Tumor

To dream of a tumor represents issues or conflict that only get worse. Problems or hatred that keeps building up. It may be a sign that you need to deal with a problem, accept something, or learn to forgive.

Example: A man dreamed of a seeing a tumor. In waking life he couldn't stop himself from finding new ways to hate someone he had recently met. He kept looking around on the internet for more details about the person and kept noticing more reasons why he couldn't stand him.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of seeing a tumor. In waking life she felt that something was wrong with her marriage and that it was only getting worse.

Umbilical Cord

To dream about an umbilical cord represents our ties to a relationship, problem, or situation. You may feel that you have to be with someone or that someone doesn't want to let go of you. You may have anxiety about being on your own and supporting yourself.

Alternatively, an umbilical cord may symbolize maternal ties. You may be too emotionally bonded with your mother.

Negatively, an umbilical cord may reflect feelings about being stuck with a problem. Feeling stuck or associated to someone else's negative behavior.

To dream of a umbilical cord that nobody will cut for you may reflect a problem situation that you feel you have to deal with all on your own.

Example: A woman dreamed of having a baby and noticing her husband being unwilling to help her cut the cord. In waking life she began chastising her teenage son for his disrespectful behavior and felt that her husband was embarrassing her by not being supportive of her. The uncut cord represented how she felt stuck dealing with her son on her own.

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Vaccination

To dream of getting a vaccination represents a wish to become resistant to something that has taken hold of you. It may also reflect a wish to immunize yourself from dangerous situations or bad choices that have become a problem. Doing whatever it takes to not be "infected" by a bad situation or bad choice that has gotten out of hand.

To dream of your father getting an vaccination may reflect a wish to immunize yourself from a bad decision. Realizing that you need to take permanent action against a mistake or careless choice you made so it doesn't get worse. It may also reflect your wish to remove yourself from any responsibility for your choices or avoid blame.

To dream of your mother getting a vaccination represents your wish to immunize or permanently isolate yourself from making future mistakes or face future consequences. Making a serious choice now that will protect you from making further bad choices or problems down the road.

Video Games

To dream of a video game represents feelings about a challenging experience you are having to see how far you can get doing something without failing. Testing how far you can challenge something pushing limits. Enjoying a challenging experience to test limits or to avoid failure. Feuding or competition. A win or lose situation. You also may be experiencing a situation where you need to do everything right in order to achieve a goal. Competition that feels casual. Two opposing forces trying to prove they are better than each other. A competition where you are enjoying trying to overcome a challenge faster than someone else. Attempting to prove yourself to yourself with increasing difficulty or risk. Surprise or disbelief that nobody will stop you from taking a situation as far as you can. Escapism that challenges itself in order to avoid boredom.

Alternatively, dreaming about a video game may represent a challenging experience in your waking life to achieve the best improved time or highest count in some area of your life. A challenging experience with others to see who can do the most, highest, or longest with a record. A challenge to outdo someone else's reputation or best performance.

Negatively, a video game may reflect an attitude that is arrogant about challenging itself to see how far you can go with certain behaviors without failing. Testing a situation or person too far. Ignorantly not understanding that other people don't like you testing how far you can take a situation. A reckless or dangerous attitude about testing something with how far you can take it. Issues with thinking you are better than someone else and needing to test it. A competition between people who want to get back at each other. A deadly or serious challenge to see how far a situation can be taken without failing while ignoring the deadly or serious nature. Petty feuding or teenage competition. A cold or casual view of a competition with big stakes. Childish or petty competition. Not taking a serious conflict seriously while having a casual attitude about competing. Passive aggressiveness that chooses petty attacks instead of discussing the problem or negotiating. Childishly wanting to get back at someone more than they are getting back at you. Seeing how far you can dishonesty push a situation or get away with something. Wasting time competing with others over petty achievements or goals. "Playing games" with trying see how far you can push people or put up with an obstacle to your goals. Childishness that plays games with a situation instead of being serious.

Alternatively, a video game symbolizes an escape from your problems, instead of confronting them. Intentionally wasting time. Competing in your head without competing for real.

To dream of a "level" in a video game may represent feelings of progression or advancement in a situation where you are challenging yourself to see how far you can take it. Increasing amounts of difficulty as you test yourself in a situation with how far you can take it. It may symbolize the attainment of new skills or knowledge, as well as the overcoming of obstacles or challenges. It could also indicate a need for a sense of accomplishment or fulfillment in one's endeavors.

Consider the type of video game character, video game, or video game system for additional meaning.

