So last night I had a short little dream. There was this long passageway where people were lined up for something. I was there to give someone a message that was written on a scrap of paper. The line was too long for me to see what was at the end but it moved slowly forward.
When I got closer I saw that at the end of the tunnel was a giant brown scorpion. The person at the front of the line approach it and it stung him in the middle of the forehead. I asked the man in front of me what was going on and he told me that the sting will take away your identity. I asked him why he would want to do this and he told me it was to start fresh. I asked him his name and he told me that it was Steven, but that it would no longer exist in a few moments.
Steven got to the front of the line and the scorpion stung him on the forehead. When he turned around his face was scaled with blue and black veins that were swollen and bruised. I asked him if it hurt and he smiled at me and replied that he felt ‘nothing’.
Once he vanished I quickly told the scorpion that I was not there to be stung, but to deliver a message. He asked me what the message was so I showed him the paper in my hand. I asked him if he wanted me to read it aloud since he didn’t have hands, but he told me that that was not necessary. I looked down and saw that the message had vanished from my hands. Then I woke up and checked my bed for scorpions.

Weird, right?

Scorpions can symbolize death and rebirth.

I find that interesting, considering that this dream is about taking away people's identities. Losing your identity and taking on a new one is like dying and then being born again. Is there a situation in your life where you feel that people around you are losing their identities/maybe changing in a way that makes you uncomfortable?

Are you afraid of losing your identity or an important part of yourself? The paper with the message that disappears can also be a sign of lost identity. - A message is a way you communicate to others. Your identity is partly based on how other people see you and how you express youself to them.

Do you live somewhere where scorpions live? I'm wondering since you checked your bed for them after you woke up.

That's an interesting idea. I guess I haven't really thought about it ,but everything is changing right now. My older sister is getting married on Sunday and my best friend is getting married in two weeks. A lot of my friends at work are moving away at the end of the summer and some old friends of mine are coming back to the city, but I wouldn't say that I perceive any of these things as negative.

I've lived in a desert my entire life and I haven't ever seen a scorpion, but people who live outside of the city apparently see them all the time. My friend went to get into bed one night and saw three scorpions sitting on his pillow.

These changes aren't necessarily negative, but they will have an impact you and they will affect your identity in a way - when your sister gets married, you'll become someone's sister-in-law for example.

A piece of paper with writing can be a marriage certificate or a lease or deed to a house.

I was interested about the scorpions because I've never seen one in my life. I'm from New York City and I live in northern England.