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What does it mean to feel vulnerable in a dream? | dream interpretation

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Feel Vulnerable

Falling is a very common dream metaphor and it reflects in our general language. We fall in and out of love, we fall in and out with people, and we...

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If you are attending an audition in your dream, this could refer to feelings of insecurity about expressing yourself in waking life. You may also feel as if you are...

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General Meaning: Your belly button is proof of your heritage and it is also a place of weakness.• Out of the entire belly this is a vulnerable spot and it...

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If you have a dream in which nakedness features strongly, or if you dream of appearing underdressed in public, ask yourself if you want others to see you as you...

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You may have a dream in which you are a child again and are being left at school, in a shop, in the street or park by your mother and...

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Carrying an umbrella in your dreams indicates that you feel vulnerable and in need of protection. This is doubly so if you have an open umbrella.See also Parasol.

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Dreams of glass symbolize that you are feeling fragile, vulnerable, breakable, and transparent. Glass can also represent clarity or distortion of perception. Consider the feeling tone of this dream.If the...

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Dreams of being rescued are a cry for help. This is a sign that you are looking for a hero or are looking to be a hero. This dream could...

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A warning to use wisdom and discernment

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Attack or aggression.Strength.Tenacity.Acting with stealth or anonymity.The unknown.The subconscious mind or something within it.The idea of something “suddenly coming out of nowhere,” or your ability to react to unpredictable events.A...

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Freedom, or a desire for it.Feeling casual or comfortable.Being open and honest with others.Feeling exposed, vulnerable, or unprotected or choosing to be vulnerable with others.Going without or feeling deprived.Being inappropriate...

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To dream that your eyelashes are growing means good health and fortune will be with you.If you dream of trimming or pulling out your eyelashes, you are experiencing a loss...

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Psychological / emotional perspective: When we feel exposed in dreams it suggests that we have been made emotionally vulnerable, that the defences we put up have been stripped away.To expose...

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Dreams of an umbilical chord represent your connection to your mother. This dream is revealing that your most vulnerable, infantile self needs to feel connected to a nurturing, higher, and...

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In their positive aspect, spiders represent the feminine capacity for creating something beautiful that has not existed before. Spider energy is also connected with patience and success through skill. On...

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Dreams of a porcupine represent your egoic defense mechanisms kicking in to protect the aspects of you that feel the most vulnerable, weak or fragile. Your dream may be giving...

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Should you find yourself visiting, observing, holidaying or living in a foreign country in your dreams, your dream is placing the spotlight on attitudes and emotional climates that are different...

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Dreams of being naked in public symbolize being afraid of being seen for who you really are. They also suggest worry about being vulnerable to others.To see a naked person...

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The act of undressing is about exposure and vulnerability. This can be either terrifying or erotic, or somewhere in between. No matter what the circumstances or sensations around undressing or...

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Dreams in which you are inappropriately dressed or underdressed when everyone else is appropriately dressed for the occasion are classic metaphors for feelings of frustration and uncertainty in your waking...

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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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To dream that you are being assaulted by someone suggests that you are feeling stressed, vulnerable and helpless, or facing difficult changes in your real life.If you dream that you...

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1- Dreaming of having to put an animal into quarantine signifies our inability lo look after a vulnerable part of ourselves or others. It may also indicate our awareness of...

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Often when we are ready for a new relationship, or have begun a new relationship we dream about our exes. This causes many people distress as, even though it is...

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Dreams of leaves symbolize the graceful, vulnerable and flowing part of you that demonstrates your dance with the winds of change. Leaves also represent abundance, money and that you feel...

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The general ‘self’ we use in public; we might be shy in public but very warm with a single friend. Overcoat: usually protectiveness, not giving any secrets away, not showing...

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Possible meanings You dream you are in a public place when you suddenly realize you are naked. Although many people feel shame, embarrassment or horror in the dream, others are...

