Hi, I'd be very interested if anyone could help interpret my dream?!

I dreamt that I woke up after a night of partying with a close female friend and I'd had 12 witches tattooed on my chest. Some of them had speech bubbles and were either talking to each other or me, I didn't determine which it was even whilst I was dreaming.
The over-riding feeling was of complete disbelief that I'd done something so horrible to my chest area and utter annoyance at my friend who had let me do it! She just kept saying that I wanted to do it so she let me.

I do have a couple of tattoos but they are fairly small and in areas that can be covered. The witches were the typical old hags with warts and black pointy hats, some with green skin, others with broomsticks. I don't know if some were good and others bad but the whole dream left me quite disconcerted!

Fire away with any questions or analysis!

Tattoos are common dream symbols. Even though you have some tattoos, their appearance in your dream is likely to be symbolic. Here's a link to the definition on this website:

tattoo: dreamdoctor.com/dream-dictionary/definitions/tattoo.html

Based on that, was there something that your friend or your social group caused you to do that made you feel less attractive or appealing to others on a social level in your waking life? This is a common dream reflecting recent peer pressure and regret for having gone along with it.

Does that ring a bell? If so, please share what that would have been. You are anonymous here.

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I don't feel like I have pressure from my peers, in fact quite the opposite, which I wonder if ultimately means the same thing in my dream?! They are lovely, beautiful souls but without very much drive and sometimes I feel like I could do with a few more people around me that have more of an enthusiastic approach to life. I also recently looked after my friend when she had a heart problem whilst drinking, maybe my subconscious was wondering if she is someone I could rely on in a similar situation for myself? No idea what the witches were all about though!?

Thank you Stella!

Thanks for providing that background. I agree with your assessment. The influence of your friends' isn't so much "pressure" to get you to do something, but their lack of drive is holding you back (or down.) It's is a different kind of "tattoo," but still one that you feel subconsciously has made its "mark" on you.

Witches are also a common dream symbol. Here's a link to its definition: dreamdoctor.com/dream-dictionary/definitions/witch.html It the case of your dream, the aspect of manipulation is probably most relevant, in the sense that your friends' lack of drive is subconsciously "manipulating" you to be more like them and less like yourself.

Make sense?