Silver

To dream of the color silver represents feelings about intuition, luck, or coincidences with everything working out with nothing strange happening. Your intuition or internal guidance helping you to make choices to lead you to what you need in life. New insight, power, or freedom gained by chance.

Positively, dreaming about silver may represent a strong sense of trust in your instincts, good fortune, or the feeling that everything is aligning perfectly in your life. A natural sense of guidance that leads you to beneficial outcomes.

Negatively, silver may be a sign that you have bad luck or feel that nothing seems to work out for you. Overreliance on luck or intuition to solve problems.

To dream of silver objects represents your sense of intuition or luck that is associated with whatever the objects symbolize.

To dream of silver-colored clothes represents the personality being lucky or intuitive. Negative colors with silver like red, black, or dark purple may reflect bad luck that you can't escape.

To dream of the color silver with the color yellow may represent feelings of intuition, luck, or coincidences that are highly noticeable.

To dream of the color silver with the color orange may represent feelings of intuition, luck, or coincidences that are very strong, powerful, or effective.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing a beautiful woman in a silver dress. In waking life, he was having unusual luck encountering girls he wanted to date as he walked around.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of having a man she was dating put a silver necklace on her. In waking life, she was having a romantic relationship with an older man. In this case, the silver necklace may have reflected her feelings about being dedicated to a man who made her feel lucky about the relationship working out.

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Silverware

To dream of a silverware set represents a sophisticated, intelligent, or mature approach to an experience you are having. Having an adult conversation with someone. A special or rare occasion in a relationship.

Alternatively, silverware may reflect experiences which require a higher than normal show of integrity or respect. Difficult or serious conversations about topics that are rarely discussed.

Positively, silverware may reflect an attempt to instill respect, integrity, or harmony in relationships or family life.

Example: A woman dreamed of seeing silverware. In waking life she was trying to have a serious adult conversation with her husband about her suspicions that he was cheating on her.

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SIM Cards

To dream of a SIM card represents feelings of unspoken loyalty to a carrier (people, friends, family, job) that allows emotional or psychological connection (or closeness) to resources, feelings, or people that you feel are important to have or are always possible to access. Feeling that someone important has to be your friend all the time or that nobody will talk to you. Essential people or mechanisms you rely on to maintain relationships, manage your identity, or navigate social settings. Flexibility and adaptability in how you connect with resources, feelings, or people that you feel are important to have. Your ability to easily switch roles or adjust your approach depending on the social context. Starting a new job and being eager to connect with colleagues. Connections, dependencies, and adaptability in relationships and social settings. Finding ways to stay connected or relevant in various social situations or under changing circumstances.

Negatively, dreaming about a SIM card may represent feelings of unspoken dependency on people or a job in order to maintain an emotional or psychological connection (or closeness) to resources, feelings, or people that you feel are important to have or are always possible to access. Feeling that if you quit your job or stop being loyal to someone that all your emotional or psychological connection will be cut off. Concerns about losing access to the social connections and resources that were vital to your sense of stability and belonging. Feelings about losing touch with the important contacts after moving. Feeling cut off from important support networks. Feelings about needing a job or that nobody who matters will talk to you.

To dream of switching SIM Cards may represent feelings that people aren't special or important in order to maintain an emotional or psychological connection (or closeness) to resources, feelings, or people that you feel are important to have or are always possible to access. Changing jobs, moving to a new city, or entering new relationships. Feelings that switching employers is easy, but that professional contacts won't respect you unless you maintain your job title. Feelings about using a different friend to do things that are important to you if a current friend doesn't support you.

Example: A man dreamed of the validity of his SIM card expiring and made efforts to renew it. In waking life, he was suicidal and made attempts to enroll in therapy. In this case, the expiring SIM card may have reflected his feelings of disconnection from life and that his support systems didn't matter.

Sin

To dream of committing a sin represents awareness of breaking rules or guidelines that you know must never be broken. You or someone else has done something they aren't proud of. Breaking an unspoken rule or violating your own principles. Breaking organizational conduct or moral codes.

