Dream about eating metal

Eating metal reveals a way of living that demands an immense and hard-won endurance. This dream speaks of how you take in the world around you, choosing to digest the very things that are difficult to swallow so that you might become unyielding.

When you consume such things, you are often trying to build a strength that the household can lean upon. We have seen that those who take in the hard parts of life without complaint often find themselves becoming the pillars of their kin, though this path can leave a person feeling heavy and isolated. A child may find that the strength they build for others leaves little room for the softness of the hearth. There is a danger that in seeking to be unbreakable, you may lose the ability to feel the gentleness of the hands that hold you. This hardness makes you a person that your neighbors can trust when the storms come, and your house finds its footing because you stand firm.

The dream of choking on metal turns the strength of the symbol into a warning of a burden that cannot be integrated. You are trying to take in more than your spirit can process, and this struggle suggests that what you are attempting to endure is actually working to obstruct your breath and your voice.

Swallowing metal changes the meaning by showing a more complete, if difficult, acceptance of what is hard. You are no longer just facing the weight, but are pulling the very hardness of your life deep into your bones.

For its more general meaning: Dream about metal