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What are cancer 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 cancer dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how cancer in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that cancer is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that cancer is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, cancer dreams have more sad dreams than 97.9% of dream symbols, more death than 97.8% of dream symbols, and more family than 95.9% of dream symbols. On the other hand, cancer dreams have less natural places than 95.2% of dream symbols, less touch than 94.8% of dream symbols, and less strangers than 93.3% of dream symbols. Notably, cancer dreams contain a lot of love. Love is a wonderful human emotion! Even if love occurs within a dream, it is still love and it can feel wonderful. Since love is such a powerful emotion, it is best to be curious about it. Furthermore, dreams of cancer are full of grief and sorrow. Of course not every cancer 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. Additionally, dreams of cancer tend not to mention places or locations. The dream may or may not take place in varying locations. But dreams of cancer simply do not mention the location, places, or settings occuring within the dream. This may be for any number of reasons. Perhaps the actions of the dreams are intense. Perhaps the characters take the focus in the dreams. Also, dreams of cancer are family oriented. They are more related to family than 90% of all other symbols. In other words, dreaming of cancer 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. Finally, cancer dreams are about death. Better stated, cancer 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 cancer is different than dreams of cancer in general.

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of dreams have cancer

How common are cancer dreams?

0.7% of dreams have the cancer symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 150 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is uncommon.

Identification

How are cancer dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like chemo, tumor, cancer, etc. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols events and body changes.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of cancer?

Cancer dreams are notable because they have substantially more emaciation, calluses, healing dreams, Serbia, seeing a dead mother, Cyprus, seeing a dead father, seeing a dead relative, seeing a dead grandfather, Haiti, seeing a dead grandmother than 95% of other dream symbols.

Least related

What symbols least related to dreams of cancer?

Cancer do not especially suppress any other dream symbols.

Deep dive into cancer dreams

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

Who is in dreams of cancer?

Who is in dreams of cancer?

Dreams of cancer 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 cancer?

What are the emotions in dreams of cancer?

Cancer dreams are more related to happiness, much more related to sadness, and much more related to grief and sorrow than dreams in general. They are less related to embarrassment, less related to confusion, and less related to fear.

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Where do dreams of cancer take place?

Where do dreams of cancer take place?

Cancer dreams are less related to human-made places, much less related to transportation, and much less related to natural places.

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What happens in dreams of cancer?

What happens in dreams of cancer?

Dreams of cancer are much more related to death and much more related to health events than dreams in general. They are much less related to aggressive acts, less related to friendly acts, and much less related to sex.

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

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

Cancer dreams are much more related to vivid dreams, more related to good dreams, and much more related to sad dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams, less related to sleep paralysis, and less related to weird dreams.

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How do dreams of cancer related the senses?

How do dreams of cancer related the senses?

Cancer dreams are less related to hearing, less related to taste, and much less related to vision.

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How can you make sense of cancer in dreams?

Cancer dreams are uncommon. Among other things cancer dreams are about love, sorrowful, lack places or locations, family oriented, about death, and very vivid. Do you think this is true for your dream of cancer? How might your dream of cancer 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 cancer 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 cancer in dreams. See how you feel about cancer now, in your waking life.

Examples of dreams of cancer

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 cancer 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 cancer dreams. Read at your own risk.

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