Example: A man dreamed of stealing 2 video games from someone who didn't like him. In waking life, he was running a business and confronting a dishonest person who was trying to compete with him illegally. The dishonest person who was trying to compete with the dreamer illegally had a very casual attitude about competing even though there was a lot of money at stake. The dreamer had to strategically take action to cut off the illegal competitor, but the competitor just kept trying to compete anyway. In this case, the dreamer trying to steal video games from someone may have reflected his attempt to abruptly stop someone from illegally competing with him in the first place to make the person go away.

Example 2: A man dreamed of playing video games. In waking life, he was forced to endure a challenge from a coworker to see how long he could walk back and forth along a path without getting tired. The dreamer kept defeating old times as the challenge lasted for months.

Example 3: A young man dreamed of playing an old video game on a CRT television. In waking life, he had a job interview scheduled. In this case, the old video game may have reflected his practicing answering questions for his job interview to challenge himself to become more confident during the job interview.

Example 4: A young woman dreamed of seeing a video game being created. In waking life, she was trying to find escapism from life in general.

Example 5: A young woman dreamed of playing a video game that involved being strategic about matching things. In waking she was aware of a guy she liked sharing things with her, but couldn't get him to answer any of her texts. In this case, the video game may have reflected her attempt to challenge herself to keep improving her relationship with the guy she liked by seeing how many things she could get him to do similar to her. She was playing games trying to get the guy to interact with her and respect her.

Example 6: A young man dreamed of seeing himself on a screen as though he was in a video game. In waking life, he was challenging himself to be the best he could be at being an expert at out-of-body experiences.

Example 7: A young adult dreamed of a video game-like scene where spider crabs came out of the wall and having to shoot them like it was a video game. In waking life, the dreamer was reluctant to accept a sister back into the home after the sister returned from a mental health facility. In this case, the video game-like scene may have reflected the dreamer's competitive tendency to try to turn people against the sister when nobody else in the family thought the same.

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Virus

To dream of a virus represents a contagious or self-perpetuating negative influence. Negative behavior, attitudes, or beliefs that seem to spread uncontrollably.

Alternatively, dream of a virus may reflect a negative influence that feels like it's permanent once you or someone else has been exposed to it.

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Warts

To dream of warts represents feelings of imperfection, insecurity, or self-consciousness related to a problem in your waking life that feels ugly or unsightly about never going away unless you deal with it the right way. A part of your life that you deem undesirable, or perhaps something that you wish you could eliminate or change. Feelings about something being wrong, out of place, or an issue that stands out negatively. Insecurity about being an uglier or less attractive choice to other people until you deal with a problem that doesn't go away if you don't deal with it the right way.

Negatively, warts in a dream may represent a persistent problem, a source of embarrassment, or a reminder of past mistakes and regrets. A fear of being judged, feelings of inadequacy, or the fear that others will notice your flaws. Perhaps you are overly critical of yourself, or you feel that a particular issue or flaw is tarnishing your image or self-worth. A difficult problem or embarrassing issue that keeps coming back if you don't deal with it the correct way.

Example: A woman dreamed of her whole body being covered in warts while putting on a dress and a boyfriend told her that it was okay. In waking life, she was an immigrant who moved to the USA and was waiting for her visa paperwork to get permission to be employed as a teacher. She could only volunteer or give private lessons until she got the full via clearance. In this case, the warts may have reflected her feelings of being noticeably imperfect, less qualified in her professional life, or an "uglier" candidate for employment than other people due to her unfinished visa status. Her visa status may have made her insecure about potential employers or clients fearing her visa status because hiring her would be a crime.

Watermelon

To dream of watermelon represents feelings about an experience or choice that feels good benefiting you by taking time off to deserve to not think about what your problems are. Situations where it benefits you to enjoy sitting around, being lazy, or being laid back. Embracing leisure. Feelings about the benefits of taking time off for leisurely social bonding. Pregnant woman taking time off to spend time with their child after giving birth. Deserving to enjoy taking time off from a negative or stressful situation.

Negatively, a watermelon may represent overdoing taking time off to enjoying sitting around, being lazy, or being laid back. A wish to relax during the most difficult, inappropriate, or worst moment of your life. Feeling annoyed that you have to stop taking time off to deserve to relax from your problems.

Pregnant women or women about to have their periods commonly dream of watermelons to reflect their wish to take time off or relax while being inconvenienced by their bodies.

Example: A woman dreamed of seeing watermelons being handed out and she knew that one of them had her baby in it. In waking life, she was heavily pregnant. In this case, the watermelons being handed out may have reflected her feelings about all the pregnant mothers in the hospital being encouraged by hospital staff to enjoy taking time off their long pregnancies to deserve to not think of any problems while spending time with their babies.

