Brothers

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Hurt

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Dead

To dream of being dead represents feelings of loss or total failure. If your death takes on a more positive theme it may reflect positive changes or transformation. The end of friendships, relationships, or some important part of your life. A fear of change. Difficulty with a transition. The end of an era.

To dream of seeing dead people represents aspects if your personality that have completely changed or lost all power. It can also reflect your projection of other people that have changed or lost power. You or someone else may have experienced a noticeable change.

To dream of seeing dead loved ones who actually died in real life most likely reflect an aspect of your personality based on your most honest feelings about them. The fact that they are dead is most likely irrelevant unless it's the most powerful quality about them. For example, seeing your deceased father most likely symbolizes your conscience just as it would if he were alive.

If loved ones have recently passed away or you've been spending a lot of time remembering them then they may represent your grief or desire to be with them again.

Example: A woman dreamed of holding a dead baby in her arms. In waking life she had just received news from her doctor that she would be unable to ever bear children. The dead baby may have reflected her dead hopes to have a baby.

Example 2: A young boy dreamed of his mother being dead. In waking life his mother began to date again after divorcing his father and he feared losing his mother because as she began dating her personality started to change.

Example 3: A young man dreamed of seeing dead people he was trying to hide. In waking life he contracted a disease that was causing his hair to fall out and was desperate to hide it from everyone he knew by wearing hats.

Example 4: A young man dreamed of seeing his ex-girlfriend dead. In waking life he was very concerned about losing his friendship with his ex-girlfriend after he broke up with her.

Example 5: A man dreamed of seeing a dead bird. In waking life he accidentally met up with an ex-girlfriend whom he had strong feelings for and learned that she had moved on leaving him with no choice to get back with her. He realized all hope was gone to ever have a relationship with her ever again. The dead bird may have reflected his feelings about accepting the potential for reconciling be impossible.

Example 6: A man dreamed of seeing a dead bird. In waking life his brother died of cancer and all hope for recovering from the cancer was lost.

Example 7: A woman dreamed of seeing dead people. In waking life she was spending a lot of time thinking about and old friendship that she lost.

Example 8: A woman dreamed of seeing a dead dog. In waking life she realized that her relationship with her boyfriend was over.

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In-Laws

To dream of an in-law represents compromise, abiding behavior, or decisions with a stronger interest in avoiding negative situations.

Like all people in dreams they may also symbolize personality traits in you based on your feelings, opinions, or memories of them that stand out the most.

To dream of having sex with an In-Law represents an enjoyable waking life experience you are having with a compromised decision. Liking something that isn't your first choice a lot.

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Injury

To dream of an injury represents emotional wounding or embarrassment. Someone may have said something that hurt your feelings. Feeling damaged. Alternatively, am injury in a dream may reflect problems that have arisen from your hastiness in a situation. A sign that you need to slow down. It may also symbolize an accident, misfortune, or bad luck you've experienced.

Injuries could also mirror your fear of being emotionally hurt in waking life. A wish for someone or something to go away. Feeling some area of your life coming apart. Possibly a warning sign that you need to slow down or be more cautious.

It's common to dream of an injury around the time of an illness. It's very rare, but dreams of injuries to specific body parts have been reported to coincide with medical problems to those body parts. For example, a woman dreamed of being punched in her ribs and then got a medical checkup days later to discover that one of her ribs had been broken without her knowledge. Another man dreamed of being speared in his throat and then discovered days later that he had thyroid cancer. A woman dreamed of having her stomach attacked by wolves and then discovered days later that she had stomach cancer.

To dream of your mother being injured may represent feelings about your ability to intuitively make the right decisions being hampered. Bad luck or bad choices set you back.

To dream of your father being injured may represent embarrassments that have come to you due to bad decisions.

Pain

To dream of pain represents feelings of discomfort, emotional suffering, or distress in your waking life due to difficulties or loss. Emotional agony, possibly due to an injury, illness, or difficult life circumstances. Unresolved issues, inner turmoil, or the need to address your own limitations and needs. Emotional pain or humiliation. Putting up with something that doesn't feel good. Feeling hurt by relationship problems or rejection. Feelings of being limited or "held back." Feelings about a loss that makes you feel you can't come back from it.

