Stuttering
To dream of stuttering can represent feelings of inadequacy or insecurity when trying to express oneself clearly. It may indicate a lack of confidence in one's communication skills or an inability to convey thoughts and ideas clearly. This can be related to anxiety, shyness, or a fear of being judged or criticized by others. Trying to communicate your feelings that simply doesn't work repeatedly and makes you feel stupid for trying. Alternatively, stuttering in a dream may symbolize a struggle with a difficult or complex situation, where finding the right words or actions may be challenging. It may also suggest a need for patience, perseverance, or a willingness to seek help or support from others. Failing to get a point across to people.
Negatively, dreaming stuttering may represent a need to feel confident and comfortable with his choices, even if they don't seem to make sense or go against societal expectations.
A person who is afraid of public speaking may dream of stuttering during a speech. A person who feels insecure about their intelligence may dream of stuttering while trying to explain a complex idea to others.
Example: A young man dreamed of stuttering and being self-conscious of it while talking about why he didn't have a girlfriend. In waking life he was happy to focus on his job and not worry about a relationship. This caused a lot of comments or questioning from people he knew about why he didn't go out more and try to date a girl. He felt he was doing the right thing, but still these comments bothered him. In this case, the stuttering may have reflected his difficulty in communicating his thoughts and emotions clearly to others about his choice to avoid dating without feeling unintelligent about it. He may have felt he was embarrassing himself trying to communicate his feelings that simply didn't work repeatedly and made him feel stupid for trying. The stuttering may also reflect his insecurity about his decision to not date, which made him feel self-conscious and embarrassed when questioned by others.
Styling Hair
To dream of styling hair represents your efforts to present, prepare, or improve your thinking style in a particular way that is acceptable or appealing to others. Feelings of not minding changing who you are or how you think in order to properly present yourself ot fit in with other people. A conscious effort to alter or adjust your attitude or mindset in order to adapt to a new situation or to better align with the expectations of others. Making changes to your natural inclinations or preferences in order to meet social or professional standards, or to improve how others perceive you. Your focus on making a good impression, preparing for a significant event, or managing your thoughts to better suit a situation.
Negatively, dreaming about styling hair may represent concerns about superficiality, appearances, or the pressure to conform to certain standards. A preoccupation with how others see you or needing to fit in. Feeling the need to constantly present yourself in a certain way to gain acceptance or avoid criticism. Struggling with balancing authentic self-expression and the desire to fit in. Awareness of yourself taking too much time focusing on what other people think about your style of thinking.
Submarine
To dream of a submarine ship represents total self-control, persistence, and a strong will during times of uncertainty or negativity. Totally handling yourself or being able to sit on decisions for as long as needed when times are tough.
Example: A young girl dreamed of a beached submarine ship. In waking life she gave up being faithful to her boyfriend who was in jail.
Submerged
To dream of something submerging in water represents feelings about witnessing a situation in your life become overwhelmed by uncertainty or negativity. Negative emotions overwhelming you. Witnessing the worsening of a problem. Witnessing a crisis. Witnessing a life become overwhelmed by problems. Witnessing a death. Feeling left with nothing except questions. Feeling that life is cheating you by ruining something you like.
Example: A woman dreamed of seeing her boyfriend become submerged underwater. In waking life her boyfriend had been murdered and felt she would never really know if he loved her or not. She felt his death left her with the uncertainty of how he really felt about her.
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Substitute Teacher
To dream of a substitute teacher represents a temporary or makeshift solution to a problem. Knowing the solution to your problem, but not having the access or resources you need right now to implement it. Noticing what you need to hold yourself over until you can fix your problem the right way. Not feeling that you need to do what you are told "right now."
Negatively, a substitute teacher may reflect criminal or underhanded ways to avoid accepting a difficult reality or doing what you are told.
To dream of being a substitute teacher represents your feelings about being supportive or helpful to others until something more serious or important comes along. It may also be a sign that you are enjoying being allowed to help others in a small way. Negatively, being a substitute teacher may reflect feelings of being unappreciated or lacking respect for your assistance. Feeling that your ideas are a hard sell to others or not as incredible as someone else's ideas.
Suburbs
To dream of the suburbs represents a mindset that is comfortable, safe, or predictable. Certain areas of your life are problem free. A mindset that is sheltered from serious activity or danger. Situations where you feel loved all the time.
Negatively, suburbs in a dream may reflect sensitivity about noticing anything wrong in your life at all.