Negatively, sinning in a dream may reflect guilt you are harboring or sign that you are too concerned with being perfect. It may also reflect guilt or shame for embarrassing yourself with people who expected your co-operation.

Alternatively, sinning in a dream may reflect your guilt for not being perfect with god. Feeling spiritually unforgivable. A sign that you need to stop taking yourself so seriously or tell yourself that everyone makes mistakes. It may also mean you are trying too hard to be perfect spirituality.

To dream of someone else sinning may reflect your feeling that certain people or actions are unforgivable.

Example: A young girl dreamed of having sinned and needing to burn herself in a box to cleanse her sins. In waking life she had gotten poorer grades than was unusual for her and her parents warned her that to fix her grades she had to stop focusing on finishing first and spend more time studying. The sin in the dream may have reflected the young girl's view of getting bad grades being something that is unforgivable by her parents, teachers, and her fellow students.

Singing

To dream of singing happily represents joy, happiness, or harmony. A positive, uplifting or cheerful mood. You may have been in the mood to celebrate. Your outlook in life is looking up. Alternatively singing may reflect how you communicate, embrace, or express your feelings.

To dream of singing sadly may represent how you are communicating, embracing, or expressing your pain.

To dream of singing to someone else may reflect a need to project certain feelings to others or to make others feel a certain way. You may be very concerned about making someone feel good about what you are saying to them.

Example: A man dreamed of singing a song to his parents. In real life he was preparing to lie to them and believed that his story had to feel perfect to them. His story and rhetoric had to be totally on key. The singing reflected his need to make his parents feel good about his lie.

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Sink

To dream of a sink represents preoccupation with finishing some aspect of your life. Noticing yourself getting rid of ideas, feelings, plans, or situations. Wanting or choosing to end a way of thinking or living.

To dream of a kitchen sink is often symbolizes preparation to finish or get rid of some area of your life. Often an intuitive symbol for a change of thinking that is almost upon you. You are planning or about to feel that it's a good idea to change.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing dishes being washed in a sink. In waking life he was realizing that it may be a good idea to stop desiring a girl he liked.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of a sink overflowing. In waking life she was experiencing an unusually heavy menstrual cycle. The dream most likely reflected her frustrations with being unable to control or end her period.

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Sinkhole

To dream of a sinkhole represents feelings of shock that an unexpected problem is surfacing or must be confronted. Surprise exacerbation of problem or problems that seemingly arise with no warning. Feelings of anxiety about problems will arise with no warning. Feelings of unexpected failure or embarrassment. Fear about potential failure that could occur even if you don't make any mistakes. Fears about relationships succumbing to failure from unexpected problems.

Sinking

To dream of sinking represents feelings of slow loss, despair, or losing ground. You are feeling overwhelmed or unable to stop a negative situation from getting worse. A fear of unstoppable failure. Someone or something is dragging you down. You may be experiencing low self-esteem and confidence. Needing help that is either not available or that you are not being assertive enough about asking for. Feeling pressure to make a decision or change before total embarrassment occurs. A situation that is deteriorating. Feelings about your worst fears becoming a reality. Feelings about being unable to help others. Feeling that you can't stop your life from getting worse.

Positively, a dream about sinking may reflect an unpleasant stage of your life that is coming to an end. Problems or bad people that seem to be slowly going away on their own. Experiencing your enemies succumbing to humiliation.

Example: A young girl had a nightmare about seeing a woman sinking into the ground. In waking life she was experiencing her mother's health deteriorating.

Example 2: A man dreamed of seeing a car sinking. In waking life he was fearing that his marriage was deteriorating because he couldn't get a job fast enough to please his wife.

Example 3: A woman dreamed of having a "sinking feeling." In waking life she felt that her entire life was slowly deteriorating with no way to stop it as family relationships kept getting worse.

Example 4: A man dreamed of seeing a sinking ship. In waking life his health problems were slowly getting worse.

Example 5: A woman dreamed of seeing apartment buildings sinking. In waking life she started a new job helping terminally ill people. In this case the apartment buildings sinking may have represented her feelings about the sick people and their families having lives revolving around an illness that nobody can control with a slow inevitable death.

