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Negative / Negativity Dream Meaning

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What does Negative / Negativity mean in a dream?


Dreaming about monsters and demons is very common. They may represent negative forces inside of yourself and in your life. Most of the monsters are representing your own negative characteristics...

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Negative thought forms eating away at inner harmony; limiting your growth through gossip, negativity. Change to positive orientation toward self and others.

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1- An infection (See Infection) can result in pus. In a dream, something which has gone ‘bad’ and infected what is around it, can show itself as pus. We may...

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Evil or negative impulses are often represented in dreams as things or people being dirty. In the search for spirituality we may often feel dirty or contaminated by such negativity.

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An opponent in dreams, from a spiritual perspective, is that part of us that is not co-operating in the grand scheme of things and is, therefore, introducing an element of...

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There are three double digit numbers that require special emphasis. These are the numbers eleven, twenty-two and thirty-three. They are called master numbers because they are thought to possess huge...

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Spiritually exorcism depicts a rite or ceremony deliberately designed to get rid of negativity and evil. It was specifically designed to expel evil spirits, but now has the symbolism of...

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(see Fabric, Needle)The need to repair a relationship, a system of belief, or any other situation that has somehow been allowed to disintegrate, or torn apart by negativity-.Sewing machines represent...

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They are unpleasant and symbolize danger, poverty, filth, and illness. Your unconscious mind may be bringing up unpleasant images due to a disturbance in daily life.The dream’s purpose is to...

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You are feeling pestered by nagging thoughts that are slowly draining your motivation and life force.A tick is an insect that grabs on to flesh and sucks blood for its...

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Weeds as dream symbols represent neglect. They suggest that the dreamer has not been regularly tending his physical or psychological environment. Weeds are indicative of negativity as well as growth...

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1- Dreaming of having an infection suggests that there is the possibility of us having internalised negative attitudes from other people. Depending on where in the body the infection appears,...

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Leeches are parasites that drain your energy and your resources. They are literally “blood suckers” and what they represent from your life is up to you to determine. Think about...

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According to Jung, the shadow is the repressed or unacceptable part of your own personality, so if a shadow or shadowy figure appears in your dream, this represents an aspect...

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Dreams of jungles often appear when you are pressured at work. As a more savage and untamed version of the forest, the jungle—with its creepers, wild animals and carnivorous plants—is...

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1. Domestic affairs, sometimes negative.2. News, possibly negative, is in the offing.3. Help, security and safety, usually with financial matters.

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To dream of being in this event is a feeling of not only a dramatic negative change in your life, but also to everyone around you as well as your...

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Cleansing, purification; releasing suppressed emotions, negativity.

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Emotional cleansing; clean up your act. Let all the negativity wash down the drain.

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Purification of negativity is needed immediately. Begin with the inside of yourself and work to the outside. 

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Holds within it all colour in potential. It suggests manifestation, negativity and judgement.

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Suffocation may appear in dreams when negativity is too strong for us to deal with and threatens to overwhelm us.

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Clean out your mouth; gossip, negativity. Polish up communication.See Teeth.

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Revealed in order to accentuate the positive

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1. A negative omen regarding business affairs.2. A period of emotional turmoil or physical illness has gone (to throw rub­bish away).3. Good times and success are in the offing.4. Harsh...

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Spiritually, when we are strong enough, we must ‘tempt’ negativity in some way in order to trap and ultimately control it.

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A violent act such as lynching – sentencing to death by mob rule – suggests an abrupt end to a great negativity.

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The idea of hell has a mythical and constant value in human culture.It is conceived, in the first place, as a form of “sublife” (hidden life of the dead in...

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We may be covering up, or denying, the existence of negativity.The eyes are believed to be the seat of the soul and to reflect our inner feelings.

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The wild goat conveys an idea of freedom and agility. The male goat represents sexual potency. Some people associate this animal to the devil. The latter, of course, has negative...

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Vomiting is a symbol of a discharge of negativity. We may have held on to bad feeling for so long that it has caused our spiritual system some difficulty.

