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What are dessert 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 dessert dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how desserts in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that dessert is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that dessert is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, dessert dreams have more taste than 99.4% of dream symbols, more eating and drinking than 97.0% of dream symbols, and more sadness than 95.7% of dream symbols. On the other hand, dessert dreams have less magical places than 92.5% of dream symbols, less pain than 90.8% of dream symbols, and less touch than 87.2% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of desserts have more words related to taste than 90% of all other dream symbols. In other words, dessert dreams involve the perceptions of taste. Taste is a chemical sense. We taste things through interacting and touching the object we are tasting. 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 desserts is different than dreams of desserts in general.

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How common are dessert dreams?

0.1% of dreams have the desserts symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 950 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is very rare.

Identification

How are dessert dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like dessert. This symbol is part of the summary dream symbols of meals.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of desserts?

Desserts dreams are notable because they have substantially more Aquaman, healing dreams, magnifying glasses, Chile, Hungary, Wonder Woman, bandits, ice cream, Saudi Arabia, homicides, bankruptcy than 95% of other dream symbols.

Least related

What symbols least related to dreams of desserts?

Desserts do not especially suppress any other dream symbols.

Deep dive into dessert dreams

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

Who is in dreams of desserts?

Who is in dreams of desserts?

Dessert dreams are more related to unnamed people and more related to strangers than dreams in general. They are less related to insects.

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What are the emotions in dreams of desserts?

What are the emotions in dreams of desserts?

Dreams of desserts are more related to happiness, much more related to sadness, and more related to confusion than dreams in general. They are less related to grief and sorrow, less related to embarrassment, and much less related to pain.

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Where do dreams of desserts take place?

Where do dreams of desserts take place?

Dreams of desserts are more related to work, more related to human-made places, and more related to transportation than dreams in general. They are much less related to magical places.

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What happens in dreams of desserts?

What happens in dreams of desserts?

Dreams of desserts are more related to disasters and much more related to eating and drinking than dreams in general. They are less related to death.

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

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

Dessert dreams are more related to lucid dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to nightmares, less related to sleep paralysis, and less related to good dreams.

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How do dreams of desserts related the senses?

How do dreams of desserts related the senses?

Dessert dreams are much more related to taste than dreams in general. They are less related to hearing, less related to smelling, and less related to touch.

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How can you make sense of desserts in dreams?

Dessert dreams are very rare. Among other things dessert dreams are focused on taste. Do you think this is true for your dream of desserts? How might your dream of desserts 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 desserts 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 desserts in dreams. See how you feel about desserts now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of dessert dreams

An interpretation of dessert 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. Eating a dessert in a dream can symbolize a reward for a job well done or a good effort. It can also symbolize giving in to weakness or temptation. See also: Candy, Eating, Food

Examples of dreams of desserts

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 dessert 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 dessert dreams. Read at your own risk.

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