Sacrifice

To dream that you are being sacrificed, signifies your tendency to punish yourself. You may also feel that others do not appreciate your talents and efforts.

Alternatively, you may need to eliminate certain conditions to make time and space for more productive and rewarding experiences.

Dictionary definition

n. 1: the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc. [syn: forfeit, forfeiture, sacrifice]
2: personnel that are sacrificed (e.g., surrendered or lost in order to gain an objective)
3: a loss entailed by giving up or selling something at less than its value; "he had to sell his car at a considerable sacrifice"
4: the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity [syn: sacrifice, ritual killing]
5: (baseball) an out that advances the base runners
v. 1: endure the loss of; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war" [syn: sacrifice, give]
2: kill or destroy; "The animals were sacrificed after the experiment"; "The general had to sacrifice several soldiers to save the regiment"
3: sell at a loss
4: make a sacrifice of; in religious rituals