Background

What are brother dreams about?

Brothers are typically defined as male siblings and it is common to apply the term to a close friend or someone who shares life with you. 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 brother dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how brothers in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that brother is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that brother is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, brother dreams have more family than 99.5% of dream symbols, more home than 91.7% of dream symbols, and more bad dreams than 86.3% of dream symbols. On the other hand, brother dreams have less natural places than 76.0% of dream symbols, less smelling than 74.1% of dream symbols, and less lucid dreams than 71.7% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of brothers are very social! Brother dreams contain more characters tan 90% of all other dream symbols. Dreams, in general, are very social. There are people or characters in almost every dream, so it is notable that brother dreams have are so social. Finally, dreams of brothers are family oriented. They are more related to family than 90% of all other symbols. In other words, dreaming of brothers will increase your chances of dreaming of a family member. Dreams help us to process our emotions and social relationships. In a certain lens, you can think of dreams as simulations of the world. This can be especially helpful for our relationships with family. 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 brothers is different than dreams of brothers in general.

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of dreams have brothers

How common are brother dreams?

5.7% of dreams have the brothers symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 20 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is common.

Identification

How are brother dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like brother, bro, half brother, etc. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols characters and family.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of brothers?

Brothers dreams are notable because they have substantially more Kuwait, Algeria, verbs, baboons, incest, magnifying glasses, talismans, parents, Morocco, nephews, acid rain than 95% of other dream symbols.

Least related

What symbols least related to dreams of brothers?

Brothers dreams are notable because they have substantially less Laos, Colombia, Aquaman, Cyprus, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Chile, Fiji, Yoda, Princess Leia than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into brother dreams

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

Who is in dreams of brothers?

Who is in dreams of brothers?

Dreams of brothers are much 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 unnamed people.

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What are the emotions in dreams of brothers?

What are the emotions in dreams of brothers?

Dreams of brothers are more related to hatred than dreams in general. They are less related to fun.

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Where do dreams of brothers take place?

Where do dreams of brothers take place?

Dreams of brothers are much more related to home than dreams in general. They are less related to work, less related to human-made places, and less related to natural places.

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What happens in dreams of brothers?

What happens in dreams of brothers?

Brother dreams are more related to death than dreams in general. They are less related to disasters.

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

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

Brother dreams are more related to bad dreams and more related to sad dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams and less related to recurring dreams.

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How do dreams of brothers related the senses?

How do dreams of brothers related the senses?

Dreams of brothers are less related to smelling and less related to taste.

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How can you make sense of brothers in dreams?

Brother dreams are common. Among other things brother dreams are very social and family oriented. Do you think this is true for your dream of brothers? How might your dream of brothers 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 brothers 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 brothers in dreams. See how you feel about brothers now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of brother dreams

An interpretation of brother 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. To see your brother in a dream can connect with some aspect of your relationship with him. This is more likely to be the case if you have had recent contact, or he’s been on your mind. It’s possible that you’re observing something about him. Since most dream characters represent something about you, your brother can represent something you see in yourself that you also see in him. For example, if you are impatient and so is he, in your dream he might represent your impatience. If you two quarrel, he can represent your quarrelsome side, or act as a reminder of a recent quarrel with someone else. Or something about him is used as symbolism. For example, he has children and you have been talking about it with your spouse, so in your dream he’s used to symbolize the idea of starting a family. A surrogate can be used to represent your brother. Dreams use surrogates to create personal distance from the subject matter and avoid being obvious. For instance, after an argument with a brother a dream might use a surrogate to represent him. The surrogate could be any male character, but usually there’s some way of connecting the surrogate with the actual person. The surrogate could be a male relative, friend, co-worker, or someone from the same occupation or school. You can tell by the emotions and feelings the character sparks in you, similarity in behavior and appearance, and how you react. For example, your brother is deployed in the military, and you dream about seeing a seemingly random soldier and running up to hug him and welcome him home. You react that way because you subconsciously know who the soldier represents. If you don’t have a brother and dream you do, the character can represent something about yourself you’re not aware of or don’t recognize. Something that isn’t accepted about you, or that you don’t accept about yourself. For example, a young man dreams that he has a long-lost brother visiting from a psychiatric hospital, and he’s put in charge of showing him around. The brother acts a little slow and quirky but he’s actually pretty cool in the dreamer’s eyes, and he’s happy to take his bro to a party and introduce him to friends. The brother symbolizes the dreamer’s slowness and quirkiness, which cause him to be labeled as a head case, symbolized by the detail about the psychiatric hospital. It’s something the dreamer doesn’t like about himself, so it’s depicted at a distance, as a long-lost brother. If the dream said, “the brother is really you,” he might react differently and not so readily accept the brother character. But instead, by creating personal distance, the dreamer is given the opportunity to react from his true feelings. And it shows that he can accept and like himself the way he is. For another example, see: Kanye West. A younger brother in a dream can refer to an immature aspect of oneself, or something that comes second, such as time for sex coming second to caring for the kids, or a house rule that games can’t be played until after homework is done. Your dreams can pull in references from anywhere to create symbolism. They don’t care how far they have to reach. An older brother can symbolize a mature aspect of oneself, or the desire for a wise counselor. It might symbolize something that protects you, such as how sarcasm can protect you from getting close with people. An arm or branch of a tree can symbolize a brother. See: Arms, Trees A brother can be something related to you in the broader sense, such as how people perceive you in terms of your occupation. Your occupation is connected with you, but is not necessarily who you really are. A brother is a close male friend or buddy, someone who stands at your side, especially in times of need. In a dream, a brother can connect with the need or desire for a close companion, or someone to lend you an ear. A brother can be a spiritual brother. A “bro” is a jock/frat-guy type who comes on too strong but isn’t smart enough to know better. Most of what’s written in the entry for Sister also applies to a brother character in a dream. Go check it out. See also: Arms, Childhood homes, Family, Friends, Incest, Sisters, Trees

Examples of dreams of brothers

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 brother 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 brother dreams. Read at your own risk.

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