Is everything as urgent as your stress would imply?- Carrie Latet
I drink coffee. It leaves a funny taste in my mouth.
So I carry mints in my purse just in case I find myself in close proximity and conversation with someone else.
Perhaps you’re thinking I should just cut my coffee intake?
Not gonna happen – I love my coffee!
I was in a dentist’s office, not my dentist, but I could pick this guy out in line up.
The dream was that vivid!
I’m telling him about my bad taste/breath and he takes a sniff.
He says, “Yup you’ve got (Something-or-another-aosis) and I’m going to pull all your teeth out now.”
What!!
I don’t think so!
I awoke with a start at 4AM! And I just can’t shake that dream!
A quick check on the internet reveals that:
Losing teeth in your dream often represents anxiety over a decision you’ve made or have to make in your waking life.
What decision?
No clue what it could be.
Great, now that’s stressing me out!
I’ll probably lose my entire head tonight!
Ever lose your teeth in a dream?
What stresses you out?
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talktodiana 
Never lost my teeth in a dream, no! And the funny thing is…I’m one of those people who can never really remember their dreams. On the odd occasion can I have a dream I can actually remember and recite. I guess I do my dreaming when I’m awake 🙂
‘Stress’,,,stresses me out! I though that was quite clever 🙂
Hooroo (Australianism for ‘see-ya-l8r’)!
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haha thanks for stopping by. I guess you actually have to wake up during a dream to remember it. Scientists will tell you that you dream every 45 minutes for several seconds up to a minute or so.
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It was just a dream! And you woke up just on time to save all your teeth:). And coffee is actually very good for you. SO – all is good and positive!:-)
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I love it! Great perspective, thank you!
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You are always welcome, Diana!:)
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Oh geez, I can’t remember my last dream! But I used to have recurring dreams all the time as a kid.
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Well just wait til you’re pregnant, you’ll have tonnes…..wait….ummm thanks for reading my post and commenting (blushing)
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I have something like that with fonts
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oh? tell me more!
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oh just a sheet with lots of different fonts … thinking of decoupaging 🙂
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I’m actually shocked that I’ve never had any tooth dreams, since the dentist has always been one of my biggest fears!
As for stress, most of my stress is financially-centered. Oh to win the lottery…
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I’d love to the win the lottery too…..oh but I don’t buy tickets…
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Hmmm no dreams about losing teeth but when I was pregnant I had a dream that my daughter was born with a huge mouth full of white teeth. sort of like a game show host or Ross in the episode of Friends where he bleaches his teeth. Completely freaked me out! Hope you held on to your head : ).
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Pregnancy dreams are the wildest! I gave birth to a teenager in one! Loved that white teeth episode of friends, it was hillarious! Yup my head fared well. Whew!
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I have never had a dream about teeth or the dentist and I am thankful for that as it would be nightmare I hate the dentist…………lol
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I have such a good dentist (in real life)! thanks for stopping by Jo-Anne and for leaving a comment.
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I would love to say no, and judging from the comments it is not as common as I thought, but I have had that dream many times. That, losing my locker combination at school, forgetting to take a class and learning I will not graduate, and my mom finding me having a party are my old favorites. Maybe I should lay off the coffee. 😉
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When I was younger I had a lot of those naked dreams…you know..I’m at school, look down, I have no clothes on!
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Ah, yes. That’s a good one. Other frequent visits are falling down and forgetting to feed my dog. I am a pure ball of stress – they should bottle that!
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If they do bottle it I hope it’s used for good! 🙂
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I’ve never lost my teeth, but I’ve been kidnapped twice (once by a mummy and once by a creepy guy who lived in a pop-up book). Funny thing one was that those dreams didn’t stress me: I was just absolutely convinced my boyfriend was going to find me soon and that he was going to cream the dude who kidnapped me. I’ve also been chased by dinosaurs and zombies and not been stressed. But a dream about carb counting Greek food completely stressed me out.
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LOL you’re boyfriend can’t rescue from counting carbs??? What kind of guy is he? (smiling)
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I know! I mean, seriously?
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Not wanting to bring you back to concrete reality rather than keeping to metaphors but too much coffee can make you dream!
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or wake up more in the middle of them!
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Never let anyone take your coffee away from you! (and btw, last time o dreamt about losing my teeth one fell out the next day)
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haha! Well that’s kinda scary! Please tell me you were 8 and losing a baby tooth!
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More like 28, I have been blessed with a horrific quality of teeth, blame it on my mums genes.
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oh man! Not fun…..
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Never lost my teeth in a dream ;P. Sure sounds like a nightmare. I used to stress about EVERYTHING. Stress for me, is equal with overthinking and wish to control everything. Usually, the small things I have no control about. Thanks for reminding me how I DONT want to be. Controlfreak. p.s my experience with nightmares is that they shake something in me in my dream, so that in my awake state I figure the “small wrongs or doubts” in my life and fix it. Good post!
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Thanks for stopping by and sharing! I found out the losing teeth dream is usually experienced by older women…I’m 49 🙂
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Diana,
At first I wasn’t able to say, I have poor memory and even if I do remember dreams at first, I don’t usually retain the knowledge. But after reading through the comments and thinking about other things, I know there have been times I’ve woken up worried if my teeth were loose or not. An indication of a tooth loss dream? Probably. I’ve been under so much stress for so long, perhaps all my dreams are of lost teeth and I just refuse to remember them. Fun post in a stressful, kind of creepy way.
Blessings,
Kina
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What’s fun if it’s not creepy? 🙂
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I thoroughly enjoyed this post, Diana. Good luck with your stress, dreams, and whatever decision your subconsious seems to be telling to you to make!
Russ
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Thanks so much Russ!
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I like it. Now a FOLLOWER. So glad I was introduced to your work. Dan
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Thanks so much for stopping by and following!
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trust your heart, and the inner voice within yourself. You will make the right choice.
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Thanks. 🙂
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and don’t eat late night snacks before you go to bed ( smile )
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I am about to go to bed and, thanks to you, I will undoubtedly dream of losing all of me teeth – ha!
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haha! Didn’t mean to stress you out! Sweet dreams. 🙂
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I have never lost teeth in a dream, but I have lost my life — twice — and what it can mean is: Death can be viewed as a transformation, a way out of old habits. — and then the explanation goes on to say, dreaming about dying can create stress.
Now that stressed me out — and I still have all my teeth 🙂
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Yes I have read that dreams about death speak to new beginnings. I have never died in a dream. I have always awoken before that happens…you know the falling dreams, etc.. More on losing teeth though…apparently more women get this dream and usually women who are getting older or menapausal..:)
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