The Dream Book of Self-Knowledge
- on one's body: not even the harsh blows of fate have changed the dreamer's egotism; in contrast to bloody blows, a bruise possesses a negative character since the clotted blood, linked to the ego, remains inside the body.
- seeing it on others: symbolizes emotional problems and foretells of a misunderstanding in mutual relationships.
- symbolizes emotional deficit and an excess of instinctual content in the mind.
- "recovering" from this emotional deficiency takes a long time since blood does not flow from the injured places and thus the ego does not "flow out" with the blood.