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Photographs are a record of your past and mark the passage of time so if photographs of your life appear in your dream, this may represent memories, nostalgia; or perhaps...

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If you dream of an exorcism, you are releasing attachment to non-supportive energy and connection to negativity so that you can return to your divine nature.See Phoenix.

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Vampires, for most people, represent powerful and evil creatures. Dreaming about vampires suggests that the dreamer may be feeling overwhelmed in some areas of his or her life and is...

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To dream about killing is not necessarily negative. It often means the dreamer is letting go of old habits and attitudes in order to go on to a new stage...

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Dreams of tar signify stuckness or that you have allowed yourself to be pulled into an unworkable pattern. This may be a venting dream helping to give you a lift...

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Seeing or interacting with the devil in your dreams may have several different meanings and the interpretation depends on the details of the dream. However, it almost always points to...

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Dreams of mud wrestling represent that you are fighting with your shadow or grappling with your fears. This dream could reflect that you have been wallowing in your darkness, and...

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To dream of wearing snowshoes indicates your ability to cope with your insecurities and other people’s negativity.

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Material aspects: Dreaming of being alone can highlight being single, isolated or lonely. More positively, it represents the need for independence. Loneliness can be experienced as a negative state, whereas...

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Dreams of a thimble signify that you desire protection from the jabs and pokes of negativity from your inner critic

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Dreams of a vaccination reflect a desire for protection and boundaries against undesirable influence and negativity.

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To suffer defeat in a spiritual sense is to be overcome by negativity.

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Hiding from one’s true self; poor self-image. Suppression of emotions, feelings; filling up with negativity and anxiety. Also, rich and abundant, as in the fatted calf, a fat wallet, living...

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In dreams, feeling ‘low’ can suggest a sense of inferiority or humility. Often we will give way to submissive behaviour, and put ourselves in a lower position than others. Occasionally,...

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Dreams of a sneeze signify that you are releasing and rejecting negativity, removing any blockage that would appear to be in your way of your fullest and healthiest -expression.

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Dreams of a toilet symbolize that you are releasing and letting go of negativity as you flush your troubles down the drain, and become willing to start anew.

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A poison or toxin can represent actual or imagined: Mental or emotional negativity.Ill will.Threat or danger.Something seeming “off” or not quite right in your life.See Drug

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Something is robbing the self of energy, wasting the life force; often is your inability to say “no” to demands made upon your time and thought. Negativity, fear, anxiety, guilt...

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1. The surfacing of repressed anger.2. Negativity in self-image, socially awkward, adolescent discomfort.3. Personal gains, likely in silver, are in the offing.4. Worry and anxiety out of proportion to concerns...

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In dreams our attitude to personal cleanliness and our most private thoughts and actions can be shown as the bathroom or toilet.It is the place where we can let go...

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Dreams of urine signify that you are releasing negativity, non-supportive energy so that your instincts and your intuition may flow more easily in your life.See Laundry.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: When we dream of being followed we need to identify if what is following us is negative or positive.If it is negative, we need to deal...

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A hug is a very pleasant dream symbol. It suggests love and tenderness.It is also symbolic of comfort and protection.The only time that this dream symbol has negative connotations is...

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Discarded ideas, attitudes and beliefs you no longer need. Negativity, trashy thinking that needs to be eliminated. All the trips and programs to clean up, eliminate, in order to build...

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On a spiritual level, melting suggests losing form and has sometimes had connections with the overcoming of negativity and evil. This is pictured most successfully in horror movies and dream...

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Dreams of washing are about healing, detoxing, and releasing negativity, so that you may start again, fresh, cleansed and renewed. Also, this dream may be giving you the message that...

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Aspects of self you prefer not to look at; those feeding on decay or negativity. Lack of awareness; lowly opinion of self. Earth worms prepare and enrich the soil; go...

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Coughing up mucous, or seeing mucous come out of your body, is a negative dream symbol. This dream may mean that you need to put some distance between yourself and...

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Magically, a broom is a witch’s implement. In dreams, brooms and brushes can have a similar meaning in that they clear a spiritual space of negativity in preparation for changes...

