Background

What are driving dreams about?

To drive in a dream is to leave something and head towards another thing. You can drive towards something. You can drive away from something. 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 driving dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how driving in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that driving is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that driving is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, driving dreams have more transportation than 98.0% of dream symbols, more home than 94.8% of dream symbols, and more family than 89.1% of dream symbols. On the other hand, driving dreams have less fantastic beings than 80.7% of dream symbols, less insects than 80.3% of dream symbols, and less taste than 73.9% of dream symbols. 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 driving is different than dreams of driving in general.

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of dreams have driving

How common are driving dreams?

7.8% of dreams have the driving symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 15 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is common.

Identification

How are driving dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like drive. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols verbs and movement.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of driving?

Driving dreams are notable because they have substantially more cars, transportation, passengers, highways, emaciation, trucks, rental cars, roads, car crashes, places of transit, places than 95% of other dream symbols.

Least related

What symbols least related to dreams of driving?

Driving dreams are notable because they have substantially less Legolas, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Algeria, Fiji, Laos, Somalia, El Salvador, Princess Leia, Cyprus, Aquaman than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into driving dreams

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

Who is in dreams of driving?

Who is in dreams of driving?

Dreams of driving are more related to unnamed people, more related to peers, and more related to family than dreams in general. They are less related to animals, less related to insects, and less related to fantastic beings.

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What are the emotions in dreams of driving?

What are the emotions in dreams of driving?

Driving dreams are less related to happiness, less related to fear, and less related to pain.

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Where do dreams of driving take place?

Where do dreams of driving take place?

Driving dreams are much more related to home, more related to work, and more related to human-made places than dreams in general. They are less related to magical places.

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What happens in dreams of driving?

What happens in dreams of driving?

Driving dreams are less related to friendly acts and less related to health events.

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

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

Dreams of driving are more related to recurring dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams, less related to sleep paralysis, and less related to good dreams.

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How do dreams of driving related the senses?

How do dreams of driving related the senses?

Dreams of driving are less related to hearing, less related to smelling, and less related to taste.

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How can you make sense of driving in dreams?

Driving dreams are common. Among other things driving dreams are Do you think this is true for your dream of driving? How might your dream of driving 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 driving 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 driving in dreams. See how you feel about driving now, in your waking life.

Examples of dreams of driving

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 driving 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 driving dreams. Read at your own risk.

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