I know that I clench my teeth when I’m sleeping. I even have one of those weird mouthguard things that make me look like I’m preparing for a boxing match instead of going to bed. Of course, it’s in a box somewhere and I haven’t worn it in, well, at least a month (okay, longer, I admit it). I often wake up with my tongue all bitten to hell, or the insides of my cheeks imprinted with toothmarks.
The past couple of nights I’ve been having dreams where my two bottom front teeth (the first two I lost as a child, when I was barely 5 years old– my brother and I had an accidental collision while pretending to “skate” on the hardwood floor in the dining room) are completely loose and painful and I have to do everything I can to prevent them falling out. Usually when I have dreams like that I just wake up, think “eh. weird.” and go about my business of sleeping. Today, though, I find myself constantly probing those two teeth with my tongue, testing their fixedness. Although they’re not sore or loose or… anything (my dentist is always like “Damn, your teeth are awesome! They are hell of straight! Have you had braces?” and I’m like “No I have not sir and wouldn’t you know if I had, SINCE YOU ARE MY DENTIST?”) I still feel a little nervous about biting into apples.
It freaks me out.
I checked out a dream interpretation dictionary (yes, I have one, what of it?) and there’s alot of talk about great changes, making way for the new. Loose teeth represent holding onto the past. Front teeth being involved means being concerned with your appearance.
Whatever. My interpretation is that I either need to find my mouthguard thing that I paid $1000 for (no, not lately– back when I was in university and still covered under my parents’ dental plan) or go buy one at Canadian Tire for $9.99. Because this is getting old and there are pears in the fridge that I want to eat without having to moosh them up.
> I paid $1000 for
Ye gods and little fishes! That’s expensive.
I’ve been fairly lucky with my teeth ever since I went to the dentist, lay back and he stuck his tool in my mouth.
Haven’t had to pay for dental ever since.
Lee, come see my dentist, on my behalf. He’s this horrible man with an orange toupee and really bad breath (unfortunate, for a dentist).
(To clarify, I paid the $1000 up front, but got 80% of it back from my parents’ insurance)
I have the teeth-falling-out-of-my-head dream all the time! Oftentimes it is so real that I can feel the teeth tumbling around in my mouth before I spit them into some unfamiliar sink.
Even after I wake up it skeeves me out for hours because it still seems so very vivid.
I too read the dream book type explainations, but I’ve never been able to match such dreams with such profound changes. It’s weird how your mind will amuse itself when you give it free reign.Hopefully you’ll be able to shake that icky feeling soon.
Maybe your unconciousnesses (I’m too lazy to look it up to see if I spelled it right, or if it’s even a real word – nor do I care)
are telling you it’s time to change your undershorts.
(I kid, I kid.)