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(1) The feelings associated in the dream with the clothes you are wearing may indicate what your feelings are towards yourself, especially in relation to the image you present to...

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Dropping the facade, attitudes or feelings we may mask our real emotions with in everyday life—a child may scream if someone it dislikes gets near it, but an adult will...

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If you dream that you attack someone, your ill-mood and temper may cause harm to another. You feel that you have been wronged in real life.To dream that you are...

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Many people feel anxious about visiting a doctor or a dentist, so when these symbols emerge in your dreams they may be urging you to overcome your fears and bravely...

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Vulnerable because of inability to perceive

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All clothing represents our self-expression on some level. Additionally, clothing can be thought of as protection against the elements. Both of these concepts are reflected in the symbolic meaning of...

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Any religious organization which becomes self-serving, followed by the vulnerable

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1. Timid.2. Industrious.3. Vulnerable to harm.

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Cutting holes through something makes it vulnerable

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Just as water symbolizes the emotional life in general, ice and icebergs in dreams represent frozen emotions. Only when the ice melts can water flow.If you are falling through ice...

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This suggests the part of ourselves that is strong but, at the same time, vulnerable.

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A temporary seat, leaving one vulnerable, if backless

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To dream that you feel guilty about something, relates to how you are handling your successes and failures in life. You may feel undeserving of your achievements, or on the...

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The childlike, dependent, vulnerable part of self; inno­cence; Christ.

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Lacking in total protection, leaving one’s steps in life vulnerable

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Something that is small (perhaps smaller than you would expect) can represent: Something you feel lacks power, strength, importance, or effectiveness.Something you perceive as vulnerable or overlooked.Something that seems “under...

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Example: ‘Some three years ago I had constant dreams with my mother. We were nearly always in some son of argu­ment or fight’ (Maijorie B). Usually, as in the example,...

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This is another common dream based on fear and anxiety. If you find yourself being chased by something or someone, whether known to you or not, then you are probably...

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Feeling of hurt and being injured, vulnerable and weak. Often a reference to old injuries that want to be healed.

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To dream that you feel shame over something, relates to how you are handling your successes and failures in life. You may feel undeserving of your achievements, or on the...

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Material aspects: To dream of a leper suggests that we are aware of some aspect of ourselves that we feel to be unclean. We feel that we have been rejected...

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Dreams of a questionnaire represent your inquisitive nature.If you feel confident about the questionnaire, then you are sure of yourself and feel that there is nothing to hide.If you feel...

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Dreams of being lost in a forest or group of trees tend to occur during those times when we feel lost, confused or vulnerable and are trying to find certainty....

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General Meaning: Hair is a good picture of the image we present to the world.It is amazing how much a person’s looks change simply by changing their hair.Dreams Positive:To dream...

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1. Evidence of occult involvement in own life;2. Generational sin; sin of spouse or lover (and you are vulnerable to attack thru legal ground) Lev. 18:22

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Associated with old age, the elm also represents the need for caution, responsibility and endurance. Elm was almost wiped out by Dutch elm disease in Britain at the end of...

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1- When we find ourselves under an obligation to one of our dream characters we are being reminded of our innate sense of clutv. We mav feel that we have...

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Those who don’t “cover their ass” show how vulnerable they are. Or they don’t have to hide their disadvantage, such as “The Fool” in early Tarot decks. According to Freud,...

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Available to insight and awareness; something we can ‘see through’—therefore suggesting gaining discern­ment; may also show us feeling vulnerable because others can see parts of our nature usually hidden, or...

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In some instances, these can indicate the state of your finances; so bare floorboards, for example, would indicate hardship. Alternatively, do you feel as if you are being walked on...

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Material aspects: As nowadays many workplaces use electronic passes to gain entry, to forget a pass might denote a lack of interest in what we are doing or that if...

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Dreams of a cane symbolize support during a vulnerable time and/or the need for someone or something to lean on.See Railing.

