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States & actions

Vomiting

Forcing out what cannot stay

What it often means

Vomiting in a dream is the body expelling what it can no longer hold — a truth, a feeling, a situation that has turned. Unpleasant as it is, it is usually a movement toward relief: something toxic finally leaving rather than being swallowed again.

When it tends to appear

  • When you have been holding something in that needs release
  • When a situation has become hard to stomach
  • When disgust or revulsion has gone unspoken

Sit with these questions

  1. 1

    What have you been forcing yourself to keep down?

  2. 2

    What in your life has turned, and needs to leave your system?

  3. 3

    What would feel lighter once it is finally out?

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