Dreaming of affliction means your heart has been ripped out recently by someone you loved deeply. Whatever you have done to mend the relationship is not working as it further deteriorates to a state beyond repair. With grief and suffering come new beginnings. Drop the dead weight and end all contact cold turkey to regain your dignity and start living your life again.
Affliction in a dream signifies causing harm to someone or something else and not only that; it can also be used as an epithet against specific things or personalities. It is obviously a bad dream and its meaning will show on the face of the person dreaming it.
Our behavior and attitudes in a dream represents our thoughts, emotions and behaviors. So, if you are experiencing pain in a dream, it is likely that you are suffering from some affliction or distress in your life.