Example: The people watching are saying “Kill her! Kill her! Kill her!” Then someone finds an extra bullet, puts it in the gun and shoots me in the stomach. I wake with my body completely straight with my hands on my stomach. I feel my whole body cracking up inside’ (Vanessa). Almost half the dreams on file which mention abdomen, belly or stomach show the dreamer being shot, as in the example. This is obviously to do with a particular type of hurt. When human beings learned to stand up, they exposed their vulnerable underbelly.
If we are hurt or threatened we tense the pelvic and abdominal area. Vanessa wakes to just such tension, with a sense of her body being fragmented.
The opposite is to dream of waves of pleasure moving within us, which gives us a sense of integration within ourself and with the world.
In general the abdomen represents the potential of our fully active natural drives—hunger, longing to be held; desire to give of ourself.
If these are hurt, we tend to hold ourself back from active social expression or intimacy of feelings in relationships. Our abdomen is also our digestive ability, both physical and psychological. Stomach or abdominal dreams may refer to some dis-ease in the actual organs. We might not be able to stomach something we have met in the everyday world.
To vomit: a discharging of unpleasant feelings resulting from ingesting (hearing, reading, being told, experiencing) something unpleasant.
In her dream Vanessa was re-enacting the Hungerford disaster, and feeling the fear it engendered. Shot in the belly, sex; painful response to relationship. Idioms: bellyaching; have a bellyful; eyes bigger than one’s belly, have a strong stomach; turn one’s stomach; butterflies in stomach.
[1]If healthy it indicates the manifestation of your wishes.
If unhealthy be careful of accidents. It could be an indication of not so happy events surfacing. Also - A dream of contrary.
If you dreamed you had pain in this region, you will have success due to good health and vigor. But if you dreamed of your abdomen being exposed in any way, it is a warning of unfaithfulness or treachery on the part of someone you trust. Be cautious with confidences. Also, dreaming about any body part is a way to bring the dreamer’s conscious attention to it. When, in your dream, you are feeling pain or discomfort in this area or any other area of the body, consider how well that part of your body is functioning in real life. Being health-conscious is a positive thing and both psychological and physical factors need to be considered. At times our unconscious knows that something is wrong even before we have any symptoms. “Old wives’ tales” tell us that this is a dream of the contrary and that you will have lots of vigor and good health.
[2]The cause of this dream may be physiological: heartburn or indigestion. From an emotional standpoint, it represents something that you can’t stand anymore and wish to get away from. The interpretation varies according to the size of the abdomen. Thus, a heavy one shows that the subject is conscious of her personal or social duties; a slim one symbolizes losses or economic issues; if it is growing, it is because the loads get heavier by the day and you can’t foresee how to deal with them; and a wrinkled one predicts betrayal.
If the abdomen is bleeding there is a chance of an accident or tragedy within the family; and if it belongs to a child, infection may occur shortly. It also has sexual connotation. On a woman, it predicts longing for maternity.
According to traditional folklore, dreaming of your own abdomen is a sign good things are on the way, but you will have to work for them. Likewise, it predicts infidelity. An image of a worn abdomen warns against possible lies.
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(1) The abdomen may represent sexual feelings.
(2) It may also represent die unconscious. Naturally, (2) may include (1), and a dream in which the abdomen or lower part of the trunk plays a significant part may be trying to get you to pay more attention, and give more space in vour life, to the instinctive functions.
(3) The meaning may be more specific. For example, for a professional woman the message might be that she should allow her body the biological fulfilment of sex and / or motherhood.
(4) There may be some purely physiological reason for the abdomen featuring in a dream: perhaps a full bladder or indigestion.
(5) If there is, in the dream, a feeling of pain in the stomach, it mav represent a psychological indigestion, an inability to accept something. For example, it might be that there is some situation that you are refusing to face up to; or some lesson in life - or some word of wisdom from your unconscious - that you are not assimilating.
[4]This is the part of the body associated with your emotions and gut feelings about things. When this is featured in a dream, it is pointing to some sort of issue with trusting the guidance you get from your own instincts.
If your abdomen is compromised in your dream, it could also be related to repressing or ignoring your gut feelings.
The abdomen is also the part of the body associated with digestion and the taking in of nutrients and sustenance. As such, a dream focused on the abdomen may be a commentary on how well you are engaged in acts of self-care and feeling as if you are being well fed by your life.
[5]To see your abdomen in a dream, foretells that you will have great expectations, but you must curb hardheadedness and redouble your energies on your labor, as pleasure is approaching to your hurt.
To see your abdomen shriveled, foretells that you will be persecuted and defied by false friends.
To see it swollen, you will have tribulations, but you will overcome them and enjoy the fruits of your labor.
To see blood oozing from the abdomen, foretells an accident or tragedy in your family.
The abdomen of children in an unhealthy state, portends that contagion will pursue you.
See Also: Belly.
[6]It is an omen of contrary, when you are in pain in your dream; your health will be good, and your affairs will prosper because of your physical vigour. But if you dream of your unclothed Abdomen, then it is an unfortunate omen, especially for lovers or married people, for you may expect unfaithfulness or even treachery on the part of some loved person. Do not rashly give your confidence after such a dream.
[7]Often represents solar plexus or third chakra: a feeling of well-being and health indicates balanced emotions and the centering of power or the life force; a feeling of pain or distress means too much worry and tension. May also suggest how well you are able to digest life’s experiences, taking what is valuable, the positive lessons for growth, and discarding the rest.
[8]Prosperity as a result of good health and vitality is represented by an additional adverse dream if dreaming of affliction in this area of the body. If, however, you dream that your abdomen is uncovered, the opposite is true and forewarns betrayal and disloyalty. This may stem from an individual in whom you confide and cherish. Maximum care should be taken.
[9]Another contradictory dream if dreaming of pain in this area will indicate success due to strong health and vigor. Dreaming your Abdomen is being exposed, is a bad sign however, and is a warning of unfaithfulness or treachery and may come from someone you trust and hold dear. Be extremely cautious.
[10]The abdomen represents the third chakra, the solar plexus, self-empowerment and creativity.
If you dream of cramps or pain in your stomach, you are processing through your blocks to creativity and self-empowerment.
See Also: Stomach.
[11](Venter) The surface part of the body between the chest and the pelvis in a dream represents one’s strength and health condition, wealth, or it could mean poverty.
(See Also: Body’)
[12]1. If hurting, it may mean one senses success in business.
2. If abdomen is exposed, treachery is close by.
3. A distaste or dissatisfaction with something.
[13]Area figurative of self-control; exaggerated or unbelted shows no self control; bare has no spiritual covering
[14]If you have a pain in your abdomen in a dream, it is a forerunner of good health and prosperity.
[15]lucky numbers: 06-18-32-33-48-54
big and not being pregnant: put al of your eggs in an infertile basket.
big, if dreamt by an unmarried woman: the centering of life: you wil soon be married.
emaciated: persecution results from your lack of defense.
growing, a: redouble vigor on labors instead of amusement.
large, having a very: the way to your heart is not through your stomach.
lover’s: treachery from differing ambitions; balance them al .
married person dreaming of an: an unfaithful partner’s other lover is gluttony.
moving in the, something: a long journey of hard labor ahead for you.
of an: great expectations that al of your talents wil be utilized.
pains in the, having: wil have business bel yaches, but good health.
rubbing a naked: money is recovered; a relief of tension wil al ow more to come.
shot in the, being: love hurts; take this lesson to be positive and move on.
small, a: the future cannot be absorbed before you digest the past.
swollen, a: serious contagious il ness wil be overcome.
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