. Many of us spend more time in the morning primping ourselves in the mirror than we do worrying about getting to school or work on time. Appropriately so, many consider dreams of this sort to signify our fear of being found unattractive. However, at a deeper level these dreams also suggest a profound fear of shame or a loss of power in real life. FRANKIE’S TAKE: FTMG: “I dreamt my teeth were falling out all throughout my teenage years and sure enough, by the time I hit 20 they were pretty much all gone. These dreams are an omen of things to come. Enjoy being pretty while you still can… the shows over for you.” 11. Being Late or Unprepared THE DREAM: Dreams of this nature may involve you showing up late to an important meeting or social get together. Often you will be totally unprepared. Whether you are still in school or haven’t been a student since the stone-age similar dreams may involve you being in school anyway and failing a test or showing up late to class. THE TRADITIONAL MEANING: This one is fairly straight forward. Both school and career settings can be representative of change. In that context, dreams of this sort may signify that you are feeling tested in your waking life by some change which you feel unable to handle. FRANKIE’S TAKE: FTMG: “Can’t say I ever had a dream like this before. I’ve never much cared about being anywhere on time though. The way I see it the world is on my clock. If I don’t feel like cleaning the trash cans before 9am and you have some issue with that, then take it up with someone who gives a flying f***.” 10. Using the Restroom in Public THE DREAM: Dreams of this sort are often accompanied with feelings of anxiousness. Basically the dream will involve an agonizing search for a bathroom and possibly lead to you doing “your business” in a public setting. THE TRADITIONAL MEANING: According to many dream analysts, dreaming that you are using the restroom in public can hint at your desire to release something in your life that has served its purpose and need[...]
