January 5, 2011
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Dream interpretation? Maggots, Deep cuts, palms
If this photo grosses you out I do not recommend googling images of maggots in wound or you might throw up!
I usually dont put much stock in most of my dreams because I know they are just a warped regurgitation of things I saw and heard throughout the day. Ocassionally I have dreams that mean something but they are different. I can tell when its something important or not. Most people say they cant remember their dreams but I do. I can be dreaming something, wake up, and then go back to sleep and continue dreaming it. I think that helps things I dream to stick out in my mind more. Anyway, I keep having this recurring dream and I wondered if anyone was good at dream interpretation and could give me an idea as to why I keep dreaming it. It slightly varies but has the same over all message.
Dream 1: I looked at my palms and I had really deep cuts all over them. It was almost like a maze pattern cut into my hand. It wasnt bleeding and it didnt hurt. The edges of the gashes were really jagged and un-even. It was yellowish and really infected. Inside the cuts I could see maggots but I wasnt worried because in my dream I told myself maggots only eat dead tissue. I dug my fingers into one of my palms and grabbed a maggot but as I pulled it out it got long and skinny. Like a tape worm maybe? Then I dreamed some other weird stuff and woke up.
Dream 2: My palms had deep cuts in them again but this time only three vertical lines. Like before there was no pain and no bleeding. The lines werent as jagged and although the cuts were deep enough to see inside of my palm there was no infection. I looked at my palms and saw the maggots inside again. They were moving and it bothered me because it made my hands itch but I left them. Then I woke up.
Dream 3: My palms as always were cut really deep, no pain, no bleeding. I could see the tissue in them. This time I only had one vertical line and up near the knuckle bone right below my pointer finger I had a crescent shaped cut. There were only two maggots inside. I wasnt really bothered by them at first because again in my dream I told myself they only eat dead tissue. Except they started burrowing. I quickly tried to pull them out but they got away. Then I noticed my pointer finger was bleeding. At the tip of my finger there was a decent sized hole and blood was gushing out. One of the maggots quickly burrowed into the hole before I could catch it. It didnt hurt at all but it upset me that I couldnt catch them. That was the end of the dream.
I'm not a cutter and I can have a temper at times so if something is bothering me I just say it. I dont think the cuts in my dream have anything to do with self inflicted pain but I dont know why they are always there on my palms. Usually in my dreams my body is fine. Its just in these ones that there are always cuts and maggots. Any ideas what it means?
Comments (2)
I had a dream very similar to yours last night, and was trying to research what it might mean, and came across your page. I couldn't find anything else regarding dreams about deep cuts in the palm.
The palm of my left hand had a very deep, infected looking gash, but was not bleeding - just like you describe. If I cupped my hand it would close up, so I decided to keep my hand cupped to prevent things from getting inside. I was really scared it would not heal, and I'd always have a deep hole in my palm. I then noticed that my index finger was broken. I showed it to my dad, even though I was scared to, and he told me it would be ok. I wasn't relieved.
The palm of the hand is a symbol of giving and receiving. To have a deep, infected cut in your palm could mean the giving-receiving in your life has atrophied, or isn't working out. Having an injured palm makes it difficult to give and receive, because things wind up getting stuck in the hole, including things you don't want (like maggots).
I was rather defensive by closing my palm, whereas you seem confident the maggots won't hurt you (until they start burrowing). I tend to be a rather closed, reserved person. Lately I've been feeling unsatisfied with what I "give." I've been wanting to do volunteer work, but my schedule is full of too many meaningless obligations I can't get out of. It feels like a long time since I've made someone smile or laugh, including my dad. My dad used to be the one who made me smile and laugh, and I feel like I can't give that back.
I don't know what these symbols might mean for you, but maybe it has something to do with giving and/or receiving not working out for you?
I was reading a dream interpretation site and it said that one of the things maggots can symbolize when there is festering or rotting involved is when issues or feelings that need attention have not been dealt with.
and of course the hand part like you said making difficult to give or recieve.
I work with a group that does a lot of vilunteer and charity work. We have a lot of people we want to help but never have the funds we need to make as much of a difference as we would like. I think not being able to do more around christmas time was really bothering me and those feelings manifested themselves in my dream.
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