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 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]
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. [3]
(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]
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 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.
If you dream of cramps or pain in your stomach, you are processing through your blocks to creativity and self-empowerment.
2. If abdomen is exposed, treachery is close by.
3. A distaste or dissatisfaction with something. [12]
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. [15]