Sitcom

To dream of watching a sitcom represents feelings about choosing to experience a social situation that is ridiculous or laughable about being involved with it when you don't have to (symbolism of the ability to turn the TV off by choice). You may be noticing how ridiculous people are behaving in a social situation. A preference for keeping things upbeat within family or community dynamics due to stupid decisions or wasting your time putting up with it. Coping with difficult situations or diffusing tension. Your ability to navigate conflicts with ease, often choosing to take an optimistic or humorous perspective on what others might find frustrating or stressful. Social bonding, where life feels as scripted and predictably positive. Choosing not to be told off by other people by putting up with a social situation no matter how ridiculous it gets.

Negatively, a sitcom in a dream may represent feelings of being stuck in superficial or non-serious interactions, avoiding addressing deep or complex emotions. A denial of serious issues, using humor to gloss over problems that require attention. Feelings of being trapped in a never-ending cycle of superficial, redundant, or ignorant scenarios. Ignorant situations you choose to experience putting up with because you fear the dynamics of family or friendship. Awareness of yourself putting up with ignorant family or friends when you don't need to.

Consider the behavior of the characters of the TV show for further meaning.

To dream of watching a popular or favorite sitcom show may reflect a type of experience you are having based on your most honest feelings about that particular TV show. Ask yourself what behavior stands out the most about that TV show and how that behavior may mirror a situation in your own life.

To dream of the sitcom Seinfeld represents feelings about social situations where the intricacies and idiosyncrasies of interactions are amplified. You might be observing or participating in scenarios where the minutiae of everyday life becomes the focal point. It could also reflect feelings about situations that seem pointless or about "nothing," yet are filled with nuanced humor or challenges. A ridiculous situation you don't let go of where you are experiencing yourself having to notice people behaving childishly who don't see it as a problem.

To dream of the sitcom Friends represents feelings about close interpersonal dynamics, the ups and downs of friendships, and the bonds that keep people together through thick and thin. It might be highlighting your desires for close connections, camaraderie, or navigating the complexities and joys of long-term friendships. It could also indicate a situation where you're valuing loyalty, trust, and mutual support. A ridiculous social situation that you don't let go of where you are experiencing yourself having to notice you can't be believably normal because someone you know personally has to like themself being safe too much.

To dream of the sitcom Everyone Loves Raymond represents feelings about family dynamics where there's a balance between humor and interpersonal conflicts. A ridiculous social situation that you don't let go of where you are experiencing yourself having to notice challenges of maintaining personal boundaries that never have to be listened to for the rest of your life while still trying to keep family harmony.

To dream of the sitcom The Office represents feelings about workplace dynamics, the quirks and personalities of coworkers, and the humorous side of the professional world. It might also reflect feelings about the mundane aspects of your job or challenges in maintaining professionalism amidst workplace drama. A ridiculous social situation that you don't let go of where you are experiencing yourself having to notice people never thinking about themselves as unprofessional when they are.

To dream of the sitcom Modern Family represents feelings about diverse family structures, changing family norms, and the humor that arises from blending different family backgrounds and lifestyles. It can also represent the harmony and challenges that come with accepting diverse family dynamics. A ridiculous social situation that you don't let go of where you are experiencing yourself having to notice people trying their best to be believable about never being little that embarrasses themselves never thinking it's a problem.

To dream of the sitcom Married With Children represents feelings about family dynamics that are centered around sarcasm, humor, and dealing with the challenges of a traditional family structure where ignorance is bliss. It might also reflect feelings about the struggles and joys of middle-class life. A ridiculous social situation that you don't let go of where you are experiencing ignorance is bliss while nobody is respected the way they think they are.

To dream of the sitcom Trailer Park Boys represents feelings about social situations that are less conventional or viewed as "lower class," yet are filled with humor, camaraderie, and unconventional wisdom. It might highlight your feelings about making the best out of challenging or unconventional circumstances. A ridiculous social situation that you don't let go of where you are experiencing people believing that it's family life to be comfortable being lower class that never thinks it's embarrassing itself with never seeing that that's the problem.

