What does it mean to dream about eyelid?
An eyelid often points to what you choose to see or shut out, the small gate over the eye, and sometimes to rest, refusal, or the wish to look away.
Four ways to read it
Each reading below comes from a named tradition and a cited source, so you can see where it came from and decide what fits your dream.
Freud
Freud would read the eyelid as the body's shutter over sight, the means to look or refuse to look. An eyelid that will not open or close can mark a wish to see or to hide that the dreamer cannot fully control.
After Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams (Brill trans., 1913), public domain.Jung
Jung would see the eyelid as the threshold between attending and turning away, the gate that opens or veils inner sight. A stuck lid may mark a conflict over whether to face something or shut it out.
Jungian concept (our summary).Modern
Continuity ties the eyelid to waking concerns about what one is willing to look at and the simple need for rest. Heavy or stuck lids often surface when a person is exhausted or avoiding a hard sight.
Continuity hypothesis (our summary).Mythological
To close the eyes was an old gesture of sleep, of death, and of refusing to see a wrong. The lifting of a veil from the eyes has stood across traditions for a sudden granting of insight or truth.
Rosmerta Publishing editorial synthesis (after Brewer; Bulfinch).