What are elderly person dreams about?
This symbol is identified by words like old person, old guy, old man, etc.
Elderly people in dreams is a relatively uncommon dream symbol, occuring in about 1.8% of dreams. That's about 1 out of every 55 dreams.
What are the major highlights of elderly person dreams?
Elderly people is a normal dream symbol. Having elderly people in a dream changes the dream in the same way as most other dream symbols.
Elderly person dreams are friendly
Dreams of elderly people have greater increase of friendly interactions within the dream than most other dream symbols. While not all dreams of elderly people will be friendly and they can also contain aggressive interactions, dreams of elderly people are more likely to have friendly interactions than most other dream symbols. Other symbols that are like this include elderly people, faires, obeying, cubes, movement, parts of buildings, emotions, therapists, desks, and clarity.
Elderly person dreams are very social
Dreams of elderly people contain more characters than most other dream symbols. While dreams are often about other people and social relationships, dreams of elderly people are especially related to having lots of characters. Other symbols that are like this include general family, dragons, cults, different roles, people's ages, robots, puppies, parents, my children, and crushes.
What symbols more present in dreams of elderly people?
Elderly person dreams are notable because they have substantially more youth, witches, Guatemala, verbs, disguises, wheelchairs, movement, tea, wrist, balconies, dead ends, Serbia, tyrants, general movement, baldness, growing older, villages, coffins, places, red eyes, Ecuador, outer space, fences, greeting, Congo, communicating, deformation, yards, baggage, hats, things, pressing buttons, warriors, exits, neighborhoods, accountants, bankers, back doors, speaking, bags, mazes, hairdressers, qualities, cemeteries, chimneys, purse, libraries, shirts, hair, judges, beggars, underground, hills, psyches, backwards, going, losing a body part, cursing, hallways, and gray than 95% of other dream symbols.
What symbols less present in dreams of elderly people?
Elderly person dreams are notable because they have substantially less social media, boyfriends, crushes, former partners, seeing a dead father, spiders, recurring dreams, family homes, hamsters, hawks, pythons, seeing a dead friend, social media, cancer, people's ages, unnamed individuals, characters, distant people, instagram, seeing a dead relative, insights, nuclear bombs, best friends, acne, infidelity, objects in space, waking life, youtube, lucid dreams, missiles, recurring nightmares, the night, elderly people, paralysis, teeth falling out, relationship events, rats, epidemics, snakes, overdoses, romantic partners, frogs, hurricanes, pregnancy, and safety than 95% of other dream symbols.
How does the dream symbol of elderly people affect the different aspects of a dream?
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Who is in elderly people dreams?
Overall, dreams with elderly people are much more related to characters in dreams. Specifically, dreams of elderly people are more related to fantastic beings, much more related to distant people, and more related to family than dreams in general.
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What are the emotions in elderly people dreams?
Overall, dreams with elderly people are aren't really related to emotions in dreams. Specifically, dreams of elderly people are more related to embarrassment and more related to confusion than dreams in general. They are less related to hatred.
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Who is in elderly people dreams?
Overall, dreams with elderly people are aren't really related to places in dreams. Specifically, dreams of elderly people are more related to magical places than dreams in general.
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What happens in elderly people dreams?
Overall, dreams with elderly people are aren't really related to events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of elderly people are more related to friendly interactions than dreams in general.
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How do elderly people in dreams related to other dream phenomenon?
Overall, dreams with elderly people are aren't really related to dream events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of elderly people are more related to sleep paralysis than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams and less related to waking life.
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How do elderly people in dreams related the senses?
Overall, dreams with elderly people are aren't really related to senses in dreams. Specifically, dreams of elderly people are more related to touch than dreams in general.
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How can you make sense of elderly people in dreams?
Elderly person dreams are relatively uncommon. Among other things elderly person dreams are normally interconnect, friendly, and very social.
Do you think this is true for your dream of elderly people? How might your dream of elderly people 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 elderly people 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 elderly people in dreams. See how you feel about elderly people now, in your waking life.
What are possible meanings for dreams of elderly people?