Example 2: A man dreamed of seeing someone eating watermelon on his front lawn. In waking life, he felt that a serious problem at work was best dealt with by taking time off until it passed on its own. In this case, the watermelon may have reflected his thoughts that it would benefit him to relax or take time off work during the serious work problem.

Wheelchair

To dream of a wheelchair represents an emotional or psychological dependency on something to barely function. Feeling held back or that you have handicap which you can comfortably function with. Feeling that barely "getting around" works. Overcoming adversity. A limitation or need to "reduce function" that doesn't stop you from doing something minimally. Something you think you need or feel you can't function without. An important person that helps you is not around and leaves you barely able to comfortably function. A situation may have left you feeling lost, powerless, or impotent with minimum function. Something in your life that you may feel helpless or depressed without. It may also reflect something you have difficulty letting go of believing isn't important.

Negatively, dreaming about a wheelchair may represent your frustration or dislike of overcoming a weakness. Feeling hindered, but not stopped. Feelings about an obstacle in your way whether it is related to physical abilities, skills, or your ability to maneuver around your daily life.

A wheelchair is a sign that you can't do something on your own or that you are dependent on certain factors in order to function. It may also point to situational requirements in order to feel safe.

Example: A man dreamed of seeing himself in a wheelchair. In real life he felt he couldn't function at work if a woman he liked wasn't going to be working there anymore. The wheelchair may have reflected the man's dependency on the woman to function at work and his feelings that without her he was barely, yet comfortably functioning.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of being in a wheelchair that she felt she didn't need. In waking life she was wearing a wig due to side-effects of chemo. She felt she only needed her wig around strangers to feel comfortable. The wheelchair may have reflected her feelings about needing the wig to function socially or respect herself "getting around" in life without feeling embarrassed.

Example 3: A young man dreamed of his girlfriend being in a wheelchair. In waking life he got into a huge argument with his girlfriend. Since she was so angry at him he felt he couldn't have a functioning relationship with her unless he did whatever she wanted to keep her happy. The wheelchair in this case may have reflected his feelings about the need to make enormous efforts to keep his girlfriend happy to make the relationship function at all.

Example 4: A woman dreamed of trying to pull a wheelchair up a new case of stairs and not being able to. In waking life she was diagnosed with diabetes which required a new diet and exercise regime. She felt keeping up with the exercise regime was impossible due to work or chores.

Wounds

To dream of a wound represents harm that you feel has been done through conflict or crisis. Emotional wounds. Lasting effects or consequences you're feeling from a bad situation or relationship. It may also reflect emotional harm through anger or fighting. Guilt, grief, regret, or anger. You may need to take time to heal.

Consider the location, size and type of wound for additional meaning.

Dreams of wounding are quite common prior to the onset of illnesses or troubling physical conditions. Research has shown that dreams of wounds are often a strong predictor of an impending illness. For example, people who dream of chest wounds often have heart attacks. If the relationships in your life are relatively stable and peaceful when a dream of being wounded occurs it may be a good idea to consider getting a medical checkup for internal problems in the area of the dream wound.

Example: A man dreamed of an old wound being opened up. In waking life he got into a huge fight with his girlfriend over an old problem and broke up with her.

Example 2: A man dreamed of fighting a war and getting wounded in his stomach. In waking life he was't feeling good and when he went to the doctor he discovered he had appendicitis.

Example 3: A man dreamed of being wounded in the forehead. In waking life he got into a huge fight at work that left him feeling that he could never trust someone again.

Example 4: A woman dreamed of being attacked and wounded by a shark. In waking life she felt abandoned by her boyfriend during a crises and was left with lingering resentment and distrust.

X-Rays

To dream of an x-ray represents deep scrutiny or discrimination. Analysis that can't be escaped. Being unable to avoid the truth. You may be experiencing a situation where nothing can be hidden. Negatively, an x-ray may reflect flaws or embarrassing information that you can't avoid being revealed. You may be seriously reexamining your beliefs or actions. A situation may be forcing you to look beneath the surface.

Example: A woman dreamed of seeing an x-ray of her lungs and noticing her lungs were pitch black. In waking life she was making a serious consideration of quitting smoking.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of seeing a person holding up x-rays of her lungs inside a smokey looking cube. In waking she she was starting to feel that smoking was a really bad idea for her long term health.

Example 3: A man dreamed of seeing his foot being x-rayed and then seeing a bone out of joint being realigned by snapping back into place. In waking life he was discovering a lot negative things about himself upon intense self-reflection and considering making enormous changes to his lifestyle and personality on a moral level.