To dream of the sitcom The Big Bang Theory represents feelings about social interactions revolving around the intricacies of intellect, nerd culture, and contrasting personalities. An environment where intelligence, awkwardness, or unconventional wisdom are central themes. Situations where there's a distinct line between those who are considered "smart" or "geeky" and those who are perceived as "ordinary" or "mainstream." A ridiculous social situation that you don't let go of where you are experiencing yourself being around people who unconventionally embarrass themselves with absurdity due to intelligence and quirks while socializing with everyone else.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing the sitcom character Chandler Bing from the TV show Friends making him jealous that someone he knew liked talking to Chandler Bing instead of him. In waking life, he was choosing to keep an inherited home instead of selling it which allowed an alcoholic relative to live in the home while both the dreamer and the alcoholic relative couldn't afford to pay the monthly bills. In this case, the sitcom symbolism of Chandler Bing may have reflected how the dreamer was choosing to experience a ridiculous social situation of interpersonal dynamics with a family member while being totally aware of his capability of ending it.

Example 2: A young woman dreamed of riding on a rollercoaster with Sheldon from the sitcom Big Bang Theory. In waking life, she felt her relationship with her boyfriend was transitioning into a new phase and starting to find her boyfriend's little idiosyncrasies annoying. She viewed herself as a "Sheldon-like" personality with difficulty being in a committed relationship while making compromises. In this case, the Big Bang Theory sitcom symbolism may have reflected her feelings about the complexities of navigating a relationship with two contrasting personalities, much like the dynamics often portrayed in the show. She may have felt that her intelligence or quirks, similar to Sheldon's, were creating challenges in the relationship.

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Sitting

To dream of sitting represents being comfortable with a decision or a wish to not do anything different. Alternatively, sitting may reflect laziness or an unwillingness to co-operate. You may be accustomed to a situation or way of living.

Negatively, sitting in a dream may reflect problems initiating needed action when it's important. It may also reflect a stubborn or angry unwillingness to change your mind about a decision to stay put.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing someone sitting on a couch. In waking life a friend wanted a favor from him that he had no interest in making. He was very comfortable with his life the way it was and felt the favor was asking too much of him.

Example 2: A man dreamed of a heavy man sitting on his leg. In waking life his circulation in his leg had been cut off due to an overly tight cast.

Skateboards

To see or ride a skateboard in a dream represents choices or a direction in life that requires intermittent effort, work, or sacrifice. Comfortable progress that requires occasional attention to responsibilities. Smooth progress with some form of occasional requirement.

A skateboard suggests that you are successfully moving through a phase that requires you to keep caring about a problem or obligation.

Skeletons

To dream of a skeleton represents feelings about something in your life that has been totally stripped of all power, vitality, or importance. Feelings about person, situation, or some area of your life where nothing is left. Mentally, emotionally, or spiritually "stripped to the bone." You or something in your life that has experienced complete change. Feelings about a serious loss or fearing a loss. Skeletons may also reflect a fear of death.

Negatively, dreaming of skeleton may also represent lingering memories about failures or unpleasant changes. Alternatively, a skeleton may reflect issues or situations that linger or that remind you of what used to be.

Positively, skeletons may reflect your feelings about problems or enemies that noticeably have nothing left to harm you. All that is left is a reminder of how terrible someone or something use to be.

To dream of seeing a skeleton in the mirror represents feelings about yourself being totally powerless, a total failure, or living a life that keeps reminding you of how much you lost. Living with the reminder of how good you used to be.

The skeleton may also be a metaphor for "skeletons in the closet." You may have something you are hiding that you are afraid to reveal to others. Something from your past that you want to keep hidden.

Example: A man had recurring nightmares about a skeleton of a young girl chasing him. In waking life he had accidentally allowed this girl to drown and couldn't escape the guilt of having robbed her of her life.

Example 2: A pregnant woman dreamed of going into labor and seeing that the baby's body was a skeleton. In waking life she was two days away from giving birth and fearing birth complications that may cause the baby to die.

Example 3: A man dreamed of being chased by a skeleton. In waking life he was overcome with guilt after the drowning death of his little sister.

