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Victoria Lagodinsky

April 11, 2014

7 surprising things your subconscious is trying to tell you

If you’re like us, you love food – talking about it, writing about it, eating it. But what does it mean when you dream about food? Are you just a bit too enthusiastic, or could your subconscious be trying to tell you something?

We’ve put together 7 foods that might appear when you’re asleep, and you’ll be surprised at what these dream foods represent. Because dreams involve brain areas that evolved before language, much of their meaning takes symbolic rather than verbal form, so your boring dreams about mashed potato might not be so boring after all…

The analysis is taken from the late Professor David Fontana’s book, 1000 Dreams. Professor Fontana was a psychologist with over 35 years’ experience working with dreams, and he firmly believed that dreams offered insights into the unconscious mind.

So, what will your dreams about food tell you?


 
1. What do dreams about wedding cake? mean?

Dreamers may see themselves as one or other of the tiny figures of a bride and groom traditionally placed on a wedding cake. Looking down from the top of the cake may evoke your satisfaction at what you have achieved. A nuptial cake may also represent an important new beginning in your life, and symbolize your excitement at the future. On the other hand, if your dream has you looking up at the towering, multi-tiered wedding cake, this may express the effort that lies ahead in meeting a commitment – marital or otherwise.
 
2. What do dreams about vegetables mean?

A common dream-image presents a variety of vegetables in great profusion suggesting our desire to enjoy the good, wholesome produce of nature. However, dreams of yearning for abundance may, in fact, reflect concerns about your lack of money or prosperity
 
3. What do dreams about porridge mean?

These foods are associated with the nurturing comforts of our early years – as in the symbolism suggested in the nursery tale Goldilocks and the Three Bears. However, the image of the sticky glutinous oats could stand for emotional difficulty.
 
4. What do dreams about mashed potato mean?

Mashed potato is a comfort food and so may evoke memories of a harmonious childhood if it is a smooth and delicious concoction. However, mashed potato that is lumpy and tasteless or too salty may be associated with school meals and childhood or adolescent neuroses.
 
5. What do dreams about salt mean?

Salt, which preserves against decay and corruption, is a symbol of purification and protection. Salt may therefore have a Jungian meaning of taking the individual to a higher plane of perception. When it is shared like bread with visitors, salt is also a symbol of togetherness, evoking perhaps your desire to reconnect with family and friends, or to reach out to people who have been strangers in your life. Spilling salt is popularly said to bring bad luck and, in dreams, may represent some social embarrassment you fear you may have committed
 
6. What do dreams about cornflakes mean?

Modern symbolism, often built up through marketing and advertising campaigns, links cornflakes and other popular breakfast meals with a happy, healthy and ordered home life. Dreaming of sitting at the breakfast table, especially if loved ones are present, may express a desire for improved domestic circumstances, or a move toward a life based on traditional family values.
 
7. What do dreams about tea or coffee mean?

Dreaming about drinking coffee may indicate your wish for more stimuli in the routine of your waking life. The social aspects of coffee-drinking may indicate a need for closer contact with friends. Tea can have a more domesticated image and points perhaps to your longing for a break from stress or a more settled home life.

If you get your coffee or tea from an office urn or vending machine, then it may instead suggest a desire to get to know your colleagues better. It may even connote a sexual desire for one particular colleague.
 
Food for thought there. Bad puns aside, we’d love to hear about any strange food dreams you’ve had in the comments below.

1000-dreamsAre you confused by the symbols, secrets and stories you see when you sleep? Professor David Fontana’s 1000 Dreams is a comprehensive A-Z dictionary of dreams, that explains what your subconscious is trying to tell you.

So whether you’re naked in front of an interview panel, flying through the air or playing cricket, you can use this book to unlock your dreams and learn a little bit more about yourself.

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