On the one hand it can signify protection, need for shelter, but also an impulse that we have tendency of keeping things to ourselves, not allowing outside influences. Other dream interpretation consider the roof as a symbol of our head, and when we dream that there is a fire in the roof, it is considered as a warning of a possible mental illness that is beginning to manifest itself and should be monitored.
Dream dictionary: mental breakdown dream meanings
…To dream about lamps, lanterns or any handheld device that serves to illuminate your way as you walk, suggests that you always keep an eye on your own affairs, which will benefit you at the end. To dream that you’re lighting a lamp suggests a successful start. To dream about a lighting object, but that its turned off, suggests that youre experiencing mental confusion and that you don’t know which way to go, but if the light is dim, it suggests that you’re about to loose everything you’ve desired and so must work hard to avoid this and fix any errors. To dream that you’re holding a lamp in your hands and it falls to the ground, and even worse, it’s destroyed, suggests a serious risk of failure. On the other hand, if the lamp’s intensity increases, it indicates certain success in the immediate future. To dream that you’re…
…Seeing vinegar in dreams suggests that the dreamer has mental or emotional balance. Drinking vinegar announces that soon you’ll get ill from worrying about something that’s not up to you. Drinking it in dreams can also mean that difficulties will occur with a relative or friend, due to inconsequential chatter. Dreaming of adding vinegar to food indicates that you’re exaggerating your concerns….
…To dream that you’re in a state of madness suggests that your affairs are going the wrong way and will tend to worsen. It is also a warning of illness and other problems. To dream that other people are suffering mental disorders indicates misunderstandings in the matters being handled by the dreamer. When a young woman dreams that she or others are in a state of madness, suggests that she isnt feeling safe in her relationship….
…(Any small, blood sucking insect.) Seeing a bug in a dream means facing a weak enemy. If a small bug enters one’s body in a dream, it means that a poor person will visit him to receive some mental satisfaction or to solicit a small financial support. (Also see Flea)…
When you are dreaming that you are eating an exquisite bacon, then it is a good dream, because it shows that soon there will be some celebration. When you are dreaming of eating stale, decomposed bacon, then such dream foretells that you are suffering from indigestion or more likely that your affairs are going from bad to worse. When you are dreaming of bacon that is sliced in badly-shaped strips, then it indicates a mental and psychological disorder which will cause material losses and you will blame the bad luck or other external causes. In general, seeing slices of bacon in dreams is indication that you are an untidy person and that you should rectify the results if you wish to remake your life.
The blacksmith in your dream shows your concentration and power. Some of us are stronger than the others either in physical or mental way. Everything that we learn comes within time. To be physically strong you need to put a lot of the effort in training. And to become mentally strong, youve got to do lots of research within your mind and soul, only then you will become sublime person.
The newborn child symbolizes the beginning, the genesis or birth. Dreaming of a newborn child reveals a spiritual or mental metamorphosis happening. If this dream we have in the childbearing age it usually refers to the desired motherhood. The child as a symbol of childhood is a dream of regression, of running away to the past, to a world without worries and with home protection. The dreams in which we see ourselves as adults but in the landscape of our childhood will give us information we had forgotten and will facilitate the understanding of tensions and latent complexes. This dream may indicate a victory over complexity and anxiety. It is a step in the conquest of inner peace and confidence in ourselves.
…Dreaming about a rope in good conditions indicates fidelity, constancy, and thoughtfulness in all matters including sentimental matters. Dreaming of buying a rope suggests that the dreamer yearns to achieve full stability in every way, including sentimental stability. Dreaming of selling ropes insinuates that the dreamer is tired of the life he or she leads or the environment in which the dreamer lives and wants a change, for example making lengthy traveling. A young woman who dreams about ropes of any kind longs marriage. If the rope is new, she wants a rich husband. If the rope is old, worn or dirty, it’s announcement of failure in marriage due to having rushed the marriage. Ropes, cables, etc., in dreams indicate mental confusion, immobility for being tied to something, or inability to act. It means that the dreamer finds it difficult to avoid or solve problems that he or she…
…Dreaming of baptism, signifies that your character needs strengthening by the practice of temperance in advocating your opinions to the disparagement of your friends. Dreaming that you are an applicant, signifies that you will humiliate your inward self for public favor. Dreaming that you see John the Baptist baptizing Christ in the Jordan, denotes that you will have a desperate mental struggle between yielding yourself to labor in meagre capacity for the sustenance of others, or follow desires which might lead you into wealth and exclusiveness. To see the Holy Ghost descending on Christ, is significant of resignation to duty and abnegation of self. If you are being baptized with the Holy Ghost and fire, means that you will be thrown into a state of terror over being discovered in some lustful engagement….
