{"id":8737,"date":"2023-11-11T08:05:18","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T01:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=8737"},"modified":"2023-11-11T08:05:18","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T01:05:18","slug":"rats-in-a-dream-meaning-7-interpretations-for-rat-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=8737","title":{"rendered":"Rats In A Dream Meaning: 7 Interpretations For Rat Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindbodygreen-res.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/c_fill,w_700,h_400,g_auto,q_85,fl_lossy,f_jpg\/org\/pgkh2gcf8lot05squ.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<div end=\"false\">\n<p>Rats in a dream can have many meanings, ranging from a sneaky person (AKA &#8220;rat&#8221;) in your life, an issue that&#8217;s &#8220;gnawing&#8221; away at you, or even secrets.<\/p>\n<p>According to professional dream analyst\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lauriloewenberg.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.lauriloewenberg.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Lauri Loewenberg<\/a>, cultural associations and wordplay come up a lot in dream symbolism, with the term &#8220;rat&#8221; often colloquially used to describe a person who would snitch on you, throw you under the bus, or otherwise &#8220;rat you out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of cultural associations, Loewenberg also calls out <em>The Secret of NIMH, <\/em>a popular children&#8217;s movie from the 80&#8217;s that has rats as characters. &#8220;So rats in a dream can represent secrets, because of that association The Secret of NIMH,&#8221; she notes.<\/p>\n<p>And when thinking about wordplay, we associate gnawing with rodents, so if there&#8217;s some issue or person that&#8217;s been gnawing away at you, Loewenberg says rats can show up in your dreams as a representation of that distress. Similarly, when we get bad news, we might say, &#8220;Oh rats,&#8221; so the rats in the dream could represent disappointment or feeling let down, as well.<\/p>\n<p>However, she adds, only you can understand what rats really represent to <em>you<\/em>, and if you had a sweet and affectionate pet rat in childhood, the rat could actually represent an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/psychology-of-dreams\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mbg-track-event\" data-track-event-types=\"click\" data-track-type=\"article-link\" data-track-prop-element-id=\"in-body-link\" data-track-prop-label=\"page_type | element_id\" data-track-prop-category=\"Link\" data-track-prop-link=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/psychology-of-dreams\" rel=\"noopener\">aspect of yourself that&#8217;s misunderstood<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some more interpretations on rat dreams based on the context.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rats in a dream can have many meanings, ranging from a sneaky person (AKA &#8220;rat&#8221;) in your life, an issue that&#8217;s &#8220;gnawing&#8221; away at you, or even secrets. According to professional dream analyst\u00a0Lauri Loewenberg, cultural associations and wordplay come up a lot in dream symbolism, with the term &#8220;rat&#8221; often colloquially used to describe a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[102,58,175],"class_list":["post-8737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-energy","tag-stress","tag-toxic-relationships"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Rats in a dream can have many meanings, ranging from a sneaky person (AKA &quot;rat&quot;) in your life, an issue that&#039;s &quot;gnawing&quot; away at you, or even secrets.According to professional dream analyst Lauri Loewenberg, cultural associations and wordplay come up a lot in dream symbolism, with the term &quot;rat&quot; often colloquially used to describe a person\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=8737\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"LOUDHDTV - 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