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Dreams of food and eating that occurred in the analyses of four female patients, two with and two without eating disturbances, demonstrated a decreasing incidence during the course of analysis. This indicated increasing maturity. Comparison of the two without eating symptoms, the first having an oral character disorder with hysterical features and the second having hysterical, phallic, Oedipal problems, showed that the former had a greater incidence of dreams of food and of actively eating; the dreams indicated oral pregenital fixations. Oral regressive dreams recurred with analysis of genital strivings. The second patient showed mainly regression from Oedipal conflicts. Her dreams of preparing food for others symbolized feminine maternal wishes. Eating places in the manifest content symbolized later childhood memories. These patients, as well as the third, clearly showed how food dreams can be transference dreams.
The dreams of the third patient showed the relation between obesity, sublimations (being a waitress, dietitian, or cook), and the symbolic meaning of specific foods which precipitated allergic or conversion reactions. The fourth patient, an