What are depression 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 depression dreams.
The word cloud above shows the words that are specifically associated with depression dreams. These are the words that make depression dreams unique compared to all other dream symbols. Just examining the graph and reading the words of depression dreams can be illuminating about show depression affect our dreams. Be sure to check out the example depression dreams at the bottom of the page.
The circular bar chart above shows how depression in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that depression is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that depression is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, depression dreams have more sadness than 99.9% of dream symbols, more sad dreams than 99.8% of dream symbols, and more happiness than 97.5% of dream symbols. On the other hand, depression dreams have less animals than 93.9% of dream symbols, less insects than 91.0% of dream symbols, and less touch than 90.8% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of depression tend to contain much more emotion than other dreams. Furthermore, depression 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. Additionally, dreams of depression are full of grief and sorrow. Of course not every depression 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. Furthermore, dreams of depression tend not to mention places or locations. The dream may or may not take place in varying locations. But dreams of depression 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. Finally, depression dreams have thinking and reflection than 90% of all dream symbols. There are many reasons why people think and reflect. Things might be confusing. They might be interesting. There might be risk. 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 depression is different than dreams of depression in general.
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How common are depression dreams?
1.2% of dreams have the depression symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 80 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is relatively uncommon.
1.2%
of dreams have depression
How common are depression dreams?
1.2% of dreams have the depression symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 80 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is relatively uncommon.
How are depression dreams identified?
This symbol is identified by words like depress. This symbol is part of the summary dream symbols of qualities.
How are depression dreams identified?
This symbol is identified by words like depress. This symbol is part of the summary dream symbols of qualities.
What is most related to dreams of depression?
Depression dreams are notable because they have substantially more sad dreams, Kuwait, Bangladesh, verbs, Bolivia, jury members, abscesses, winning the lottery, suicide, Hannibal Lecter, Serbia than 95% of other dream symbols.
What is most related to dreams of depression?
Depression dreams are notable because they have substantially more sad dreams, Kuwait, Bangladesh, verbs, Bolivia, jury members, abscesses, winning the lottery, suicide, Hannibal Lecter, Serbia than 95% of other dream symbols.
What symbols least related to dreams of depression?
Depression do not especially suppress any other dream symbols.
What symbols least related to dreams of depression?
Depression do not especially suppress any other dream symbols.
Deep dive into depression dreams
Get an overview of characters, emotions, places, events, dream events, and senses in depression dreams.
Who is in dreams of depression?
Dreams of depression are more related to peers, more related to family, and more related to romantic partners than dreams in general. They are much less related to animals, much less related to insects, and less related to unnamed people.
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Who is in dreams of depression?
Dreams of depression are more related to peers, more related to family, and more related to romantic partners than dreams in general. They are much less related to animals, much less related to insects, and less related to unnamed people.
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What are the emotions in dreams of depression?
Depression dreams 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 fear.
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What are the emotions in dreams of depression?
Depression dreams 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 fear.
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Where do dreams of depression take place?
Dreams of depression are more related to work and more related to schools than dreams in general. They are less related to home, less related to human-made places, and less related to transportation.
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Where do dreams of depression take place?
Dreams of depression are more related to work and more related to schools than dreams in general. They are less related to home, less related to human-made places, and less related to transportation.
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What happens in dreams of depression?
Depression dreams are more related to sex and more related to death than dreams in general. They are less related to aggressive acts, less related to disasters, and less related to eating and drinking.
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What happens in dreams of depression?
Depression dreams are more related to sex and more related to death than dreams in general. They are less related to aggressive acts, less related to disasters, and less related to eating and drinking.
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How do dreams of depression related to the type of dream it is?
Dreams of depression are more related to bad dreams, much more related to good dreams, and much more related to sad dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to weird dreams and less related to vivid dreams.
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How do dreams of depression related to the type of dream it is?
Dreams of depression are more related to bad dreams, much more related to good dreams, and much more related to sad dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to weird dreams and less related to vivid dreams.
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How can you make sense of depression in dreams?
Depression dreams are relatively uncommon. Among other things depression dreams are very emotional, about love, sorrowful, lack places or locations, containing lots of thinking of thoughts, great dreams, and full of hate. Do you think this is true for your dream of depression? How might your dream of depression 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.
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 depression in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.
Look for the differences
The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience depression 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 depression in dreams. See how you feel about depression now, in your waking life.
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 depression in dreams. See how you feel about depression now, in your waking life.
An interpretation of depression 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. Dreaming about feeling depressed can indicate you really are depressed. A dream can explore the roots and reasons for depression, or simply reflect that you feel that way. Depression can be used as a comparison to feeling sad, listless, moody, or bored. You aren’t necessarily depressed, but feel close to it. Depression can be symbolized in dreams by the color blue, a deflated balloon, downward movement, zombies, comas, a blizzard, or a depression in the ground, among other things. See: Abyss, Blizzards, Comas Depression is the opposite of inflation, and the two go hand in hand. Periods of depression tend to follow periods of ego inflation and ego frustration. Do you feel depressed soon after being denied something you want, or when you are unable to move toward a goal or vision for your life? Those possibilities are the first to consider after dreaming about depression. Feeling depressed is treated like an illness, to be cured with prescription medicine, when it’s actually a natural function of the psyche to force attention inward and solve problems and answer existential questions. Clinical depression truly is an illness. What I refer to here is the feeling of depression. Many side issues related to depression can come up as subjects in dreams, sometimes as a way of exploring why you feel depressed and what, if anything, can be done about it. The entry for Cry can give you more ideas, even if your dream doesn’t involve crying. For an example dream from someone dealing with depression, see: Horse. See also: Abyss, Black, Blizzards, Blue, Crying, Darkness, Descending, Emotions, Horses
An interpretation of depression 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. Dreaming about feeling depressed can indicate you really are depressed. A dream can explore the roots and reasons for depression, or simply reflect that you feel that way. Depression can be used as a comparison to feeling sad, listless, moody, or bored. You aren’t necessarily depressed, but feel close to it. Depression can be symbolized in dreams by the color blue, a deflated balloon, downward movement, zombies, comas, a blizzard, or a depression in the ground, among other things. See: Abyss, Blizzards, Comas Depression is the opposite of inflation, and the two go hand in hand. Periods of depression tend to follow periods of ego inflation and ego frustration. Do you feel depressed soon after being denied something you want, or when you are unable to move toward a goal or vision for your life? Those possibilities are the first to consider after dreaming about depression. Feeling depressed is treated like an illness, to be cured with prescription medicine, when it’s actually a natural function of the psyche to force attention inward and solve problems and answer existential questions. Clinical depression truly is an illness. What I refer to here is the feeling of depression. Many side issues related to depression can come up as subjects in dreams, sometimes as a way of exploring why you feel depressed and what, if anything, can be done about it. The entry for Cry can give you more ideas, even if your dream doesn’t involve crying. For an example dream from someone dealing with depression, see: Horse. See also: Abyss, Black, Blizzards, Blue, Crying, Darkness, Descending, Emotions, Horses
Examples of dreams of depression
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 depression 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 depression dreams. Read at your own risk.
