Wounds / Scars / Bleeding in Dreams: Meaning in Depth Psychology

Where it still hurts, and where healing starts. Wounds in dreams tend to show what has been injured and not yet tended. A scar is different: a wound that closed and became part of you. The old idea of the wounded healer says the tended wound can become the very place you help others from.

THE CORE MEANING

The psyche's injuries: where you've been hurt, what hasn't healed, and the Wounded Healer principle that the wound is also the source of healing. A scar is a wound that has healed but left its mark: integrated trauma.

VARIATIONS: CONTEXT CHANGES THE MEANING

open wound: Something still hurting, unhealed, actively bleeding psychic energy: a complex that hasn't been integrated
scar: Healed wound: the trauma is integrated but its mark remains. Wisdom from suffering.
being wounded: The moment of wounding: what is hurting you now? The specific injury points toward what is asking for attention.
healing wound: Integration in process: the injury is closing, the complex is losing its autonomy
wound that wont heal: The Fisher King wound: a central injury that refuses to close, often the core complex around which individuation revolves

CONNECTS TO

The Shadow Complexes Integration The Ego The Wounded Healer The Savior / Messiah Complex

All of that is the universal meaning. But what does wounds / scars / bleeding mean to you? Your personal association matters more than any dictionary.