Dreams about feces – what do they mean? (Dream interpretation feces and excrements)
Dreams about feces / urine / toilets
Some are surprised about dreaming that they make stools/feces. It is actually a very common dream theme. A feces dream is often about how we dispose (or do not dispose!) something psychological, in this case thoughts or memories that really has been a load of “shit” (that is burdensome) to carry around. To pee in dreams often carries the same meaning. There are however several angles to what it means to defecate / urinate in dreams. These are reviewed below.
Emptying bowels as a symbol of getting rid of negative thougths. Feces (shit) in dreams can be a symbol of getting rid of something that has been a burden to us psychologically. A man dreamt that he sat and talked with a therapist whilst he was shitting in very large quantities. It was hugely embarrassing for him to sit there and empty his bowels while the therapist was looking at it. Shortly before this dream, he had in reality just relieved his emotions to a therapist. This is a very traditional illustration of how defecating in dreams can be understood as getting rid of something that has cost us a lot of (negative) energy psychologically.
For some time the man had gone around with a lot of thoughts as to whether he should leave his wife or not. He thought it was a hugely embarrassing dream – and the key here is that it was very much out of the comfort zone and truly embarrassing for him to finally tell about his many thoughts to someone else. In his dream this embarrassment was depicted as how highly embarrassing it is to sit in front of someone and empty your bowels.
Many times we “take a dump” (or pee) in dreams while we sit at the lavatory. The location of the lavatory can provide a hint as to whether it is at work, at home or in a third place that we need to get rid of our shit, or simply what the source of our negative emotions is.
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However, it is important to learn how to generally approach your dreams. Dream dictionaries like this one are only a supplement, and if you want to fully utilize the potential of your dreams, you should start at a different place.
My online course “Unlock your DREAMlife” gives you a great foundation for understanding (and recalling) your dreams.
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To wipe off your feces on someone else – as an expression.
We can also dream that we sit and smother our feces on someone else – in the sense that we “wipe off our shit” on the other person – an expression which is also used in everyday language.
Psychologically speaking, we are often projecting our own concerns, or perhaps unfortunate (unacknowledged) sides of ourselves onto others – i.e. we attach some negative (or positive!) characteristics to another person that this person does not have in reality. On the contrary, it is our selves that have them , but we do not want to acknowledge that.
Instead we walk around and fret about how arrogant and annoying other people are – but in reality, it is ourselves that we should be irritated about. A dream where you smother your feces on someone else could tell you that this is something you do; attach your less attractive (and unconscious) properties onto other people.
Flooded toilets in dreams can similarly be an illustration of how we are about to explode from being filled with negative thoughts (/negative mental energy), and that we have a hard time getting rid of these thoughts.
Dream dictionaries are a very helpful tool when interpreting dreams. However, generally learning how to approach your dreams, will give you a better foundation for understanding them. My online course “Unlock your DREAMlife” teaches you how to much better utilize – recall and understand – your dreams.
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Also note: Dreams are 100% individual, and when you dream about poop, feces / excrements it’s almost certainly about something else for you than it is for your friend, who also dreamt about feces / excrements. Dream interpretation / dream analysis is sometimes a difficult sport, and a particular interpretation of a dream is only correct if you feel affected by it. Therefore, it is not certain that the above mentioned interpretations are relevant to you.
I had a dream that I pooped on a carpet by accident and it was smeared/ wet consistency. I was rather embarrassed and told the person to not tell anyone, I think they cleaned it up aswell…
What could this mean? Everywhere I look it the answers just don’t match up to my dream.
Thank you
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Hello! I Dreamed of a many Shits floating in a surface of Clear Water inside a Deep Well with many Vegetable Lily’s also growing at the surface inside the Deep Well as I was sitting in the Concrete Opening of the Deep Well, What is the probable meaning of this Dream?
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I had a dream last night that I was with my daughter who is 7, she had to go to the bathroom. I was in someone’s house and I took her to the bathroom, the toilet was flooded and I sat her down for her to pee. There was feces floating in the toilet and she was touching it!! I was angry with her as I tried to flush it down, one piece kept floating and wouldn’t go down and the water was spilling out…..what on earth!?
Thank you!! 🙂
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Hi. I had a dream that I was in the shower and I pooped a very large load in the corner of the shower. My daughter walked into the shower and stepped on the poop.
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i dreamt i was seasoning some big fish on another day i dreamt some men with big guns trying to get me for my money what does it mean
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Hi i dreamed that i was standing in my room nd all of a sudden ivtook a tissue n wiped out some poop n threw d tissue in a plastic bag
I had a dream that I did a huge poop, but when it came out it wasn’t actually poop, but something that resembled bread. The strangest dream I have ever had and so vivid. Some of my family members were in the dream also.
