Dreaming of Being Tickled

tickle, tickling · mostly negative

Tickling foretells worries and illness, or happiness wasted through weakness.

What happens in the dream

  • You tickle others: you'll throw away happiness through weakness or folly
  • You're tickled: nagging worries and illness

How you felt

  • Irritation: something keeps nagging at you
  • Nervous laughter: cheerfulness hiding unease

Ask yourself

  • What's nagging at me that I'm not dealing with?
  • Am I laughing to avoid a problem?

See also Laughing · Teasing · Itch · Annoy

Source: G. H. Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or What's in a Dream (1901). Also searched as: tickling.

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