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What are bathroom dreams about?

Bathrooms and toilets are such an interesting part of life. We use them everyday, but sometimes we like to pretend they don't exist and so we don't mention them in polite company. Bathrooms are places that help us relate to being in a physical or animal body while living within civilized culture. This symbol is identified by words like toilet, rest room, shower, etc.

Bathrooms in dreams is a common dream symbol, occuring in about 5.1% of dreams. That's about 1 out of every 20 dreams.

What are the major highlights of bathroom dreams?

Bathrooms is a normal dream symbol. Having bathrooms in a dream changes the dream in the same way as most other dream symbols.

Bathroom dreams might be sexual

Dreams of bathrooms are more related to sex than 90% of all of the other dream symbols. If bathrooms is in a dream, this dream is far more likely to contain sexual symbols. Other symbols that are like this include Costa Rica, Italy, imagining, captains, psychologists, pregnancy, characters, animas, showers, and unnamed individuals.

How does the dream symbol of bathrooms affect the different aspects of a dream?

Explore different elements related to dreams of bathrooms

Who is in bathrooms dreams?

Overall, dreams with bathrooms are less related to characters in dreams. Specifically, dreams of bathrooms are more related to insects, more related to family, and more related to romantic partners than dreams in general. They are less related to animals, less related to different roles, and less related to fantastic beings.

Animals

less than usual

Insects

more than usual

Different roles

less than usual

Fantastic beings

less than usual

Distant people

less than usual

Close people

the same as usual

Family

more than usual

Romantic partners

more than usual
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What are the emotions in bathrooms dreams?

Overall, dreams with bathrooms are aren't really related to emotions in dreams. Specifically, dreams of bathrooms are more related to embarrassment than dreams in general. They are less related to sadness, less related to grief and sorrow, and less related to fun.

Happiness

the same as usual

Sadness

less than usual

Grief and sorrow

less than usual

Embarrassment

more than usual

Confusion

the same as usual

Fear

the same as usual

Pain

the same as usual

Hatred

the same as usual

Fun

less than usual

Love

less than usual
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Who is in bathrooms dreams?

Overall, dreams with bathrooms are much more related to places in dreams. Specifically, dreams of bathrooms are more related to home than dreams in general. They are less related to transportation, much less related to natural places, and less related to magical places.

Home

more than usual

Work

the same as usual

Human places

the same as usual

Transportation

less than usual

Natural places

much less than usual

Magical places

less than usual
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What happens in bathrooms dreams?

Overall, dreams with bathrooms are aren't really related to events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of bathrooms are much more related to sex than dreams in general. They are less related to aggressive interactions, less related to friendly interactions, and less related to disasters.

Aggressive interactions

less than usual

Friendly interactions

less than usual

Sex

much more than usual

Disasters

less than usual
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How do bathrooms in dreams related to other dream phenomenon?

Overall, dreams with bathrooms are aren't really related to dream events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of bathrooms are more related to recurring nightmares, more related to sleep paralysis, and more related to sleeping than dreams in general.

Lucid dreams

the same as usual

Nightmares

the same as usual

Recurring dreams

the same as usual

Recurring nightmares

more than usual

Sleep paralysis

more than usual

Sleeping

more than usual

Waking life

the same as usual
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How do bathrooms in dreams related the senses?

Overall, dreams with bathrooms are aren't really related to senses in dreams. Specifically, dreams of bathrooms are more related to smelling and more related to touch than dreams in general. They are less related to hearing and less related to taste.

Hearing

less than usual

Smelling

more than usual

Taste

less than usual

Vision

the same as usual

Touch

more than usual
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How can you make sense of bathrooms in dreams?

Bathroom dreams are common. Among other things bathroom dreams are normally interconnect and sexual.

Do you think this is true for your dream of bathrooms? How might your dream of bathrooms be different?

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

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

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 bathrooms in dreams. See how you feel about bathrooms now, in your waking life.

What are possible meanings for dreams of bathrooms?

A bathroom is a place where you clean up, get ready to go out, take a look at yourself, and expel waste. These uses and functions are used in a dream to create symbolism, such as when cleaning up symbolizes cleaning up your image or behavior. It can mean you’re thinking about the image you project and how you present yourself, and you want to make a good impression. See: Clean

The symbolism is often found in what you do in a bathroom, such as bathe or shower. See: Showers

Or use a toilet. See: Toilets

Or look in a mirror. See: Mirror

Or brush your teeth. See: Teeth

A bathroom is where privacy is usually expected, where you have a “private moment,” so being interrupted in a bathroom can symbolize issues related to privacy. See: Being naked

This idea extends to include things you want to hide or keep away from public knowledge, including anything shameful or highly personal. For example, the shameful feelings after being sexually assaulted, or suicidal thoughts.

