Dreams of wounds are more related to animals and more related to insects than dreams in general. They are less related to strangers.

Dreams of wounds are more related to grief and sorrow, more related to fear, and much more related to pain than dreams in general.

Dreams of wounds are more related to natural places than dreams in general. They are less related to schools.

Wound 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.

Wound dreams are more related to lucid dreams, more related to nightmares, and more related to sleep paralysis than dreams in general. They are less related to weird dreams.

Dreams of wounds are more related to hearing, much more related to smelling, and more related to taste 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 wounds 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 wounds in dreams. See how you feel about wounds 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. As a physical representation of a personal situation, a physical wound in a dream can symbolize a personal or emotional situation: hurt feelings, a hard blow, a personal attack. A wound can mean, simply, “wounded.” Wounds in a dream can symbolize harm that’s been done to you, or that you have done to someone else. For example, a careless comment to a friend hurts his or her feelings, but you are not consciously aware of it. You then dream about that friend having a big wound in the chest, over the heart, and you think to yourself, If only I could get my hands on the jerk who did this to my friend ... And actually, it was you. Wounding amplifies the situation so you recognize it for what it is. Injuries in dreams can be a graphic way of symbolizing damage that’s not physical, such as damage to emotions, reputation, and self-image. We say that a person who makes a bad decision “hurts” herself. It’s a “self-inflicted wound.” For example, a young man dreams that he drives sports cars with two of his buddies. They do daredevil maneuvers and one of his buddies wrecks badly, mangling his leg. In the next scene, the dreamer and his buddies are with a large group of their friends. The guy with the mangled leg tears off pieces of it and passes it around like popcorn. The dreamer and his two buddies really are daredevils who push the limits, and the opening scene in the sports cars reflects the fact. The wreck and injury are an observation that the one friend takes things too far and does real damage to his life. The last detail, about passing around pieces of his mangled leg like popcorn, shows the meaning of the symbolism. It’s a way of saying that the friend brags about doing things that harm him. You pass around popcorn while listening to a story. Hey, remember that time I downed that bottle of vodka and had to get my stomach pumped? That was sooo cool! The character is not a projection of the dreamer, but instead is a depiction of the dreamer’s friend, and the symbolism of the mangled leg is based on the dreamer’s subjective perception. Keep in mind, surrogate characters can be used to represent people you know, or yourself, and a dream will provide clues to the character’s real identity. For example, you dream about a delivery driver getting badly injured in a crash, symbolizing a friend’s bad decision to break up with his pregnant girlfriend. Babies are delivered during birth, so the delivery driver is identified as the friend through that association. “Wounded” in another sense can describe a state of being. A wounded person carries the pain of the past with him. Some wounds can be healed only with love and time, or by finding purpose and meaning in life. Areas of the body affected by wounds point toward areas of life affected by pain or damage. A wound on your body can indicate an emotional or psychological wound, something bothering you from beneath the surface of your mind, just as a bruise sits under the skin. The symbolism is more specific depending on the part of the body. For example, since the face is associated with social image, a wound to it can symbolize damage to reputation. See: Amputations, Body parts, Faces A wound in a dream can symbolize wounded pride or bruised ego—again, a physical representation of a personal situation. See: Egos It can represent damage you do to your life from poor decisions or reckless behavior, such as in the mangled-leg example. Wounds are vulnerable to infection, and that association can be used to create symbolism associated with personal vulnerability. For example, you ended an abusive relationship long ago, but the wound it left on you still affects your ability to trust people. See: Infecting Wounds inflicted by an animal can symbolize wounds inflicted by a person in your life represented as the animal. For example, a dream about being bitten and scratched up by a cat follows an argument with a female friend or relative. The possibilities for animal symbolism vary widely. See: Animals Dreaming about injury or wounding can be a warning to be more careful—you might be taking risks that can lead to harm, and in the back of your mind you know it. It’s a common theme in the dreams of motorcycle riders, people who deal a lot with crazy traffic, and people in dangerous professions. So if you dream about being injured, then consider the obvious and look at your life for ways in which you’re taking risks—especially physical risks. Drinking and driving is an example of an obvious risk that can be consciously ignored and amplified by your dreams. See: Grim reapers If you experienced an injury the day or two before the dream, you can dream about it. Remember that dreams exaggerate, so the dream about slicing your throat with a razor blade and gushing blood might be an exaggeration of a nick while shaving. Perhaps the thought crossed your mind that the nick could have been worse, or maybe it bled a lot. The experience made an impression on you and is amplified in your dream. See also: Abusing, Amputations, Animals, Attacking, Blood, Body parts, Calluses, Crying, Break ups, Egos, Faces, Fists, Grim reapers, Guns, Illness, Infecting, Knives, Pain, Precognitive dreams, Skin, X-rays