Background

What are building dreams about?

A building is a constructed structure. They are often planned and can take a substantial amount of work to construct. All buildings provide structure. Buildings can be specialized in purpose. For example hospitals are designed to facilitate treating sick people. Houses are designed to provide comfortable environments to live and sleep. We tend to spend most of our time in buildings. 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 building dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how buildings in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that building is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that building is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, building dreams have more human-made places than 99.7% of dream symbols, more schools than 91.2% of dream symbols, and more disasters than 90.6% of dream symbols. On the other hand, building dreams have less family than 76.0% of dream symbols, less health events than 67.3% of dream symbols, and less romantic partners than 67.2% of dream symbols. 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 buildings is different than dreams of buildings in general.

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of dreams have buildings

How common are building dreams?

8.4% of dreams have the buildings symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 10 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is common.

Identification

How are building dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like building. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols places and human-made places.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of buildings?

Buildings dreams are notable because they have substantially more Cameroon, verbs, movement, skyscrapers, Gimli, abandoned places, peninsula, elevators, R2-D2, roofs, collective unconscious than 95% of other dream symbols.

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What symbols least related to dreams of buildings?

Buildings dreams are notable because they have substantially less Laos, calluses, Aquaman, Princess Leia, Bilbo Baggins, Ron Weasley, emaciation, Somalia, Kuwait, Ethiopia, abscesses than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into building dreams

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

Who is in dreams of buildings?

Who is in dreams of buildings?

Building dreams are more related to unnamed people and much more related to strangers than dreams in general. They are less related to family and less related to romantic partners.

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What are the emotions in dreams of buildings?

What are the emotions in dreams of buildings?

Dreams of buildings are less related to grief and sorrow, less related to hatred, and less related to love.

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Where do dreams of buildings take place?

Where do dreams of buildings take place?

Building dreams are more related to work, much more related to human-made places, and more related to transportation than dreams in general.

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What happens in dreams of buildings?

What happens in dreams of buildings?

Dreams of buildings are more related to aggressive acts and much more related to disasters than dreams in general. They are less related to health events.

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

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

Dreams of buildings are more related to recurring dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to sleep paralysis and less related to bad dreams.

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How do dreams of buildings related the senses?

How do dreams of buildings related the senses?

Building dreams are more related to hearing and more related to vision than dreams in general.

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How can you make sense of buildings in dreams?

Building dreams are common. Among other things building dreams are Do you think this is true for your dream of buildings? How might your dream of buildings 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 buildings 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 buildings in dreams. See how you feel about buildings now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of building dreams

An interpretation of building 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 decode the symbolism of a building, begin with analogies, metaphors and word play. A person can be described as tall as a skyscraper or built strong like a brick house. An idea can be built upon. Self-esteem and confidence are built up. Marriages, families, faith, and confidence are built. Dreams can use a building as a physical representation for the verb “to build.” What are you building in the personal sense? See: Constructing Parts of a building are used in analogies, such as “strong foundation” and “roof over your head.” Comparison is the heart of analogy, and buildings can be used myriad ways to make comparisons. The type of building in a dream says a lot, too. What purpose does a type of building serve? For example, a shopping mall has many shopping choices, so the symbolism can mean choosing among options. A home-improvement store can mean making personal improvements, such as improving your body or mind. A school building or library can relate to learning. Areas of a building can symbolize areas of your body, such as a basement representing your instincts or emotions, or a top floor or roof representing your head or thoughts. Floors of buildings can symbolize ages and times of life, such as the sixteenth floor symbolizing your sixteenth year. See: Basements Much can be said symbolically about your body through the condition of a building. For example, opaque or broken windows can represent poor sight. Plumbing problems can refer to the urinary system or sex organs. A crumbling building can symbolize poor health. Then again, broken windows can symbolize loss of opportunity (a “window of opportunity”), and a crumbling building can symbolize a belief structure coming down. Damage to a building, especially to the façade, can indicate damage to self-image or reputation. A building in ruins can be a graphic representation of a life in ruins, or part of it in ruins, such as after a divorce or other personal disaster. New additions to a building and newly built buildings can symbolize new aspects of yourself, or additions to your life. For example, a newly built school can symbolize expansion of your knowledge or scope of learning. Having a child is an addition to the family and can be symbolized as an addition to your home. The height of a building can be used to create symbolism. For example, low or high expectations or opinions can be symbolized as a low or high building. See: Hugeness, Smallness A city full of buildings can symbolize the public sphere of life and a search for opportunities in your career. The symbolism is built on the idea that cities are where the best jobs and the most people are found. See: Cities A fallen building can symbolize big changes in yourself or your life, such as in values, morals, and ideals. Buildings that remind you of a time of life can refer to that time. See: Childhood homes Scaling a building can symbolize reaching for your ambitions, but ask yourself whether there is an easier way. Perhaps taking the elevator would be better. See: Climbing An empty building can symbolize feeling empty. See: Emptiness The symbolism of a building can be derived from its shape. See: Shapes See also: Stadiums and arenas, Attics, Basements, Body parts, Castles, Childhood homes, Churches, Cities, Climbing, Constructing, Destruction, Disasters, Elevators, Emptiness, Family homes, Fences, Fires, Home, Libraries, Malls, Movies, Neighbors, Numbers, Pyramids, Restaurants and bars, Shapes, Shopping, Skyscrapers, Stages

Examples of dreams of buildings

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 building 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 building dreams. Read at your own risk.

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