Negatively, dreaming about pain may represent feelings of helplessness, suffering, or being overwhelmed by negative situations in waking life. A fear of facing hurtful truths, a tendency to hold onto suffering, or an inability to let go of what's causing harm. Chronic pain in a dream might represent an ongoing problematic situation, a sense of despair, or a fear of never recovering from a current setback. Difficulty recovering from a relationship breakup or friendship ending.

People commonly experience pain in a dream after a relationship has ended.

To dream of feeling no pain when you should feel pain represents a possible sense of emotional detachment or numbness in your waking life. Suppressing your emotions or avoiding addressing a painful situation. A defense mechanism shielding you from the full brunt of a painful reality. A sign of resilience or desensitization to a difficult situation. Alternatively, it may symbolize resilience, inner strength, and the ability to handle adversity without breaking.

To dream of sharing someone's pain represents deep empathy and emotional connection with a person or situation. Selflessness, compassion, and a supportive nature. You may be highly attuned to the hardships of those around you.

Negatively, dreaming about sharing someone's pain may indicate that you are taking on more emotional burden than you can handle, leading to feelings of being overwhelmed. It might also reflect a difficulty in setting emotional boundaries, thereby allowing others' negative experiences to deeply affect your well-being. Wasting time feeling sorry for people.

Consider what body part you are experiencing pain in for additional symbolism.

Example: A girl dreamed of feeling her friend's pain in her own body. In waking life, she had been listening to her friend talk about her relationship troubles. In this case, the shared pain may have reflected her ability to understand and emotionally resonate with her friend's struggles, even to the point of feeling them as her own.

Example 2: A woman dreamed of feeling pain from acupuncture needles. In waking life, she was having relationship issues regarding saving money for the future. In this case, the pain may have reflected her feelings about enduring discomfort with her relationship and lifestyle due to the necessary financial restrictions she felt were needed to save money for the future.

Example 3: An elderly man dreamed of having pain in his shoulder after Satan grabbed it. In waking life, he was having a hard time doing what he once could. In this case, the shoulder pain may have reflected the emotional burden he carries, perhaps feelings of uselessness or frustration, associated with the aging process and the consequent loss of physical strength or ability. He may have felt emotionally hurt with experiencing himself losing his vitality while feeling it could never come back.

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Siblings

To dream of siblings represents an alternative or competing perspective.

Negatively, dreaming of a sibling may reflect unpleasant feelings about yourself losing. Alternatively, it may reflect feelings or beliefs that are counterproductive to your well-being such as insecurity, second guessing yourself, or self-defeating habits. Intentionally being depressed or choosing to lose.

Positively, a sibling may reflect confidence, hope, or someone with more experience than you. A better idea than yours.

If you have more than one sibling than each sibling will represent a competing or alternative aspect of your personality based on the one thing about them that stands out the most.

Your brother or sister may also symbolize your projection of him or her at the current moment.

To dream of a brother or sister that you don't actually have may represent new ideas or new perspectives that compete with your own. They may reflect new feelings of insecurity or self-doubt. Positively, they could reflect a new sense of hope or confidence. A little kid sister may symbolize feelings of responsibility or annoyance.

To dream of a sibling rivalry represents your attempt to overcome your own insecurities or flaws. It may also reflect your struggle to come to terms with alternative opinions or feelings. Alternatively, a sibling rivalry may represent your view of other people competing over different opinions or goals.

Example: A woman kept having dreams of her sister. Her most honest feelings about her sister was the she was always better looking or more popular. In waking she kept having disappointments with dating men who she felt she wasn't good looking enough for. In her dreams her sister reflected situations or comments made by others that made her feel that she wasn't good enough for the men she wanted.

Example 2: A young woman kept having dreams of her brother. Her most honest feeling about her brother was that he was a failure. In waking life she kept having bad luck dating. Her brother in the dreams reflected her own feeling of herself being a failure in relationships.

Example 3: A woman dreamed of seeing her brother. In waking life she was having an argument with her boyfriend and didn't like feeling like she lost the argument.

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