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What are crying 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 crying dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how crying in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that crying is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that crying is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, crying dreams have more sad dreams than 98.8% of dream symbols, more bad dreams than 97.7% of dream symbols, and more sadness than 97.7% of dream symbols. On the other hand, crying dreams have less insects than 85.9% of dream symbols, less weird dreams than 85.1% of dream symbols, and less natural places than 83.1% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of crying tend to contain much more emotion than other dreams. Also, crying dreams might be nightmares! Though even if these dreams are nightmares, it doesn't necessarily mean that they are bad dreams or that crying is a bad thing to dream about. It just means that dreams of crying are more likely to be nightmares than dreams of other things. Furthermore, dreams of crying are friendly! These dreams have more friendly interactions than 80% of all of the other dream symbols. Friendly dreams can be great. They involve people helping other people, expressing love, and just being good to one another. Additionally, crying 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. Finally, dreams of crying are full of grief and sorrow. Of course not every crying 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. 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 crying is different than dreams of crying in general.

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of dreams have crying

How common are crying dreams?

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

Identification

How are crying dreams identified?

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

Most related

What is most related to dreams of crying?

Crying dreams are notable because they have substantially more Kuwait, Algeria, characters, sad dreams, Bilbo Baggins, embracing, events, movement, healing dreams, seeing a dead pet, general movement than 95% of other dream symbols.

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What symbols least related to dreams of crying?

Crying dreams are notable because they have substantially less Cyprus, Somalia, Guatemala, Estonia, El Salvador, Hannibal Lecter, Congo, Cameroon, Bangladesh, Venezuela, emaciation than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into crying dreams

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

Who is in dreams of crying?

Who is in dreams of crying?

Dreams of crying are more related to peers, much more related to family, and much 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 crying?

What are the emotions in dreams of crying?

Dreams of crying are much 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 fun.

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Where do dreams of crying take place?

Where do dreams of crying take place?

Crying dreams are more related to home than dreams in general. They are less related to work, less related to human-made places, and less related to transportation.

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What happens in dreams of crying?

What happens in dreams of crying?

Dreams of crying are more related to friendly acts, much more related to death, and more related to health events than dreams in general. They are less related to disasters and less related to eating and drinking.

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

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

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

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How do dreams of crying related the senses?

How do dreams of crying related the senses?

Dreams of crying are more related to hearing than dreams in general.

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How can you make sense of crying in dreams?

Crying dreams are common. Among other things crying dreams are very emotional, nightmares, friendly, about love, sorrowful, family oriented, about death, and bad dreams. Do you think this is true for your dream of crying? How might your dream of crying 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 crying 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 crying in dreams. See how you feel about crying now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of crying dreams

An interpretation of crying 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. Crying in a dream can indicate strong emotions—grief, sadness, loss, despair—or just a need for release. A main way dreams identify emotions is through color, and when combined with imagery they can pinpoint what emotions you are experiencing. See: Colors For example, you dream about your favorite houseplant wilted and brown after being neglected, upsetting you to tears, and it symbolizes neglecting your personal growth or health. Green is associated with growth and connection with nature, and brown with decay. Plants and people both grow, and can be unhealthy when neglected. You see yourself in the plant and react based on subconscious knowledge of the symbolism. Now you really have something to cry about! Now ask yourself what else withers from lack of attention or care: relationships, projects, dreams for your life. The key to understanding the symbolism is your reaction. The dream imagery represents something that triggers your emotions. What do you feel like crying about? Keep in mind that dreams focus on whatever is unprocessed from your day, so if you feel strong emotions but go to bed before processing them, you are likely to dream about them. And when dreams process your emotions for you, they are very likely to be amplified. While awake, your guard is up, but while asleep, your guard is down and emotions can really be felt. Crying in a dream might simply be a way of releasing tension, but also consider what’s going on deep in your heart. Something inside you might need your attention. If you wake up crying, it’s possible that trauma, grief, or something similar is bubbling up to the surface and maybe not quite conscious yet. Or something ignored needs to be dealt with or confronted, such as pressure or stress. Or you’re healing, or venting. You can tell the difference, because when you vent you feel better. The pressure is released. But if something has been repressed and finally comes to the surface, the relief from crying is temporary. Dreaming that you cry but no one seems to notice or care might be a sign that you feel ignored, helpless, or frustrated. You aren’t getting your point across, or no one is really listening. The symbolism can be projected onto a character that cries. You can cry because of joy or relief. The difference in feeling is obvious. Making fun of someone crying can symbolize lack of sympathy, or being unable to connect with someone emotionally when he or she is sad or upset. It’s not necessarily a character judgment. It’s possible that you subconsciously know there’s good reason to lack sympathy, or crying represents crocodile tears or comeuppance. Making yourself cry in a dream can symbolize faking sadness or contrition. Or it can be a way of symbolizing acting out to get attention. Or it can mean you have difficulty crying. Crying can be associated with immaturity—“cry like a little baby”—and manipulating people’s feelings and sympathy to get what you want. For example, a man dreams that he’s at a big meeting at work and one of his co-workers brings a baby to the meeting. The baby cries incessantly and the co-worker does nothing to try to stop it. The dream sums up the dreamer’s opinion that the co-worker in question fusses and complains like a baby until getting his way. At a basic level, crying is an expression of need. It might be a plea for help. See also: Babies, Seeing a dead relative, Emotions, Floods, Water, Wounds

Examples of dreams of crying

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 crying 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 crying dreams. Read at your own risk.

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