Example 4: A young boy dreamed of seeing a train coming towards him with a skeleton face on it. In waking life he had an operation scheduled to get his tonsils taken out. He feared dying from the operation.

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Ski Mask

To dream of a ski mask represents an aspect of your personality that wishes to remain hidden or unknown at all costs. You or someone else that is avoiding the truth or is obviously trying to keep something a secret. Risking everything to avoid the truth.

To dream of being robbed by someone wearing a ski mask represents feelings that you are being forced into something without a proper explanation.

Example: A young boy dreamed of a ski mask wearing criminal in his house. In real life his father just died and everyone in the family was trying to avoid telling him about it.

Example 2: A man dreamed of running away from a man in a ski mask. In waking life he was trying to avoid being noticed for his weak language skills in business dealings in a foreign country.

Skiing

To dream of skiing represents feelings about breezing through the aftermath of a difficult situation. Breezing through the aftermath of an unbearable situation. Feelings about how easy an area of your life feels after an accomplishment has been achieved or a difficult situation is over. Enjoying noticing the most difficult or unbearable part of a situation is over.

Negatively, dreaming about skiing may reflect enjoying yourself easily escaping or moving away from something dangerous. Unpleasant or terrible situations that you are doing everything you can to quickly get over with. Desperately, or quickly trying to escape the unbearableness of a situation that has settled. Feelings about easily getting away from troubles.

To dream of cross-country skiing represents feelings about carefully taking your time getting through the unbearableness of a situation that has finished. Enjoying taking your time enduring an unbearable situation. Feeling good surviving or enduring the unbearable ending of a situation. Feeling good not being a fake as you get through an unbearable situation. Enduring everyday life during retirement.

Example: A man dreamed of enjoying a lot of skiing and then felt that he had to stop. In waking life, he was semi-retired enjoying time off work, and felt that working life was calling him back. The skiing may have reflected his feelings about enjoying how much easier his life felt to live of his accomplishments in semi-retirement while feeling that he had to stop skiing may have reflected his dislike of going back to work.

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Skin

To dream of skin represents the mental and emotional boundaries between you, other people, and the events of your life. It's how you protect or resist attacks on your feelings or ego.

Alternatively, skin in dreams may reflect your ability to like yourself or feel good about yourself. Heightened sensitivity or not feeling good about something. Not feeling good about what someone said to you. Hurtful comments.

Having no skin would symbolize complete vulnerability to negative influences or emotional attack. Seeing others with no skin would represent aspects of your personality with no ability to feel good ever again. Positively, seeing someone with no skin may in a dream reflect a an aspect of yourself that is experiencing strong emotional influences. A total lack of concern for how you feel in order to achieve a difficult or incredible goal.

To dream of burned skin may reflect feelings about someone intentionally trying to make you never feel good again. The consequences of our actions or others actions that leave us feelings of having been "burned" emotionally by someone close to us.

To see creatures that burrow under the skin would symbolize problems that bug you or that have gotten to you. Feeling "creeped out."

To dream of a snake shedding skin represents feelings about yourself or others no longer having to notice the bad things they done ever again. Negatively, this may reflect a corrupt person getting worse. Positively, it may reflect feelings ab out yourself or a bad person getting the chance to move on with their lives.

Crystal Meth addict often hallucinate about bugs burrowing holes and crawling under their skin. This may symbolize their annoyance about the drug's effects feeling to have permanently worn off and leaving the addict unable to feel good about themselves anymore.

Example: A man dreamed seeing a woman with all her skin ripped off by a huge knife. In waking life he was experiencing a dramatic worsening of a skill condition that didn't allow him to have any confidence in himself at all.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of seeing her friends recently deceased daughter jump into her skin which was hanging in a closet. In waking life the woman was helping her friend clean out her dead daughter's closet and felt she had to put on an enthusiastic attitude about the dead daughter's life each time she went over to the home to help clean out the dead daughter's belongings.

Example 3: A man dreamed of trying to prick his father's skin with a syringe. In waking life he was trying to convince his father to get a job when it was very important to fix his life up.

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