Background

What are anxiety dreams about?

The DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon insights from 1,200 dream symbols in over 200,000 dreams. Let’s see what the data has to say about anxiety dreams.

The word cloud above shows the words that are specifically associated with anxiety dreams. These are the words that make anxiety dreams unique compared to all other dream symbols. Just examining the graph and reading the words of anxiety dreams can be illuminating about show anxiety affect our dreams. Be sure to check out the example anxiety dreams at the bottom of the page.

The circular bar chart above shows how anxiety in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that anxiety is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that anxiety is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, anxiety dreams have more confusion than 87.9% of dream symbols, more fear than 86.7% of dream symbols, and more happiness than 86.5% of dream symbols. On the other hand, anxiety dreams have less weird dreams than 77.8% of dream symbols, less fantastic beings than 77.5% of dream symbols, and less natural places than 74.0% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of anxiety tend to contain much more emotion than other dreams. Every dream is unique. These are general patterns observed in an analysis of over 200,000 dreams. This analysis is a tool to help you make sense of your dreams. It is best to look at the differences. See how your dream of anxiety is different than dreams of anxiety in general.

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How common are anxiety dreams?

6.8% of dreams have the anxiety symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 15 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is common.

Identification

How are anxiety dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like worried, anxious, nervous, etc. This symbol is part of the summary dream symbols of emotions.

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What is most related to dreams of anxiety?

Anxiety dreams are notable because they have substantially more emaciation, verbs, antelopes, R2-D2, healing dreams, Kuwait, the Truman Show, Bahamas, talismans, movement, pinecones than 95% of other dream symbols.

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What symbols least related to dreams of anxiety?

Anxiety dreams are notable because they have substantially less Algeria, Gimli, Legolas, C-3PO, Somalia, Lebanon, Laos, Fiji, Ethiopia, Princess Leia, Cameroon than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into anxiety dreams

Get an overview of characters, emotions, places, events, dream events, and senses in anxiety dreams.

Who is in dreams of anxiety?

Who is in dreams of anxiety?

Dreams of anxiety are more related to peers, more related to family, and more related to romantic partners than dreams in general. They are less related to animals, less related to insects, and less related to fantastic beings.

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What are the emotions in dreams of anxiety?

What are the emotions in dreams of anxiety?

Anxiety dreams are more related to happiness, more related to sadness, and more related to embarrassment than dreams in general.

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Where do dreams of anxiety take place?

Where do dreams of anxiety take place?

Dreams of anxiety are more related to home, more related to work, and more related to schools than dreams in general. They are less related to natural places.

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What happens in dreams of anxiety?

What happens in dreams of anxiety?

Dreams of anxiety are more related to sex and more related to health events than dreams in general. They are less related to aggressive acts, less related to disasters, and less related to eating and drinking.

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How do dreams of anxiety related to the type of dream it is?

How do dreams of anxiety related to the type of dream it is?

Anxiety dreams are more related to recurring dreams and more related to bad dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to weird dreams and less related to good dreams.

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How do dreams of anxiety related the senses?

How do dreams of anxiety related the senses?

Anxiety dreams are less related to vision.

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How can you make sense of anxiety in dreams?

Anxiety dreams are common. Among other things anxiety dreams are very emotional. Do you think this is true for your dream of anxiety? How might your dream of anxiety be different?

All dreams have meaning

All dreams have meaning

You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.

Look for the differences

Look for the differences

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience anxiety in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

Return to the feelings

Return to the feelings

Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about anxiety in dreams. See how you feel about anxiety now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of anxiety dreams

An interpretation of anxiety dreams

This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet. Anxiety manifests many ways in dreams. The most common ways involve teeth breaking or crumbling, or worms or bugs crawling on you. See: Insects, Teeth Common scenarios for anxiety dreams include the presence of people and creatures that cause you anxiety. The supervisor or teacher breathing down your neck is likely to be referenced in your dreams, perhaps as a big bug that lands on your neck. Creatures such as spiders and snakes in dreams can symbolize anxiety if they mirror how you feel when you encounter them in the daylight world. They are used by the dreaming mind to trigger emotional reactions. Anxiety experienced in a dream is a sign that something in your life is producing anxiety. Dreams create scenarios that parallel situations from your life, especially the emotional ones, so the best way to identify an anxiety dream is by the fact that it produces anxiety. It’s no big mystery. Question is, what’s causing anxiety and what are you going to do about it? Your dreams can act as a sort of inner physician or psychologist, so if you dream about scenarios that cause anxiety, it’s a good idea to analyze the dream for suggestions on how to deal with the anxiety or eliminate it. Anxiety is often caused by situations that can be helped, either by changing your external circumstances or your internal ones. See also: Insects, Emotions, Insects, Panic, Teenagers, Teeth

Examples of dreams of anxiety

Reading dreams is one of the best ways to understand dream symbols. Even though the DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon data, it is grounded in the experience of reading thousands upon thousands of dreams. We invite you to read examples of anxiety dreams for yourself. These dreams are actual dreams people have had. As result, they may contain racist, sexist, violent, or otherwise offense language and imagery. This can be true even for anxiety dreams. Read at your own risk.

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