Bathrooms in Dreams: Ridding excess waste.

A bathroom is a room in your house where you eliminate waste, clean and groom yourself. In a dream, a bathroom means getting rid of anything that makes you feel yucky.

• A bathroom allows you to rid yourself of all things that are considered waste; things that you don’t need. The act of using the toilet symbolizes this: getting rid of “crap”.
• Maybe you’re hanging on to some anger, resentment or misconceptions. Showers help you wash these things away.
• Sometimes bathrooms show up in dreams when our physical body really has to use the potty. Try and wake yourself up!

Where is the bathroom in your dream?

In public?

Sometimes you will see a toilet in your dream that is completely out in the open where everyone can see you. Using that toilet would be exposing a part of you in a very open way. When you choose to use the public toilet it means a willingness to be exposed and rid yourself of waste.

Inside your house?

You are getting rid of things inside of you. Your mind needs to get rid of things that are no longer needed, just as your body does. Using toilets in your own home symbolizes the mind getting rid of those unnecessary mental structures.

On your front lawn?

The things that you are getting rid of are visible, outward things. They are most likely on the outside of you, things that could be visible to others. One example could be excess weight.

At your workplace?

The things that you are eliminating are constructs that no longer serve you. For example, I was being very passive in a work situation that was calling for a more proactive approach.

I dreamt I was eliminating solid waste in a work bathroom. This symbolized the flushing away of the stuff that wasn’t working for me anymore. This dream helped me to get rid of the passive unproductive “crap” that I was holding on to and begin to take charge of my personal work environment. 

Pulling the symbolism together.

Bathroom processes invariably leave you feeling cleansed as you get rid of old stuff to make room for new things that you need for personal growth. It’s that wonderful feeling you have after a nice refreshing shower, or how much better you feel when you eliminate the waste that your body doesn’t need.

Take your cue from how you feel about being “exposed” in your dream situation, while taking care to keep your conscious thoughts about the action separate from your dream thoughts and feelings. You might find that you are very comfortable in your dream situation, but in your conscious life you’d be horrified. Try to get rid of that “yuck” feeling you have about the dream after you’re awake and get to the truth of how you were reacting within your dream. How you were reacting in the dream will lead you to the true meaning of it, as opposed to what you’re thinking about the dream after you are awake.

I hope that my understanding of bathroom as a symbol will help you in your processes of elimination.