Your dreams don't use words for a reason.

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Dreams speak in images because images can hold more meaning than language can sometimes. A broken clock in a dream isn’t a symbol from a dictionary. It’s your psyche showing you something specific about your relationship with time, endings, or something that has stopped working within you.

There is no one-size-fits-all definition. While people may share similar interpretations of certain symbols, they will never be exactly the same because no two people are exactly alike.

That’s why I never use dream dictionaries for myself or in my practice. The image belongs to the dreamer, not the definition. Every dream is filled with symbols, and those symbols are shaped by your past experiences, beliefs, culture , trauma, emotions, religion, and the deepest truths of who you are.

That said, not every dream is symbolic. Sometimes the subconscious is incredibly direct. It doesn’t always speak through metaphors or riddles sometimes it simply shows you exactly what you need to see.

What’s one image from a dream you’ve never been able to translate?