For the past few weeks I’ve dreamed several times about my teeth falling out, and I wondered as to the meaning of such a recurrent dream.

If only there was a place I could type a question and get thousands of links to answers of said query.

According to the all-knowing Google, and multiple sites that interpret dreams and their psychological underpinnings, this dream is quite common and almost always indicates:

• A sense of anxiety
• A costly compromise or decision
• A radical change
• Starting a new project or phase in one’s life

At first, I was more than a bit distraught with the idea that my inner-self was feeling anxiety.  After all, I’ve recently made all of these major life decisions for the purpose of REDUCING stress and anxiety.

However, there is a very definite truth to the fact that change, be it positive or negative, is still change, and our bodies are hardwired to respond to that.  Rather than being pissed at myself for not reacting to all of these major life alterations the way I had planned, I need to realize that my body and psyche are actually behaving appropriately.  Perhaps, by giving myself permission to feel the very normal sense of anxiety that a new job, new home, new commute, new neighbors, new coworkers, and new lifestyle might naturally bring, I will move more quickly to the peaceful, positive place my decisions are intended to induce.

And even though I live in Arkansas, I’d like for even the dream-world version of me to have a full set of teeth!