Philanthropist

To dream of being a philanthropist represents your generosity and giving nature. An area of your life where you are very focused on dealing with other people's problems. The dream may also readiness to share an important part of yourself or resources you have.

Phlegm

To dream of phlegm can represent a feeling of disgust or unease towards expressing something that might be considered unpleasant or offensive to others. It can also indicate a fear of being rejected or judged for expressing your true feelings or thoughts because they they might find it unpleasant or disgusting. Fear or disgust with what you intended to express to others. Not saying anything out loud that you privately think to yourself because it might be disgust other people. Last minute realizations that it isn't easy to say out loud what you feel privately feel to other people because it might be viewed as inappropriate or embarrassing. Reversing what you intend to say in private.

Example: A young man dreamed of being ready to make a report to his classroom, but then getting a cough and needing to go to the bathroom to cough up phlegm. In waking life he was thinking about his repressed feelings and numerous possibilities of love. In this case the phlegm may have reflected his feelings of fear or disgust with what he intended to express to others.

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Phobia

To dream of having a phobia represents issues with confronting your fears. You may be allowing fear or insecurities to control your life or prevent you from trying something new.

Consider the specific phobia for additional meanings.

A fear of heights may reflect a fear of power, embarrassing yourself with power, or being in the spotlight. A fear of winning or success.

Photographer

To dream of a photographer represents feelings about being adept or intelligent about making anything remembered looking as good as possible. Expertise at projecting yourself or others in a positive light. Intelligence about lasting impressions. Intelligence about making lasting lifelong impressions. An aspect of yourself that is a lasting impression expert.

Negatively, dreaming about a photographer may reflect an aspect of yourself that is adept or expert at creating lasting positive impressions based on dishonesty. Intelligence about lying to look good or dishonestly make good impressions. Focusing too much on making good impressions instead of being yourself. Doing deed or favors for people so they will always remember you in a good light.

Example: A woman dreamed of using her real life photographer skills. In waking life she was very focused on trying to get a job. In this case the photographer symbolism may have reflected her feelings about her own ability to project or market herself with an excellent resume or make a lasting impression with a job interview.

Pick Pocket

To dream of a pick pocket represents feelings about yourself or others taking advantage of others status, power, or self-respect. Taking advantage of other people's honesty to achieve your goals. Feeling weary of being conned. Feeling that someone is not to be trusted. Feeling that you've been warned about someone else's untrustworthy behavior.

Alternatively, a pick pocket may reflect feelings about dishonest people who cleverly fooled you. Feeling that you "didn't see it coming" or could never suspect someone as dishonest.

Witnessing pick pockets at work in a dream may reflect issues with trusting people. Feeling that someone is trying to take advantage of you or use you.

Alternatively, pick pockets in a dream may reflect your negative feelings about people you feel want to borrow money from you and not return it. Feeling that someone is taking advantage of your stronger financial situation. Feeling that someone is trying to rip you off.

Example: A man dreamed of walking around a place where he saw pick pockets at work. In waking life he had lent money to someone whom he felt was not going to pay him back.

Pills

To dream of pills or tablets represents issues that need to be accepted or ideas that need to be "swallowed." A person or situation may be forcing you accept a new rules, new facts, or challenging current beliefs.

To dream of blue pills represent truth that needs to be accepted. A person or situation may be revealing the truth to you that's may be difficult to accept.

Example: A young man dreamed of seeing someone swallow a pill. In waking life he was having anxiety about having to tell a girl he liked something personal about himself and having her accept it.

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Pilot

To dream of a pilot represents an aspect of yourself that is heading or directing a project or plan. You or someone else that is responsible for starting something new and keeping it going.

Negatively, a pilot may reflect someone else that is on control of a new experience that you have no say in. It may also reflect fear, guilt, or other negative thinking patterns that are keeping an unnecessary situation going. You may feel that you can't stop something or can't stop yourself.

Pimp

To dream of a pimp represents a comfortable attitude towards exploiting advantages or resources. Feeling good or benefiting from using someone or something to win no matter what. Knowing how valuable something is and taking full advantage of it. Not caring about what anyone else thinks if it means winning.

Negatively, a pimp may reflect going too far exploiting an advantage or resource. A total lack of concern for standards or respect to keep yourself exploiting a situation. Pandering or the embracing the lowest standards to get ahead. It may also reflect forced exploitation.

Pimples

To dream of pimples represents issues with low self-esteem and self-image. You may be self-conscious about something or hoping that a problem you have goes noticed. You may feel awkward or out of place in a situation or relationship. Insecurity that something is wrong with you. Feeling stupid that your appearances are not as perfect as you'd like them to be. Insecurity about appearances in public or to people close to you. You might feel foolish that others notice your problem and hope nobody mentions it, and feel immature for not discussing the issue when everyone can see it.

To dream of squeezing a pimple represents feelings of wanting to address or confront the worst aspects of issues causing your low self-esteem or self-image. Attempting to resolve the worst part of a self-image problem or minimize what is making you feel insecure. Forcing yourself to confront the worst part of an appearance issue so that you do not seem to be overdoing it, and others won't ask questions. Feelings about changing an embarrassing imperfection to a less noticeable mistake. Changing "blemish" that makes you feel like loser into a mistake or mishap. Negatively, squeezing a pimple may reflect feelings of looking like a loser with appearances made worse or more dangerous than needed.

Example: A woman dreamed of having pimples that needed to be popped. In waking life, she had issues with her finances that requiring being dealt with and were embarrassing to talk about. In this case, the pimples may have reflected her feelings of low self-esteem, insecurity and embarrassment surrounding her financial difficulties, and the desire to hide or avoid discussing them with others.

