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Body
Skin
The boundary between self and world
What it often means
Skin in dreams is the membrane between inside and outside — what you let in, what you keep out, and how porous your boundary has become. Wounded skin suggests you have been letting in what damages you. Glowing skin suggests aliveness and health at the threshold.
When it tends to appear
- When boundaries have been crossed or are in question
- When you are feeling too exposed, or not enough
- When sensitivity has been either heightened or numbed
Sit with these questions
- 1
Is your skin protecting you — or has something gotten through it?
- 2
Where are your boundaries too thin, or too thick?
- 3
What are you letting touch you that should stay outside?
Did this symbol visit your dream?
Decode the whole dream