A tick is an insect that grabs on to flesh and sucks blood for its own sustenance. Blood is symbolic of passion and life force, and to lose even a little bit can represent the small ways in which annoying thoughts of negativity can slowly deplete your sense of well-being. To be infested with ticks is to recognize that the tipping point has come and your negativity is beginning to overwhelm you. [1]
If this dream is about a bloodsucker, see Leech, Vampire or Parasite. [2]
2. A feeling that someone or some certain situation is draining, “parasitic.” 3. Possible health issues, possibly heart related.
4. Anger (as in “ticked off”). [3]
2. Life-sapping parasite;
3. Hidden unclean spirit; Prov. 30:15. Leviticus 5:2. [6]