Comments on: Anorexia in Dreams

By: Dream Interpreter

Dream Interpreter — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 09:18:41 +0000

In reply to s.

The dream you experienced, where you saw yourself extremely thin to the point of death, is a profound and emotionally charged vision, especially considering your current struggle with an eating disorder. Dreams like this often serve as a mirror, reflecting our deepest fears, anxieties, and even the unspoken realities we face in our waking lives.

In your dream, the vivid imagery of being excessively thin symbolizes not just the physical aspect of the eating disorder, but also the mental and emotional toll it takes. This extreme thinness leading to death can be seen as a manifestation of the fear of the ultimate consequence of the disorder, a fear deeply rooted in your subconscious.

Consider an analogy, imagine a boat in turbulent waters, struggling against the waves. The boat represents your sense of self, currently navigating the challenging sea of your eating disorder. The dream of becoming so thin that it leads to death is like a storm in these waters, representing the extreme end of the journey if the current course isn’t altered. It’s a stark reminder of the dangers that lie ahead if the boat continues on this path without seeking safe harbor.

The vividness of the dream suggests a heightened awareness of your condition and perhaps an inner call to action. Dreams, especially as intense as yours, can sometimes serve as a wake-up call, urging us to pay attention to something significant in our lives that needs addressing.

By: s

Mon, 13 Nov 2023 05:59:55 +0000

In reply to xMary. I had the same dream without the boyfriend part haha, i also have an eating disorder and dreamt that i was really really thin and just died and it was so vivid in the dream, has anyone answered ur question yet?

By: Nicole King

Nicole King — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 22:51:30 +0000

Was trying to dress my melted skin self in the mirror. I couldn’t find anything to fit and I was frantically trying to get my mirror self dressed.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 13:51:42 +0000

I don’t have anorexia but I do have anorexic cognitions. last night was my first ever nightmare about being anorexic (I had trouble in the past but still wasn’t diagnosed as anorexic), but this year I’ve had trouble again. anyway in the nightmare, I was super skinny and I could see my spine and my ribs and I was crying in front of the bathroom mirror because I was so scared I was going to die because I couldn’t eat properly.

I don’t know if this nightmare is supposed to be a warning or anything but I woke up today not feeling worried or feel like I should do something about it so I just seem to be carrying on the way I am.

By: cassie

cassie — Sun, 22 Sep 2019 11:29:10 +0000

My friend who has already graduated was visiting my school for a day and i hadn’t seen her in a while. when she showed up she looked really skinny. we then walked down the science hallway and saw m history teacher. she hugged lexi and called her “my fat girl” (which i thought was super strange) but then looked at her and asked her how she lost so much weight. my friend just said that she didn’t know. this is all that i can remember of the dream.

By: Person

Person — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 16:23:06 +0000

I’m my dream I’m not sure if I had anorexia or not, but I was at a fair that my school had apparently hosted and my friends were all talking about how skinny I was. (I’m a very skinny person in real life so this didn’t bother me) then, one of the staff went up to my friends and said,” if you’re anorexic, the bounce house is open.” It seemed like none of my friends heard the anorexic part, bc they were all like “Hey! A bounce house” so we hung out in there and than we left when the carnival was almost over. My mom had come to pick me up and I had forgotten something. My first instinct was to check in the bounce house. It wasn’t there so I went to the lost and found and one of my friends (who is recovering from anorexia in real life) was there. She straight up asked me if I had anorexia. I kept denying it but she kept asking me. The dream ended when I said no, pushed her away and left.

By: Em

Em — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:07:11 +0000

In reply to Em. Wouldnt**

By: Em

Em — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 11:06:33 +0000

In my dream I was at school and kept feeling my ribs because they felt really flat and I was a lot thinner. Then I went home and looked it the mirror and had extra skin at the bottom of my stomach and my back, I felt really self conscious and didn’t want to be skinny anymore because I was too thin, no one noticed tho it was like an overnight change which is weird and my face didn’t look any different. Kinda makes me feel a lot better about my body now but at the same time ik I would have so much extra skin so I would look better

By: Catalina

Catalina — Mon, 10 Apr 2017 15:15:39 +0000

In my dream I woke up and stepped up on my scale and saw I had lost 10 pounds and I looked really skinny and I was confused since it was only 10 pounds and I looked super skinny and. I wanted to lose more weight and the rest is a blur

By: Sara

Sara — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:39:21 +0000

In my dream, I was getting ready to go to some sort of a premier. I was looking through jackets to wear over my dress because I didn’t want to show my arms, afraid they weren’t thin enough.
Then, a young girl who was supposedly my younger sister came in, and for some reason she was angry with me. She said something about me being very over weight, and I kicked her out of my room. She proceeded to tell our mother that I called her fat.
I was very upset, and decided to just get ready and leave.
Then, it changed, I had moved out and was sharing a bedroom with a girl at this sort of public border school. I had locked the door, and was just so upset over my weight, thinking I was too fat, and I hadn’t eaten in days.
So, I locked myself in the bathroom and took a bunch of medicine.
I knew my friend had noticed something was wrong, but I locked him out.
The next morning (in the dream) I woke up in the tub, wearing my underwear but nothing else. I was extremely thin, and very dizzy. I saw pills all over the floor and my clothes. So, I picked them up and went into the next room where my friend and my room mate was waiting for me.
He started getting angry, asking if I wanted to kill myself, and I just simply said “I fell asleep in the tub.”
He said my family had been there, and when my older sister called, she said she was a bad sister, and to bring laundry for her to do when I moved in.
I became very upset that they were making me move back in with them, and left the room.
I was walking through the school hallways, crying, and people kept looking at me.
This woman said “oh, Ellie, must we cry?”
But it only upset me more, because I wasn’t Ellie. I even said that as I continued to walk.
Then I woke up, breathing really hard because I was having trouble in the dream.
Is there any meaning to this?