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What are discovering dreams about?

Discovering means uncovering or finding something new. Discovering, by definition, means change and growth. Something new has been unearthed. This symbol is identified by words like discover and observe.

Discovering in dreams is a relatively uncommon dream symbol, occuring in about 1.9% of dreams. That's about 1 out of every 55 dreams.

What are the major highlights of discovering dreams?

Discovering is a normal dream symbol. Having discovering in a dream changes the dream in the same way as most other dream symbols.

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

Explore different elements related to dreams of discovering

Who is in discovering dreams?

Overall, dreams with discovering are less related to characters in dreams. Specifically, dreams of discovering are more related to insects and more related to fantastic beings than dreams in general. They are less related to close people and less related to family.

Animals

the same as usual

Insects

more than usual

Different roles

the same as usual

Fantastic beings

more than usual

Distant people

the same as usual

Close people

less than usual

Family

less than usual

Romantic partners

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

Overall, dreams with discovering are aren't really related to emotions in dreams. Specifically, dreams of discovering are less related to pain.

Happiness

the same as usual

Sadness

the same as usual

Grief and sorrow

the same as usual

Embarrassment

the same as usual

Confusion

the same as usual

Fear

the same as usual

Pain

less than usual

Hatred

the same as usual

Fun

the same as usual

Love

the same as usual
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Who is in discovering dreams?

Overall, dreams with discovering are aren't really related to places in dreams. Specifically, dreams of discovering

Home

the same as usual

Work

the same as usual

Human places

the same as usual

Transportation

the same as usual

Natural places

the same as usual

Magical places

the same as usual
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What happens in discovering dreams?

Overall, dreams with discovering are aren't really related to events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of discovering

Aggressive interactions

the same as usual

Friendly interactions

the same as usual

Sex

the same as usual

Disasters

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

Overall, dreams with discovering are less related to dream events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of discovering are more related to lucid dreams and more related to recurring dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to nightmares.

Lucid dreams

more than usual

Nightmares

less than usual

Recurring dreams

more than usual

Recurring nightmares

the same as usual

Sleep paralysis

the same as usual

Sleeping

the same as usual

Waking life

the same as usual
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How do discovering in dreams related the senses?

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

Hearing

the same as usual

Smelling

the same as usual

Taste

the same as usual

Vision

less than usual

Touch

less than usual
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How can you make sense of discovering in dreams?

Discovering dreams are relatively uncommon. Among other things discovering dreams are normally interconnect.

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

What are possible meanings for dreams of discovering?

Discovery in a dream can symbolize something you discover about yourself, or an area of personal interest such as a new hobby or subject to study. In a dream you discover a hidden room in your house, and in your life you discover something new about yourself. You discover a deposit of gold deep inside a cave, and in your life you discover you are related to a king from long ago. In a dream an enemy patrol discovers you hiding in some bushes, and in your life a co-worker discovers you have been reading her email.

The same imagery can symbolize what you discover about someone you know—especially someone close to you.

“Discover” goes hand in hand with “explore.” You can explore a possibility, an idea, a proposal, a thought, a feeling, and so on.

Discovery in a dream can connect with the idea of discovering a secret, a cool new restaurant, a hot stock, and so on.

Discovery can connect with the idea of “to be discovered,” like the next up-and-coming actor or musician. Perhaps you have talents or abilities for which you want recognition.

If a dream character discovers something, it can be a way of pointing you in the right direction. You’ve been seeking an answer, a new direction in your life, a resolution, and the dream character that discovers something represents your internal guidance.

The key to decoding the symbolism is to keep in mind that dreams create physical representations of personal situations. Look beyond the surface of the dream-story. Whatever you discover in a dream is likely to represent something about yourself or your life.

See also: Planes, Boats, Embarking, Journeys, Maps, Vacations

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.

Examples of dreams of discovering

Read some real dream reports of discovering 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.

Meaning of NOT being killed by the killer in my dream?

So last night I had what seemed like a nightmare. A group of friends and I went to the beach and on our drive back, every time we’d stop somewhere one of my friends would go missing and be found dead. We discovered that it was a murderer who was following us but when it came to the point where he took me and I thought he was going to kill me, we just ended up hanging out, walking through the woods, and talking, until he let me go. It sounds so stupid and it doesn’t make any sense. Is there any meaning behind this or is it just a nonsense dream?

So last night I had what seemed like a nightmare. A group of friends and I went to the beach and on our drive back, every time we’d stop somewhere one of my...

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had a dream that I discovered how the pyramids were made

My dream was set years into the future. We were all running out of resources, natural disasters had destroyed our houses, communities, buildings and all we had left was the advanced technology we spent years improving on. As a last resort we began to build our homes and slowly it turned into building entire nature-proofed communities out of natural resources such as clay and dirt all made by our hands and our advanced technology. The small population that was left began to realize that this is exactly how the pyramids were made and that they left them here as a warning sign of the end of the world. As panic set in to our entire community, we frantically started to build faster and faster to hopefully survive what ever was coming.

My dream was set years into the future. We were all running out of resources, natural disasters had destroyed our houses, communities, buildings and all we had...

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Had a dream that people were taking my teeth

It started out with me waking up to discover that a tooth at fallen out, ignoring it I went to kitchen to eat. When I sat down my parents told me I wasn’t allowed and proceeded to pull my teeth out. I have never had a dream like this before so I’m curious of why

It started out with me waking up to discover that a tooth at fallen out, ignoring it I went to kitchen to eat. When I sat down my parents told me I wasn’t...

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I had a dream where I wore a skirt and got an erection

After discovering I’m cisgender, I’ve been just chilling. I woke up today from a dream with cum where I wore a skirt and pyjamas at the same time (for some reason) and when I removed the pyjamas with only the short skirt got an erection but immediately went away, despite getting a boner I disliked the skirt. I tried to do it again to see why I got an erection but couldn’t do it again. I was confused in my dream and still confused now. Thinking about it for some reason gave me an erection too. I never considered wearing a skirt so I’m not sure why I had this dream. When I imagine myself in a skirt I don’t like it either. Is this symbolic? I’m not sure.

After discovering I’m cisgender, I’ve been just chilling. I woke up today from a dream with cum where I wore a skirt and pyjamas at the same time (for some...

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I dreamt that I was the best friend of Julius Caesar and then got framed for his death. Instead of him being stabbed he fell down from on top of a building.

When his body is discovered i am immediately put on trial and found guilty. Then was sentenced to death.

When his body is discovered i am immediately put on trial and found guilty. Then was sentenced to death.

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