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To see yourself disabled in a dream probably means that you feel as if something or someone was stealing your self confidence. However, this dream can also be due to...

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Garlic is considered a herb of magic. As a protective amulet, particularly against the evil eye, it is of significance against negativity. In chinese lore it also symbolizes luck, health...

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Protection. The white light shield of love can be used any time to deflect negativity, enable you to stay centered and balanced. Other shields, such as defense mechanisms, are only...

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Letting go of what you no longer need.Getting rid of what you consider undesirable or unwanted.The ending of a process.Expressing something outwardly, perhaps to “get it out of your system”...

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A clock on the wall may be a sign that it is time for something to happen.The time on the clock face may provide numeric significance.For example, nine o’clock may...

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Any violence or negative action in your dreams is typically a reflection of your own inner feelings.According to Jung, negative actions in dreams symbolize the shadow or dark side of...

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Both spiritually and physically, to be sinking is to be getting into a situation where we are unable to see clearly or to perceive the best course of action.For sensitives,...

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Dreams of feeling down, falling down, or descending a staircase or an elevator symbolize that you are getting down to the heart of the matter and discovering the truth of...

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Dreams of lice symbolize that you are picking up mental negativity and letting it fester in your mind.See Venting Dreams and Fleas.

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To dream that you are recycling, implies that you are removing some negativity in your life and learning how to make the best out of what you’ve got. You are...

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Vision: Dreaming about glue: you are too negative, particularly now when vou could take luck into vour own hands. You have glue on your hands: doing something that is forbidden...

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This simple and basic fruit is a powerful symbol in religious writings, literature and in dreams. It fundamentally represents knowledge and the freedom that are associated with it. With knowledge...

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Undeserving punishment of self. Lack of self-love results in need to bare one’s soul, crucify the self. To “suffer for the Lord” is tragic programming; if you expect life to...

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Dreams of smog signify overwhelm, negativity, mental clutter and/or a smokescreen to mask what is really going on in your life. This dream may be giving you the message that...

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A feeling or fear of: The results of neglecting a responsibility or a detail of self-care (such as overindulging in food and then feeling sick).The effects of negativity from someone...

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To dream that you are being injected for health reasons, suggests you need to heal your unhealthy behavior, ideas or attitudes. This is a strong sign that you need to...

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If you dream of doomsday you are venting and processing through your fears, negativity and dread. This can also symbolize that you looking for a solution while you are grappling...

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To vacuum is to clean up, remove dust and dirt. To create a vacuum within is to eliminate negativity, be ready for the new. Be sure to put in the...

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Dreaming of assistance to hearing represents a desire to hear beyond the spoken words, and read between the lines. You are grappling with your difficulty in hearing or listening to...

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Lush green growth may symbolize the need for and possibility of personal growth. A parched meadow would mean you are being deprived of psychic nourishment. What has dried you up...

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Opening up, lightening one’s burden, cleansing of emotional and mental negativity. The absolution of sins represents a recognition of attitudes and behaviors which are destructive to growth. Forgiving oneself is...

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The obvious spiritual symbols of death, loss and pain are relevant here. Equally, burial has the connotation of transmutation – an object buried may or may not be changed. In...

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Dreams of diapers symbolize protection, release of negativity and perhaps an inability to control your feelings and urges. This dream could be reflecting a place within you that is immature...

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1. Expressing or “dumping” useless or toxic feelings.2. To un­load or relieve oneself of excess responsibilities and obligations.3. Overwhelming feelings of negativity, possibly even poor self-image, shame.4. Financial success, material...

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Dreams that you are cleaning are good signs. It means you are removing some negativity in your life and overcoming major obstacles to enter a new stage in your life....

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Psychological / emotional perspective: The oyster symbolizes our ability to make use of difficulty and negativity and create a new positive focus. In dealing with an irritant we are able...

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The study of chemistry in your dream suggests an interest in the way that substances may or may not connect or interrelate with each other. Chemicals symbolize compound aspects, often...

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To hang yourself is destruction through guilt and fear; lack of verbalization, choking off energy in the throat chakra, holding too much stress and tension. Release negativity, forgive self and...

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