Stock Market

To dream of the stock market represents an interest in making personal investments in new ideas, relationships, or possibilities. Feeling that you or others want to take a chance on something better for the future.

To dream that the stock market crashed represents a blow to your hopes, dreams, or confidence in the future. Feeling sidetracked. Your personal investment in a situation or relationship may feel wasted. It may also reflect your fear of losing everything you worked for in some area of your life.

Alternatively, dreaming of the stock market crashing may reflect your feelings that nobody wants to take any chances on anything new. A fear of others losing confidence in you and being unwilling to risk anything for you.

Stockings

To dream of regular women's dress stockings represents feelings about not wanting to feel that you think you are better than other people or dishonest while being independent. Feelings about yourself or other being a wonderful person who doesn't have to be told what to do. Feelings about about being a wonderful passive person with everyone liking you. Projecting an image to others that you are an honest person that never does anything wrong. Feelings about being a perfect passive person who doesn't deserve to have anyone get angry at them.

Negatively, dreaming about regular women's dress stockings may reflect behavior that is arrogantly acting like a wonderfully honest lady in appearance only. Acting like an honest little girl to get away with dishonesty. Dishonestly acting like a wonderful person that doesn't do anything wrong. Acting like a wonderful little girl so nobody will want to believe you are dishonestly deserving to be stopped. Arrogantly using

To dream of seeing a woman wearing lingerie stockings represents about being enticed with something enjoyably easy. Feeling seduced with something easy. Feeling that it's obvious that something pleasurable could happen. Feeling taunted with seduction or enjoyable possibilities.

Negatively, dreaming about a woman lingerie wearing stockings could reflect feelings about seduction that is too powerful or dangerous. Dangerous enjoyable offers. Arrogant seductive attitude that thinks you can't say no to it. An arrogant female attitude that believes seducing others is an inevitability.

To dream of fishnet stockings represents feelings about enticement that feels good being dangerous. Projecting an image to others that nothing can be done to stop you. Feeling good knowing you don't have to listen to anyone tell you that you can't make them do what you want. Desire or seduction that you can't say no to.

Example: A woman dreamed of wearing a pair of stockings with a trench coat. In waking life she was unemployed while trying to get a new job. The stockings in this case may have reflected her feelings about trying to project an honest appearance to potential employers about the reasons for her prolonged unemployment.

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Stocks

To dream of buying stocks in a company represents your personal investment in other people or an outcome. Believing that if you care about or help someone now it will produce benefits later on. Hope for the future or taking risks for the future. Seeing a long term benefit in helping someone or doing something.

Negatively, buying stocks may reflect your fear of having believed in someone or something too much. Fearing having your hopes dashed. Risking too much.

To dream of selling stocks at a profit represents benefits or windfalls for having having believed in people, ideas, or in a possibility. Reaping the rewards for being faithful, loyal, or having taken advantage of an opportunity when it was presented to you.

To dream of selling stocks and losing money represents misplaced priorities, bad foresight, or bad luck. Believing hype. Poor long-term judgement. Alternatively, losing money on stocks may reflect feelings of having been lied to or disappointment in people who had potential.

To dream of stock/share buybacks may reflect feeling that you or someone else is now strong enough to stand on their own. Feeling that you or others don't need anyones help or support anymore. Repaying debts or favors to reclaim or increase independence. Not wanting to feel like you owe anyone anything. Not wanting to feel like someone can "have a piece of you" or a "piece of your action."

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Stomach Acid

To dream of stomach acid represents feelings about how smoothly choices or experiences finish up. How quickly or slowly a situation you are involved with completes. Feelings about expecting an effortless finishing on a situation. Feelings about your ability to "digest" or complete an experience or dangerous situation. Assumptions about situations or problems being easy.

Negatively, stomach acid may reflect feelings about wanting a dangerous situation you choose to be involved with to finish up quickly. Anxieties or frustrations that negative situation is not going away on it's own. Fears of being easily or effortlessly "consumed" by competition. A wish for dishonest actions you are trying to hide to finish up easily so you can put the dishonesty behind you or stop lying to cover it up.

