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What are burying 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 burying dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how burying in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that burying is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that burying is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, burying dreams have more death than 96.6% of dream symbols, more grief and sorrow than 93.7% of dream symbols, and more sad dreams than 93.7% of dream symbols. On the other hand, burying dreams have less fun than 84.7% of dream symbols, less embarrassment than 82.5% of dream symbols, and less weird dreams than 80.0% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of burying are full of grief and sorrow. Of course not every burying 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. Finally, burying dreams are about death. Better stated, burying dreams contain more death and dying than 90% of all other dream symbols. Dreams help us process our emotions, understand our fears, and grieve. Death in a dream is not necessarily a bad thing. Dreaming of death can help us overcome fears or say good bye to loved ones. But, then again, dreams of death might simple just be 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 burying is different than dreams of burying in general.

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How common are burying dreams?

0.6% of dreams have the burying symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 150 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is uncommon.

Identification

How are burying dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like bury. This symbol is part of the summary dream symbols of verbs.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of burying?

Burying dreams are notable because they have substantially more Kuwait, Dobby, coffins, cemeteries, talismans, dead cats, healing dreams, funerals, lizard people, bankers, Ecuador than 95% of other dream symbols.

Least related

What symbols least related to dreams of burying?

Burying do not especially suppress any other dream symbols.

Deep dive into burying dreams

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

Who is in dreams of burying?

Who is in dreams of burying?

Burying dreams are more related to family than dreams in general. They are less related to unnamed people.

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What are the emotions in dreams of burying?

What are the emotions in dreams of burying?

Dreams of burying are more related to sadness, much more related to grief and sorrow, and more related to love than dreams in general. They are less related to happiness, less related to embarrassment, and less related to fun.

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Where do dreams of burying take place?

Where do dreams of burying take place?

Burying dreams are less related to transportation, less related to magical places, and less related to schools.

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What happens in dreams of burying?

What happens in dreams of burying?

Burying dreams are much more related to death and more related to health events than dreams in general. They are less related to friendly acts, less related to sex, and less related to eating and drinking.

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

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

Burying dreams are more related to recurring dreams, more related to bad dreams, and much more related to sad dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams and less related to weird dreams.

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How do dreams of burying related the senses?

How do dreams of burying related the senses?

Dreams of burying are more related to smelling than dreams in general. They are less related to hearing, less related to taste, and less related to vision.

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How can you make sense of burying in dreams?

Burying dreams are uncommon. Among other things burying dreams are sorrowful and about death. Do you think this is true for your dream of burying? How might your dream of burying 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 burying 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 burying in dreams. See how you feel about burying now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of burying dreams

An interpretation of burying 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 bury something in a dream can mean you want it out of sight, out of mind. You can bury grudges, feelings, memories, the past, and so on. To bury means to conceal, and to conceal can mean to hide actions, involvement, true opinion or feelings. For example, someone blabbing on their phone says something bad about a friend then tries to pretend it wasn’t them after word gets around. They then dream about burying their phone to symbolize the desire to hide the truth. See: Hiding A young man has recurring dreams about burying pretty women in his closet. They’re like dolls, open-eyed and lifeless. He panics when he realizes the bodies can’t be hidden and he’ll be caught. Burying the bodies symbolizes hiding his masturbation habit, including the physical evidence. And they’re doll-like because they’re creations of his fantasies and serve no other purpose than to help him get off. Dreams can go many directions with the symbolism of burial. For example, burying a carton of cigarettes can symbolize desire to be free of a smoking habit, or efforts to conceal it. Burying someone you know can mean wanting to be free of the relationship or the person, or to hide something from them. To bury can mean “put behind you.” Time to move on. Disagreements, relationships and times of life are all things put behind you in the figurative sense and symbolized through the action of burying. A person can “bury” themselves beneath heavy layers of clothing to hide their body, then dream about it as burying a body. To see yourself dead and buried in a dream can be a good sign. Contrary to the common misconception that it’s a sign of imminent death, it can mean that something yourself or a time of life is coming to an end, and it might be what you need. To bury can mean to avoid, such as when avoiding something painful or unwanted, or avoiding the truth. It can mean “buried by work.” Too much to do. This meaning of the symbolism is more likely if a character is buried alive or drowns. Burying something in a cemetery can mean something is laid to rest, such as a disagreement. It can mean wanting to be free of whatever it symbolizes. For example, dreaming about burying parents can symbolize wanting to be free of their control or influence. See: Cemeteries See also: Body parts, Coffins, Closets, Death, Emotions, Funerals, Ghosts, Cemeteries, Hiding, Masturbation

Examples of dreams of burying

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 burying 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 burying dreams. Read at your own risk.

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