I had a dream that my husband used the toilet and left poop on the seat and I went to use the toilet and found it. Whay could raise mean?
i have a dream when my son was in the bathtub and playing, there s a poo came and he didn’t notice until I told him then there is some other children helped him to remove the poo as I ask him to remove it into the bath. What is the meaning of the my son is only 6 yr old.many thanks
Am a graduate,passed out from service last year,2015..Actually,I teach in a private school but that’s not my dream job.Am just managing it,prayer everyday for a better opportunity,as I am made to carry family responsibilities even though am not the first,neither the second born in my family…My dreams are numerous,often times,I find myself making love in dreams and passing out in waking life,most times,girls I do not know,I have prayed fervently about it and it seems nothing has changed,for a fact,am not happy about this dream for years.There was a night I dreamt finding myself in a well fetching water for an old woman to fill her gallons,the water was very clean.Just some days back I was carrying two tubers of yam and some garri in a bag when conflict started beteew two groups of armed men,I had to leave the bag @ a place and ran for my life and later came back to carry it when I observed that the issue had died down.The following night,I was in a hotel environment with my girl friend and cousin,I wanted to use the toilet but found out somebody had messed it up with a very big defecation,I closed it and left without using it.Pls,having known about me a little,what can u tell of these dreams.Pls, reply me.thanks…Potter!!
Hi Michael good evening I got a dream that am walking with my pregnant friend and suddenly she got pain then I bring in the hospital and she deliver all my family’s visit as well,when we are waiting I went to the toilet then I have a plenty of yellowis sticky vowels and too hard to plush it and even touch my clothes.then when I go home someone came to give me a letter from the bank.could you please explained what does it means
I recently had a dream where I went to the toilet and took a long and wide poop. The poop then would not flush away and an attempt to beak it apart resulted in the poop turning into segments of grapefruit (which i had eaten earlier in the dream) it seemed normal that it had turned into grapefruit slices. The poop still would not flush. eventually i got it all to flush away. But for some reason the toilet evolved into a flat basin and some of my clothes were in there, i remember particularly well a black hoodie. i remember being in a rush so i had to take the wet clothing with me anyway. After that it is very vague but i remember being outside after i left the bathroom.
Hi Michael, I would like to know your ideas on this dream of mine. I was back in high school, and all I remember doing is walking down the hall way with my two old friends( boy and a girl) laughing and pointing fingers at me, as I had shit on my t-shirt and jeans, all the other students started laughing and I ran to the rest room. I tried cleaning myself with water, but it turns out I was failing to get rid of it.
Those two friends of mine came to restroom, found me there and they were still laughing at me.
About a month ago I decided to quit my job and I did. I started having some financial issues while I was hunting for another one, I eventually got a job but then, I’m not quite happy with my boss, and it’s only been a few days. Could the dream and my current situation have a link?
In Africa belief it means you are going to make money or get some money
Hi. I had a dream that I was in a restroom in what was apparently my house in the dream (I don’t recognize where the toilet was), full of poop. It was everywhere. The tub, the toilet, the floors. The toilet was also overfilling and try tub was semi full of water and poop. The poop was also on my sister, on my 2 year old daughter. I had none on me, but when I walked in to the restroom I saw it all, and then noticed my daughter was putting it everywhere so I yelled at her when she was running around so I yelled at her and told her I was gonna clean her. Then I noticed my sister has already cleaned some of it off the floor and counter. So I went to wash my 2 year old daughter and I noticed while I washed the poop off her, the tub was getting more and more full. It was about to overfill. Then I noticed my sister was also washing herself off. After I was done washing it off my daughter I got cleaning supplies and started cleaning the floor and counter and everything around. Then my dream was interrupted, so I woke up.
Hi Jennifer,
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In my dream my wife is in the bathroom with me. She’s sitting on the toilet, before I walk out she wipes her butt, then takes the toilet paper and looks at the solid turd wrapped in it. She wants me to look at as I’m walking out of the room. I’m thinking why is she showing me this, and feel somewhat embarrassed that she is.
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hi Michael
I had a dream, I was traveling with my sister and our children to Overseas. at the airport I pooed all over my pant while sitting waiting for the bus. as I was standing up I had feces all over my pants then I went to a tab to rinse myself.
people looked without saying anything neither did they laugh at me.
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i dreamt that i was sitting on a toilet but the feaces is not coming only urine comes out.it means what
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Hi my dreams are weird, in every dream I have the restrooms are different. The restrooms are very large long ways, and everywhere is filthy like pee puddles everywhere and for some reason there’s like 50 toilets against the wall or placed in the middle of the restroom. And it’s literally filled to the rim with pee and poop mixed… and looks like it’s about to spill too. And there are no stalls at all, so u have to take a poop out in the open with a filled toilet. And the rim of the toilet is smudged with poop mostly. No sinks, mirrors, soap, flush buttons are in sight, only toilets are with pee and poop filled to the rim and many pee puddles everywhere… what does this mean???
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And thank you for your comment, Apologies for my late reply, but I receive many comments every day, and I simply cannot keep up with them. That is also why I have decided to no longer do interpretations for free. Instead I offer the following options: http://www.michaelrolsen.com/dreamcoaching. Best regards – Michael
Was in a dream wanted to go to the toilet and there was feces so I decided to go to another same thing then I decided to go to a different place when I got there I decided to fetch water from a bucket of flush a feces in the process I got feces splashed over my face and body parts but then I kept on fetching when I was satisfied I used the water to flush then I quickly went home to bath and some things tried to hinder me from bathing twice so was still in my towel when I woke uo
Hi Jessica,
And thank you for your comment, Apologies for my late reply, but I receive many comments every day, and I simply cannot keep up with them. That is also why I have decided to no longer do interpretations for free. Instead I offer the following options: http://www.michaelrolsen.com/dreamcoaching. Best regards – Michael