Problems with stomach acid in a dream may reflect issues that are preventing problems or plans from completing. Anxiety about getting something over with.

Example: A woman saw ketchup packets in her stomach sitting in stomach acid. In waking life she didn't feel good having to keep lying about an innocent lie about a situation that wasn't fully over with yet.

Stone Tablets

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Stoning

To dream of a being stoned to death represents feelings about intentional total humiliation with non-stop attacks of the most insensitive manner possible. Feeling that you or someone else is at the complete mercy of a situation that is both totally unforgiving and mean to the highest degree. Feelings about being humiliated by everyone you know hating you as hard as they can. Feelings about being ruined as a person with bitter anger for every single thing wrong you've ever done in your life.

Feeling forced to endure a a large group of people getting revenge in a slow painful manner where people enjoy never thinking of your feelings at all. Ignorant unforgiving retribution. Feeling stupid for making a mistake you didn't think would anger so many people at once. Feeling totally embarrassed by how jealous or vengeful people are towards you.

To dream of yourself stoning someone else to death represents feelings getting revenge on someone you don't like in a very mean insensitive manner. Enjoying total humiliation for someone while they are forced to accept it. Feeling good showing off humiliating someone else with the worst painful experience you can think of. Ignorant jealous retribution that you are fully aware may ruin someone. Obsession with causing someone else the most pain and embarrassment possible as means to punish them.

Stop Sign

To dream of a stop sign represents a situation that is making feel that you that you should stop doing what you are doing. A situation that may make you feel that your beliefs, intentions, or direction in life should be discontinued. You may need to rethink what you are doing or proceed with caution.

Alternatively, a stop sign reflects obstacles or difficulties as you work towards your goals.

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Storage

To dream of putting something in storage represents an aspect of your life that you don't need at current moment. Resources, ideas, or goals that are on hold. Temporarily putting an issue aside. Information or insights you feel are important for later use.

Negatively, putting something in storage may reflect a voluntary reduction in power that doesn't allow you to be as strong you deserve to. Putting your anger or need for revenge on hold for a later time. Feeling that you are wasting time putting off ideas or possibilities for the future that you could be doing now.

To dream of a storage building may represent feelings about an excessive amount of self-imposed delaying. Too much in your life being put on hold for later. Feeling unhappy that something in your life has to be put on hold in the interim.

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Store Windows

To dream of a store window represents feelings about possible goals or desires being within reach. Seeing what you want in life , but feeling held back by some minor obstacle. Awareness of yourself being able to achieve something if certain action was taken or certain opportunities presented themselves.

Negatively, a store window may reflect feelings about being purposely kept away from a goal or desire. Feeling forced to "taste" your goals without ever getting to realize them. It may also represent a fear of taking action to achieve your goals and choosing to live with jealous desire. Alternatively, it may reflect excessive "window shopping" with life goals and not enough action. Too much talking about doing something without being serious about it. Not choosing to do something because you keep hoping for something to happen in the future.

To dream of breaking a store window may reflect life situations where you are choosing to take what you want by unconventional means. Frustration with having to be patient or achieve a goal the honest way. Alternatively, breaking a store window may reflect embarrassing people who flaunt your weakness to your face by stealing their power away (beating them up, cheating behind their backs, or humiliating them by just pushing them aside).

Example: A man dreamed of robbing a store by breaking the windows and taking what he wanted. In waking life he secretly worked behind the scenes to rip off an arrogant business partner who ignorantly took his money and bragged to his face about having to wait years to get it back. Breaking the store window represented the dreamer "shattering" his feelings of jealous desire once and for all by unexpectedly humiliating his business partner with legal problems and taking all his money back.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of walking past a number of store window displays that she felt each represented one of her clients. In the dream she told herself that each display should have different colors and lighting to reflect the personality of the client. In waking life she was an interior designer focused on making designs for her clients that were original and tailored to the clients tastes.

