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What are exhaustion dreams about?

This symbol is identified by words like exhausted, tired, groggy, etc.

Exhaustion in dreams is a relatively common dream symbol, occuring in about 2.7% of dreams. That's about 1 out of every 40 dreams.

What are the major highlights of exhaustion dreams?

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

Dreams of exhaustion are emotional

Exhaustion have substantially more emotions than other dream symbols. It is particularly surprising. Other symbols that are like this include regret, speaking, going to die, vision, verbs, feelings, grief and sorrow, joy, characters, and fun.

Dreams with exhaustion might be a nightmare

Dreams of exhaustion are frequently associated with nightmares. Of course dreams that contain exhaustion might not be a nightmare. Plenty of dreams with exhaustion are not nightmares. But, dreams of exhaustion are more related to nightmares than 80% of all other dream symbols. Other symbols that are like this include serial killers, dolls, chemical weapons, emptiness, bedrooms, Ukraine, exits, suffering, beds, and fingerprints.

Exhaustion dreams are associated with lucid dreaming

Dreams of exhaustion are much more related to lucid dreaming than all other dream symbols. Lucid dreams are dreams in which you are aware that you are dreaming. Of course, not all dreams of exhaustion are lucid dreams. But dreams of exhaustion are more related to lucid dreams than 90% of all other dream symbols. Other symbols that are like this include three eyes, Gandalf, subconscious, spirals, purgatory, Joe Biden, Netherlands, revenge, psyches, and white eyes.

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

Explore different elements related to dreams of exhaustion

Who is in exhaustion dreams?

Overall, dreams with exhaustion are less related to characters in dreams. Specifically, dreams of exhaustion are less related to animals, less related to insects, and less related to distant people.

Animals

less than usual

Insects

less than usual

Different roles

the same as usual

Fantastic beings

the same as usual

Distant people

less than usual

Close people

the same as usual

Family

the same as usual

Romantic partners

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

Overall, dreams with exhaustion are much more related to emotions in dreams. Specifically, dreams of exhaustion are more related to sadness, more related to grief and sorrow, and more related to confusion than dreams in general.

Happiness

the same as usual

Sadness

more than usual

Grief and sorrow

more than usual

Embarrassment

the same as usual

Confusion

more than usual

Fear

more than usual

Pain

more than usual

Hatred

the same as usual

Fun

the same as usual

Love

the same as usual
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Who is in exhaustion dreams?

Overall, dreams with exhaustion are less related to places in dreams. Specifically, dreams of exhaustion are more related to home, more related to work, and more related to magical places than dreams in general. They are less related to natural places.

Home

more than usual

Work

more than usual

Human places

the same as usual

Transportation

the same as usual

Natural places

less than usual

Magical places

more than usual
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What happens in exhaustion dreams?

Overall, dreams with exhaustion are more related to events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of exhaustion

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 exhaustion in dreams related to other dream phenomenon?

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

Lucid dreams

much more than usual

Nightmares

more than usual

Recurring dreams

the same as usual

Recurring nightmares

more than usual

Sleep paralysis

much more than usual

Sleeping

much more than usual

Waking life

more than usual
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How do exhaustion in dreams related the senses?

Overall, dreams with exhaustion are more related to senses in dreams. Specifically, dreams of exhaustion are more related to hearing, more related to smelling, and more related to touch than dreams in general.

Hearing

more than usual

Smelling

more than usual

Taste

the same as usual

Vision

the same as usual

Touch

more than usual
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How can you make sense of exhaustion in dreams?

Exhaustion dreams are relatively common. Among other things exhaustion dreams are normally interconnect, very emotional, nightmare, and are associated with lucid dreaming.

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

Examples of dreams of exhaustion

Read some real dream reports of exhaustion 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.

Dreaming about a place then actually finding it in real life?

Hi so I dreamed about me being in this unfamiliar neighborhood where it had a couple vans and a black pickup truck, in my dream I was there saving two Pitbull dogs from being killed, they were chained in with the truck tire, dogs were aggressive n all but managed to save them from the 2 men, the rest I don’t remember

But yesterday I was walking the kid I tutor home and the same exact neighborhood and the black truck were there, I froze cuz I was a bit freaked out when I realized it’s the same place? What does this mean???

Hi so I dreamed about me being in this unfamiliar neighborhood where it had a couple vans and a black pickup truck, in my dream I was there saving two Pitbull...

