(My lover had told me he was leaving me for good, and going back to his children. That evening, I cried most of the night.)’ (Hilary K). In Hilary’s case the abscess has released its pus, or painful feelings, perhaps through her prolonged crying. Abscess still swollen and unrelieved: emotions still repressed and may be causing psychological infection, influencing views and decisions negatively.
The emotions are, with Hilary, affecting her grasp’. She also uses other imaged word play in ‘near the knuckle’. Washed up shows her clearing away the influence of her ‘evening meal’ of experience.
The dream abscess may also represent a site of physical illness which may or may not be obvious while awake.
See also: individuation. [1]
It predicts wealth for friends and relatives. But for the dreamer, it is a sign of health complications related to sleeping itself. [2]
Getting rid of unwanted or undesirable things, or detoxing or cleansing in some aspect of your life (such as decluttering your schedule).
An attempt at damage control or containment.
A nuisance or situation that slowly builds before you’re finally forced to deal with it.
A negative attitude needs to be overcome. Expression of disgust towards one’s own body, or physical self-cleansing.
Folklore: Health, or quick recuperation.
A behavior or attitude that takes on unhealthy or overwhelming proportions. [6]
2. Need to get rid of a particular problem. [11]
having an: wil recover from the absorption in poisonous thoughts.
neck, on: opinions are being choked out of you.
others: what they didn’t tel you is worth a thousand words.
tooth, at a: eating to repress anger only transfers the pain.
of an: your experience with bad friends has kept you from forming good ones.
operated on, being: an early painful experience must be reexperienced to be rebuilt. [13]