Starvation

To dream of starvation represents your feelings of longing for an opportunity. Lacking something. Desire for something to happen. Desperation for attention, love, power, or status. An impoverished or ignored aspect of yourself. Seeing others starve may reflect you attempts to avoid someone in need. You may be ignoring or avoiding an important family/emotional issue. Feeling that you are not being nourished emotionally or intellectually. Feeling cut off from relationship or power you used to have.

Alternatively, the dream may be reflecting you awareness or struggle with an eating disorder.

STDS

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Steak

To dream of a steak represents feelings about an experience that's substantial with total control, making the important decisions, having authority, or confidence in taking charge. Feeling as strong as you need to be to make big decisions that are in your best interest. Situations that allow you to dictate terms. Feeling strong about having your way. Feeling good about making big decisions that turn out to be very beneficial. A choice that's feeding you this sense of power. Deserving to have leadership. Deserving total control over the way your life is going.

Negatively, steak in a dream may represent feelings about overdoing an experience that's substantial about needing to have total control, make important decisions, have authority, or feel powerful. Enjoying powerful decisions that hurt others. Overdoing leadership or total control over a situation.

Example: A man dreamed of eating steak and enjoying it. In waking life, he made the decision to quit his job for a much higher paying job and was quite pleased with his decision. In this case, the steak may have reflected his feelings about making a substantial and empowering decision that significantly improved his life.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of frying up a steak with lots of other food. In waking life, she was trying to get a job. In this case, frying the steak may have reflected her feelings about preparing to quickly take charge of her life and make important financial decisions once she got a job.

Stealing

To dream that you are stealing from someone else represents your contempt, disobedience, or disrespect for someone else. Taking advantage of someone else who has not shown you respect. Defying the rules when they have not worked in your favor. Restoring self-respect in situations where you are unrecognized or undervalued. Awareness of yourself being selfish. Wanting something you can't have or feel you don't deserve. Wanting something for nothing.

To dream of stealing and getting caught may reflect feelings about waking life situations where you have gotten into trouble or got caught doing something you know you weren't supposed to. Feelings about yourself being wild and reckless. Feeling guilty that you broke someone else's property.

To dream of being stolen from represents feelings of regret for a bad decision or that you've lost out on an opportunity. Being stolen from may also reflect feelings of being taken advantage of. Feeling someone isn't respecting you property or dignity. Feeling unrecognized or undervalued. Feeling that someone else's selfishness has gone to far. You may feel that someone has defied rules or boundaries you've made. Being stolen from might also reflect your feelings about a person that wants something from you for nothing. Feeling that you can't trust someone. Feeling that someone took you for granted or didn't respect you.

Alternatively, stealing in dreams may reflect waking life situations where stealing has occurred or where someone is accusing someone else of stealing.

Example: A woman dreamed of seeing someone stealing. In waking life she felt a researcher violated her privacy by using her life story as an example in his work.

Example 2: A young woman dreamed of having her computer stolen. In waking life her sister ruined her computer after being told to never use it.

Example 3: A man dreamed of getting caught stealing. In waking life they had ruined their friend's property by mistake and feared being labeled by their friend as irresponsible.

Example 4: A woman dreamed of having her car stolen by a couple of teenagers. In waking life she felt robbed of her self-respect due to an embarrassing breakup.

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Steam

To dream of steam represents emotional or situational intensity. You are headstrong about proceeding with an issue. It may also reflect a release of anger or frustrations. You or someone else that is "letting off stream."

Steer

To dream of a steer represents controlled or restricted power. You or someone else that has power without the ability to use it for themselves. Being powerful, but also being completely controlled by someone else.

Negatively, you may feel purposely or unfairly held back.

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Steering Wheel

To dream of a steering wheel represents the ability to control the direction you are headed in life. Whoever sits at the wheel represents an aspect of your personality that is guiding your decisions.

To dream of the steering wheel braking off represents feelings of being at the mercy of fate. Feeling forced to wait for a situation or end or go badly in order to be able to change your situation. A decreased ability to direct a waking life situation.

