Dreaming of someone looking thin - dream meaning with inherited lore
You may be noticing changes in someone close to you, or comparing yourself with them.
In the dream, a friend or family member looks noticeably thinner than usual. You may stare at their face and body for a while, feeling worried or unsettled.
Korean lore: There aren’t many clear folk interpretations passed down for seeing someone else look thin on its own. Traditionally, dream interpretations have sometimes considered the person in the dream, your relationship with them, and the feelings the scene brought up. (In folk dream interpretation, people sometimes consider your relationship with the person in the dream, as well as how they looked.)
Through the mind: This scene may come up when you’re worried about how that person is doing or have been noticing recent changes in them. It may also hold some distance or tension you feel when comparing yourself with them.
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- Gaining or losing weight
- Dreaming of looking for larger clothes — It may reveal a wish to find room to accept yourself comfortably, rather than forcing yourself to become smaller.
- Dreaming of standing on a broken scale — Traditionally, this has sometimes been associated with a situation where something you are trying hard to check does not show up in numbers as expected.
- Dreaming that your clothes fit loosely — Traditionally, clothes hanging loosely on the body have sometimes been seen as a sign that a current role or responsibility has not yet become familiar.
- Dreaming that someone touches your body — Traditionally, scenes where someone touches your body have sometimes been linked to another person's attention or interference, and to boundaries in relationships.
- A Dream of Sweating It Out at a Sauna — It may show a desire to sweat out built-up tension and unpleasant feelings.
- Dreaming that your shadow looks larger — Traditionally, a shadow appearing larger than the body has sometimes been interpreted as worries or a sense of presence becoming bigger than they really are.
- A Dream of the Number on the Scale Going Down — Seeing the number on the scale go down may connect to wanting to let go of something lately or wishing to see change more clearly.
- Dreaming that you cannot lift your body — Traditionally, scenes where the body feels heavy have sometimes been linked to a state in which responsibilities or worries have grown.