Dirt(y)
(1) Dirt is a common symbol for something you regard as (morally) prohibited or disgusting. The thing will almost certainly be something - an instinctive drive or desire - within you. Your dream is expressing your emotional reaction to the thing. You now need to take a detached look, which means detaching the instinct or desire from the traumatic experience that triggered ofYyour repulsion.
(2) If you arc dirty in the dream, this probably signifies that you cannot accept yourself - because of guilt-feelings that possibly stem
from childhood. A depressive person is likely to feel that way. Such a person is programmed to run himself down, deny himself enjoyment, turn down opportunities for bettering himself, and generally punish himself for some imagined sin. For example, a very young child whose father dies may thereafter be plagued by guilt and self-hatred, which may attach themselves to actions or desires in later life that have no real connection with the imagined action - killing the father - that first gave rise to them.
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