Dreaming about pain from thorns
Why did thorns hurt in my dream when nothing else ever does?
One of the few dream images that reliably produces pain, which is rare enough to be the most interesting thing about this record.
Dreams under-report pain badly. The wound entry finds dreamers inspecting serious injuries and feeling nothing at all, which is the single most consistent finding about injury in this database.
Three images break it: thorns, stings, and walking on broken glass. What they share is many small points of contact rather than one large injury, which may be doing something, and this database cannot establish that from reports.
It is a real anomaly in a strong pattern, and recording it carefully when it happens is worth more than any reading.
Where this reads well
A documented exception that an ordinary journal can add evidence to.
Where it is harder
Pain in a dream is reported as disproportionately distressing, most likely because it is so unexpected.
Worth asking yourself
Did it genuinely hurt? Was it many small points? Have I felt pain in any other dream?
Dream interpretation is subjective. Nothing here is a diagnosis, a prediction, or medical advice.
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