A bathroom setting in a dream is often connected with the idea of being rid of something unwanted. For example, a young man at a small college dreams about washing his hands in a restroom after a group of girls barges in. It symbolizes that he’s sick of the dating scene at his school and all the gossip and rumors and wants to “wash his hands” of it all. For more detail about this dream, see: Library.

A bathroom is where we assess our appearance and groom, and that use can tie in with self-perceptions and ideas about attractiveness.

A bath can symbolize aspects of physical health. The body is made up mostly of water, so water is a sort of barometer for health and a versatile symbol. For example, very hot water can symbolize fever. Cold water can symbolize chills. See: Water

A bath in a dream can enact the idiom “take a bath,” meaning a financial loss or something related. “Cleaned out” has similar meaning, and “clean up” can mean a financial windfall.

See also: Anuses, Bathroom stalls, Clean, Doors, Emotions, Excrement, Heat, Illness, Intruders, Mirror, Being naked, Showers, Teeth, Toilets, Undressing, Vomiting, Water, Winter

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.

Examples of dreams of bathrooms

Read some real dream reports of bathroom dreams.. These real life dream reports come from the moderated dream sharing communities of Reddit including r/Dreams, r/Nightmares, r/DreamInterpretation, or r/thisdreamihad. Please note that some of these may contain graphic, sexual, or violent images and text. Use the source link for each dream to view and join the discussion of each one.

Dated an ugly red haired man and cheated on him with my current boyfriend

There is a TL;DR at the end so if you don’t want to read, and

I was sitting in a school courtyard, hugging and kissing my current boyfriend, Sandy. From my side, there is a guy whining that I never hug him. The guy has red hair and freckles and honestly he looks ugly but I assume me and my current boyfriend broke up in dream but we still were attracted to each other even though I was dating someone new. In the dream I wanted to break up with the red head man, who I have never met before in my life, but I felt guilty about potentially using him so I didn’t want to break it off yet. I did not like him more than pity him though. I will call the red head, Steve.
The bell rings and the boys leave, while two of my girl friends walk me to my class. I care deeply for both, there is none of the red head “I only pity you” stuff going on with my friends. However, I rarely talk to one because she might be depressed and doesn’t answer the phone, we will call her, Sofia, while the other is my best friend, Usagi (She loves Sailor Moon). As we walk to class, the sky goes dark with clouds and as the rain falls, lightning nearly strikes us. We run to the furthest building possible, me carrying Sofia at one point while she says she’s going to vomit. The lightning nearly strikes four times before we make it to a building with cover. I keep carrying Sofia and she throws up on my back. I’m annoyed but I understand. Usagi promises to care for her on their way to class and both leave.
When I go to class, I ask for a spare sweater or jacket since my shirt is nasty. It smells awful for obvious reasons. My friend, Aaron, offers up his sweatshirt and I take it going to the bathroom. It’s a girls bathroom but it appears both men and women are inside studying French. I studied French in high school and I am afraid I can’t speak well so naturally they speak it better than me. I then lose my phone somehow while changing out of my shirt. I try to find it when an old man begins cleaning the faucet and when I smile commending him for his work, he smiles back.
I then just end up in a car in a parking lot with Sandy, my real boyfriend. I don’t remember what happened except I ended up being chased by a bull and had to find my way back inside even though I don’t remember why I got out in the first place. I can’t remember anything else so I think it ended there.

TL;DR
• Two boyfriends, one I am dating in real life, one that is ugly and doesn’t exist but apparently I’m cheating on him with my real boyfriend
• Two friends, one needs to be carried and throws up when I carry her
• Lightning storm
• I get chased by a bull
• Lose my phone while changing shirts

There is a TL;DR at the end so if you don’t want to read, and

I was sitting in a school courtyard, hugging and kissing my current boyfriend, Sandy. From my...

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So uh, I just peed the bed.

I'm a 30 year old man. I was having a dream where my brother and I were waiting in line at a supermarket. We had to make the flight and it looked like we'd be running late. I decided to go to the bathroom and started peeing. I immediately woke up and realized I had actually fucking peed. Not alot, but enough where it got onto the sheet through my pants.

What the fuck lol.

I'm a 30 year old man. I was having a dream where my brother and I were waiting in line at a supermarket. We had to make the flight and it looked like we'd be...

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Can’t go back so sleep. Clearest dream I’ve ever had. Please read

I just woke up from a dream. Just spooked out to be honest.

