Dream wounds

Mountain Crown

The Living Force
Recently I dreamt of discovering lesions on my body, two of which stood out as being huge and nasty.

In the dream I didn't panic, but was concerned: "What the #@%#! Where did these come from?"

The rest of the dream entailed going to different places trying to find out what to do about them, with some family members who kind of just stood there expressionless. One of them is a doctor in real life.

This dream had the quality of being revelatory, unlike the many convoluted dreams that release suppressed anxieties or daily stresses only subconsciously known. Since we know that the body stores emotional trauma, maybe the dream is saying that merely knowing of being narcissistically wounded isn't enough, growth now means getting to the grit by identifying and healing the causes.

I'm thinking also of the possibility that this may be premonitory in the sense that conscious work is necessary for preparation of emotional precipitation to come from EE practice. If that's the case, I'd rather not prepare alone and would appreciate any assistance from those of you who have shown the knack for dream analysis; if not, the investigation would nonetheless be useful.

One significant and nasty gaping wound was located on the right side of the lower half of my back, on a diagonal from kidney to base of spine. Another was on the back of my right knee from calf to thigh.

None of the locales in the dream seemed noteworthy, but I don't journal dreams so they may be lost from memory.

Oh yeah, I was basically in my underwear the whole time, but that may be merely that I'm kind of goofy even down to the subconscious.

Any thoughts?
 
FWIW I've also had a wound dream, in it I saw a toddler (probably my inner child) crying because it had cuts in his stomach. In the dream I just told him not to touch them (avoid hurt?).
 
About 3 months ago I had a dream about a lesion on the calf of my leg that just kept getting bigger and it got infected. In the dream I went around the world to find a doctor who could give me an answer to how it got there. None of them could fix it and it just kept getting bigger. Then, last night I had a dream that I got shot and I woke up and realized I was sleeping funny on the shoulder I got shot in.

I thought possibly the leg dream had been about some physical pain. but I had not considered it being emotional pain. Only recently did I find out that different locations on the body have different symbolic meaning, so maybe it is a dream worth some consideration.
 
Thanks Drea and smallwood,

Maybe Louise Hay and Lise Bourbeau could be of help. Trevrizent, if you read this, what do you think?

My forum search hasn't come up with these parts of the body.
 
Hi Jerry
Jerry said:
lesions on my body, two of which stood out as being huge and nasty. … The rest of the dream entailed going to different places trying to find out what to do about them, with some family members who kind of just stood there expressionless. One of them is a doctor in real life.

Dream analysis is really about what the lesions, the people in the dream, the places, etc., mean to you. I recommend the book ‘Living Your Dreams’ by Gayle Delaney for analysis.

What do you feel the dream is about?
Describe and relate the setting to waking life.
Who is each dream person and what is he or she like?
What is each dream object and what is it like?
How does each feeling, person, or object relate to waking life?
Describe the dream events. What do they remind you of in your present life?
Does this remind you of anything? Does the location?
Who is X? [do this as if you are explaining to me]
What is X doing?
What is your waking relationship with X like?
Is there some part of you that X is like?

Jerry said:
Maybe Louise Hay and Lise Bourbeau could be of help. Trevrizent, if you read this, what do you think?

Neither has anything for ‘lesion’.
Louise Hay said:
Wounds. - Anger and guilt at the self. See Cuts, Injuries
Cuts - Punishment for not following your own rules.
Injuries – Anger at self. Feeling guilty.
Lise Bourbeau said:
CUT
A cut, lesion, or abrasion is the body’s way of telling you that you are feeling cut off from someone or something that is of importance to you. You are blaming and punishing yourself for it.

ACCIDENT
PHYSICAL BLOCK
Because an accident is an unpredictable event, we often believe it happens by pure chance. Increasingly, we are being told, “there are no accidents.” Nothing happens by coincidence. I believe that chance and accidents are tools the Universe (GOD) uses to get our attention. Just make note of what part of the body has been injured and how seriously. …
EMOTIONAL BLOCK
Accidents are interpreted as punishment, as on a deeper level we blame ourselves and accuse our inner-self. We feel responsible for what goes on around us. … Accidents are a way to neutralize our guilt, to punish ourselves. Unfortunately, all of this goes on unconsciously.
MENTAL BLOCK
Your definition of guilt needs to be revised. According to our legal system, a person is declared guilty when it has been proven, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that harm was intended. Each time you blame yourself or feel guilty about something, ask yourself if you intended to do harm. If not, stop accusing yourself in your mind. This will help you to stop punishing yourself with “accidents.”

This may help, or not.
 
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