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Dreaming Lens: Did you have the itch, or did someone else? Was the itch related to a wound? Was the origin of the itch a mystery? Did you scratch it? Were you being asked to assist another’s itch relief? Did the itch pass when scratched?

Personal Focus: In a dream, an itch represents the message that something needs to be cast aside. It indicates that the surface of some issue must be scratched to find the deeper layer of truth underneath. While on one hand this investigation can bring comfort and relief, it could also indicate a harmful, compulsive need to return to some troubling issue over and over again. The danger of scratching some itches can be quite intense.

Your investigation of such a dream must make an accurate interpretation of what type of itch you’re being presented with: benign adjustment of comfort, or compulsive repetition that should be avoided at all costs? The first connects to the initial stirrings of an issue that are just being made known to you. The latter probably connects to habits or compulsions that you return to again and again that may not be serving you.

The source and cause of the itch is important to consider. An itch emanating from a wound usually indicates a healing process. This might mean that resentments or unspoken thoughts about a recent emotional battle have left potential scars. An itch that spreads a toxin, such as poison ivy, would represent the addictive quality of what happens when you open the door to harmless satisfaction only to find the challenging compulsion to repeat harmful behavior. An itch in a socially sensitive area, such as the genitals, connects to thoughts and desires that are private, secret, and sexual in nature.

The challenge with interpreting a dream with an itch in it is that the itch itself will not tell you whether it is a good idea to scratch it or not. An itch can be the persistent underlying thoughts that, if you dive more deeply into them, will result in pain and suffering, like addictive tendencies or other persistent anxieties. At the same time, an itch could be asking you to go a little bit deeper in your consideration to see why something may be bothering you, the solution to which may be just under the surface.

The source or cause of the itch is important to consider. An itch emanating from a wound is usually in a healing process. This might mean that resentments or unspoken thoughts about a recent emotional battle have left potential scars. An itch that spreads a toxin, such as poison ivy, would represent the addictive quality of what happens when you open the door to harmless satisfaction only to find the challenging compulsion to repeat harmful behavior. An itch in a socially sensitive area, such as the genitals, connects to thoughts and desires that are private, secret, and sexual in nature.

If you dream you have the itch yourself, you will be harshly used, and will defend yourself by incriminating others.

For a young woman to have this dream, omens she will fall into dissolute companionship.

To dream that you itch, denotes unpleasant avocations.