To see slipping signifies that you are forced to do things that you dont really want to do.
Dream dictionary: Slipping dream meanings
(See Slip of a tongue | Tripping)
Dreaming that you slip until you fall on to the floor can mean that you are making mistakes that will make you feel frustrated and breaking romantic relationships. If you slip and fall on a mountain, between boulders, then its a symbol of future losses.
If the mud that appears in our dreams is the one used to modelling and we are doing some work with it, the dream symbolizes our ability to create and its a good omen for our ability to move forward with a project we have in mind. But if the mud is the one formed through the streets after torrential rains is a warning about the danger of slipping because of our immoral tendencies.
…Dreaming that you are stricken with this malady, signifies that you are worrying over trifling affairs while the best of life is slipping past you, and you should pull yourself into shape and engage in profitable work. Dreaming of seeing some of your family sick with fever, denotes temporary illness for some of them. See Illness….
When you dream of moving backward it means that any actions you are taking it does not brink the effect you have been expected. It seems that you are not reaching the target you were aiming for. Maybe you feel that everything you do is slipping away. You are not able to manage your life anymore and this dream is a sign, that you have to make some differences if you want to move forward instead of going backward.
…Falling indicates fear. If we fall and get up right away, it indicates that we will soon recover the confidence in ourselves. If we get up, danger of material loss. Slipping or falling from very low high, only warns us not to have oversights. Falling in the mud, disappointments. Falling in water, potential disease of hazard. From an elevated place means adversity. If you fall in a deep place, it is a very bad omen. Seeing someone else falling, someone will possibly be ruined and we will have a lot to do with it….
Skating or slipping is a signal of dishonor, loss of health, lack of self-confidence, possibility of suffering an enemy attack or from envious people.
…(Debts | Slipping | Step lightly | Stumble) To stumble by catching one’s foot or hurting one’s toe in a dream means accumulating debts. If one’s toe bleeds from tripping out in the dream, it means acquiring unlawful or tainted money to pay other debts, or it could mean suffering a great financial loss. (Also see Walking)…