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Giving up baby

This is from a couple of years back. Any ideas? As a note I have no kids and have never been pregnant.

Dream:
The dream begins as I am giving birth. I am in the bed in the room I slept in as a teenager. My mother and sister are there delivering the baby. As soon as the birth is over I am exhausted and fall asleep. While I am sleeping, my mom and sister discuss who will have custody of the baby. In the dream world it seems to be a given that I am a mad woman and am not fit to care for the child. It is decided that my mom will be the baby's mother.

She takes the baby to her room and feeds him a bottle. Then she leaves the house to buy him a cradle at bed bath & beyond. 

While she is out I wake up (in the dream) and notice the baby is missing. I immediately understand what has happened and go in search of the baby. I find the baby and somehow know my mom has fed him. This fact really upsets me. I know that I shouldn't have the baby since I'm crazy but I decide to steal the baby back anyway.

The dream location shifts from my parents house to a dreary hallway in what looks like a school/community center. (Grey linoleum, Drop ceiling tiles, etc.) I am trying to find someplace to go. I look into the windows on each door in the hallway No place is right. My baby is crying and hungry.

Finally I find a room and decide it will have to do. In the room are groups of young men, religious students studying Talmud at tables. They are focused on their studies and don't notice me. There is a screen room-divider between the door and the larger study hall forming a small antechamber which gives me a small amount of privacy

I don't want anyone to see me and know that the men will easily spot me if they turn around but decide that I need to feed this baby no matter what and to hell with what those men think. I lift my dress exposing my entire lower body. I stand there immodest and defiant and nurse my baby when all of a sudden my sister bursts in. She has been frantically searching for me. She is worried about the safety of the baby and is relieved to see that I haven't done anything too terrible (although she is scandalized at how exposed I am). She puts her arm around my shoulder and leads me back to my parents house where I will give up the baby.

This is from a couple of years back. Any ideas? As a note I have no kids and have never been pregnant.

Dream:
The dream begins as I am giving birth. I am in...

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Saw Russia Nuking the US

Ok so this could be some random dream that just happened with no meaning but it freaked me out, I have deja vu alot.

Ok so I was really tired one day so I took a nap and woke up to what felt like a super realistic feeling and I walked into my moms room and she told me Russia had sent missiles to us and we were in the insurance zone (pretty sure she meant impact zone but my dream said insurance lol) and they would arrive shortly, so we were waiting for a bit just not knowing what to do with our time and I told them "The US would surely retaliate and kill Russia" and my mom told me the East Coast had been wiped clean and we were next and we heard 3 loud beeps (kinda like a bomb or a timer) and a large flash of light blinded the room, my family could still see but I remember not feeling any pain and my skin on fire and it taking ten seconds to hit and I was mezmorized by this fire and not feeling pain and then sudden death hit. I woke up to 4 screens in which I only remember two of the options which were "relive last memory" and "relive life". I then woke up from my dream and was freaked tf out. Any meaning behind it?

Ok so this could be some random dream that just happened with no meaning but it freaked me out, I have deja vu alot.

Ok so I was really tired one day so I took...

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really really weird dream- help pls??

last night i went to bed as normal next to my boyfriend. partway through the night i woke up and, in the midst of a dream, thought i saw a baby sleeping between my boyfriend and i. i just accepted it because i was sleepy and fell back into sleep while being somewhat aware of this baby sleeping between us.

woke up in the morning and forgot about it until i was doing my period tracker and remembered. mentioned it to my boyfriend and he dreamt the EXACT SAME THING. a baby sleeping between us had disturbed his sleep but he had continued sleeping and remained semi aware of it. how the fuck did we dream something so specific at the same time??? we do want kids but we haven’t spoken about it recently and definitely not last night. any thoughts on this??? is it weird or am i just overly excited about coincidences??

last night i went to bed as normal next to my boyfriend. partway through the night i woke up and, in the midst of a dream, thought i saw a baby sleeping between...

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i dream way too much and i want it to stop

i want to know why i dream so much and i dont mean just every night i mean when i wakeup in the middle of my sleep which is very often i go back to sleep and its a whole new dream. ive tried researching but it all comes to the same end of "there isnt enough studies done for a solid answer".
its getting annoying because i wakeup exhausted and feeling exhausted and i can tell its because of me dreaming so i want to know why and if theres a way i can make it stop id like to know of that too

i want to know why i dream so much and i dont mean just every night i mean when i wakeup in the middle of my sleep which is very often i go back to sleep and...

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