If they are full of things, then shelves predict good chances of increasing our material, mental or spiritual good. If they are empty that announces losses or frustrations.
…own house in a dream, it means that he will profit and witness blessings that will show in his household members. If one who is experiencing difficulties in his life sees himself tied-up to a chair or to a wall in a dream, it means that his problems and fears will be dispelled. If one sees himself building a prison in a dream, it means that he will meet a righteous man, or an Imam who will guide him on the straight path. A prison in a dream also represents paralysis, arrogance, self-deception, or incarcerating troublesome people. If one sees a deceased person in jail in a dream, it means that he is in hell. If one sees himself imprisoned in a dream, it also means that he may enter a forbidden place, a house of a prostitution, or a tavern. (Also see Cage | Imam | Mental hospital)…
…and interacting with people with a very low moral level, maybe criminals. A young, single woman who dreams of being kidnapped or imprisoned, indicates that shes getting old and still doesnt find a husband, or that her occupation or job is unpleasant but cant find anything else that suits her desires. A married woman who dreams of being kidnapped or imprisoned, indicates that she has a very uncomfortable life with her husband because she doesnt have a nice relationship with her family, her mother in law, or because the husband is very jealous, disobliged or vicious. Dreaming of being in a in a safe place means that you are confident in everything that you decide to do. Dreaming of kidnapping means the lack of security such as locks also indicates self-doubt. Dreaming of trying to break a lock indicates mental confusion, that doesnt allow you to solve your problems….
Dreaming that youre mentally impaired announces failures, frustrations and losses. Dreaming of children suffering from mental impairment suggests that there will be some changes due to various problems that are difficult to solve.
…(Inhaling pulverized tobacco or powdered medicine.) Inhaling snuff in a dream is a sign of devastation, lacking a sense of continuity, needing to conceive a child, needing one’s mother, seeking the help of one’s superior, or it could denote a mental illness. If one sees himself snuffing tobacco or other herbs, or powdered medicine in a dream, it means that his anger has reached a stage he could no longer bear….
(See Mental hospital)
To dream that you sneeze, shows the easiness in joyful life. On the other hand, sneeze can be representation of spiritual strength and mental healing.
To find one means gain. Empty one indicates termination of business. Nest of serpents, of crocodiles and other malignant animals, means demoralization of the mental energies.
…To dream that you’re in a maze that has endless hallways and confusing roads, caves or tunnels that cross each other suggests mental confusion; it means that at the beginning, your affairs, business, affections, etc., are very complex. When you dream this way it is often means that your wife/husband, girlfriend/boyfriend, or your family are the people who mentally confuse you, and this often causes illness or break ups. When the maze is very dark it announces serious illness, either of the dreamer or of the people who appear in the dream. If the maze somehow relates to any means of transport, it suggests that you think about or desire to die. When the maze is inside a beautiful forest and better if it’s in an orchard of fruit trees, whether they’re flowering or already have fruit hanging from them, it announces unexpected joys and prosperity. To dream that…
…Is favorable to persons engaged in mental work. To see a breakfast of fresh milk and eggs and a well filled dish of ripe fruit, indicates hasty, but favorable changes. If you are eating alone, it means you will fall into your enemies’ trap. If you are eating with others it is good. See Meals….
…It’s a nightmare that reflects an unsustainable moral or material situation. It doesn’t matter what or who is being carved up, its meaning always warns us to end this situation or we will lose or physical or mental health….
Dreaming of figures, indicates great mental distress and wrong. You will be the loser in a big deal if not careful of your actions and conversation.
…To see your own brain in a dream, denotes uncongenial surroundings will irritate and dwarf you into an unpleasant companion. To see the brains of animals, foretells that you will suffer mental trouble. If you eat them, you will gain knowledge, and profit unexpectedly….
(See Mental derangement)
(See Insanity | Mental derangement)
…Dreaming that you elaborate the sausages is a sign of strong passion. If you eat them, then it means romance for the young people and good health for the old people. Watching them means possible mental weakness….
…scourge in a dream, it means that he is in dire need and is praying for a way out of his difficulties. If one sees himself lashing a sittingperson with a scourge in a dream, it means admonishing him, and if the other person is scared, or if he shields his face with his arm in the dream, it means repentance from sin. If he is not hurt by the scourge in the dream, it means that he is stubborn and does not accept the good advice. If he bleeds in the dream, it means that he is beaten unjustly. If the victim’s blood splashes and stains one’s clothes in the dream, it means that he will receive suspicious or unlawful money from his victim. If one’s scourge is bent in the dream, it means a mental disorder, or that one’s assistant is a reckless or an impatient person….
Dreaming of being feeble, denotes unhealthy occupation and mental worry. Seek to make a change for yourself after this dream.
