Sweets are a common part of human culture and have evolved greatly since the beginning of time. These treats are usually given at the end of a meal to seal it.
These may also represent indulgences that may either be tamed or developed into bigger addictions.
What do sweets represent in a dream?
Sweets can represent a lot of different things when dreamt of. It could encompass themes of satisfaction, hidden or forbidden desires, longing, and abundance.
Symbolic of acceptance
Sweets in your dream could sometimes represent a longing for acceptance, whether within yourself or with other people.
This could symbolize some part of you that you are having trouble bringing to the surface for fear of not being accepted by other people.
Symbolic of self-esteem
Sometimes, dreaming of sweets could represent something involving your self-esteem. Maybe you are lacking this in your waking life.
Symbolic of shame
In childhood, maybe one or two adults have shamed you for eating too much sweets. You then had to kick the habit or do it confidentially.
Dreaming of eating sweets may represent a certain part of you that is holding in shame about something in your waking life, in the same way that you were probably shamed for eating sweets when you were younger.
Symbolic of financial abundance
Sweets typically come at the end of the meal. Dreaming of eating sweets could mean that there is a lot of financial abundance in your life because you can afford desserts easily.
The sweetness of the food could also indicate a sweetness in life – that is, satisfaction in having everything that you could possibly need.
Symbolic of enjoyment
People usually eat sweets because they enjoy this a lot. It is a great way to make them feel good. The sugar rush is also a temporary mood booster.
A dream of eating sweets could mean that you are truly enjoying life and reveling in the blessings that you are fortunate enough to have at the moment.
A dream of eating sweets could also symbolize a hidden desire you have in your waking life. You may be liking someone but are not admitting the truth within yourself.
You may be enjoying a certain hobby but are finding it hard to live it out more often or as often as you want to.
Symbolic of something forbidden
Similar to how adults used to shame you for eating sweets, dreaming of this may mean that there is something you are engaging in in your waking life that is somehow forbidden.
You may be involved in a secret love affair. This may be either be forbidden or may not have the approval of most of the people around you.
You may also be involved in a business dealing that isn’t really looked upon with high regard by your friends, colleagues, or family. Therefore, you are forced to hide it from them, whatever it may be.
Symbolic of compensating for love
You may be indulging in sweets in your dream, and this could be symbolic of indulging in something else in your waking life in order to make yourself feel the love that you want to feel.
You may be lacking in either self-love or a certain love from others, and there is a habit that you are indulging in in order to make yourself feel better.
Symbolic of happiness
Overall, sweets are a sign of something nice to enjoy in your life. Maybe there is something that is giving you lightness and ease, like a simple hobby or a passion or even a person in your life, that is making you enjoy more.
This is giving you happiness, and that is what your dream of eating sweets may symbolize.
Symbolic of unnecessary things
You may be putting your time in a lot of things in your waking life that may give you a temporary high but doesn’t really last for very long.
These may be things that aren’t very important or won’t give you any lasting value, but you can’t stop doing them because you are chasing that high.
This may be a sign that you should reevaluate your priorities and give more time to those that are more valuable to you and to the people around you.
Symbolic of being well-loved
Eating sweets in your dream may be a symbolism for the fact that you are well-loved and cared for by others. This is a sweet feeling that you as well as others around you enjoy.
Common Situations in Which You Dream of Eating Sweets
Dream of Binging on Sweets
If in your dream, you are overeating on the sweets, this may be a sign of some addiction that you are slowly creeping into in your waking life.
It may also be a sign that you are already addicted and you are finding it hard to let go of whatever it is you are overly indulging in.
Dream of sharing sweets
This kind of dream may symbolize your desire to spread around happiness and satisfaction to the people around you.
You may be the type who is always thinking about how others feel and are always engaged in uplifting them and making them somehow feel better.
Dream of taking sweets from the candy counter
This may be a symbolism for something that you have always wanted in your life but always had a hard time getting them legitimately, or being handed to easily.
You had to resort to getting it for yourself without permission. There may be something in your life right now that is hard for you to achieve, and it seems that other people are making it hard for you.
It may be other people, and it may be the situations you find yourself in. You have to figure out how to be more constructive about getting what you want in your waking life.
Dream of taking sweets from another person
This may symbolize something that another person in your life has that you want. It may be a person, a situation, a position at work, or praise that is normally afforded.
You want to get this from the other person but of course this is not an acceptable course of action.
It is best to understand within yourself what it is you really want, and how to get to that diplomatically and authentically, in a way that will make both you and everyone else happy and satisfied with their lives.
Dream of someone else eating sweets
This dream may mean that you are not in approval of someone else’s behavior in general. Maybe you are condemning or judging a certain person in your head and think that they should be behaving otherwise.
This dream is reminding you to look inside yourself and concentrate on what makes you happy instead of looking to other people for behavior that will make you feel happy as a result.
Dream of enjoying sweets that you yourself cooked
If you are eating sweets that you cooked up, this is a good sign of your enjoyment in life and in yourself. It is also a read on your social situation, and how happy you are with your peers, or loved ones and family.
This symbolizes your influence with them and how you are able to enjoy a popular opinion within your circle.
Dream of getting sick on sweets
This dream may be a narrative of how you are engaging in something in your waking life that may not necessarily be good for you.
You may be enjoying in the meantime but take note that if it is not giving you lasting value and is making you sick in some ways, it is time to drop whatever it is that you are doing and go for healthier choices, situations, and people.
Dream of receiving or being gifted with sweets
This dream means that you will be receiving some very good news soon. It may be a reward at work like a promotion, or a relocation to somewhere you’ve always wanted to live, or a new relationship, or even a pregnancy. This gift of sweets is a good sign of a blessing coming your way.
Dream of eating and enjoying sweets with someone else
This dream is a sign of your highly giving nature, and how you always want others to join you in enjoying life and everything it has to offer.
It may also mean that there is someone close to your heart that you want to be with and would like to share happier moments with in your waking life.
Dream of eating sour sweets
This dream may mean that you will be experiencing some sort of betrayal in your life or maybe you already have. Maybe there is someone or something that you trusted and didn’t quite turn out the way you expected them to be.
This dream is telling you to always listen to your intuition when it is trying to tell you something, and be sensitive to the things that you are feeling and the energy that you get when you are with other people.
Conclusion
Dreaming of sweets can be a good revelation into your own emotions and how you feel about yourself, as well as other things and people. Consider the specifics of your dream so that you may interpret its meaning accordingly into your life.
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