To dream of leaving the suburbs represent being out of your comfort zone, or the beginning of an unpleasant or stressful situation. Feelings of being sheltered and then having to leave those feelings.
Example: A woman dreamed of being in a Japanese suburb. In waking life her pregnancy started to get risky so her doctor ordered her to rest at home for 2 weeks to avoid a miscarriage.
Success
To dream of being a successful person represents feelings about everything working in your life. Feelings about winning, profiting, dealing, or getting ahead. Feelings about being a winner that is good at it. Feeling good being experienced. Feelings about business or career issues.
Negatively, dreaming about success may reflect arrogance, greed, or awareness of using other people. Feelings about someone being dangerous to trust with money or winning. Feelings about professionalism that doesn't deserve to be or is faking it. Criminality, arrogance, or dishonesty that is believes it never deserves to be stupid or do anything that isn't winning. Feelings about someone dishonesty using their job to ensure losing isn't possible. Take-overs. Competition. Workaholic.
To dream of being jealous of not being a successful person may reflect feelings about not liking experiencing things not working in your life. Not liking witnessing other people win, succeed, not need to listen to you, or live without problems that you can't live without. Not liking not being as experienced as you want to be.
Example: A man dreamed of seeing a real estate agent dressed successful outside his front door that he felt was untrustworthy. In waking life the man was experiencing someone he couldn't trust trying to force him to sell property that he didn't want to sell. In this case the real estate agent dressed successful may have reflected the dreamer's feelings about the person he couldn't trust having a personality that loved criminal arrogance that was professionally using their job with law enforcement to intimidate the dreamer to sell to profit from the dreamer.
Sucking
To dream of sucking may reflect feelings of dependence or needing something from someone. A need to get something out of someone. Feeling good thinking something is special.
To dream of sucking on a thumb represents feelings about yourself or someone else that is dependent on staying the way they are. Feelings about someone looking silly preferring to be little or having other people do things for them.
To dream of trying to suck the venom out of a person or bodypart may reflect feeling about special dedicated actions being taken to reverse a problem that you feel is "lethal" to your happiness. Special dedication to reverse a dangerous mistake or something that may have permanent consequences.
To dream of someone or something sucking blood out of you represents feelings about special treatment being given to others who are using you. Feeling that your vitality or strength is being drained by someone who is getting special treatment that you feel is unfair. Feeling drained emotionally or physically. Feeling that you are giving too much to someone else.
To dream of sucking on candy represents enjoying feeling that you are special all the time. Feeling special that something is easy. Enjoying thinking about winning that can't stop. Feeling good getting special treatment. Enjoying thinking about a good idea. Enjoying thinking you are luckier. Enjoying thinking you are having a better time than other people. Often times sucking on candy reflects thoughts about sex.
To dream of sucking on a lemon represents feeling special noticing that something is difficult or unpleasant. Feelings about having to feel that something is special when it isn't. Carefully enjoying something that other people think is difficult, unpleasant, or horrible. Feeling special that something isn't working for someone else. Enjoying a difficult or unpleasant challenge.
To dream of being sucked underwater represents feelings about problems being too powerful to avoid being drawn into them. Overwhelming uncertainty or overwhelming negativity that you feel pulled into.
To dream of being sucked into a hole represents feelings of being pulled into problems beyond your control that are not easy to get out of.
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Suffering
To dream of suffering represents feelings about living with problems or putting up with an unbearable situation. Feeling agonized or reexperiencing the anguish of loss. Experiencing deterioration of some area of your life that can't be controlled. Cruelty or intentionally hurting others feelings. Feeling powerless to stop someone else's pain.
Negatively, it may be a sign that you are choosing to put up with problems and not putting enough effort into being happy. Desensitization. Problems expressing your painful emotions or putting up with an unhappy relationship. Experiencing problems recovering from trauma from a shattering ordeal or loss.
Negatively, dreaming about others suffering may be a sign that you are too sympathetic to someone else's problems. Feeling sorry for someone. Alternatively, it may reflect your cold-hearted mindset towards others problems. Experiencing someone in pain and not caring about it. Desensitization to others feelings.
Example: A man dreamed that he was suffering from cancer. In waking life he felt that his long-term illness (not serious) was causing a lot of long term problem with his social life that was only getting worse.
Example 2: A woman dreamed of killing a dog with poison so that it wouldn't suffer. In waking life she wanted to quickly end a friendship without hurting the person's feelings.