The dream started out with me and my family in a different home, we were watching tv. I went to school, but only my spanish class. Our teacher was mentioning the whole planet will be having a heart attack for two reasons: to have your consciousness go to a parallel universe. And two, if you survive, somehow you will adapt... idk. So I died, and my dream self had thoughts too, because I heard “myself” ask why there wasn’t pain. I woke up in the dream In a really nice house. I was with my mom and sister and it was the morning. My mom told me to start getting ready so I did. I checked if there was anything different in this “parallel universe” (physically) and it was just my teeth (idk.) I showered, FaceTimed my friends, and then changed in my room. I went downstairs and talked to my family, I even mentioned to my sister that it was her time to walk the dog (the clock showed 5:54 or 6:5... not sure.) I went back upstairs to my room and I turned on a Xbox and ps4... idk why. I noticed I had this small tv I used to have as a kid and I wondered why I still had this same tv.

I then heard a knock, I ran downstairs, but all the lights were off. The flight of stairs was endless and I just kept going down. Eventually I woke up In my own bed and I felt something start pulling on my blanket, I let go and then I just heard a bunch of clown horns, like from a little tricycle or something. I cried for help, I even thought someone heard me. I then felt something watching me, I felt some kind of pressure on my chest as if something was right on top of me. I woke up in my real dream, I still thought I didn’t have a blanket. Still spooked out.

This was my clearest dream yet. There are some minor details I let out but I really thought that I was gonna die... or something. Sorry

I just woke up from a dream. Just spooked out to be honest.

The dream started out with me and my family in a different home, we were watching tv. I went to...

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I had an interesting dream I guess, it may sound like a joke but bare with me it’s real, can someone interpret?

So I just woke up, I was going to sleep for the night around 9pm(long day) and it’s 11:30 right now. The earliest part I can remember is me in an incredibly nice house owned by two women I don’t recognize, my cousin was there with me as well. He was just watching TV in one of the rooms and I was in another on my phone. Next thing I see a woman with her hand on my pants like she’s about to suck my dick, moving her mouth around and flexing her tongue. “Hold on I’m stretching” she then sucks my dick until I climax(bare with me ) She then starts talking about how a New Mexican poolboy started working and how he has a “fat bulge” and if they should invite him up. At this point I ask for another blowjob(not sure why) and she gives it to me, but I never got to climax, right in the middle of it, everything flashes black. Next thing you know the woman who was sucking my dick has my cousin bent over a table with his arm behind his back and clearly struggling. The woman had a really massive dick and I immediately ran out of the room. She/he was asking for something, screaming it (I don’t remember right now) and I run into my backyard in real life somehow. I take a long piss on my deck and run back inside for my cousin who I can still hear screaming. At this point I’m still inside of my house. Everything is dark and I’m in the kitchen and I see a disturbed little white blonde girl( also unfamiliar) asking for something in a kind way( don’t remember). I try to walk away out of the kitchen but the girl is holding onto my hand resisting. I see flashes of words appear, as if I’m in a videogame. I can only make out a few words, some appearing in blood and appearing for no more than a second at a time every 5 seconds. I notice one in particular “GO UP”, I then heard my cousin screaming from upstairs “(name) HELP” I run upstairs , I tell it’s coming from my bathroom and I open the door. “(Name) HELP HELP *i open the door* (name) help I’m a sexy tub of black ink” I see the bathtub filled to the brim with some sort of black liquid and the number “66” appear in my vision in blood red as if in a videogame again. I run away with the girl, and the tub of black liquid screaming at me with numbers and words still flashing in my vision. At this point I realize it’s a dream and it’s better to wake the fuck up right now. I manage to wake up and here I am. Literally no idea what it means and a little disturbed. Help if you can interpret

So I just woke up, I was going to sleep for the night around 9pm(long day) and it’s 11:30 right now. The earliest part I can remember is me in an incredibly...

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Sneezing blood and staining my shirt (pls help me interpret)

CONTEXT:

19F, USA. Ex and I don’t talk and I’m in a very happy relationship with my bf I’ve been dating for 1 year & 1/2. But I do think about my ex sometimes, but definitely NOT in that way. I just think about the past a lot in general.

DREAM:

I was friends with Jim Halpert and was hanging with the whole “The Office” cast. It was night and I sat near Jim and we were in some kind of hallway in a church. It was dim with blue lights. It felt like we were going to preform of some kind of musical or dance. I was talking to the whole cast like we were all friends, but across the room was my ex and his now gf with the cast of parks & rec. Me and him kept making eye contact but tbh I just felt curious and jealous he was there with me. I didn’t feel like I cared much about his gf.

I started to pick my nose and then I sneezed and a LOT of blood came out and stained my whole shirt. It looked like I killed someone. I believe it was a white shirt if that mattered, and I told Jim I was going to the rest room to change and had a whole bag already prepared to change. I put on a yellow shirt that was paired with a purple tennis skirt. I went back out and sat with Jim.

CONTEXT:

19F, USA. Ex and I don’t talk and I’m in a very happy relationship with my bf I’ve been dating for 1 year & 1/2. But I do think about my ex...

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