DREAM THEME
Dreaming of wounds
Vinaya K. Manhas

TO be injured, bleeding, and in pain is not a very pleasant experience. It is generally a premonition of something bad in the future.

As per Indian thought, to see yourself as injured in your dream is a good omen. It means that luck shall favour you in both your personal as well as your professional life. To see the wound bleeding is also lucky. It means that after a long and sudden illness you shall soon get cured and enjoy good health. Fate shall favour you. Should you get injured by a sword then it is a very lucky dream. It means that you shall be victorious over your enemies and opponents. If you are sick, you shall recover from the illness. Should you have a boil and see it ripen and bursts then too it is interpreted in the same way as a wound.

As per western thought, to see yourself as wounded in your dream, signals worries and problems. It means that your business shall suffer losses. Should you, on the contrary, see others wounded in your dreams then you shall witness injustice being done to your friends and near and dear ones. Should you dress your wound then you shall soon have luck on your side. There will be occasions to celebrate, as good fortune shall be showered on you.

Psychoanalytically speaking, physical wounds denote emotional wounds, which we might have suffered in our real life. To see oneself as injured could also specify a negative outlook of always perceiving yourselves as the injured and hurt party. Such a dream means that we feel victimised. Should we see someone else hurt and bleeding then it denotes our own desire to see ill befall that particular person in retribution for some grievance that we carry against him or her. Should we be inflicting the wound then it reflects our own tendency of aggression. The larger and gorier the wound, the more aggressive and violent our feelings.

A 29-year-old woman would often dream of small but deep wounds on her body. Sometimes she would dream of having only one wound whose position on her body would keep changing. In the morning when she would get up she would feel pain in that particular part of the body. Small and deep wounds signify a sort of focused attack. The dreamer seems slightly paranoid. She could, in all probability, be feeling threatened by those within her social circle. Medical intervention might help her.

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