What does it mean to see blood in your hands in a dream?

Question

I dreamed once, that I was in a place, a vast land, that looks like there was a held war in that area. The sky was red, and the soil is so dry and there were skeletons lying on the ground.
When I tried to look at myself, my hands are covered in blood, and then i found myself crying.

When i woke up, my heart was beating so fast, man!, I can't sleep afterwards... Perhaps dream interpretation will be a good idea, anyone out there knows...??

Answer 1

Since this dream is in the context of a post-war scenario with you being the only survivor (or so it seems) this could be connected to a fear of war or destruction. According to the book "The Element Encyclopedia of 20,000 Dreams:

"Feeling dramatically out of control in your personal life can trigger apocalypse dreams. These may be caused by hormones in adolescence, menopause or andropause, the death of a loved one (especially a parent), or divorce and other significant relationship losses."

Your dream also has connections to isolation.

"In some cases, world-ending dreams feature the dreamer alone amongst generally unrecognized figures, reflecting the dreamers's sense of isolation in waking life. When interpreting this dream you should ask yourself, 'How is the world ending and who is to blame?' This dream may be calling for you to protect yourself against a risk that takes you well outside your comfort zone, to become more involved in a particular cause, or to think again about the rationale of your fears."

You mentioned the soil being very dry--a desert atmosphere of sorts. A desert can symbolize feelings of aloneness and isolation or the "hinting at things you have deserted or left behind."

Your dream is also associated with fear and could be linked to your political views, a fear of warfare, concerns regarding environmental threats, or your religion beliefs.

"If you are overcome with feelings of panic, fear, and horror in a nightmare dream scenario, try to identify what it was horrified you. Your dream may be reflecting a phobia you have in waking life; your unconscious is not trying to torture you but is encouraging you to confront that particular fear."

"If you are religious in waking life, you may have a dream in which significiant icons of your faith inititiate, or withstand, the massive destruction. Another scenario is that adherents to your religious or belief system are identified in a particular way and thereby survive in destruction."

In addition to powerlessness, isolation, fear, and feelings of impending doom, your dream could be a sign of insecurity, uncertainity, and/or a lack of self-confidence in your waking life since it appears that your life was threatened in the dream. Moreover, a fear of death or corpses in dreams may indicate a refusal to accept reality.

As for the red sky and the blood, the color red is associated with fire, heat, blood, physical strength, life force, vitality, and energy. It is can also refer to overheated emotions like anger, rage, lust, passion, and the impulsive desire for revenge. Red can be indicative of the threat of danger, the giving into urges, violence, losing inner strength or energy, or death.

As for the blood being on your hands, many would say that this is a reference to guilt (as seen in the play Macbeth). However, the rest of your dream doesn't suggest guilt to me unless the guilt would be more along the lines of survivor's guilt (others died while you lived) or regret--wishing you could go back and change events.

"Finally, bear in mind that when feelings of guilt are experienced in your dream, they may be telling of repressed anger towards you or another person in real life. Dreams of anger may be equally be connected to experiences of guilt, so be alert and careful when you try to interprete them. Whatever you feel angry or guilty about in your dream, you may find that the only way to regain your peace of mind is to put things right or make amends or new resolutions in your waking life."

Answer 2

I think all it means is that you dreamed once, that you were in a place, a vast land, that looks like there was a held war in that area. The sky was red, and the soil is so dry and there were skeletons lying on the ground.

Answer 3

The wide open land might mean your options, the war area, the sky and the blood might mean your subconcious feels guilty about somethings. The skeletons might mean people that you have hurt. It doesn't necessarily mean that you did something horrible, it could just be that you hurt someones feelings. I'm not saying it could be worse though. The best thing to do would be to apologize to this person. If you don't the dreams might happen again.

Answer 4

Sounds like a movie. But it depends what was vivid for you. The unfamiliar surroundings indicate the dreaming mind may be trying to say you may not be ready to leave behind an old way of life. Death always indicates a change of life.War indicates a conflict of the conscious mind. A ruinned city may be the neglect of a relation shipRed is the color of vitality, passion, anger and sexual arrousal. Hope this helps.

Answer 5

http://www.dreammoods.com/dreamdictionary/

Here is a good online resource. You are the only one who can really interpret it, so good luck. Think back to what was happening in your life at the time of your dream. Did you have a big change in your life at that time? Sometimes when change is necessary but painful to you, a realtionship or someone else, it can trigger this sort of dream. It is not always a bad sign. you can mail me if you need any help with it.
Please remember that sometimes dreams are just dreams, no matter how freaked out they make you.

Answer 6

As a superstition, blood on your hands in a dream, is deemed as good omen, portending good things to happen! Analytically, it may be a sign of insecurity, some hidden fear of accident or injury: the fear can be got rid of easily by rational approach! It could, on the other hand, simply mean that you are intensely reading or watching horror stories: just relax, in that case!

Answer 7

well i know that if your in a car the person who is driving is the one who is controlling your life. i once had a dream where my cousin was driving into a construction site. there were a few kids walking, then my cousin disappeared. i got the steering wheel and tried to turn away from hitting the kids. alas it was too late. think of how all this relates to your life. is there people fighting that you wish would stop? did someone dear to you pass away? do you think that something that happened is your fault? i don't know, but i think that you know.

Answer 8

blood on the hands usually refers to guilt. You've aparently been very bad. Time for a spanking.

Answer 9

Sub consience may want warn you about an illness connected with blood- anaemia / if you are on severe diet etc.

Answer 10

hope you'll find this site helpful
http://spirita.blogspot.com/
check out the post "blood in dreams"