To dream of the steering wheel being on the passenger side of the car may reflect your passive control of a situation. Advice, guidance, or suggestions that are steering the direction of a situation. It may also reflect how unusual or lucky it feels to have control when you usually don't.

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Stepfather

To dream of a stepfather represents a substitute conscience or decision-making ability that you have no control over needing to accept, adjust to, integrate with, or adapt to. Fathers in dreams typically reflect the conscience or our ability to make a decision. A stepfather is then symbolically a substitute form of conscience or choice that we feel forced to accept with current conditions. You may feel a choice has been made for you or that you've been pressured into a decision. The respect or challenges associated with adapting to new rules, guidance, or support from someone who doesn't make decisions in a way you are accustomed to. Adaptability to unconventional decision-making.

Negatively, a stepfather may reflect a decision that you can't stand putting up with. Struggling to come to terms with a change that you don't like. Feeling that you have to accept someone else's decisions controlling you with no say in the matter when it isn't what you wanted. Not liking putting up with someone else's substitute choices that were made for you.

Alternatively, a stepfather may reflect tension or disappointment with your real father.

Example: A woman dreamed of seeing her deceased stepfather standing up from a coffin with bullet holes in him. She told him to rest and he didn't listen. In waking life, she got into a big fight with her sister over an issue which she had no control over. She had accepted losing the argument so that she could move on with her life and stopped talking to her sister. She started talking to her sister at a later time which brought up the old arguments. In this case, the stepfather may have reflected her feelings about needing to accept her sister's decision-making with no say in the matter.

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Stepmother

To dream of a stepmother represents a substitute intuitive choice that you have no control over needing to accept, adjust to, integrate with, or adapt to. Mothers in dreams typically reflect the intuition about safety for the future, internal guidance based on your feelings about past experiences, or how lucky you feel about coincidences or good foresight. A stepmother is then symbolically a substitute form of intuition that we feel forced to accept with current conditions. Adaptability to unconventional decisions for safety for the future.

Negatively, a stepmother may reflect an intuitive choice about safety for the future that you can't stand putting up with. Intuitive choices that don't let you feel good in the manner that you are used to. Putting up with someone else's sense of safety that you don't respect. You may feel smothered, neglected, or held back. Feeling pressured into having to be careful in a way that you are not used to.

Alternatively, a stepmother may reflect tension or disappointment with your real mother.

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Stepson

To dream of a stepson represents a substitute emotional investment or hope for the future in a situation where you are dominant, assertive, or insensitive which you have no control over needing to accept, adjust to, integrate with, or adapt to. Feelings about encountering or engaging with responsibilities, relationships, or roles that are not originally yours but have become part of your life. The adaptation to new duties.

Negatively, dreaming about a stepson could represent feelings of conflict, resistance, or complications associated with responsibilities, relationships, or roles that are not originally yours but have become part of your life.

Example: A woman dreamed of her stepson being in her living room and then being hit by her stepson in another dream scene. In waking life, she had recently legally separated from her husband and didn't want to get a divorce because she didn't believe in it. In this case, the stepson may have reflected feelings about the unwanted and complicated emotional responsibilities that came with the separation and working to reconcile. Her stepson's presence in the dream might symbolize her struggle to adapt to her husband's new attitude about the changes in their marital status while hoping it didn't get worse because she wanted her marriage to work without angering him and pushing further into divorce.

Stereo

To dream of a stereo represents feelings about control over when and how you experience enjoyment or feel good in life. Your ability to emotionally balance yourself with your choices. Your feelings about managing your life feeling good like it isn't a problem. Your perception of being able to manage positive emotions, harmonious experiences, or pleasurable activities, like it's something you can always engage in if you want to. Thoughts about the importance of balance, rhythm, and personal freedom in managing your life's soundtrack.

