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What are clown dreams about?

This symbol is identified by words like clown and mime.

Clowns in dreams is a very uncommon dream symbol, occuring in about 0.3% of dreams. That's about 1 out of every 300 dreams.

What are the major highlights of clown dreams?

Clowns is a normal dream symbol. Having clowns in a dream changes the dream in the same way as most other dream symbols.

Dreams with clowns might be a nightmare

Dreams of clowns are frequently associated with nightmares. Of course dreams that contain clowns might not be a nightmare. Plenty of dreams with clowns are not nightmares. But, dreams of clowns are more related to nightmares than 80% of all other dream symbols. Other symbols that are like this include imagining, brains, closed my eyes, triangles, blindness, Frodo, knives, attacking, The Holocaust, and torturing.

Clown dreams are scary

Dreams containing clowns are more related to fear than 90% of all other dream symbols. Of course each dream is unique and this does not mean that all dreams of clowns are about fear. It simply means that if you dream of clowns, this dream has a great chance of being scarier than most other dream symbols. Other symbols that are like this include silence, things, grim reapers, raccoons, kayaks, ghosts, relief, screaming, qualities, and grey eyes.

What symbols less present in dreams of clowns?

How does the dream symbol of clowns affect the different aspects of a dream?

Explore different elements related to dreams of clowns

Who is in clowns dreams?

Overall, dreams with clowns are more related to characters in dreams. Specifically, dreams of clowns are much more related to different roles and much more related to fantastic beings than dreams in general. They are less related to insects.

Animals

the same as usual

Insects

less than usual

Different roles

much more than usual

Fantastic beings

much more than usual

Distant people

the same as usual

Close people

the same as usual

Family

the same as usual

Romantic partners

the same as usual
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What are the emotions in clowns dreams?

Overall, dreams with clowns are aren't really related to emotions in dreams. Specifically, dreams of clowns are more related to embarrassment, more related to confusion, and much more related to fear than dreams in general. They are less related to grief and sorrow, less related to pain, and less related to love.

Happiness

the same as usual

Sadness

the same as usual

Grief and sorrow

less than usual

Embarrassment

more than usual

Confusion

more than usual

Fear

much more than usual

Pain

less than usual

Hatred

the same as usual

Fun

much more than usual

Love

less than usual
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Who is in clowns dreams?

Overall, dreams with clowns are aren't really related to places in dreams. Specifically, dreams of clowns are more related to home than dreams in general. They are less related to work.

Home

more than usual

Work

less than usual

Human places

the same as usual

Transportation

the same as usual

Natural places

the same as usual

Magical places

the same as usual
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What happens in clowns dreams?

Overall, dreams with clowns are aren't really related to events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of clowns are more related to sex than dreams in general. They are less related to disasters.

Aggressive interactions

the same as usual

Friendly interactions

the same as usual

Sex

more than usual

Disasters

less than usual
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How do clowns in dreams related to other dream phenomenon?

Overall, dreams with clowns are more related to dream events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of clowns are much more related to nightmares, more related to recurring dreams, and much more related to recurring nightmares than dreams in general. They are less related to waking life.

Lucid dreams

the same as usual

Nightmares

much more than usual

Recurring dreams

more than usual

Recurring nightmares

much more than usual

Sleep paralysis

the same as usual

Sleeping

the same as usual

Waking life

less than usual
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How do clowns in dreams related the senses?

Overall, dreams with clowns are less related to senses in dreams. Specifically, dreams of clowns are more related to hearing and more related to taste than dreams in general.

Hearing

more than usual

Smelling

the same as usual

Taste

more than usual

Vision

the same as usual

Touch

the same as usual
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How can you make sense of clowns in dreams?

Clown dreams are very uncommon. Among other things clown dreams are normally interconnect, nightmare, and scary.

Do you think this is true for your dream of clowns? How might your dream of clowns be different?

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

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience clowns in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

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 clowns in dreams. See how you feel about clowns now, in your waking life.

What are possible meanings for dreams of clowns?

Dreaming about a clown can symbolize a frivolous attitude or behavior, as expressed in the phrase “clown around.”

A clown can symbolize feeling foolish, or be an expression of the feeling that you or someone else isn’t taking a situation seriously enough. Perhaps someone is trying too hard to be lighthearted. Something seems artificial, false, or deceptive.

Because clowns wear outfits and heavy makeup, they can symbolize disguising one’s true feelings or personality behind a facade.

For some people, clowns are creepy and can symbolize something they fear or don’t trust.

See also: Amusement parks, Disguises, Makeup, Masks

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.

Examples of dreams of clowns

Read some real dream reports of clown dreams.. These real life dream reports come from the moderated dream sharing communities of Reddit including r/Dreams, r/Nightmares, r/DreamInterpretation, or r/thisdreamihad. Please note that some of these may contain graphic, sexual, or violent images and text. Use the source link for each dream to view and join the discussion of each one.

