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What are breaking dreams about?

Things can break. But breaking implies that things were once whole. Things can break and they cannot be repaired. But things can break and they can be repaired. In any case, breaking is a change and often in a violent way. 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 breaking dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how breaking in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that breaking is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that breaking is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, breaking dreams have more aggressive acts than 99.8% of dream symbols, more grief and sorrow than 95.6% of dream symbols, and more romantic partners than 91.1% of dream symbols. On the other hand, breaking dreams have less weird dreams than 68.4% of dream symbols, less good dreams than 52.9% of dream symbols, and less natural places than 51.8% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of breaking are aggressive! Breaking dreams have more aggressive interactions than 80% of all of the other dream symbols. Aggressive interactions involve attacks, arguments, yelling, pushing, killing, and so on. These dreams can be scary, stressful, or confusing. But, as with all dreams, it is best to explore what is there. Why was there aggression? Was it really aggression? Finally, dreams of breaking are full of grief and sorrow. Of course not every breaking dream is sorrowful, these type of dreams have more grief and sorrow than 90% of other dream symbols. It can be heart breaking to experience grief and sorrow during a dream. This can remind us of painful events in waking life. Alternatively, the grief and sorrow within a dream can feel so real. 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 breaking is different than dreams of breaking in general.

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of dreams have breaking

How common are breaking dreams?

15% of dreams have the breaking symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 7 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is very common.

Identification

How are breaking dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like break, smash, fracture, etc. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols verbs and aggressive acts.

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What is most related to dreams of breaking?

Breaking dreams are notable because they have substantially more broken glass, emaciation, Cameroon, break ups, movement, general movement, Kuwait, Gimli, Algeria, burglary, bones than 95% of other dream symbols.

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What symbols least related to dreams of breaking?

Breaking dreams are notable because they have substantially less Estonia, Princess Leia, Uranus, pheasants, Laos, Guatemala, Fiji, Ecuador, homicides, Argentina, Luke Skywalker than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into breaking dreams

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

Who is in dreams of breaking?

Who is in dreams of breaking?

Dreams of breaking are more related to family and much more related to romantic partners than dreams in general.

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What are the emotions in dreams of breaking?

What are the emotions in dreams of breaking?

Breaking dreams are more related to sadness, much more related to grief and sorrow, and more related to pain than dreams in general.

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Where do dreams of breaking take place?

Where do dreams of breaking take place?

Dreams of breaking are more related to home and more related to work than dreams in general.

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What happens in dreams of breaking?

What happens in dreams of breaking?

Breaking dreams are much more related to aggressive acts, more related to friendly acts, and more related to disasters than dreams in general.

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

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

Dreams of breaking are more related to nightmares, more related to recurring dreams, and more related to sleep paralysis than dreams in general. They are less related to weird dreams.

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How do dreams of breaking related the senses?

How do dreams of breaking related the senses?

Dreams of breaking are more related to hearing and more related to touch than dreams in general.

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How can you make sense of breaking in dreams?

Breaking dreams are very common. Among other things breaking dreams are aggressive and sorrowful. Do you think this is true for your dream of breaking? How might your dream of breaking 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 breaking 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 breaking in dreams. See how you feel about breaking now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of breaking dreams

An interpretation of breaking 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. Breaking something in a dream can symbolize stress or frustration, which are common sources of dreams about teeth breaking. See: Teeth It can mean you are ready to go in a new direction, break with the past or with someone in your life—a “clean break.” A break can mean that a change is being forced on you, either because of external circumstances or internal ones. For example, breaking off a relationship or engagement. It can mean you “take a break.” Or you are financially strapped—“broke.” See: Walls A break can symbolize loss or injury, or infirmity. See: Elderly people, Illness It can mean progress has stopped. It can be a wordplay for “brake.” See: Cars Breaking a bone can symbolize a major setback or a major break in a relationship. It can symbolize loss of support, since bones are used to support the body. Look up parts of the body associated with the broken bone, collected together under the entry for Body, and see the entry for Amputate. A fragile object such as glass breaking can mean that you need to handle something more delicately, or that someone or something is delicate. For example, a glass dragon in one woman’s dream symbolizes her mother, who is both fragile (glass) and fierce (a dragon). See: Body parts, Cars, Dissecting, Elderly people, Illness, Teeth, Trees, Walls, X-rays

Examples of dreams of breaking

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 breaking 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 breaking dreams. Read at your own risk.

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