Something old or elderly in a dream can refer to the past. It’s in the past, history. Or it’s worn out, getting old.
Elderly can refer to problems with aging. For example, being too old to date someone much younger, or too old or too late to take on a task or start something new.
It can be an expression of feeling old. Exhaustion, illness, stress, or worry might be making you feel old before your time, or you recognize the potential for that to happen.
Advanced age can relate to realizing your limits. The symbolism can show in the age of objects in a dream, not just people. For example, an old, battered car can symbolize feeling or appearing old and battered.
On the other hand, the elderly commonly are free to use their time as they please because they’re retired and don’t have needy children at home. And in this sense, if you are young and dream about an elderly person, it can connect with thoughts about having to wait a long time before you have that sort of free time.
To dream about being old when in reality you aren’t can represent fear of getting older without doing everything you want to do. You might fear becoming infirm or not living your life fully, implying the need to make the most of the time you have. This possibility is especially likely if you see yourself aging rapidly in a dream, or see an image of yourself as a much older person and react with fear. See: Calendars, Time
A man about to turn fifty years old dreams that he looks in the mirror and sees an old man. The reflection doesn’t look like him—he still looks and feels young for his age—but he recognizes that old age is rapidly approaching. He’s all right with it—at least, he doesn’t fear getting old—but he wants time to finish raising his kids and doing what he wants to do with his life, and he recognizes that his new job could make him old before his time. It’s stressful and could wear him out, but with the insight from the dream he can take steps to prevent that.
A young woman dreams about an old woman who obviously doesn’t have much time left to live. The sight of the old woman creates a sense of panic in the young woman. It symbolizes her fear that she won’t be able to do everything she wants to do in her life. Old age is far off for her, but she has a sense of how quickly the time can pass. The underlying message is, “Seize the day.”
When an elderly character is paired with a young one, it can be an archetypal configuration. Archetypes are created from opposites.
Old can mean “wise.” If you react positively to an elderly person or see yourself as elderly, it might mean you embrace the role of wise elder or appreciate having that sort of guidance. Then again, to react negatively can symbolize rejection of tradition or advice.
See also: Calendars, Death, Doctors, Fear, Grandfathers, Grandmothers, Hospitals, Time, Wheelchairs, Youth
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 elderly people
Read some real dream reports of elderly person 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.
Dream about a man touching my forehead with his thumb and speaking in tongues/some weird language
Im not religious but this scared the shit out of me, even though it was a “good” dream.
In my dream I had a conversation with an old man who looked poor, maybe homeless. I cant remember the details of the conversation but I know that I was being kind to him and it was a pleasant conversation. He seemed like a normal person at first, but when I wished him a good day he thanked me for being so nice, walked extremely close to me in silence with an angelic smile on his face and positioned my head back. He pressed his thumb against my forehead with some pressure, spoke in some language id never heard before and a bright light jolted me awake to my room, where everything looked as it usually does. I had a strange feeling that I had been blessed and now Im honestly freaked the fuck out by it.
Im not religious but this scared the shit out of me, even though it was a “good” dream.
In my dream I had a conversation with an old man who looked poor, maybe...
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Went to heaven and was tested on my deeds
Last night I dreamt that I was approached by a kindly old man whose words were comforting. Next thing I know I am in a jet heading towards a light. I realized the old man was an Angel and I was heading to heaven.
Once there I began to cry because I didn’t want my dad to be alone for the rest of his life. A lady at reception asked if I wanted a hug and when I said yes a bunch of people of varying ages rushed and gave me a big group hug. I felt comfort in their actions and was ready to move on.
Next I had to be tested for goodness, which involved listing my sins, each sin counting against me as a point. I honestly didn’t know how many times I masturbated (and I wasn’t sure if there was a statute of limitations for minor sins) so I listed a random number and let them know of my concerns.
Woke up not too long after. Not sure what to think of the dream.
Last night I dreamt that I was approached by a kindly old man whose words were comforting. Next thing I know I am in a jet heading towards a light. I realized...
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I HAD A DREAM OF THAT EXPLOSION IN BERUIT.
I am not okay.
