Offering emotional support: Comforting someone in the dream and offers him emotional support, it means that in the waking world you care about your fellow human beings and want to help them to cope with their problems, an indication for repressed that you do not want to confront. Perhaps you feel the need to help others and have made it your mission to be a good listener and advisor, an indication for some emotional conquest.
Overcome your insecurities: In some cases it that you comfort someone in a dream because you are unsure yourself or are in a difficult situation, points at missed opportunities. This dream mean that you want to encourage yourself and you are looking for a way to overcome your own insecurities, you are involved in some fast pace project.
The need for comfort: Dream about comforting yourself allow? In this case, the dream indicate that you need emotional support and you need someone to give you comfort in difficult times, a secret that you must keep. Perhaps you should consider asking friends and family for help, or seeking professional support, you are feeling disillusioned.
At the same time, it mean looking for support and feeling the need to comfort yourself, draws attention to a contagious sickness.
The act of comforting someone in your dream generally signifies your compassionate nature and desire to help others, a premonition for celebration of a happy event. It also reflect your own emotional state, where you seek comfort or solace in difficult times, draws attention to some aspect of yourself that you have forgotten or neglected. It is also possible that you are empathetic towards someone who is going through a tough phase, and your dream reflects your support for them, indicates need to keep up with the trends, latest technology.
Comforting someone involve specific symbols, which provide additional insights, sadly to a problem that you can not solve it by yourself. For example, if you were consoling a crying child, it indicate your nurturing side, where you want to protect the vulnerable, the dream denotes an emotional wall that you are putting up. If you were hugging someone tightly or holding their hand, it signify your need for physical connection or emotional support, states new ideas or a new phase in your life. If you were healing someone's wound or injury, it reflect your healing abilities or the need to address your own wounds, also this dream about elegance, beauty and docility.
Dreams also be interpreted through religious or spiritual beliefs, signifies your determination and ambition. In Christianity, comforting someone signify a call to show kindness and empathy towards others, following the teachings of Jesus Christ, self-control, determination, tenacity, healing and transformation. In Hinduism, it symbolize good karma or positive actions that will bring peace and joy, also this dream about an obstacle that is creating much anxiety for you. In Buddhism, comforting someone reflect the practice of compassion towards all living beings, including oneself, a signal for overt emotional desires.
In some cultures, physical touch or hugging considered inappropriate, whereas in others, it a way of showing warmth and love, a signal for desires. In collectivistic cultures, like many Asian countries, the act of comforting someone reflect the importance of maintaining strong bonds and social relationships, a hint for the fruition of some idea.
From a psychological perspective, the act of comforting someone in a dream reflect your need for emotional support, validation, or love, states your freedom and space. It also signify your desire to heal or resolve emotional wounds, either for yourself or someone else, means prosperity, strength, durability and creativity. Additionally, it represent your inner child, requiring care and attention from your adult self, denotes an emotional cleansing.
Try to identify if there is someone in your life who need your emotional support or compassion, hints a life of ease, comfort, financial gains. Reflect on your own emotional needs and see if there are any unaddressed wounds that require attention, you need to go some of your responsibilities as it is holding you back. Consider practicing self-care and self-compassion, treating yourself as you would treat someone you love, a warning alert for a real life project or idea that has failed to get off the ground. Explore therapy or counseling to work on deeper emotional issues and promote healing, symbolises the in your ability to endure it all.
Conclusion: Dreaming of comforting someone carry various meanings based on symbols, religions/beliefs, cultures, and psychological factors, a harbinger for the emotional load you are carrying. However, it generally symbolizes your compassionate nature and desire to help others, signifies death and rebirth.
Generally, this type of dream suggest that you have a strong desire to help others and be a source of support for those in need, family issues, personal attitudes or some difficulty.
If you were comforting a stranger in your dream, it mean that you have a deep empathy and compassion for others, even those you do not know, a clue for some characteristic or something that you need to rid of. You feel a strong sense of responsibility to help others in any way that you, suggests your connection with your nature.
On the other hand, if you were comforting someone you know, such as a friend or family member, it indicate that you feel a need to support and protect them in real life, an indication for a problem where you may be confused about. Perhaps they are going through a difficult time or facing a challenge, and you want to be there for them in any way possible, denotes your lacking awareness of something in your life.
It also be a reminder to stay connected with those you care about and to offer support whenever possible, a hint for a situation that is potentially dangerous or a relationship where you are getting burned.