Giving advice can represent a desire to help, to express your opinions or thoughts, to control another person by getting them to agree with you or do things your way Asking someone for advice can represent a desire for help or support somehow in your life, a feeling of confusion, not feeling sure of yourself, or a desire to connect the the person you’re asking for advice (or whatever they represent). Receiving unwanted advice , or someone trying to tell you what to do or how to be, can represent a feeling or fear of someone doing this (or doing to to much or to forcefully) in real life, or a feeling or fear of disapproval in your life somehow.