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What are death dreams about?

This symbol is identified by words like kill, passed away, death, etc.

Death in dreams is a frequent dream symbol, occuring in about 22% of dreams. That's about 1 out of every 5 dreams.

What are the major highlights of death dreams?

Death is a very interconnected dream symbol. Having death in a dream substantially changes the nature of the dream.

Dreams of death are aggressive

Death dreams have more aggressive interactions than a lot of other dream symbols. This doesn't mean that all death have aggressive interactions or only aggressive interactions. It simply means that having death in a dream increases the probability this dream contains aggression. Other symbols that are like this include emaciation, knees, threatening, Ukraine, pulling, blood, Bangladesh, wolves, calluses, and touch.

Dreams with death might be a nightmare

Dreams of death are frequently associated with nightmares. Of course dreams that contain death might not be a nightmare. Plenty of dreams with death are not nightmares. But, dreams of death are more related to nightmares than 80% of all other dream symbols. Other symbols that are like this include emotions, sleep paralysis, acid, darkness, hair falling out, hallways, living rooms, glowing eyes, emptiness, and amputation.

What are the symbols that help define death?

The symbol of death in dreams is highly related to burglary, coffins, dying, going to die, and killing.

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

Explore different elements related to dreams of death

Who is in death dreams?

Overall, dreams with death are aren't really related to characters in dreams. Specifically, dreams of death are more related to fantastic beings and more related to family than dreams in general.

Animals

the same as usual

Insects

the same as usual

Different roles

the same as usual

Fantastic beings

more than usual

Distant people

the same as usual

Close people

the same as usual

Family

more than usual

Romantic partners

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

Overall, dreams with death are more related to emotions in dreams. Specifically, dreams of death 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.

Happiness

the same as usual

Sadness

more than usual

Grief and sorrow

much more than usual

Embarrassment

less than usual

Confusion

less than usual

Fear

more than usual

Pain

more than usual

Hatred

the same as usual

Fun

less than usual

Love

the same as usual
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Who is in death dreams?

Overall, dreams with death are less related to places in dreams. Specifically, dreams of death are much more related to magical places than dreams in general. They are less related to work, less related to human places, and less related to natural places.

Home

the same as usual

Work

less than usual

Human places

less than usual

Transportation

the same as usual

Natural places

less than usual

Magical places

much more than usual
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What happens in death dreams?

Overall, dreams with death are more related to events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of death are much more related to aggressive interactions than dreams in general. They are less related to friendly interactions and less related to sex.

Aggressive interactions

much more than usual

Friendly interactions

less than usual

Sex

less than usual

Disasters

the same as usual
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How do death in dreams related to other dream phenomenon?

Overall, dreams with death are aren't really related to dream events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of death are more related to nightmares and more related to recurring nightmares than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams and less related to waking life.

Lucid dreams

less than usual

Nightmares

more than usual

Recurring dreams

the same as usual

Recurring nightmares

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 death in dreams related the senses?

Overall, dreams with death are aren't really related to senses in dreams. Specifically, dreams of death are less related to taste and less related to vision.

Hearing

the same as usual

Smelling

the same as usual

Taste

less than usual

Vision

less than usual

Touch

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

Death dreams are frequent. Among other things death dreams are very postively interconnected, aggressive, and nightmare.

Do you think this is true for your dream of death? How might your dream of death 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 death 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 death in dreams. See how you feel about death now, in your waking life.

Examples of dreams of death

Read some real dream reports of death 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.

I had a dream months ago about a dead person I never knew, then googled his name only to find out he was a real person. Here I am months later, and his name randomly came to my head. I googled him...

Several months ago, I woke up one morning remembering a strange dream I had the previous night. In the dream, I visualized a phone with “new text messages” that said, “_FirstName_Last Name is dead!!” (Keeping name undisclosed per the loved ones’ privacy). Today, it is about 2.5-3 months later since I had this strange dream, and his name randomly came to my head when I was going about my daily business. I told my girlfriend about how his name showed up in my head again, and she was shocked to find an obituary that said that he had died TODAY, 2 years ago. I remembered this complete stranger I dreamt of in a dream, ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH. Does anyone know what this means?? Please help me understand, I feel I have a very strange connection/meaning with this person!! Also, SERIOUS ANSWERS ONLY please. Thank you.

Several months ago, I woke up one morning remembering a strange dream I had the previous night. In the dream, I visualized a phone with “new text messages” that...

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Does anyone feel like death will feel like a dream? Personally I dont think death is the end of consciousness.

Do you ever ponder your death and wonder what happens? Like where you go or what you feel? It gives me such a weird feeling of being alive and aware. I think either heaven and hell are real, or there are different lifetimes/worlds. I feel it would be like a dream, but you'd never "wake up" and it would be reality. The problem is its basically impossible to prove it. Its just a fun thought experiment and wondered if anyone else relates or doesn't. I just want your opinion.

Do you ever ponder your death and wonder what happens? Like where you go or what you feel? It gives me such a weird feeling of being alive and aware. I think...

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Does anyone ever have a dream that just seems so normal? Like you can't tell it from your everyday life?