Had a dream I got an abortion

I had a dream that I walked past someone from my old HS who I started to talk to, he wasn't someone I was friends with or knew that well, he was a bit of a clown and considered kind of annoying by some people. Anyways he started talking about how I got an abortion. In the dream I knew what he was talking about, I felt as though I had gotten an abortion when I was younger and hadn't told my parents. I felt quite defensive and I think I told him I hadn't, but deep down I remembered that I had. I started to think to myself that it wasn't fair, that I'd slept with only this one guy I didn't even like once and knowing my luck it'd gotten me pregnant and I was really young and needed to get an abortion. I think I remembered this event as happening when I was maybe 18=19. Wierd. Does anyone know what it could mean? I've never had an abortion or even sex.

I had a dream that I walked past someone from my old HS who I started to talk to, he wasn't someone I was friends with or knew that well, he was a bit of a...

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Woke up laughing

I had a pretty funny dream recently.

I was in this interesting building which seemed to be a classic japanese hotel with lots of rooms, laminate flooring and this weird unfamiliar-yet-familiar feeling to it.

I was there with my dad and some distant relatives. We were walking through the corridors and after a while we decided to take a break from walking. We sat down next to a door under a large skylight.

We were just sitting there, when suddenly the door opened and a little girl in a ballerina dress and clown makeup (not the creepy kind, more like [this](https://images.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltf10d43c9de06a4a3/bltc411ba780f586e0a/5dc53c54620f60040448a644/Rimmel_Blog_Halloween_Clown_Makeup_header.jpg?auto=webp)) stepped out. She looked at us for a moment, then started spinning around. She spun and spun in a weird, hypnotic and "springy" way. As she did her last turn and stopped, she suddenly had a moustache.

Seeing this, I had to laugh so hard that I woke myself up. Never had anything like this before but 10/10 would dream again.

I had a pretty funny dream recently.

I was in this interesting building which seemed to be a classic japanese hotel with lots of rooms, laminate flooring and...

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Form of sleep paralysis?

Hey, looking for some opinions if possible please.
So I've suffered with some episodes with sleep paralysis over the last ten years, but the most recent one was about 3 years ago and I managed to snap myself out of it. Dressing gown was a creepy clown, I don't get the black figures or demons, usually something in my room morphs and I'm paralysed.

I also sometimes wake myself up crying or physically shouting out and it's almost like I'm forcing it out of my dream into reality. These are quite rare.

Anyways I now get this thing where I fall asleep but I start to become really scared about something....usually an idea that something is wrong, and I fight to wake myself up, I can usually open my eyes and move to sit up, but then I fall back into it. Sometimes I think I've made it out of it, but I'm actually still dreaming and I can feel dream me wrenching myself out the bed only to start to feel it's not real in an awful I'm stuck way. As it goes on, the fear increases because I'm aware I'm not able to flee and I'm usually aware I can't wake up at this point, and whatever I think is coming for me (sometimes it's a feeling, last time it was a neighbour coming through the wall The Frighteners style) and this can last about 5/6 episodes before I'm either finally sat up or I've passed out from exhaustion.

Any ideas what this is about or similar experiences please

Hey, looking for some opinions if possible please.
So I've suffered with some episodes with sleep paralysis over the last ten years, but the most recent one was...

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Last night I had a dream and I’m 99% sure I was choosing to try to get laid over caring about being murdered (not really NSFW, but maybe a little so I’ll mark it)

So I had a strange dream last night where my husband and I were going to stay at this hotel we’ve never been to (reason unknown) so we sprung for one of the bigger rooms. We got there and it was super sketchy. All kinda stained that faint yellow like it was old. As we were walking through the lobby there were TONS of clowns. Just clowns EVERYWHERE. My husband seemed to have not even noticed. We get into the room and it is huge! It has one giant bed, a smaller bed, and many other soft surfaces - such as chairs, couches, etc. My husband actually came in and was just hot and bothered and wanting to do all sorts of stuff just all over the room (details spared). So of course I was onboard, but as I looked around it just kept getting worse. There was this old tv and VCR with these unmarked tapes and I just KNEW there was nothing good on them. But I just didn’t seem to care because I was just so dedicated to having sex.

I woke up almost feeling dirty. Any thoughts?

So I had a strange dream last night where my husband and I were going to stay at this hotel we’ve never been to (reason unknown) so we sprung for one of the...

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Yo, just woke up from a dream including a scene where I fingered and fucked a magic killer clown's neck vagina.

Felt kinda good tho lmao.

Currently writing this in my dream journal. Apart from that. Best dream I had because of the bird's-eye view of the whole place it took in. Atop of an extinct volcano with Gothic buildings, full of busy people and a school built on top of the crater. My house was the only thing haunted there really. I should probably stop watching anime tho because I'm pretty sure it was just anime girls walking in the city.

Felt kinda good tho lmao.

Currently writing this in my dream journal. Apart from that. Best dream I had because of the bird's-eye view of the whole place it...

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