Another self-mutilating dream?

Question

Greetings

I've read and listened to lectures on dreams and such especially dreams about teeth falling out. All authors and science studies come up with the same answer that it simply means you're a little insecure about your life transitions. But...my dream is different. I am 21 years old and I've had a reoccurring dream since I was 7 or 8 years old. In this dream my teeth are not falling out, but rather I'm purposely ripping them from my jaw.

I have this dream once a week usually on Tuesday nights sometimes on the weekend. I'm standing in front of a mirror in the bathroom (oddly the bathroom is never the same every time I have this dream). I'm just looking at myself and smiling as if I'm excited to see myself. I push my tongue to my teeth and the incisor on the right side falls out. Feeling the pain, but still smiling, I step closer to the mirror to look at the newly created space. I see that it's bleeding and now my face displays a concerned look. My tongue must have pushed it out with some force because the pain is almost unbearable. And just as anyone would do, I take a finger and press around the gum line to see how sensitive to touch it is. When I press on it it goes numb. I press a few more times and realize the pain has subsided. I lean towards the mirror to look once more at the bleeding cavity in my mouth and at this moment something tells me to go ahead and pull another one out. Like a persuading...force. And so I do...I tell you the pain is unbelievable. Then I rip out another and another. I develop a continuous never failing motion. some teeth pull out clean...others chip and break. My fingers are cut and sore, my mouth bleeding and full of pieces of teeth and gum. And just when I feel I'm about to pass out from the pain....I wake up and my mouth is aching like someone has stomped on my jaw all night. The pain lasts for approx. an hour then I fall asleep again to a dreamless night. It's almost the same "off" feeling one feels when watching the movie "Poltergeist". The scene where the young man is in the bathroom and he starts to peel the skin on his cheeks away.

I realize this is a long story, but do you think you can interperet this reoccurring dream? I live a very happy and stable life. I'm in love with a perfect woman who makes me feel like Superman. I don't love my job but there is no where near enough monotany for me to come close to hating it. I live a good life so I can't see any subconcious reasons for a self-mutilating dream. I'd appreciate any feedback or any directional advice.

Hoping you can help,

Will J

Answer 1

Those authors and social science people are in error.  This has little to do with transitions and insecurity.  Actually teeth in dreams mean your kin and relations. Each tooth can actually be pinpointed to a parent, a sibling, aunts, uncles, cousins and the such.  So now that you know the real meaning of teeth.  Let's interpret this together.  As you've had this dream throughout your life, this tells me that you have wanted or wished to somehow distance yourself from relations, removing yourself or them from your life.  The breakage and chipping of teeth likewise means that you wish to or have wanted to do harm to them or have ill will and feeling towards them.  Now bear with me please,  If you notice, I said have wished or wanted to.  There is simply that intention.  There's something about your relations that causes your aversion to them. As to the degree of pain you feel, it is commensurate with the harm you feel they have caused you or you wish to happen to them. The reason I say you only have an intention is because blood nullifies dreams so you have not actually recompensed them as you would like, nevertheless the intent to do so is there.  Now, in light of this meaning.  What do you think?

Regards

Answer 2

I'm not inclined to believe you are looking for an answer, from what I see as a description, sounds more like a short story. Until you can eliminate about 50% of this story writing then you'll receive my fullest of attention as a matter of fact i'll even answer the question with a medical perspective, perhaps you can visualize how important that would be; 'an answer from the doc.!" See you then.