What are dying dreams about?
Death is a change. Death changes things for the living. Death changes things for the person or living being that died. Even if death is expected, death is always difficult. 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 dying dreams.
The word cloud above shows the words that are specifically associated with dying dreams. These are the words that make dying dreams unique compared to all other dream symbols. Just examining the graph and reading the words of dying dreams can be illuminating about show dying affect our dreams. Be sure to check out the example dying dreams at the bottom of the page.
The circular bar chart above shows how dying in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that dying is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that dying is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, dying dreams have more death than 99.9% of dream symbols, more sad dreams than 96.5% of dream symbols, and more grief and sorrow than 94.5% of dream symbols. On the other hand, dying dreams have less sex than 85.0% of dream symbols, less human-made places than 81.0% of dream symbols, and less eating and drinking than 80.4% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of dying are full of grief and sorrow. Of course not every dying 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. Finally, dying dreams are about death. Better stated, dying dreams contain more death and dying than 90% of all other dream symbols. Dreams help us process our emotions, understand our fears, and grieve. Death in a dream is not necessarily a bad thing. Dreaming of death can help us overcome fears or say good bye to loved ones. But, then again, dreams of death might simple just be dreams. 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 dying is different than dreams of dying in general.
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How common are dying dreams?
15% of dreams have the dying symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 7 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is very common.
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of dreams have dying
How common are dying dreams?
15% of dreams have the dying symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 7 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is very common.
How are dying dreams identified?
What is most related to dreams of dying?
Dying dreams are notable because they have substantially more going to die, seeing a dead pet, seeing a dead relative, seeing a dead father, seeing a dead mother, seeing a dead friend, seeing a dead grandfather, seeing a dead partner, seeing a dead grandmother, afterlife, funerals than 95% of other dream symbols.
What is most related to dreams of dying?
Dying dreams are notable because they have substantially more going to die, seeing a dead pet, seeing a dead relative, seeing a dead father, seeing a dead mother, seeing a dead friend, seeing a dead grandfather, seeing a dead partner, seeing a dead grandmother, afterlife, funerals than 95% of other dream symbols.
Deep dive into dying dreams
Get an overview of characters, emotions, places, events, dream events, and senses in dying dreams.
Who is in dreams of dying?
Dying dreams are more related to family than dreams in general. They are less related to animals, less related to insects, and less related to unnamed people.
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Who is in dreams of dying?
Dying dreams are more related to family than dreams in general. They are less related to animals, less related to insects, and less related to unnamed people.
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What are the emotions in dreams of dying?
Dreams of dying are much 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.
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What are the emotions in dreams of dying?
Dreams of dying are much 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.
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Where do dreams of dying take place?
Dreams of dying are much more related to magical places than dreams in general. They are less related to home, less related to work, and less related to human-made places.
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Where do dreams of dying take place?
Dreams of dying are much more related to magical places than dreams in general. They are less related to home, less related to work, and less related to human-made places.
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What happens in dreams of dying?
Dreams of dying are much more related to death and more related to health events than dreams in general. They are less related to friendly acts, less related to sex, and less related to eating and drinking.
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What happens in dreams of dying?
Dreams of dying are much more related to death and more related to health events than dreams in general. They are less related to friendly acts, less related to sex, and less related to eating and drinking.
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How do dreams of dying related to the type of dream it is?
Dreams of dying are more related to nightmares, more related to bad dreams, and much more related to sad dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams, less related to weird dreams, and less related to good dreams.
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How do dreams of dying related to the type of dream it is?
Dreams of dying are more related to nightmares, more related to bad dreams, and much more related to sad dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams, less related to weird dreams, and less related to good dreams.
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How can you make sense of dying in dreams?
Dying dreams are very common. Among other things dying dreams are sorrowful and about death. Do you think this is true for your dream of dying? How might your dream of dying 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 dying 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 dying 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 dying in dreams. See how you feel about dying 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 dying in dreams. See how you feel about dying now, in your waking life.
Examples of dreams of dying
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 dying 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 dying dreams. Read at your own risk.
