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What are enemy 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 enemy dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how enemies in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that enemy is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that enemy is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, enemy dreams have more unnamed people than 99.4% of dream symbols, more death than 92.5% of dream symbols, and more aggressive acts than 92.3% of dream symbols. On the other hand, enemy dreams have less family than 90.4% of dream symbols, less home than 86.8% of dream symbols, and less smelling than 76.8% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of enemies are friendly! These dreams have more friendly interactions than 80% of all of the other dream symbols. Friendly dreams can be great. They involve people helping other people, expressing love, and just being good to one another. Furthermore, dreams of enemies are aggressive! Enemy dreams have more aggressive interactions than 80% of all of the other dream symbols. Aggressive interactions involve attacks, arguments, yelling, pushing, killing, and so on. These dreams can be scary, stressful, or confusing. But, as with all dreams, it is best to explore what is there. Why was there aggression? Was it really aggression? Also, dreams of enemies are very social! Enemy dreams contain more characters tan 90% of all other dream symbols. Dreams, in general, are very social. There are people or characters in almost every dream, so it is notable that enemy dreams have are so social. Furthermore, enemy dreams are about death. Better stated, enemy 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. Finally, enemy dreams are generally great! Dreams can be good for any number of reasons. You can gain insight from the dream. You can connect with friends and family. They can just be fun. Are dreams of enemies usually good for you? Why do you think enemy dreams are usually good? 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 enemies is different than dreams of enemies in general.

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of dreams have enemies

How common are enemy dreams?

1.0% of dreams have the enemies symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 95 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is relatively uncommon.

Identification

How are enemy dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like enemy, antagonist, nemesis, etc. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols characters and unnamed people.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of enemies?

Enemies dreams are notable because they have substantially more opponents, Princess Leia, Kuwait, Bangladesh, Vietnam, talismans, warriors, grenades, war, ammunition, Nepal than 95% of other dream symbols.

Least related

What symbols least related to dreams of enemies?

Enemies dreams are notable because they have substantially less baboons, fingerprints, calluses, Hannibal Lecter, Han Solo, C-3PO, Legolas, Gimli, Frodo, Bilbo Baggins, Ron Weasley than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into enemy dreams

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

Who is in dreams of enemies?

Who is in dreams of enemies?

Dreams of enemies are much more related to unnamed people and more related to fantastic beings than dreams in general. They are much less related to family and less related to romantic partners.

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What are the emotions in dreams of enemies?

What are the emotions in dreams of enemies?

Dreams of enemies are much more related to hatred and more related to love than dreams in general. They are less related to happiness, less related to grief and sorrow, and less related to confusion.

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Where do dreams of enemies take place?

Where do dreams of enemies take place?

Dreams of enemies are more related to natural places than dreams in general. They are less related to home.

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What happens in dreams of enemies?

What happens in dreams of enemies?

Enemy dreams are much more related to aggressive acts, more related to friendly acts, and more related to disasters than dreams in general. They are less related to eating and drinking and less related to health events.

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

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

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

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How do dreams of enemies related the senses?

How do dreams of enemies related the senses?

Enemy dreams are less related to smelling, less related to taste, and less related to vision.

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How can you make sense of enemies in dreams?

Enemy dreams are relatively uncommon. Among other things enemy dreams are friendly, aggressive, very social, about death, great dreams, and full of hate. Do you think this is true for your dream of enemies? How might your dream of enemies 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 enemies 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 enemies in dreams. See how you feel about enemies now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of enemy dreams

An interpretation of enemy 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. A character in a dream presented as an enemy might symbolize a person in your life who is a nemesis, an enemy. Are you in conflict with someone? A rival? Someone you just can’t stand? See the entry for Devil for a great example of how a bad struggle with a personal nemesis is turned into a story about rape. Say you don’t get along with a certain colleague, and tomorrow you have a meeting in that person’s office. You dream about being in enemy territory pursued by a dark figure. Enemy territory symbolizes the person’s office, and the dark figure is the colleague, who treats your relationship like hunter and prey. It is common for enemies in dreams to symbolize ways you work against your own best interests or sabotage yourself. But think more expansively to consider anything that threatens your ego, or threatens your beliefs or social status. For example, secular society is perceived as the enemy of some religions. A habit of putting your foot in your mouth (figuratively) can be the enemy of your ambition to be socially popular. Sometimes, however, the enemy is within you, an aspect of yourself, something about yourself perceived as threatening. For example, an enemy in a dream can mean you are “your own worst enemy.” You can make an enemy out of an aspect of yourself through rejection, repression or neglect, and it will personify as a character or characters in dreams. This sort of enemy is known as Shadow, and it is the ultimate enemy from within you. See: Shadows The enemy could be fear, or expectation of the worst. See: Fear You can create enemies because of your behavior or attitude. If you dream often about enemies out to get you for no apparent reason, it might reflect that you are the ultimate source of your trouble and are blind to how you create the situations. An enemy in a dream is a characterization or projection. Your job is to figure out how it connects with you and your life. Bear in mind, dreams have a lot of options to choose from and they pick particular symbols according to how they tell the story and fit the situation. An enemy is specific symbolism. It’s stronger symbolism than an opponent, but not as strong as a killer or devil. See the entry for War for an example of how to use the strength of symbolism to help interpret it. See also: Apocalypses, Stadiums and arenas, Armies, Attacking, Devils, Erupting, Fighting, Groups, Killing, Killing, Opponents, Raping, Revenge, Serial killers, Tackling, Terrorists, War

Examples of dreams of enemies

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 enemy 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 enemy dreams. Read at your own risk.

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