Example 3: A man dreamed of seeing his daughter being brutally and coldly murdered and feeling powerless to stop her suffering. In waking life he was having issues reliving the details of his daughters gruesome murder 3 years earlier.
Suffocating
To dream of being suffocated represents feelings of being smothered or oppressed by a person or situation. Something or someone is holding you back. You may feel unable to express yourself, speak your mind, or are experiencing a lot of stress and tension.
Example: A woman dreamed of being suffocated while laying on her bed. In waking life she felt that her husband wouldn't allow her to do anything she wanted. She was considering a divorce while this dream occurred.
Sugar
To dream of sugar represents feelings about an experience of adding pleasure, comfort, or emotional "sweetness" to a situation to make it more likable. Enhancing how good a situation feels, improving acceptability, or improving likeability. Making a situation or idea more palatable, enjoyable, or emotionally satisfying. Bringing sweetness and warmth into relationships. You may be trying to enhance or improve something with kindness or by making it more emotionally pleasant.
Negatively, dreaming of sugar may represent overdoing adding pleasure, comfort, or emotional "sweetness" to a situation to make it more likable. Trying to make a situation feel better than it actually is. Too much sugar may represent overindulgence or having too much of a good thing. Stretching your boundaries of what you consider having a good time. Not caring about anything except feeling good. Being so concerned with needing to feel good that it ruins a situation. Trying to cover up unpleasant truths with superficial positivity. Experiencing something that seems too nice. You might be overly focused on making things feel good at the expense of honesty or depth.
To dream of brown sugar represents feelings about an experience of adding pleasure, comfort, or emotional "sweetness" to a situation to make it more likable in a manner that feels more wholesome, grounded, or less superficial than usual. Enhancing how good something feels with an added sense of authenticity or naturalness. Trying to make something feel good or acceptable while still feeling like you're being reasonable, mature, or down-to-earth.
Suicide
To dream that you commit suicide represents self-imposed failure. It may also represent a desire to escape from a waking life situation. You may also have intense guilt, regret, or feelings of hopelessness in some area of your life. You may feel like surrendering to your problems or giving up fighting. Feelings about self-defeat, dropping out, or giving up.
To dream of someone else committing suicide represents an aspect of your personality that self-defeating or choosing to fail. It may also reflect your feelings about a person who has changed in ways you don't like. You may feel they are a "loser" or a "failure."
If you are actually thinking about committing suicide the dream may be a sign that you need to speak to someone about your problems.
Alternatively, dreaming about suicide may reflect your thoughts about suicide or remembering others who have committed suicide.
Example: A student dreamed of searching his school for a person who was suicidal. In real life he was were doing very poorly in school and was considering dropping out.
Example 2: A woman dreamed of her old high school sweetheart committing suicide. In real life she had gotten back in touch with him, but felt that he had ruined his life.
Example 3: An elderly man dreamed of his recently deceased wife urging him to kill himself. In waking life he was considering suicide so he didn't have to live the rest of his life alone.
Example 4: A young man dreamed of seeing his friend commit suicide. In waking life he was remembering his friend who had committed suicide years earlier.
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Sun
To dream of the sun represents optimism or a more "positive" outlook on a situation. An area of your life that encourages you to have a positive outlook, hope, or confidence. A situation that provides you with clarity, enlightenment, or reveals the truth. The sun may also reflect people or situations that bring peace of mind, tranquility, fortune, goodwill, and insight. Something that motivates you or forces you to notice only "positivity."
To dream of a sun that shoots you with lasers represents a situation that gives you optimism or insight, but seems to know exactly how to antagonize your progress. You may have more knowledge about your problems than you do power to solve them.
Example: A woman dreamed of seeing the sun come out after a tornado. In waking life she had just had a big fight with her stepdaughter and now felt better about their relationship.
Example: A man dreamed of seeing the sun shooting him with lasers. In waking life he was undergoing spiritual training and his teacher was very focused on embarrassing him with his fears and problems. The sun reflected the spiritual teacher shedding light on what was and wasn't positive while the laser reflected the precision that the teacher had in attacking him with his problems.
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Sunburn
To dream of a sunburn represents overexposure to a person or situation that you were too optimistic about. Your enthusiasm, desire to feel good, or positive outlook ended up embarrassing you. You may have indulged in something too much or were too gullible. You may have been "burned" by your good nature or aspirations.
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