Dreams About Arms

Seeing arms, either your own or someone else's in a dream is very common.

While arms do not always have special significance in dreams, arms can be

very significant under some circumstances. Dreams in which details about

arms remembered are likely to be significant, since it tends to be the most

significant details that are remembered upon waking. Since dreams fade so

quickly, if you are able to remember how arms figured in your dreams,

chances are the dream had something important to tell you.

When you see your arms in a dream, especially when they represent an

important part of the dream narrative, those arms may be symbols for your

nurturing side, and for your desire to reach out and care for the people around

you. Dreaming about arms is particularly common in people who are currently

caring for, or worried about, a sick friend or family member. Reaching out with

the arms in a dream is your mind's way of telling you how important it is to

connect and care for those around you.

Dreams about arms can also be indications of the challenges and struggles in

your life. Again, the exact meaning will depend on the context of the arms

within the dream narrative. Using your hands and arms for defense can

indicate you feel like you are under attack, or that you need to defend yourself.

The impetus for this kind of dream about arms could come from many

sources. For instance, perhaps you feel like you are being unfairly singled out

for criticism in your job, and you feel a desire to strike back or defend yourself

against the onslaught. Or perhaps you feel overwhelmed by events in your

life, and you feel the need to struggle against those challenges.

Dreams in which your arm is injured, or dreams in which you appear with your

arm in a cast, can signify that you feel an inability to care for yourself. These

kind of injured or broken arm dreams an also mean that you are feeling

helpless in being able to care for others. People who are caring for a friend or

family member whose medical condition is beyond their control may

experience dreams in which their arm is injured, or they may see themselves

in a cast.

A dream about a broken or injured arm can also mean that the dreamer has

been feeling restricted or limited in his or her activities. Seeing yourself

constrained in the dream, by a cast or a broken arm, can be a symbol of your

perceived restriction of freedom or movement.

The specific arm featured in the dream also carries a significance. The right

arm is often seen as a symbol for an outgoing nature, and the right arm is

often associated with the masculine side of the dreamer's nature. The left

arm, on the other hand, is more associated with female characteristics, such

as nurturing and caring.

A dream in which the dreamer injures someone else's arms, or even rips them

from their sockets, indicate that the dreamer has been repressing anger

towards another person, but has been prevented from expressing that anger

for one reason or another. Like most dreams about violence, this type of

dream stems from a repressed anger and a perceived inability to do anything

about it.