Straight Hair

To dream of straight hair represents a thinking style that that tends to stick to the conventional, normal, or straightforward. A thinking style that doesn't think of anything unusual, weird, eccentric, or dishonest. Never thinking wacky or weirder than someone else. Thinking that is straightforward and predictable. A thinking style that is more direct, less complicated, and lacking in any unusual or out-of-the-ordinary behaviors or attitudes. A preference for clear, direct, and uncomplicated thought processes, devoid of any peculiar, out-of-the-ordinary behaviors or attitudes. Feeling about yourself or other people having a quietness about them that notices nothing strange about themself. Seeing yourself as a grownup about doing nothing strange.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing a woman with straight hair. In waking, life he recently got engaged and noticed that his fiancee's personality started to become more straightforward, predictable, and settled as they approached marriage. In this case, the straight hair may have reflected his perception of his fiancee's thinking style, which was becoming more direct, less complicated, and lacking in any unusual or out-of-the-ordinary behaviors or attitudes.

Example 2: A man dreamed of sitting in a room with a group of women where most of them had straight hair. In waking life, the man was looking for a job. In this case, the straight hair may have reflected his feelings seeking a conventional straightforward job that required a thinking style that noticed nothing strange about itself so that he would align himself with an employers wishes.

Stranded

To dream of being stranded represents a sense of helplessness you feel. You may feel insecure or without resources to deal with a problem. Anxiety about being left to deal with problems on your own. You may be experiencing an unfamiliar situation. You may also feel neglected or a sense of abandonment. Perhaps, you can't find a friend to help you. Feeling stuck with a problem or feeling stuck with people that don't like you. Situations where you are "up shit's creek without a paddle."

Alternatively, being stranded may represent your feelings of isolation or loneliness. You may be hoping to be rescued from a problem or situation.

Dreams of being stranded may occur if supportive friends or family move away from you. Feelings of losing an important social safety net.

To dream of being stranded in a strange neighborhood may reflect situations that lack the clarity you have become accustomed to and leave you with no clear options to restore equilibrium to your life.

To dream of being stranded on a body of water represent negativity or uncertainty that you feel powerless to confront.

Example: A woman dreamed of feeling stranded with her car. In waking life she felt helpless to begin dating a guy because she had had a religious argument with him. She felt the argument "stranded her" socially in the middle of her attempt to get closer to the guy. She didn't know what else to say or do to fix the problem of having the man annoyed by her.

Example 2: A young man dreamed of being stranded. In waking life his mother had sold her home and moved away. His mother moving left him feeling like he had lost an important safety net in life. He felt that if he lost his job or something bad happened he would be on his own.

Strangled

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Straws

To dream of drinking straws represents a means to an end that makes something easier or more accessible. It could indicate a desire for simplicity or a desire to avoid a messy or complicated situation. Alternatively, it could symbolize feeling the need to "suck up" to someone or something, or a desire to extract information or resources from a situation or person. A desire to simplify and make a transition easier. Learning as fast as you can so you don't look like a bad listener.

Negatively, dreaming about straws could represent a reliance on artificial or unsustainable solutions, or a tendency to take shortcuts rather than facing challenges head-on. A willingness to take in new knowledge or ideas as a means to an end, without necessarily fully understanding or embracing them.

Example: A woman dreamed of feeding 2 lambs with white straws after jumping out of a car. In waking life, she had recently undergone a major life change by converting from Orthodox Christian to Protestant and finding a new job. In this case the white straws may have reflected her attempt to "suck up" learning about her new religion and job position as fast as possible without looking stupid to other people.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of drinking from a straw and wrapping it up afterwards. In waking life she does tv and movie extra work for additional money. In this case the straw being used may have reflected her feelings about quickly learning whatever was required to do her extra roles as fast trying to avoid looking like a bad listener. Wrapping up the straw may have reflected her feelings about the extra work coming to an end or a metaphor for "that's a wrap" being called on the set after the filming stopped.