Justin,
I see the same pattern in this dream as in the loose teeth dream. Instead of loose teeth that need to be splinted, the drama in this dream is the need to pierce the foot. This language sounds very much like a need to pierce something within your unconscious. One is holding it in and the other is piercing what is being held in. Something that needs to be 'pierced', Something that is repressed?. Both are healing actions. Details.
The child is you {although there may be 'professional' experiences that are borrowed from actual contact with children/daughter}. The feet are your 'foundation', your support system, the principles you live by, and most importantly the foundations for your psyche. Those foundations start in the womb and evolve into who you are as an adult. You, as an adult need to 'pierce' something from your childhood. You know how to do it, at least unconsciously {the dream?}. But there emotional {blood} 'vessels' that need to be understood.
This dream involves one foot, a reference to one aspect of your being. Your professional life in adulthood may have turned out OK {on the surface}, one aspect of your being. But on the other 'foot' there are unresolved emotional issues from childhood that need to be 'pierced'. What was held in needs to be pierced. Having knowledge of the anatomy {associated thoughts - one application where Freudian psyche is useful} you are aware of these emotional issues {an ongoing thinking process}. But you need to 'remember' the emotional experiences from childhood. A piercing of what has been 'held in'.
This something you 'think' needs to be done. There are several possible applications to this 'thinking' aspect. One would be an unconscious action, a 'thinking' something has to be done, an ego action to protect its 'sovereignty' as decision maker for your psyche. Holding in {teeth}
Note: 'Thinking' is an external ego process intuition an inner process}. This 'thinking' may be addressing personality traits. Are you an extrovert? {Or an introvert where there is that a need to balance the opposite inner trait?}. My experience with such language would be pointing to your being an extrovert.
The skin covers what is underneath. The unconscious aspects. You need to pierce what is 'underneath' the surface. Pushing the ?. ? is the unknown unconscious aspects {could it be the dream intentionally was vague about this sharp instrument causing you to use the exclamation point????}. From the sole/unconscious soul to the conscious {top} surface.
The daughter inclusion has meaning. Do you have a sister? Not screaming/crying may suggest a lack of emotions. That could be from experiences that left you emotionless .
The bleeding is emotional energy that still flows from your past. The pressure could be holding those emotions in as well as the pressure to let them out. You need to put a stop to the negative emotional flow.
There does seem to be repressed emotions from childhood. Not only have they affected your confidence as an adult, there is a need to 'pierce' the repressed emotions from the early life experiences. The teeth dream has taken on new meaning {something Jung tells us that happens when analyzing other dreams and over time}.
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The teaching is that of unconscious contents to conscious awareness. Your 'training' from childhood is deficient. Your medical training is influencing the dream.
The oven could have several applications. The womb is one, earliest life experiences {we know the fetus 'takes in' external vibrations while in the womb}. Here the oven has a better application as an emotional oven. What has been cooked, created, is now exploding. Both internally and externally.
This last part probably is addressing a part of the emotional issues from childhood. Your father, 'whom you never dream of' was incapable of helping, he did not know how to clean up the mess. This is probably saying something true about your father and your relationship with him. This would be a part of the issues from childhood {mine was a father who was NEVER there}. Without the proper guidance from the father there is an emotional mess in later life.
From Anthony Stevens' 'Jung: A Very Short Introduction'.
For a boy, the presence at this time of father is crucial allowing the boy to move from a self-concept based on mother identity to one based on identification with the father.
The emotions from those early life experiences were too 'emotional' to face so you put them away only to have to 'NOW" confront them. This may be repressed emotions or merely strong emotions you have put away because of a lack of a proper childhood {a usual thing in so many lives}. It is an emotional mess. You need to pierce what is beneath the skin, in the unconscious, and confront what ever is there.
If I can let me provide some info on my 'confrontation' with my past. Nothing 'traumatic' on a scale of outward physical abuse but a lot of psychological abuse, not being there as a father/guide.
My father left my mother and four children when I was six years old. All through my life he was never there. I tried to get close to him, up to my mid thirties in fact. But he was so self centered it never happened. I was pretty much rudderless through my twenties and thirties. Three failed marriages being one result of not having a proper relationship/fathering.
