Kasatkin: Diagnostic Dream of Dirty Water

by Stephen Parker, Ph.D. (Article Selection, Commentary) on June 20, 2010

Kasatkin reported the case of a man who dreamed he was in an apartment littered with feces and dirty water.

In a second dream that same night he was in a restroom that was dirty with feces.

Later in the dream, he was caught by an enemy who hit him on the head with a rifle butt and another who bayoneted him in the abdomen

The dreamer awoke with dysentery, a headache, and pain in his lower abdomen.

Kasatkin noted that in gastrointestinal disturbances with a slow onset, the repetitive dreams may involve visions of spoiled food, intestinal words, or raw fish.

Cited in Our Dreaming Mind, Robert Van de Castle; page 368

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