If you see demons in a dream, then such dream indicates the negative aspects of your personality. The dream could also show how you are experiencing mental issues within yourself. If you are possessed by demons in a dream, then it means you feel helpless in some situation of your waking life. The demons could also represent the particular person that causes you negative feelings.
(Acumen | Astute | Discrimination | Physiognomy | Prophesying) If one finds himself capable of perceiving matters with astute sense, or to discrimi- nate things with a clear mental keenness, or to even explain the future, or to prophesy, or to know what is hidden in a dream, it means that he will acquire all what is good, and that God Almighty will protect him so that no harm, or evil will ever touch him. Perspicacity in a dream also represents goodness and salvation.
(arb. | Jahannam. See Hell-fire | Malik | Mental hospital)
…Dreaming of letters indicates discomfort. If the letters are urgent or theyre telegrams it suggests that economic hardship or bad health news in the family are going to approach the dreamer. Dreaming of receiving anonymous letters suggests jealousy or envy at the success of others. Dreaming of having a letter in hand, but not being able to read it suggests that the dreamer has mental confusion that prevents the dreamer from resolving problems. Dreaming about receiving a letter from a loved one, to which the dreamer isnt paying attention to, suggests that in everyday life the dreamer is behaving improperly by giving preference to trivialities. Dreaming about receiving a letter about mourning hints that bad news is coming or that there is illness in the immediate future. Anonymous dreams of any kind and in any form are notice of fears and problems that can be serious. A woman who…
…To dream about something made out of iron or steel, and worse if it is old, rusty or dirty, it indicates disgrace, anguish, grief, loss, etc. To dream that you’re carrying the weight of a piece of iron with your body announces a mental confusion that will produce losses. To dream that you’re hitting something with an iron object suggests your own selfishness and cruelty against those who surround you. To dream that you’re working with iron objects suggests that you use tricks to earn money. To dream that you’re trading iron objects or materials symbolizes that your activities will not be successful, primarily because your friends are not recommended people. If in that dream you find out that the price of the iron has lowered, it is a warning that you’ll suffer significant losses….
Seeing an onyx in a dream represents a spiritual and mental balance. It also symbolizes peace of mind.
…Dreaming of a bishop, teachers and authors will suffer great mental worries, caused from delving into intricate subjects. To the tradesman, foolish buying, in which he is likely to incur loss of good money. For one to see a bishop in his dreams, hard work will be his patrimony, with chills and ague as attendant. If you meet the approval of a much admired bishop, you will be successful in your undertakings in love or business….
To collect flowers means special benefits. Hold them, see or smell them in their season, consolation, pleasure, joy. Flowers that are out of season, obstacles and desire for success. If they are white, the difficulties will be minor, if they are yellow, the difficulties will be painful, and if red then the dream foretells about sexual desires. (See Rose, Lily, etc.) To see the flowers of the field means annoyances, losses, physical experiences, mental diseases, unless the dreamer is not a habitual student in botany. To cultivate flowers could also show your kindness.
…issues, insecurity, and that you hope someone helps you to solve your problems. Dreaming that you are wearing your clothes inside out announces the loss of friends and people who previously collaborated in any way with you. Dreaming of wearing new and beautiful clothes means that you will soon receive a distinction or at least youll be complimented; this is especially true in the case of intellectuals, artists, etc. Dreaming that you have lost the clothes you wanted to wear suggests that youre losing not only material things but perhaps mental and moral values. Dreaming of wearing with a metallic armor and feeling comfortable with it, suggests that you want to be flattered, earn some distinctions, and you may try to enter in high society or in important political circles. However, the metal of the armor suggests that you are imprisoning yourself, so you wont get anything you want….
Dreaming of bankruptcy, be it yours or someone elses, indicates mental impairment. This dream indicates that you should rest for a while and get away from things that are worrisome for you. It also points out that some business or affairs are about to be concluded.
To dream about dancing or listening to a waltz, indicates that the last moments of happiness are going away. The nostalgia will be preserved for a long time. To be in a dance with clothes from the beginnings of the past century, with soft, romantic music, waltzes for example, means that you are living very restlessly and mental and emotional balance is yearned.
Dreaming about Egypt represents high spirituality and steady mental harmony. To be in Egypt and to see Pyramids in your dream symbolizes the origins of fundamental balance in your psyche. Your own feelings and spirituality are huge treasure. It indicates a period in life where things may have been simpler. To be in sand dune in Egypts part of Sahara represents deserted negativity. You forgot everything what makes you anxious. You freed yourself from any worries. Alternatively, it symbolize that in your life is some situation where you feel alone. Maybe your calmness and tranquillity give to you some kind of solitude.