Dream on

Twice in the past 2 weeks I've had dreams about my teeth falling out. The first time it wasn't so bad, I woke up like, "eh, weird." The really weird thing is that a friend of mine posted that she had a dream about her teeth falling out on her facebook status that same day! A few years ago we had the exact same dream one night. We must have some sort of connection. We were best friends for awhile in high school, but I haven't talked to her in years (except for some on facebook). I guess we still have similar dreams though!

Then a few nights ago I had another dream about my teeth falling out and it was horrifying. In the dream they kept coming out, all in the back of my mouth. In the dream I thought that at least people couldn't tell that I was missing all of my back teeth. Then my front teeth started hurting and feeling funny and I knew they were the next to go. I felt so helpless knowing they were about to fall out and there was nothing I could do.

So the other day I looked up dream meanings online and apparently a lot of people have these dreams! It can mean anything obviously, but it said the most common meanings (reasons that people are dreaming about them) are apprehensions about appearance, fear of change, feeling powerless, worried about money, etc. The exact reason I think I've been dreaming about it is because since I had my braces taken off (when I was almost 18) my teeth have never stayed straight. For many, many years I had to wear a retainer all night. I just stopped wearing it a few months ago because the top one is cracked (it's a plastic mold retainer) and it bothers me during the night. So my teeth are all slightly out of place (mainly just the bottom ones). Maybe the dream was about my worry that my top front ones will also go out of place?

What are some weird recurring dreams you have? Do you think there's a reason for it (like you are subconsciously thinking about something, God speaking to you, etc) or is it just random? Most of the time I feel like my dreams are random except when they are recurring and stick with me even after I wake up. Then I feel like it must be something that is on my mind, but that I usually don't spend much time thinking about, so it comes out in dreams. Sometimes I feel like maybe it's a "sign," but I'm not so sure that's ever been the case.