I was in my house and I am surrounded by people talking, people I don't know. All I can hear is " Donald Trump in on the plane, Donald Trump is on the plane." A old lady walks up to me and says " I have it on authority that Donald Trump is in hotel 518". I'm confused and I start to go upstairs but something stops me. I look out the window and there is an explosion. The explosion is a huge cloud of smoke with sparkles around the base of it. We're all freaking out in the house and minutes later a massive explosion which shakes me awake.
I was freaked out. My dream felt real it felt like it happened and it took me hours to fall asleep again.
I didn't get much sleep and when I wake up I wake up to my sister, saying " there was an explosion" and my dad saying " no that's a fucking bomb " .
So like I'm not okay ✌️
I am not okay.
I was in my house and I am surrounded by people talking, people I don't know. All I can hear is " Donald Trump in on the plane, Donald Trump is...
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Dated an ugly red haired man and cheated on him with my current boyfriend
There is a TL;DR at the end so if you don’t want to read, and
I was sitting in a school courtyard, hugging and kissing my current boyfriend, Sandy. From my side, there is a guy whining that I never hug him. The guy has red hair and freckles and honestly he looks ugly but I assume me and my current boyfriend broke up in dream but we still were attracted to each other even though I was dating someone new. In the dream I wanted to break up with the red head man, who I have never met before in my life, but I felt guilty about potentially using him so I didn’t want to break it off yet. I did not like him more than pity him though. I will call the red head, Steve.
The bell rings and the boys leave, while two of my girl friends walk me to my class. I care deeply for both, there is none of the red head “I only pity you” stuff going on with my friends. However, I rarely talk to one because she might be depressed and doesn’t answer the phone, we will call her, Sofia, while the other is my best friend, Usagi (She loves Sailor Moon). As we walk to class, the sky goes dark with clouds and as the rain falls, lightning nearly strikes us. We run to the furthest building possible, me carrying Sofia at one point while she says she’s going to vomit. The lightning nearly strikes four times before we make it to a building with cover. I keep carrying Sofia and she throws up on my back. I’m annoyed but I understand. Usagi promises to care for her on their way to class and both leave.
When I go to class, I ask for a spare sweater or jacket since my shirt is nasty. It smells awful for obvious reasons. My friend, Aaron, offers up his sweatshirt and I take it going to the bathroom. It’s a girls bathroom but it appears both men and women are inside studying French. I studied French in high school and I am afraid I can’t speak well so naturally they speak it better than me. I then lose my phone somehow while changing out of my shirt. I try to find it when an old man begins cleaning the faucet and when I smile commending him for his work, he smiles back.
I then just end up in a car in a parking lot with Sandy, my real boyfriend. I don’t remember what happened except I ended up being chased by a bull and had to find my way back inside even though I don’t remember why I got out in the first place. I can’t remember anything else so I think it ended there.
TL;DR
• Two boyfriends, one I am dating in real life, one that is ugly and doesn’t exist but apparently I’m cheating on him with my real boyfriend
• Two friends, one needs to be carried and throws up when I carry her
• Lightning storm
• I get chased by a bull
• Lose my phone while changing shirts
There is a TL;DR at the end so if you don’t want to read, and
I was sitting in a school courtyard, hugging and kissing my current boyfriend, Sandy. From my...
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I don’t know why I had a dream about the President.
So in my dream I appeared to be at work when President Trump shows up, I am surprised and freaking out because I no clue why he is here and what he wanted. As the dream goes on it turns out he wanted to hangout (still not sure why) so that was most of the dream until he said he was interested in me to be part of secret service or least a personal bodyguard.
I should note the only experience I have is security like my current job just sitting at a desk and doing patrolling, so I don’t know why this came to be because I never thought of it.
After I heard his request I told him that I would after leaving my job and later he went somewhere that I guess involved a disguise or something because the next thing I see is he is wearing glasses and somehow looks like an old woman. Before I could understand why and what was happening other weird things happened that I don’t fully remember then the dream ended.
So in my dream I appeared to be at work when President Trump shows up, I am surprised and freaking out because I no clue why he is here and what he wanted. As...
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