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Losing Things Dream Meaning

When this dream occurs review what are the truly “precious” and “important” things that you want to take with you and decide what you can safely let go of to allow space for new growth.

• Dreaming of losing things tends to reflect a life that is so overwhelming you’ve lost sight of what’s important to you. Your dreaming mind is left to process the personal frustrations that you haven’t dealt with because you’ve been too ‘frantic’ or anxious.

• This dream can be resolved by addressing the balance of your daily activities. [1]

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  1. The Premier in Dream Dictionary by The Premier [Back to dream]

What does Losing Things mean in a dream?


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A bag (such as a purse, backpack, or tote) can represent: Necessities, or your needs in your daily life.The amount of effort it takes to maintain yourself, your lifestyle, or...

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Material aspects: Dreaming of a thief links with our fear of losing things, or of having them taken away from us. We may be afraid of losing love or possessions.

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Vision: Losing a button: you are either really losing something or somebody is stealing from you. Sewing a button back on: things at your job are going to improve. Tearing...

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Slipping (whether or not it leads to falling) can represent: “Losing your footing” or stability during a particular process (or a fear of such).Losing a solid foundation (such as a...

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A feeling or fear of: Losing your footing or foundation (such as your beliefs, things you could always count on, or things you’ve tended to take for granted).Sudden, unexpected change.Loss,...

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Vision: Losing something: a reminder that you have missed something. Losing money: you will gain something in other areas of your life.

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(Defeat, Depression) Losing a fight in a dream means joy. Losing a fight in a dream also could mean vanquishing one’s enemy if they are compatible. Otherwise, the winner of...

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To dream of a hedgehog indicates vigilance to things that happen to you and around you. This can cause you to be defensive and hurt yourself and others. Sometimes seeing...

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Descending or going downhill could represent: A feeling of losing progress, moving backward or downward in life, or the idea of things getting worse (as in a “downward spiral”).Things getting...

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A bra, a harness for the breasts, may signify holding back or constricting your maternal tendencies. Throwing away your bra in a dream may indicate adopting a feminist attitude Losing...

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(see Body, Mouth)Hostility or an attack, such as when dream figures deliver “biting words” or “bare their teeth.”Losing teeth in a dream may reflect words said in haste, or losing...

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To dream of working at your job is frequently a sign of satisfaction and pride. But, if in the dream you are very unhappy or uncomfortable in the situation, it...

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Flying in dreams can mean an increase in self-confidence, sense of freedom, and creativity. You’re beginning to rise above your current circumstances.• You need a new perspective. Ask yourself; what...

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Decisions, management, or authority.The way you “steer” yourself through your life or “steered” yourself through a particular process in the past.Your responsibility for guiding and managing yourself in the context...

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To dream of losing a limb symbolizes losing an aspect of yourself. You may feel disconnected from an integral part of your personality.

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A dream featuring this book of words is a warning that you are in danger of losing a friend through inconsequential controversy.Try to be less contentious; it’s not worth losing...

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Since the second century people have dreamed of losing their teeth, and there are countless written accounts that substantiate this. While the ancients believed this was an omen of death,...

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The unknown.Losing your way, or feeling lost.Losing perspective, as in “can’t see the forest for the trees.” The idea of infinity, wilderness, or the great “out there.” See also: Thicket,...

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The increase or decrease in the size of things or people that appear in your dreams signals the importance that they have to you. Seeing a person reduced to invisibility...

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Vision: Looking at healthy teeth: you are struggling with a certain issue, but success is guaranteed. Teeth falling out: losses are imminent. Loose teeth: you are afraid of losing things...

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Dreaming about gold could be a reflection of concerns that you have about your most precious valuables or a reference to “alchemist’s gold” which is usually spiritual in nature.If you...

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Forgetting something can represent: A fear of failure or of losing control.A fear that you’ll forget something (perhaps because you have a lot on your mind).The importance you place on...

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Losing one’s keys and being locked out in a dream can indicate fear of losing your position in life.If another person has locked the dreamer out, then control is an...

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Vision: A woman, dreaming about an invalid means her partner is not as strong as she would like him to be, or he is about to give up on something.If...

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Dreams of marble represent lucidity and total recall of your dreams. You may be delving into previously unused aspects of yourself and actualizing your desires.If you dream of playing with...

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To see your friends in your dream, signifies aspects of your personality that have been developing and making you grow as a person.The relationships you have with those around you...

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Organizing things (such as into categories, stacks, containers, or folders) can represent: Control or organization.A logical mental process.Trying to make sense of or understand something.Prejudging or labelling people or things.Breaking...

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The shopping cart is primarily a tool for collecting those things that you are purchasing at a grocery store, and in this way it is a symbol for your ability...

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The appearance of cash or money in your dream represents those things you value in life, or perhaps your feelings of self-confidence. It can also signify, your energy, personal resources...

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Accumulating, saving, or stocking up on things can represent an actual, desired, or feared: Situation of having plenty or too much of something (such as money, possessions, or love).Shortage of...

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Vehicles are so much a part of modern life that as a symbol in a dream they can represent the ways in which your outer or social experience in the...

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String connecting or binding things together can represent: Relationships, bonds, or communication.Feeling constricted or restrained (as in “feeling tied down”).String coming unwound can represent: a situation you perceive to be...

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Vision: Wearing gloves in your dream: receiving an award. Putting on gloves: good things for your love relationship. Receiving a pair of gloves as a gift: be more polite. Losing...

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To dream of a virgin, denotes that you will have comparative luck in your speculations.For a married woman to dream that she is a virgin, foretells that she will suffer...

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A perceived physical, emotional, or mental threat in your life.The idea of an intrusion into your personal boundaries or space.The idea of piercing or breaking through (such as breaking through...

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Changing external situations, or internal response to situations; our moods and emotions.The following idioms give indications of the meaning. Idioms: sunny disposition; things don’t look so bnght; things will brighten...

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Almost everything in our world that is organic in nature emits dust as a natural part of its aging or breakdown process. We consider that all things come to dust...

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1. Tendency to magnify or distort things, making problems worse than they are—or less than they are.2. Look at something closer.3. Don’t make things bigger than they are.

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To see or hang an ornament in your dream, represents the things in your life and the things you do to make you feel good about yourself.It is also symbolic...

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