What research shows
Not measured.
Places
Dreaming about shopping
Choosing among options with a cost attached — shopping dreams are about selection..
The psychological reading
Being unable to find what you came for, or reaching the till without money, are the two dominant forms — both about the transaction failing rather than the goods.
Not among the 55 themes ever measured — searched 1,670 times a month. Which dreams have been counted →
The version matters
Different ways this dream shows up
Most dream dictionaries give one meaning for the whole symbol. In practice the specific version carries most of the information — losing every tooth and losing one tooth are not the same dream.
How to record a dream, why the feeling matters more than the content, and when recurring nightmares are worth a doctor rather than a dictionary — set out once on the main page.
Before you look anything up
How the dream felt matters more than what was in it. The same image can arrive as comfort or as threat, and that difference tells you more than any entry in a dictionary — including this one.