Positively, dreaming about a stereo might symbolize empowerment, personal agency, or a sense of control over your emotional landscape. A conscious choice to cultivate joy, relaxation, or harmony in your life when you need it. Your ability to tap into positive emotions or experiences, even when life gets challenging, mirroring an attitude that is comfortable taking a chance on happiness, like a risk-taking hero. Your power to create a positive and uplifting environment for yourself.

Negatively, dreaming about a stereo could represent feelings of dependency on external sources for happiness or being overly controlled by the desire to feel good. An inability to find inner joy or balance without the aid of specific activities, objects, or relationships. Perhaps you feel too reliant on certain pleasures or distractions to create a sense of well-being, or you might be struggling with addiction, compulsion, or an unhealthy attachment to something that you use to control your emotions.

To dream of having your stereo stolen represents a feeling of loss, insecurity, or vulnerability in your ability to control your happiness and enjoyment in life. You might be experiencing a situation where the things that once made you feel good or in control have been taken away from you, leaving you feeling powerless to create joy or pleasure on your own terms. The theft of the stereo could symbolize a betrayal, unexpected loss, or a sudden change that has disrupted your ability to maintain emotional balance. This dream might reflect your fear of losing your personal autonomy, your connection to what makes life enjoyable, or your ability to choose your path toward happiness and fulfillment.

Alternatively, dreaming of a stereo being stolen suggests that there are external factors or circumstances that are constantly interfering with your ability to feel good and find peace of mind. It implies that there may be distractions or challenges in your life that hinder your control over your emotions.

Example: A woman dreamed of driving her car with her car stereo not connected with loose wiring showing. In waking life, she was experiencing a divorce, financial frustrations, and feeling that people didn't respect her wishes for raising her children. In this case, the car stereo may have reflected her feelings about losing control over the aspects of her life that used to bring her joy and harmony due to her divorce and her husband not helping with bills. She may have lost the ability to take the day off or relax about a stable home life because she had to focus on her future without her husband.

Example: A woman dreamed of driving her car with her car stereo not connected with loose wiring showing. In waking life, she was experiencing a divorce, financial frustrations, and feeling that people didn't respect her wishes for raising her children. In this case, the car stereo may have reflected her feelings about losing control over the aspects of her life that used to bring her joy and harmony due to her divorce and her husband not helping with bills. She may have lost the ability to take the day off or relax about a stable home life because she had to focus on her future without her husband.

Stew

To dream of stew represents feelings about an experience that was carefully prepared over time in order to enjoy. An experience that requires patience, nurturance, and the gradual development of something meaningful in your life. Patiently preparing something in order to make people like you.

Negatively, dreaming about stew could represent feelings of stagnation, waiting too long for something to happen, or being stuck in a situation that is slow to develop.

Stilettos

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Stillborn

To dream of a baby being stillborn represents last minute disruptions or failures. Feeling close to achieving something and losing it at the very end. Experiencing a loss at a final pivotal moment. A sudden or unexpected end to something.

Alternatively, a stillborn baby may reflect a sudden or last minute loss of trust in someone.

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Sting

To dream of being stung represents your feelings about a hurtful action or remark. Feeling hurt by a disappointment. Feeling stupid for having gotten too close to someone rude or insensitive.

To dream of being stung by a bee represents feelings of being stuck with hard work or obligations that you feel are unbearable. Feeling stupid for having gotten involved in something.

Alternatively, being stung could reflect feelings about having to endure something unpleasant. Respecting the seriousness of a matter. Something very annoying in your life. Brutal honesty.

Example: A woman dreamed of being stung by a fish on her foot. In waking life she was avoiding a pregnancy treatment by a specialist as she couldn't get pregnant by natural means. The sting on the foot in the dream may have reflected her feelings about how unpleasant it felt to think about getting pregnant by unnatural means. It may have also reflected her unpleasant feelings about having a person who wasn't her husband help her to get pregnant and see her genitals in order to get the pregnancy treatment. She may have felt that people would laugh at her or think of her being immoral if she didn't get pregnant through natural means.