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An embryo can represent the most vulnerable part of ourselves, the “inner child.” (Also see Baby, Miscarriage, Pregnant.)

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One stripped of their protective spiritual covering and rights, left bare and vulnerable; see “tree”

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Masculine child part of self; growing masculine qualities within. Physical, outer expression which is open and vulnerable.

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1. Susceptibility;2. Fear of upset (walking on eggshells);3. Proceed cautiously;4. Vulnerable;5. Empty promises. Prov. 23:7-8.

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1. Revealing a very personal, vulnerable side of self.2. A feeling of not being prepared for life, activities or business affairs (to be in a nightgown in public).

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Cities in dreams generally represent our communities and our relationship to them. People and opportunities tend to congregate around cities.• Look at your relationship with your immediate community are you...

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1. Realizing that one could be hurt by ongoing or future lifestyle or situation.2. Need to heal old wounds or correct thoughts.3. Thoughts of being vulnerable or cautious.

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Dreams of a submarine signify wisdom and mastery in the waters of your deepest, most vulnerable feelings. You are on the defensive and may be preparing for an emotional attack.

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The things in self, or in the world, which we feel frightened of, or feel we cannot control; the influence of dry intellectualism or materialism.See devil under archetypes.

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Universal Landscape: An opening in perspective.Dreaming Lens: Were you inside or outside? Were you looking through the window? Was the window covered or decorated? Was it open, shut, or boarded...

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By the time a boy or girl reaches puberty, their sleep patterns and dreaming closely match those of an adult. Just like an adult, they spend about twenty-five per cent...

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Dreams of a kitten symbolize the youthful feminine archetype within you, your connection to your feline nature, and with the fragile, precious, vulnerable, warm and tender aspect of yourself.

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Finding yourself naked in a dream can be a shock: perhaps you were going about your daily business, at work or walking down the street, and suddenly you notice your...

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Dreams of a waif signify that you are identifying with the aspect of you that is vulnerable, flimsy, helpless, childlike, and insecure. Perhaps you have given your power away and...

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Dreams of porcelain symbolize a desire for elegance and unblemished perfection. Porcelain can also represent your extremely fragile, vulnerable and breakable ego.

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Dreaming you are in the presence of God (the Divine, holiest of holies, creator, source of pure love, or whatever name you prefer) can represent: Your actual experience of God’s...

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Dreams of a deer represents a gentle spirit, precious, wise, loving and fragile heart. You need to be mindful of your naiveté making you vulnerable to sudden, unexpected predators.

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Psychological / emotional perspective: On a subliminal level, when dreaming of pets we may be aware that someone else has control over our lives. Conversely, if we own a pet...

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In this nightmare with a happy ending, a child may dream that they are drowning and unable to reach the surface to breathe. Then, incredibly, just as they realize they...

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When most people think of hell, they are relating to a Christian idea of an afterlife where people go when they do not subscribe to certain dogmas relating to behavior.The...

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To dream that you are or someone else is being evicted suggests that a present situation or relationship is making you feel helpless and powerless. You feel that you cannot...

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Dreams of a girl represent your connection to the youthful feminine, innocent, impetuousness, and playful, vulnerable aspect of you. Consider the feeling tone of this dream to discern whether this...

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Models have a certain image to portray and that’s how you feel too. If you dreamt you were a model, then you’ve set yourself a standard or you’re trying to...

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To dream about a baby bottle suggests that you are in need of TLC. You may be feeling vulnerable or emotional. There is a part of you that is deprived...

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To see a shield in your dream, symbolizes emotional and spiritual protection, as well as physical protection. You may be feeling vulnerable and in need of comfort or support.

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If you dream of the astrological sign, Virgo, then your dream is telling you to remain vulnerable and humble while maintaining your high standards.

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Clothes can act as protection against being touched, so in dreams they can represent protection against the real self being approached. Clothes also conceal and reveal, so if you are...

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