Example 2: A young man dreamed of having a pimple on his chin. In waking life, he was very insecure about living at home with parents and having to discuss it with friends. In this case, the pimple may have reflected his feelings of low self-esteem and insecurity regarding his living situation and the fear of being judged by his friends.

Example 3: A woman dreamed of seeing her ex-boyfriend's face with a lot of pimples. In waking life, she was very insecure about her appearances to friends and family with her ex-boyfriend never returning to her as he had found another woman. In this case the ex-boyfriend's face with pimples may have reflected her feelings of low self-esteem, self-image issues, and insecurities surrounding her breakup and her ex-boyfriend moving on with someone else.

Example 4: A woman dreamed of having a pimple on her knee. In waking life, she had low self-esteem about her weight and her inability to resist overeating. In this case, the pimple on her knee may have reflected her low self-esteem and self-image about her lack of will power to resist poor eating habits.

Pinocchio

To dream of Pinocchio represents your feelings about being unable to hide the truth or disguise your real intentions once it's uncovered. Noticing that it's impossible to lie or keep a secret. Embarrassment at having to see yourself lie. A sense of family life that doesn't see a problem with lying until it's embarrassed itself with being unable to hide it. Alternatively, Pinocchio may represents innocence that embarrasses itself lying.

Example: A young woman dreamed that she was Pinocchio and that her nose kept growing while talking to her father who wasn't listening to her. In waking life, she was aware of herself being dishonest, but decided changing her behavior wasn't important.

Example 2: A man dreamed of seeing Pinocchio. In waking life, he discovered that someone he just met had done some snooping on the Internet about him and discovered something he was thinking he could hide. In this case, Pinocchio may have reflected his feelings of embarrassment and inability to hide or deny the truth once it had been uncovered.

Pioneer

To dream of a pioneer represents a chaotic beginning. Charting new territory. Starting something new and never knowing what to expect. You may be looking for a new way to express yourself and expand your horizons.

Pirate

To see a pirate in your dream represents an aspect of your personality that likes to take advantage of others, or exploit weaknesses for your own benefit. Taking advantage of passivity. A lack of concern for exploiting innocence. Social hijacking. Dominating a social atmosphere.

Negatively, dreaming about pirates may reflect casual feelings about dishonest or criminal behavior. A casual attitude about taking if there is nothing to stop you. Concerns about copyright infringement.

Example: A young man dreamed of seeing a pirate skeleton arm holding a sword. In waking life he was running an illegal business that was beginning to lose out to other criminal competitors.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of seeing a pirate ship sailing towards her. In waking life he was expecting her mother-in-law to visit whom she felt was a very dominate person who would always unfairly get her way.

Placenta

To dream of a placenta represents the dreamers connection to life-giving and nurturing aspects of new ideas, new beginnings, or new relationships that aren't needed once the desired outcome has been achieved.

Negatively, dreaming about a placenta may represent the dreamer's connection to something new that was nurturing or helped development that no longer matters anymore. A need to let go of something old and embrace something new. A sense of dependence or the feeling of being "tied down" to something or someone, even if it is no longer serving the dreamer's best interests. Concerns about your relationships, responsibility, and self-worth. Feelings about not being given enough support to start something new.

Example: A woman dreamed of being told that she was giving birth and wondering why she wasn't in pain. She was also told that her placenta could be seen. She couldn't see it herself. In waking life she felt sadness, tired, and unloved with no sense of direction in life. In this case the inability to see the placenta may suggest a lack of clarity or understanding about the sources of nourishment and support in her life in the process of starting anew.

Plague

To dream of a plague represents broad issues that negatively effect a lot of people around you. A decision or situation has had large-scale negative consequences. Shared suffering or a problem that nobody you know ever seems to find a solution for. A sense of hopelessness that nothing can be done about a problem.

Alternatively, a plague may represent different areas of your life that are negatively impacted by the same problem that has no solution in sight.

Dreams about the plague may also reflect your feelings about other people being hopelessly impossible to help. Feeling that it's better to abandon people than to succumb to a problem yourself. Fearing losing every single thing you have worked for to an unstoppable problem. Guilt for abandoning people you can't help during a crisis moment.

To dream of becoming infected with the plague may represent feelings about yourself being hopelessly failed or that you can do nothing except make a problem worse. A fear of your hopeless problems contaminating other people's lives.

Plastic Surgery

To dream of plastic surgery represents feelings about deliberate changes, improvements, or altering your identity or appearance in some way. A wish to enhance your self-image or confidence. Feelings about deliberate changes to your personality or beliefs so that people have to like you better all the time. You may be rebuilding your self-esteem or attempting to redefine yourself. Changing how you are perceived by others. A significant shift in personality or behavior to improve your public image, self-esteem, or acceptance in a social or professional setting. The desire for a new beginning, or transforming aspects of yourself that you feel are holding you back. Concerns about physical attractiveness, self-esteem, or how others perceive you.

Positively, dreaming about plastic surgery may represent a desire for self-improvement and personal transformation. A commitment to making positive changes in your life or boosting your self-confidence. Your willingness to invest time and effort into becoming the best version of yourself. Changing yourself as quickly as possible so that people have to respect you for the rest of your life.

Negatively, plastic surgery may be a sign that you are not being yourself, are trying too hard to impress people, or that you don't like yourself. Feelings of vanity, superficiality, or a reliance on external validation. An unhealthy obsession with appearances, fear of aging, or a lack of acceptance. Concerns about being deceptive or inauthentic in how you present yourself to others.

Example: A woman dreamed of getting plastic surgery for a tummy tuck and liposuction on her legs. In waking life, she was getting a divorce. In this case, the plastic surgery may have reflected her feelings about a divorce helping her to redefine herself as independent from her husband. It could also signify her desire to rebuild her self-image and regain confidence following the end of her marriage.