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Have you dreamed about food in recent weeks? We show you what it can mean according to experts.
Dreaming about food is a common experience. As experts warn, this type of dreams varies according to cultural influences. Indeed, The context, the foods that appear and what is done with them is subject to the paradigms of each culture.. This is why there are many interpretations of dreaming about food. Today we present the most popular ones.
Evidence indicates that dream experiences that revolve around food are common in people who suffer from eating disorders. Not all of our explanations for dreaming about food point in this direction, although it must be taken into account when assimilating them into reality. This is something that must be done with other interpretations: contextualize them according to the dreamer’s life.
7 explanations for dreaming about food
No matter if they are dreams about food or not, researchers have found that 33% of men and 40% of women remember their olfactory and gustatory experiences when waking up from their dreams. In a very general way, and following the experts, women tend to manifest negative dream experiences, while men tend to have positive oneiric experiences.
Various interpretations of dreaming about food have been made from psychoanalysis. All of this is useful to contextualize that experiences of this type have attracted the attention of the scientific community. Let’s look at seven explanations for dreaming about food, taking as reference a universal symbology.
Dreaming about food is a reflection of how we feel on an emotional level.
1. Emotional states
The first interpretation of dreaming about food is found in that It is a reflection of your latest emotional states. If the taste or smell of the food you eat in the dream is sweet or pleasant, then it is a symbol of positive emotions. On the contrary, if the taste or smell is sour or bitter, then it is a translation of negative emotions.
There is evidence that Mood determines food choices in reality. During wakefulness, some emotions may take precedence over others, either due to stress, the current situation, the relationship you have with others and other factors. These emotions can also be transferred to your dreams when you rest.
2. Economic abundance
Dreaming of abundant food is a direct symbolism of economic prosperity (or personal prosperity in general). For this interpretation to make sense you must be able to access the food in front of you.
If you can’t eat it, touch it or get close to it; So it is a symbolism of an abundance that is there, but there is an obstacle or some limitation to achieving it.. The more food there is on the table or in the place you are in, the greater the abundance that can be related.
3. Good connections or relationships with others
If you have dreamed that you eat or buy food with your family, the dream experience can be interpreted as a symbol of your good relationships with them. If you can’t make out the faces of the people you’re with, interpret it as a general good connection. That is You are in a good moment where others appreciate you and you also appreciate them..
If you recognize the people who accompany you, assume it as a consolidation of the relationship with them. Food has not only been a means of survival or sustenance for man, also a tool to relate to others. Thousands of rituals, ceremonies and other similar events have had food as the main protagonists.
4. Unfortunate moments in the present or future
In all the previous explanations the food was in good condition. In this sense, Dreaming about rotten food can symbolize unfortunate events in your present or near future..
You may be dealing with a stressful, unpleasant, or uncomfortable event right now; or in any case you have received news that anticipates that you will face events of this type in the future.
5. Independence, freedom or autonomy
Depending on the context, dreaming about refusing food can be interpreted as a symbol of freedom, independence or partial or total autonomy. The rejection can be direct or indirect, in any case you will choose not to consume any food from those who offer it to you.
An example of how this can be translated into reality is that you have gotten a better paying job, you have become independent from your parents or you have started a business.
Dreaming about refusing food is a symbol of freedom.
6. Sensuality or eroticism
Food also has a sensual or erotic component, so symbolism in this sense cannot be missing from the interpretations of dreaming about food. It all depends on what foods appear in the dream, how you taste them, their taste and where you do it.. For example, some fruits may have a clear symbolic allusion.
Strawberries, bananas, grapes, peaches or sideburns are just some fruits with a powerful erotic charge. If you eat any of them in a room with sensual decoration or in front of someone, then the allusion can be interpreted as wanting to explore a more erotic side in reality.
7. Difficult relationships with food in reality
As we noted at the beginning, most people with eating disorders have experiences with these types of dreams occasionally. If you have had to deal with anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, food restriction, and so on, then the symbolism is more likely to point in this direction. It can also point to any kind of special relationship you have with food..
For example, people with vigorexia, overweight, obese, or those who have set the goal of losing weight may be meticulous or demanding with the foods in their diet. This obsession can be transferred to dreams, so that these will be nothing more than a reflection of your relationship with food in reality.
Keep in mind that all these references are referential.. It is very important that you read and assimilate them judiciously, since they will not always have a place in your vigil. Don’t let yourself be conditioned by them, just take them as a guide as to why you may be experiencing these dreams regularly.
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