◇ Depends on the scene Lucky or not depending on the scene — see "In this scene" below
A sign of wanting to let things out; often a good dream of release from stress.
Category: Body & health (how to read this category)
Psychology
Vomiting reflects the need to expel pent-up feelings, stress or something you cannot accept. It may show the body refusing what the mind cannot take in; relief afterwards suggests emotional sorting is underway. Real stomach trouble can also surface in such dreams.
Folklore and history
Shinto holds that sins and impurities can be purified; in the Oharae rite, still held at shrines, impurities are transferred to paper figures and sent away. Idioms like spitting poison and a lump leaving the chest also express releasing what is bad inside. Dream lore often treats vomiting as casting off misfortune.
Sleeping in the car near a haunted spot the night before or while on standby, road noise, insects, or other explorers' voices can keep you awake. These American-made earplugs, rated NRR33 for high noise reduction, block out most surrounding sound and improve the quality of a nap in the car.
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This site's view
In this site's view, note what you vomited and in front of whom. Food you had eaten means a recently accepted idea or setting does not suit you; something unfamiliar hints at feelings you had not noticed rising up; shame at vomiting in public shows strong fear of showing weakness.
Going deeper: our reading
The Japanese word haku, to vomit, also means to let out words you were hiding: to spit out your true feelings, to voice your weakness, even to confess under pressure. The body's reaction and the heart's confession share a single verb. In this site's reading, a vomiting dream can show words you need to say lodged in your throat. Throwing up alone in a toilet suggests you are handling your true feelings where no one can see. Vomiting on someone's clothes or belongings may mean fear of saying too much to them, or that there is something you must tell them. Someone rubbing your back afterwards speaks of relief that a person nearby can hold your weakness. This is our speculation, but caring for someone else who is sick shows you have already noticed a loved one's quiet suffering.
What to do on waking
Choose easy-to-digest food today and let your stomach rest. Talk or write out what you are holding in. If nausea or stomach pain persists, see a doctor.
In this scene
- ◎Good Getting well: recovery and a turn for the better (good)
- ▲Warn Pain, injury or loss: a warning of fatigue — check your real health too
- Bleeding: surprisingly, often read as rising energy or money luck
- It felt good: the lucky reading gets stronger
- ▲Warn It felt frightening or painful: the warning reading gets stronger — rest first
- The same dream again and again: something your mind has not settled yet
Turning a bad dream
In Japan, people once tried to turn a worrying dream for the better: a baku charm under the pillow, telling the dream to a nandina bush, or reciting an old dream-turning poem. Read the column on dream trading and dream-turning
A palm-sized, battery-powered digital thermo-hygrometer — record the indoor temperature and humidity while reporting at a ruin or haunted spot, adding an objective number alongside a note like "it suddenly felt colder."
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FAQ
Q. Is dreaming of vomiting a good or bad sign?
A. Lucky or not depending on the scene — see "In this scene" below. A sign of wanting to let things out; often a good dream of release from stress.
Q. Why do I keep dreaming of vomiting?
A. A recurring dream usually points to something your mind has not settled yet. Research suggests such dreams tend to stop once the underlying worry is resolved. Keeping a dream diary helps you notice what triggers it.
Q. What should I do after dreaming of vomiting?
A. Choose easy-to-digest food today and let your stomach rest. Talk or write out what you are holding in. If nausea or stomach pain persists, see a doctor.
Related dream essays
- True Dreams and Reverse Dreams: Why We Read Dreams Backwards
- Buying Dreams, Turning Dreams: A Japanese History of Dream Trading and Dream Charms
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More dreams in "Body & health"
- Being Ill
- Eyes
- Hands
- Legs
- A Face
- Gaining Weight
- Losing Your Voice
- Nails
- Ears
- The Nose
- The Mouth
- Your Back
※ Dream interpretation here is entertainment drawing on psychology and folklore — it is not scientifically proven. "This site's view" is our own interpretation.