Then I discovered, at the age of 42, Campbell and Jung and began my 'journey or recovery'. It took the greater part of 15 years to resolve my 'father' issues but I did using Jung's Individuation Process of self analyzation. It was the psychological 'abuse' that were at the root of my failures as an adult. I see this patter all over the place, not only in men but also women {lack of a proper childhood psychologically}. It doesn't have to be traumatic events, merely experiences of not receiving proper love, acceptance and nourishment as a child from parents.
This may be your pattern. Or it could be deeper. Only you can discern what is there. Your dreams are trying to help you through this process of 'self realization'. A realization of the 'wounded inner child'. Bringing this to conscious knowledge would provide what it is that has left you lacking confidence in yourself. Piercing what is underneath is the task at hand. Not easy to do but essential if there is to be any hope of wholeness in your life. Dreams are a part of the 'process of becoming whole'.
What are your thoughts to these latest dreams?
Jerry 
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Justin,
I am writing this as I read your post {using Wordpad, my usual backback mode when making posts}.
I am wonedring. Could your fear of death have anything to do with your mother's nursing you and your grandmother at the same time? From studies of various sciences {psychology, socialogy, anthropology, etc} we have established that the early development of a child's brain takes in so much we never thought possible. What happens in the earliest life can become an influence for the rest of the life {even in the womb}. If there were 'vibes' received as a child it could very be there was an impression left on your psyche, your mother having to deal with agonizing btask of a dying mother. Her energies were being shared and just as your grandmother was consciously aware of you, you unconsciously could have been aware of her and your mother's experiences with her. Something to give thought to.
And then there is the lack of parent affection. That perhaps is the one thing so many of us share {whether it is from the mother, father or both}. Most all animals are dependent on the mother from the beginning. Image a small bird without parents to feed it. It woudl not last but a few days. Take away the affection that comes with the attention giving the infant and the animal is deprived of what nature intended. A source of comfort and assurance that is imprinted on the psyche, before and after. Jung does a marvelous job in providing insights to this relationship between mother and child and its importance throughout life. If there is a lack of love, nurturing and acceptance early in life you can bet your mortgage there will be consequences related to that later in life. Our dreams, as a therapuetic device, attempt to help sort out these emotional conflicts. Through the use of symbolic language {such language is used because it is from our primiative minds, the use of symbols being the earliest form of communication} the dreams is attempting to communicate to the dreamer exactly what is out of balance in the dreamer's emotional life. The non relationship with your mother would be a great influence on you as an adult. Even though we often find ways to overcome these 'deficiets' from early life, the experiences are imprinted on the psyche and often influence how the person acts and lives their life. I can relate to this in my own story of not having a father early in life and trying to find that love which was lacking all through my twenties and early thirties. The same would likely apply to you in your attempt to reconcile that lost love from earliest life. Then add this to the trying to hold your parents marriage together. And then the father issues. It is a wonder you have made it this far.
Do you have or have you had a problem trusting women?
Not being able to let it out, let go. That probably stems from earliest life experiences with your mother and father. They had no outlet for their emotions and once learned twice burned in your life. Consciously you can not get yourself to confront thee 'demons' but unconsciously, in your dreams, you are working overtime to do so. And will continue to do so until your resolve the emotional issues. the wonderous thing is although you can not bring yourself to consciously confront these issues, the unconscious dream's attempts are therapeutic. The resillance of the psyche and the human will to survive is a wonderous thing. but there has to be an outlet or sooner or later it all catches up with you.
And yes, your mental state of mind, whether you consciously display any unhappiness or not, affects your daughter. Just as your parents did with you. That makes it doubly important to find an avenue to resolve whatever the emotional issues that are in conflict. I myself was able to use Jung's Individuation Process to 'cast out' my demons. It took the better part of 15 years to realize the full scope of what was needed but the whole time I was working with my dream work and web design was therapeutic. It was one tool {the other being phsyical fitness} that kept me grounded and able to persevere. Not everyone will appreciate this method of therapy and others may need a professional to help. Either way it must be done or the fear of death may become a reality and sooner than necessarity.
