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What are death dreams about?

Death is the end of life. It is often very difficult and sad. Death is something that all living beings will have to face at some point. Dreams help us make sense out of the world. They help us process emotions. As a result, it makes sense that death is in dreams. 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 death dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how death in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that death is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that death is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, death dreams have more aggressive acts than 95.0% of dream symbols, more sad dreams than 93.4% of dream symbols, and more grief and sorrow than 91.7% of dream symbols. On the other hand, death dreams have less embarrassment than 79.3% of dream symbols, less sex than 78.5% of dream symbols, and less taste than 75.8% of dream symbols. Notably, death dreams might be nightmares! Though even if these dreams are nightmares, it doesn't necessarily mean that they are bad dreams or that death is a bad thing to dream about. It just means that dreams of death are more likely to be nightmares than dreams of other things. Also, dreams of death are aggressive! Death dreams have more aggressive interactions than 80% of all of the other dream symbols. Aggressive interactions involve attacks, arguments, yelling, pushing, killing, and so on. These dreams can be scary, stressful, or confusing. But, as with all dreams, it is best to explore what is there. Why was there aggression? Was it really aggression? Furthermore, dreams of death are full of grief and sorrow. Of course not every death 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, death dreams are about death. Better stated, death 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. Finally, dreams of death are usually described as bad dreams. This does not necessarily mean that all death dreams are bad. It is just that dreaming of death might increase the chance that it is a bad dream. 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 death is different than dreams of death in general.

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of dreams have death

How common are death dreams?

24% of dreams have the death symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 4 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is frequent.

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What is most related to dreams of death?

Death dreams are notable because they have substantially more verbs, seeing a dead relative, events, aggressive acts, characters, El Salvador, talismans, afterlife, funerals, Kuwait, overdoses than 95% of other dream symbols.

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What symbols least related to dreams of death?

Death dreams are notable because they have substantially less Algeria, Gimli, Bangladesh, C-3PO, Cameroon, pheasants, Serbia, ovations, sex dreams, chakras, Cyprus than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into death dreams

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

Who is in dreams of death?

Who is in dreams of death?

Death dreams are more related to fantastic beings and more related to family than dreams in general.

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What are the emotions in dreams of death?

What are the emotions in dreams of death?

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

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Where do dreams of death take place?

Where do dreams of death take place?

Death dreams are more related to magical places than dreams in general. They are less related to work, less related to human-made places, and less related to natural places.

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What happens in dreams of death?

What happens in dreams of death?

Dreams of death are much more related to aggressive acts, more related to disasters, 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 death related to the type of dream it is?

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

Dreams of death 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 weird dreams, and less related to good dreams.

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How do dreams of death related the senses?

How do dreams of death related the senses?

Dreams of death are less related to taste and less related to vision.

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How can you make sense of death in dreams?

Death dreams are frequent. Among other things death dreams are nightmares, aggressive, sorrowful, about death, and bad dreams. Do you think this is true for your dream of death? How might your dream of death 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 death 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 death in dreams. See how you feel about death now, in your waking life.

Examples of dreams of death

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 death 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 death dreams. Read at your own risk.

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