What Dreams About The Back Mean

The back is one of the most commonly dreamed about parts of the body, and

depending on its context within the dream the back can hold a great

significance.

Backs can be symbols for many things, including your strengths, burdens,

attitude and standing in the world. Dreaming of a back that hurts, or a back

that feels as though it is breaking, can mean the dreamer feels overwhelmed

or overburdened by the events in his or her life. Thus the dream is a

manifestation of feelings of being asked to do too much with too little support.

Dreaming about a back can also indicate that the dreamer is feeling undue

stress or pressure, especially from an outside source. Those who are feeling

overworked or pushed to hard on their jobs often dream that their back is

hurting. Stress is real life can cause back problems, and psychological stress

can often manifest in dreams of an aching back.

If someone in your dream world turns their back on you, it can indicate that

you harbor feelings of hurt, envy or jealousy toward that person. The identify

of the person who turns their back to you can be quite significant and it should

be heeded. Repressed feelings of anger or resentment often manifest

themselves in dreams, and the turning of a dream character's back toward you

is one of the clearest manifestations of repressed feelings of this nature.

Seeing a back in your dream, or being afraid to turn your back on a person in

your dream, may also indicate that you fear a betrayal, either of a personal or

professional nature. Dreaming about being afraid to turn your back to a

coworker may indicate that you feel someone at work (not necessarily the

person in the dream) is plotting against you. If the character you refuse to turn

your back on is a friend, you may feel the betrayal of a friend. Again, the

friend you fear will betray you may not be the one who appeared in the dream.

Dreams are symbolic, and one friend can be a dream stand-in for another,

especially if you do not want to face up to the possibility of their betraying you.

If you dream about a naked back, it can mean that you are keeping secrets

from those in your life, and that you fear that those secrets could be revealed

and you could be exposed. Dreams of any sort of nakedness, including an

exposed back, are often manifestations of this type of fear. If you have been

keeping secrets, dreaming of a naked back may mean your subconscious is

telling you to come clean.