What treatment have you tried or currently using to resolve these issues. Being so consciously aware of them as you are is an important step. Where do you think you need to go in your next step?
Jerry
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Justin,
About Mother's Signature. Are you referring to the website of Dr. Bernard W. Bail? In the first paragraph there is this, "Nature by definition passes on the patterns of the mother into the child from the very moment of conception". That sounds more like the pattern of the archetypal mother, innate patterns we all are born with. Anthony Stevens touches on this in his book Jung: A Very Short Introduction.
But those are innate traits. The experiences in the womb would be separate issues. Inherent patterns from the mother while in the womb and the innate mother archetype would be different. The innate would be a collective unconscious aspect while the inherent experience in the womb would be personal. The child develops through the mother's body, shares what you takes in physically and psychologically. Psychological stress could be passed on to the child in the womb. Those experiences would then be re-inforced after birth where there is a waking experience by the child of the interaction between your mother and her mother. The end of life experience there could lay the foundations for your fears of death.
I am currently listening to Marion Woodman's audio CD 'The Crown of Age. She tackles this fear of death issue in this program. You may want to purchase it, not only for her insights on the fear of dying but also so many other aspects of the psyche. Here is a statement from the CD that would likely apply to your life:
She questions, for instance, for those of us who have not had enriching maternal care in our early lives: "Without a positive mother, how can we recognize ourselves?"
W have two issues to do with your mother. The issue of being afraid of death as well as a lack of a positive mother.
{In my early life there was the lack of a positive father which manifested into destruction actions when I was in my 20s}.
"So on my inner levels I don't trust my intuitive feminine resources".
The lack of the positive mother could answer that issue. Especially if you are naturally intuitive. Not to be able to utilize a 'higher' quality could be a barrier to relationships with the feminine/women. Then there is the possible double 'whammy' if your father passed along his issue with the same trait. If there is an imbalance between the psyche father/mother aspects, and there does seem to be that in your case, an over reliance on the masculine as a survival tool would seem natural. The archaic masculine takes control which could lead to a life out of control due to an imbalance of the yin and yang.
You have done a lot already to try and resolve these inner issues. And there is more to be done. What I can tell you from personal experience is it took me 20 years to resolve my issues of not having a 'positive' father. But through self analyzation through Jung's Individuation Process I was able to reconcile that lack of a positive father and become whole. It was not until a few years ago I finally resolved the issue to the point it no longer controlled me. You have already identified a lot of what is at the core of your inner conflicts. Now you must continue to examine the possibilities to reconciling them. Personal counseling with a trained professional is one path. But you can do it alone if you give enough time and resources to it. I promote Jung's method because it worked for me. I especially gave a lot of attention to Marion Woodman since she has worked all her life on additions and issues you and I have had in our lives. Identifying the issues is the first major step. Working to reconcile them is the continuing path of a life time. But I believe if you do work to gain wholeness as you are doing there will be a resolution. A tendency to 'hound' oneself can complicate matters but in time you will resolve that issue also. Woodman states in the mentioned CD that it is often a matter of time, letting yourself naturally evolve to find the answers. It is a part of the adventure. Unfortunately it hurts a lot.
“It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure.”
― Joseph Campbell
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Justin,
I will provide a response to your post and your other posted dreams later today or in the morning. there was an electric power failure this morning which limits my time to reply to posts.
I am glad my link led to something constructive. I am not that familiar with Estes' book but the title alone speaks volumes {Warming the Stone Child}. Estes must come from the same background as does Woodman gauging by the title. I find that female authors, especially Jungian, are more apt to offer better advise than males. But I am a bit prejudice toward the feminine psyche, it being the powering aspect of my psyche that allows me to see into dreams as well as vital aspects of my own personal journey. Having grown up living with my mother and 3 sisters it could be natural I guess that the feminine is so strong within me. Add to that Jung's focus on the power of the innate feminine psyche, the pattern becomes clear.
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