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.
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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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PLEASE NOTE: I have decided to no longer help out / interpret dreams in the comments below – I simply get too many requests every day (on this blogpost and the many other blogposts).
Read: Why I no longer interpret dreams for free for a more in-depth explanation.
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 while someone feces where all over me.i was trying to get rid of it.i bath my body and become clean
I will appreciate if you could help me understand whats going
Thank you
Hi I’ve had two poop dreams that has freaked me out. One was my best friend pooping next to dog poop in a park and I had to clean it up. The second one was me pooping out locks of black hair (I have brown hair) I wish could figure out the meaning of them
I hard a dream were a building like a church and I also living Inside was staines with plenty shit and a pastor was watching away the shit with water and me also watch away some of it with water. And the pastor prayed that everyone in the building will progress in life, so I wake up from the dream. Please what does it mean
I have a dream that I’m washing my poop. I keep washing and washing it but it never washed out. I don’t know about my dream. I’m feeling so down right now.
I had a dream about me pooping and literally filled the toilet. In the dream I was concerned about flushing it all but the toilet was flushed with one go. What could this possibly mean?
Hi! I have a repccuring dream where at a certain part I end up in a very dark, dank locker room type location. I need to use the bathroom but all.of the toilets are covered in excrement and urine. Also, the stall doors are very short and I am exposed when I attempt to use the bathroom despite the filth and it’s very uncomfortable. What could this possibly indicate?
I had a dream of eating feces of Horse on road, I just pick up and eat it going as regular to my office and looking for another.
can you please interpret.
Hi Arti – wauw – what an interesting dream! I guess the question is whether horse shit/feces in this regard is more of a bad thing or a good thing. What is your own association to this? It could relate to your work (how do you feel about your work these days?) – and it could be an illustration of how you gather energy/fuel yourself – positively/negatively. Best regards – Michael
I have 2 dreams lately where a small dog is defecating on the floor. The latest was a small dog with its back side somewhat paralyzed so was wiggling/dragging it as it dumped a lot while it was walking away. I remember thinking in the dream, “that amount is bigger than the dog. WOW!” I know I am trying to rid myself of old feelings (fear, anxiety) and thoughts.
Thanks
Hi Carol – thank you for your dream. You are already considering how you potentially are getting rid of old feelings at the moment, potentially the dream might illustrate how a more intuitive side of you (the dog) is becoming liberated at the moment. BUT – as always hard to know specifically, as it could be meaning other things – It would be easier when a lot more about you / your life situation. Best – Michael
I had a dream where I knew I was dreaming I was thinking about when I was a small child and how I did my best to remember when I was an infant. I was opening up a lot of memories. I could vividly remember everything in color. Then suddenly I pooped my pants. Oh no gotta go to the bathroom and hopefully wipe it before it gets my underware. So I opened my eyes and went to the bathroom. No poop on me.? Then I tried to actually poop. No just a lot of gas. I had diarrhea the night before from that cheap Chinese food n beer. Pooping in my dream made no sense it was just bad gas. I interpreted a lot if dreams before, sorry just bad gas this time.
Hi i just want to share about dreaming of poop since i have dreamt many, countless times about this it is always about money or money will come your way.in any way how my dream is when there is poop/feces after how many days i will receive blessing.so take note its always a good thing when u dream about poop
I had a dream that the family and my dead dad where in a hotel I quess a vacation .when we were leaving my dad poop on himself so nobody wanted to give us a ride so we were stranded.what does it mean ?
Dream Emptying bowel and vomiting feces at the same time in an old bucket systeem full of excrement
Crystal carrera-july 4,2017.
I had a dream i was on the toilet and had went number 2 but i wasnt home it was somewhere else at someones home but i was so embarrased and they were needind the restroom i think and i ran out of toilet paper i was so embarrased
I had a dream that my granddaddy died at Tompkinsville hospital and came back to life and said I got to see my baby girl one more time but before that dream my mamaw his daughter died. Before my dream my cousin had one and after my dream my other cousin had one. I don’t know what this means the dreams were exactly the same will you please help me I’m kind of scared since I’m only 10 .
My dream was that I took a dump and started wiping, but I could never finish….I kept wiping and wiping and there was still mess on the paper. I did get some ideas from other responses you gave, but that was such a weird dream. Recently I have been remembering my dreams more clearly.
Hi Michael,
Last night I had a dream about me pooping in the my backyard and tried cleaning up my self with my bare hands while a stranger stood watching me without saying a word.
Please what does this mean?
What about dreaming my husband shits then gets it and wipes it all over me ?? I thought wtf am I dreaming this is disgusting but I curious to know what it means
I had a dream as I was in a storey building and stool came out my anus so I managed to carry paper and pack them but people were there looking at me. In that dream I tried to come down to throw the stole but could not since the storey did not have stay case. So I woke up with the shit in my hand.
This isn’t a joke: I was brought here because I googled this very precise topic but my dream is a bit weirder… in my dream, I take a dump in a toilet but its on the sidewalk of a busy street.
I just take my crap and wipe and feel weird as people are passing by.
Not kidding, this is really weird as I NEVER remember my dreams and I remember doing this my hankey dream 2-3 nights…any answers ?
Hi Janik, what an interesting dream! As always I would have a hard time saying what your dream is about, since I have information about your real-life situation, what happens in your life, what occupies your thinking etc. Immediate assocations from my side – based only on the dream content – could be something about washing your laundry (sharing your frustrations potentially anger) in public – i.e. letting your own internal problems out on others. But again – this is guessing only based on dream content. Best rgds – Michael
Lol…
I posted the dream right before I saw your above post about not interpreting them…
Do you think you could do this one?
Thank you