Dreams of infecting are more related to animals, much more related to insects, and more related to unnamed people than dreams in general. They are less related to family and less related to romantic partners.

Dreams of infecting are more related to fear and much more related to pain than dreams in general. They are less related to happiness, less related to confusion, and less related to hatred.

Infecting dreams are more related to human-made places than dreams in general. They are less related to home.

Infecting dreams are more related to aggressive acts, more related to friendly acts, and much more related to disasters than dreams in general. They are less related to sex.

Dreams of infecting are more related to nightmares, more related to bad dreams, and more related to sad dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams, less related to recurring dreams, and less related to sleep paralysis.

Infecting dreams are more related to smelling, more related to taste, and much more related to touch than dreams in general.

You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience infecting in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about infecting in dreams. See how you feel about infecting now, in your waking life.

This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet. To decode the symbolism of an infection, begin with the possibility that it’s a physical representation of a personal situation. Next, imagine how that idea can apply to you and your life. An infection can be contagious, and bad moods and influence are contagious, spreading from person to person. Negativity is contagious. Your body can symbolize your mind or psyche, so an infection of the body can symbolize an infection of the mind. It’s the sort of graphic, exaggerated imagery that dreams love to use to make comparisons. An infection eats at you, and other things can eat at you: stress, anxiety, difficulties, problems. See: Cancer Now ask, why would a dream use an infection to tell the story? Because an infection spreads. It multiplies. It grows worse if left untreated. It overpowers the body’s natural defenses. It connects with feelings of dread and helplessness. In addition, an infection works from inside you. It gets under your skin. It causes inflammation. Now imagine how that can be used to compare with something that harms you from within. That you can’t shake. That “inflames” you and gets under your skin. A bad attitude is a prime candidate, or criticism that works its way into you. Something in your thoughts and emotions needs to be healed. Always consider the obvious. Dreaming about an infection can mean something is affecting your health. Perhaps you really do have an infection. A dream usually delivers the news in such a way that you’ll get the message. However, it’s more likely to be turned into symbolism. For example, an infection can be symbolized as an infestation of bugs. See: Illness An infection festers, and that association can be used to say that something has been going on for too long. A situation needs to be cleaned up, and it might be a situation in your mind or feelings, or it might be something about your life. Someone with an infection is a person you don’t want to come into contact with, and as symbolism it can mean you feel like a pariah, or you avoid something that might rub off on you. For example, you avoid someone who has a bad reputation because you don’t want your reputation to be sullied through association with that person. You then dream about avoiding someone with an infectious disease. Infection is associated with quarantine, and quarantine can have symbolism related to feeling that you are being ignored or need to be away from people. Or it can mean that a person is “poisonous,” and his or her influence needs to be prevented from spreading. The idea extends to situations that rub off in a bad way. For example, you bring your problems at work home with you, or vice-versa. What’s eating at you? What’s gone on for too long? What’s rubbing off on you? Usually, answering simple questions like these lead to the source of the dream. See also: Cancer, Disease, Doctors, Erupting, Fevers, Hospitals, Illness, Infesting, Invading, Venom