Friday, February 25, 2011

A Sampling of My Dental Dreams

People often ask me about the details of dental dreams that I've had--or at least, I imagine they would if I actually had any readership. Aside from the standard "teeth falling out" dreams that I (and apparently numerous others) have on a regular basis, here are a few of my dental dreams that I remember pretty vividly:
  • I once had this dream where my two front teeth grew rapidly until they were roughly the size of golf balls. I had effectively morphed some sort of walrus/squirrel/Sarah Jessica Parker hybrid--which, I assure you, was highly unflattering. The strangest part, however, was that my dream friends and dream family seemed entirely unfazed by this sudden development, as though spontaneously growing bones were a normal part of the human experience. I spent the majority of the dream attempting to explain to them that I needed help, but my oversized incisors muffled all attempts at communication.  I woke up feeling frustrated and refused to talk to my real family for days.
  • Another dental dream I had involved chewing gum, although the gum didn't actually start out as the main focus of the dream. I was going about my daily business (or at least, whatever passes for "daily business" in the dream world), when it dawned on me that I was chewing gum. For the duration of the dream, regardless of my activities, I continued mindlessly chomping away.  As the dream progressed, the gum lost its flavor and became increasingly difficult to chew.  Yet, for reasons unknown, I felt compelled to continue my relentless mastication efforts until I could no longer move my jaw.  When I awoke, my jaw was clenched and aching. My desire to indulge in chewing gum ever again remains greatly diminished, even to this day.
  • I have also experienced straight-up "dentist drilling into my face" dreams. I don't especially wish to delve into the details of such dreams.  That $#%t's intense, bro.
The above are merely some of the various dental dreams I've had over the years.  I will share more as time goes on, so stay tuned!

1 comment:

  1. Wow. You ALSO have tooth dreams? Now I don't feel so strange for dreaming that my cat grew into a Saber-tooth tiger and ate my mailman. The blood and screaming were awful. Thank you for your toothy wisdom, oh Dental Dreamer.

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