Meaning of dreams about Hands turning black

A dream centering around you, your body or thoughts and feelings that are important to you reveals the inner workings of your unconscious mind. This focus on the self could have positive or negative connotations depending on your emotions in the vision and the other symbols you perceived. Dreaming about yourself also denotes a certain amount of retrospection about past events or contemplation of future ones. The body itself represents the sum of your experiences. Seeing your own body by either looking down at yourself or observing yourself in a reflective surface alludes to how the different people and events that have made up your life story may have left their mark. As such, the condition of your body gives clues as to the state of your unconscious mind. If you were particularly drawn to a certain area of your body, be it a general limb or a more specific, private area, it could grant some insight into particular areas of your mind or subconscious. Body parts imprinted in your dreamscape also indicate concerns or excessive attention focused on self-image, health or how others perceive you in physical appearance. Perhaps your are wrongly convinced that you project your insecurities by the way you act or reveal yourself in other people's presence. Your hands, as a general overarching symbol remembered from your dream, usually symbolize skill and grace. As such, the condition of your hands and additional details may reveal your ability to take on certain tasks or jobs in the future. The image of your hands turning black either due to gangrene, dirt or paint suggests the death or loss of a particular skill that you were once proud of. For instance, you may have been quite flexible and athletic in your youth only to find yourself aching and barely able to exercise now that you are older. This disappointment and lack of prior finesse may even prevent you from trying to do this activity at all, leading to sadness and a bittersweet nostalgic feeling.