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What are face 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 face dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how faces in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that face is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that face is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, face dreams have more vision than 96.2% of dream symbols, more touch than 93.3% of dream symbols, and more strangers than 90.7% of dream symbols. On the other hand, face dreams have less eating and drinking than 65.6% of dream symbols, less disasters than 61.9% of dream symbols, and less transportation than 60.8% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of faces tend to contain much more emotion than other dreams. Additionally, face dreams might be nightmares! Though even if these dreams are nightmares, it doesn't necessarily mean that they are bad dreams or that faces is a bad thing to dream about. It just means that dreams of faces are more likely to be nightmares than dreams of other things. Furthermore, dreams of faces 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. Also, dreams of faces have more words related to touch than 90% of all other dream symbols. In other words, face dreams involve directly interacting and feeling another person or object. Finally, dreams of faces have more words related to vision than 90% of all other dream symbols. In other words, face dreams involve sight and seeing objects. This is interesting because dreaming is primarily a visual experience. 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 faces is different than dreams of faces in general.

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of dreams have faces

How common are face dreams?

15% of dreams have the faces symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 7 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is very common.

Identification

How are face dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like face. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols things and body parts.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of faces?

Faces dreams are notable because they have substantially more verbs, Cameroon, Kuwait, senses, Bilbo Baggins, vision, characters, movement, smiling, emaciation, Algeria than 95% of other dream symbols.

Least related

What symbols least related to dreams of faces?

Faces dreams are notable because they have substantially less Fiji, Princess Leia, Ethiopia, Estonia, Malaysia, Chile, landslides, Ecuador, abortions, precognitive dreams, Colombia than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into face dreams

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

Who is in dreams of faces?

Who is in dreams of faces?

Dreams of faces are more related to fantastic beings and much more related to strangers than dreams in general.

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What are the emotions in dreams of faces?

What are the emotions in dreams of faces?

Dreams of faces are more related to happiness, more related to sadness, and more related to grief and sorrow than dreams in general.

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Where do dreams of faces take place?

Where do dreams of faces take place?

Face dreams are less related to human-made places and less related to transportation.

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What happens in dreams of faces?

What happens in dreams of faces?

Face dreams are more related to friendly acts and more related to health events than dreams in general. They are less related to disasters and less related to eating and drinking.

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

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

Face dreams are more related to nightmares, much more related to sleep paralysis, and more related to bad dreams than dreams in general.

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How do dreams of faces related the senses?

How do dreams of faces related the senses?

Face dreams are more related to hearing, more related to smelling, and much more related to vision than dreams in general.

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How can you make sense of faces in dreams?

Face dreams are very common. Among other things face dreams are very emotional, nightmares, friendly, focused on touch, and focused on vision. Do you think this is true for your dream of faces? How might your dream of faces 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 faces 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 faces in dreams. See how you feel about faces now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of face dreams

An interpretation of face 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. The face is the most distinguishable feature of a person. In dreams it’s associated with personal identity, reputation, self-image, and appearance, and can have symbolism related to those subjects. The actions and details tell the story. For example, washing the face can symbolize trying to wash away guilt, embarrassment, regret, or stain on self-image or reputation. The term “save face” captures this idea, because to save face means to avoid embarrassment. Vigorously scrubbing the face can express a wish to be someone different from who you are, scrub away your identity, even negate yourself. See: Clean Take note of anything unusual or out of kilter about a face. For example, a deformed, wounded, or scarred face can symbolize issues with self-image. It can symbolize skewed perception. See: Deformation, Wounds A swollen face can symbolize bragging, or swollen with pride. An expressionless face or “poker face” can symbolize emotional numbness or inability to read emotions or intentions. It can mean something is hidden from you. See: Hiding, Numbness Expressions on faces of dream characters can reflect mood, emotions, and feelings, and have symbolism such as in the phrase “put on a happy face.” See: Emotions A blurry face can symbolize uncertainty about personal identity. It can mean you don’t really know someone, or you’re not sure about the person’s intentions or true feelings. It can mean a situation is murky. A face painted heavily with makeup can symbolize compensating for perceived weaknesses or flaws, or intention to cheat or deceive. It can symbolize covering over the true person inside, or putting on a facade. That idea is also captured in the image of wearing a mask. See: Compensation, Disguises, Hiding, Makeup, Masks A face that changes or morphs can symbolize changing to fit a situation or blend in like a chameleon. A face morphing into the face of someone you know can show a connection with that person. For example, the face of a queen turns into the face of your mother, and that explains all the other details involving the queen in the dream. A face can be a visual pun for “face the truth” or “face a problem.” It can mean there’s something you can’t “face,” especially if a face is missing or turns away. Facing left or right can have symbolism connected with those directions. See: Rightness Facing a wall can indicate shame, as well as facing difficulties, obstacles, divisions, and problems. See: Wallets For example, a woman dreams about a female stranger facing a wall in shame as “mean girls” throw darts at her back, symbolizing the mean ways the dreamer talks to herself. She feels that she doesn’t live up to cultural ideals of beauty and is ashamed because of it. The stranger is a projection of herself, and so are the mean girls. Dreaming about concentrating on a face can symbolize attempting to get to know someone or see inside them. The same idea applies if you search your own face in a mirror. It’s a way of looking at the inner you. See: Mirrors A face missing a nose can depict the phrase “cut off your nose to spite your face,” a warning against overreacting in a way that is self-destructive. Or perhaps your ability to “smell out” a situation is hampered. See: Noses Because eyes are used for seeing, a face missing eyes can be a way of saying you are not noticing something, or lack vision for your life. See: Eyes A faceless dream character can symbolize lack of personal identity, or express the feeling of being “just another face in the crowd.” See: Dolls A facelift can express the wish to change your personal identity or create a new persona. You are ready to “shed your skin.” You want to be someone else, or are in the process of personal transformation. Or, thought of another way, you want to be rid of the baggage associated with the person you are. It can express a wish to change your look, or to turn back time. See: Baggage, Time travel See also: Baggage, Beauty, Blindness, Infidelity, Clean, Compensation, Deformation, Disguises, Dolls, Ears, Emotions, Eyes, Facebook, Hair, Heads, Hiding, Lips, Makeup, Masks, Mirrors, Mouths, Noses, Numbness, Rightness, Strangers, Time travel, Ugliness, Wallets, Wounds

Examples of dreams of faces

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 face 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 face dreams. Read at your own risk.

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