Dreaming of vomiting
Vomiting in a dream is unpleasant, but often less negative than it feels. It is usually about wanting to get rid of something: a feeling, a situation or something you can no longer stomach. After vomiting there often comes relief.
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Vomiting is the body's way of getting rid of what it cannot tolerate. In dreams that image often works the same way: you want to get rid of something that bothers you. That can be a feeling you have swallowed, such as anger or grief, a situation you have had enough of, or something you can no longer stomach.
That is why a dream about vomiting is often read as clearing out, especially if you feel better afterwards. Not being able to vomit while nauseous can instead point to something you hold on to and do not dare let go. Being nauseous without cause, as unease about a situation or person.
Seeing someone else vomit can be about concern for that person, or about something the other can no longer carry. Vomiting in public is often about shame and the fear that others see how you are really doing. And vomiting things you did not eat can point to something you took on from others that is not yours.
Sometimes a dream about vomiting also has a physical cause, such as nausea, pregnancy or an upset stomach. Traditions often read vomiting as giving back: in Islam it can mean repentance, in the Bible Jonah is spat out by a fish onto dry land, and in wicca it stands for letting go.
What it means in each tradition
The same dream. 3 traditions. 3 different ways of seeing it.
Islamic
In classical Islamic dream interpretation vomiting is often read as giving back: repentance, or returning something that was not yours. Whoever vomits easily and feels better afterwards leaves a sin or worry behind, according to that reading.
Read the full Islamic interpretation →Christian
The best-known image of vomiting in the Bible is hopeful: the great fish spits Jonah out onto dry land, and he gets a second chance. Proverbs uses the image as a warning: as a dog returns to its vomit, a fool repeats his folly. A dream about vomiting is read within that tension.
Read the full Christian interpretation →Wicca
In wicca and related practices cleansing is a recurring theme: getting rid of what no longer serves before you take up something new. Vomiting in a dream is often read along those lines as a powerful image of letting go, of energy, feelings or influences that do not belong to you.
Read the full Wicca interpretation →These differences are not opinions about one another. Each tradition reads a dream from within its own worldview, and that worldview decides what an image carries.
Common dreams about vomiting
Vomiting and feeling better afterwards
Clearing out: getting rid of something that bothered you.
Nauseous but unable to vomit
Something you hold on to and do not dare let go.
Seeing someone else vomit
Concern for that person, or something the other can no longer carry.
Vomiting in public
Shame, or fear that others see how you are doing.
Vomiting something you did not eat
Something you took on from others that is not yours.
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What does vomiting in a dream mean?
Usually wanting to get rid of something: a feeling or situation you can no longer stomach. Relief often follows.
Is vomiting in a dream a bad sign?
Usually not. It is often read as clearing out, and in Islam sometimes as repentance.
Can a dream about vomiting have a physical cause?
Yes, for example nausea or an upset stomach. With persistent complaints you see a doctor.