Context: my old phone was dying recently. Would only charge with my dad's charger for some reason, so he would charge his phone each night, then take my phone and plug it into his charger and let it charge through the night. This went on until the phone finally went out for good. (And yes, this info is necessary for the story).

A few nights ago I had a dream where I kept getting up in the night to make sure my phone was charging. That's it. That was the whole dream. Nothing out of the ordinary happened. I got up a few times to see if my phone was actually charging because it had been charging extremely slowly for some reason.

32%, 50%, 63%... Every once in a while when I checked in the dream.

Then in the dream, I finally closed my eyes to get some sleep. Woke up back in the real world and my phone was at 2%, not almost full, like it had been.

To be honest, I'm not even sure if it was a dream that I had where I did this. I don't actually dream all that often. And if it was, why would I dream about checking to make sure my cell phone was charging of all things?

Context: my old phone was dying recently. Would only charge with my dad's charger for some reason, so he would charge his phone each night, then take my phone...

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A dream about Lucifer

I'd like to start off by saying I'm not a religious person. I would never deny anyone their own beliefs but I myself find I don't need religion to help get through day to day life. I believe in the golden rule and the possibility of a higher power both good or evil but I don't have a specific religion I'd stake my faith in. That being said I had a dream last night that has me a bit curious.
In my dream was at my grandmother's house and lots of my family were there. Although I can't remember exactly who. They are all Christian though which is part of why this dream seemed so odd to me. Anyway, I was sitting on a couch talking to someone next to me, and somehow we end up talking about the Value of Death. I said something along the lines of "This thing (with which I don't recall) is worth the death of many people." And just after having said that I felt an intense static in my legs and then was totally paralyzed. I panicked a bit and told the people around me amd everyone got silent and just stared at me. Then I felt a very suddenly intense pain radiating from my neck throughout the rest of my body which just kept pulsating and never dulled. It caused me to scream but still everyone was silent. Then I felt something, as I'd there were someone leaning into my ear to whisper, but no one was there. And what I heard was quite frightening but I lack the proper words to describe it. Something far worse than impish nonsense but that's the best description I could give. And then nothing. I was telling everyone what was happening and one of my aunts, I'm not certain which one, said we should give Him a call. Then proceeded to take a phone to another room. When she came back a very handsome man, in dark clothing was behind her. He glanced down at me very briefly and then began to survey the room around him as I'd it were a bloody crime scene. For a moment I even saw it from his perspective and it was quite a mess. Then he told me his name was Lucifer and gave me a kind smile. Next he said "A devil of greed had bitten me." Staring at the wall by the TV as if he were looking through it he began to explain that my mention of the Value of Death, the devil was nearby and listening. However when it realized there was nothing a "value" around me it threw a tantrum much like a child, which is why it had bitten me. But apparently it took off in a hurry. Lucifer then leaned down and placed a kiss on top of my head and the pain and paralysis disappeared instantaneously. He smiled kindly at me once more and told me that I would be alright and needn't worry. Then he was gone. As if he had never been there at all, everyone around me began moving and talking again. But all I could think about was how my aunt was able to get ahold of Lucifer himself via phone. Why she would have contact with him as she's very Christian and would never associate with The Devil so casually as if she needed his help? Then I began to wonder if something like this happened again how would I get ahold of him myself to help me. And when I woke up I was in a state of shock. Anyone have an ideas why I would dream of such a thing so randomly?

I'd like to start off by saying I'm not a religious person. I would never deny anyone their own beliefs but I myself find I don't need religion to help get...

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I think I saw my past life 10 years ago, and it still messes with me to this day

Hey guys, this is my first time posting on Reddit.

So as the title suggests, when I was a 10-year-old girl I had a dream of being someone. It started from when they were born to their death, during the dream I never thought it was a dream it just felt like he was me. The dream continued to show this guy's life story, I could see everything from his eyes and feel what he felt, everything except for pain.

He got married, to a girl named Sherry or Mary (I can't fully recall the name) when he was about 20-25 yrs old, later he had a son (Mark) after a few years. But what really disturbs me to this day was this man's death, he got into a car accident and he death slowly getting crushed. Although I couldn't feel the pain, I did feel the pressure slowly crushing my chest as I struggled to breathe, my mind filled with thoughts about his family.

Once he closed his eyes, I woke up and at that moment I forgot who I was, I also was crying, I began to check my chest upon not noticing any injuries I ran to the home phone in my house and dialed his wife's phone only to get no answer. I snapped out of it when I caught my reflection on the shiny toaster that was in the kitchen and suddenly I remembered who I was.

To this day I struggle with romantic relationships (As I feel like I am cheating, idk why it's weird) and driving gives me major anxiety when I am behind the wheel. This dream happened over the course of 10 hours.

Also if you are curious about what they look like I will provide descriptions.
**Sherry/Mary-** Brown eyes, wavy long hair, and fair pale skin
**Mark-** Black short spikey hair, brown eyes, and fair pale skin
**Man (I was in the dream)-** Black short spikey hair, dark eyes, facial hair (Wiskers), and fair pale skin

Hey guys, this is my first time posting on Reddit.

So as the title suggests, when I was a 10-year-old girl I had a dream of being someone. It started from when...

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