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What are false awakening dreams about?

This symbol is identified by words like false awakening.

False awakening in dreams is a very uncommon dream symbol, occuring in about 0.2% of dreams. That's about 1 out of every 450 dreams.

What are the major highlights of false awakening dreams?

False awakening is a negatively interconnected dream symbol. Having false awakening in a dream reduces the presence of other dream symbols.

Dreams with false awakening might be a nightmare

Dreams of false awakening are frequently associated with nightmares. Of course dreams that contain false awakening might not be a nightmare. Plenty of dreams with false awakening are not nightmares. But, dreams of false awakening are more related to nightmares than 80% of all other dream symbols. Other symbols that are like this include aggressive interactions, terrorists, obeying, backwards, Serbia, broken glass, paralysis, quicksand, faking, and black eyes.

False awakening dreams have a surprising lack of characters

Dreams of false awakening usually contain less characters than 90% of all other dream symbols. This does not mean they do not contain characters at all. Rather, they simply contain less characters than most other dream symbols. Other symbols that are like this include dream within a dream, the galaxy, triangles, sleep paralysis, Iran, taking a test, Russia, missiles, nuclear bombs, and Argentina.

What symbols less present in dreams of false awakening?

False awakening dreams are notable because they have substantially less shopping, love, bags, old friends, planes, hiding, relationship events, yards, chasing, money, cutting, pools, stores, destroying, crying, seeing a dead relative, killing, and balconies than 95% of other dream symbols.

How does the dream symbol of false awakening affect the different aspects of a dream?

Explore different elements related to dreams of false awakening

Who is in false awakening dreams?

Overall, dreams with false awakening are much less related to characters in dreams. Specifically, dreams of false awakening are much less related to animals, less related to insects, and much less related to different roles.

Animals

much less than usual

Insects

less than usual

Different roles

much less than usual

Fantastic beings

less than usual

Distant people

much less than usual

Close people

much less than usual

Family

less than usual

Romantic partners

less than usual
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What are the emotions in false awakening dreams?

Overall, dreams with false awakening are aren't really related to emotions in dreams. Specifically, dreams of false awakening are more related to fear and more related to hatred than dreams in general. They are much less related to happiness, less related to sadness, and much less related to grief and sorrow.

Happiness

much less than usual

Sadness

less than usual

Grief and sorrow

much less than usual

Embarrassment

much less than usual

Confusion

less than usual

Fear

more than usual

Pain

the same as usual

Hatred

more than usual

Fun

less than usual

Love

much less than usual
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Who is in false awakening dreams?

Overall, dreams with false awakening are less related to places in dreams. Specifically, dreams of false awakening are more related to magical places than dreams in general. They are less related to home, less related to work, and much less related to human places.

Home

less than usual

Work

less than usual

Human places

much less than usual

Transportation

much less than usual

Natural places

much less than usual

Magical places

more than usual
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What happens in false awakening dreams?

Overall, dreams with false awakening are much more related to events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of false awakening are much less related to aggressive interactions, much less related to friendly interactions, and much less related to sex.

Aggressive interactions

much less than usual

Friendly interactions

much less than usual

Sex

much less than usual

Disasters

much less than usual
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How do false awakening in dreams related to other dream phenomenon?

Overall, dreams with false awakening are much more related to dream events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of false awakening are much more related to lucid dreams, more related to nightmares, and much more related to sleep paralysis than dreams in general. They are less related to recurring nightmares.

Lucid dreams

much more than usual

Nightmares

more than usual

Recurring dreams

the same as usual

Recurring nightmares

less than usual

Sleep paralysis

much more than usual

Sleeping

much more than usual

Waking life

much more than usual
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How do false awakening in dreams related the senses?

Overall, dreams with false awakening are aren't really related to senses in dreams. Specifically, dreams of false awakening are more related to hearing and more related to smelling than dreams in general. They are less related to taste and less related to vision.

Hearing

more than usual

Smelling

more than usual

Taste

less than usual

Vision

less than usual

Touch

the same as usual
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How can you make sense of false awakening in dreams?

False awakening dreams are very uncommon. Among other things false awakening dreams are negatively interconnected, nightmare, and lack characters.

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

Examples of dreams of false awakening

Read some real dream reports of false awakening 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.

Help with interpreting masturbation dream

So I had a dream last night that I had masturbated to images of my father. In the dream I thought it was happening in real life, and so when I woke up i thought it was already happening, I think its what u call a false awakening.
Anyways, this really unsettles me because I know I would never do this in real life. I felt so uncomfortable and gross after this dream. What could this mean?

So I had a dream last night that I had masturbated to images of my father. In the dream I thought it was happening in real life, and so when I woke up i thought...

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I need help, please, worst dream of my life.

So I’ve been doing a lot of research and can’t find anything exactly like what I dealt with, it started out as a, what I learned from research to be called, false awakening loop. I woke up at least 12 times in this dream and each time I woke up I felt as if I was actually awake, each time I woke up it started getting worse and worse. First it was me being woken up to my friends coming to my house, then to me waking up to the same friends and them trying to set me up with their sister, then a few more times waking up to that same thing, then coming over, buddy pushing me to talk to his sister, so on and so on, then waking up on my school bus from high school, haven’t been in high school in over 2 years, with my ex on it, didn’t meet her till last year, and her yelling at me and me crying and breaking down and letting my anger issues out on her by yelling at her and throwing things, which I’ve controlled in my real life for well over 2 months now, then the final false awakening was me waking up to the girl I’m interested in right now, and talking to right now, with her friends and us getting into an argument over my overthinking, which has been a huge problem in past relationships, and me killing her and her friends, it felt so realistic, I could feel the blood I could feel the pain from the scratches they left on my arms and face, then finally I woke up hyperventilating drenched in sweat but for over an hour I didn’t know if I was actually awake and was terrified to get out of bed or even look at my phone. I’ve never experienced a dream like this before in my life. I don’t want to ever experience this again and want to know what could be the cause of something that started so innocently and turned so violent and dealt with my deepest flaws all while being so vivid and realistic.

Edit: idk if this adds anything of detail but the dream lasted 30 minutes in real time but felt like it was over 3 days long.

So I’ve been doing a lot of research and can’t find anything exactly like what I dealt with, it started out as a, what I learned from research to be called,...

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False awakenings

Had a quick question about false awakenings, and was curious if anyone here can help me out. I just woke up from havjng five false awakenings in a row, and they were all part of the same dream, my question though, am I okay? I don't want to accidentally get stuck in a false awakening cycle. The only way I got out of this I feel was by doing a hand check, it was the only way I could realize I was dreaming and wake up.

Had a quick question about false awakenings, and was curious if anyone here can help me out. I just woke up from havjng five false awakenings in a row, and they...

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A nightmare and false awakening in one night

One night I had a nightmare that I really dont remeber but I do remember "waking up" in my bed terrified and I had an image of this ghost boy in my mind. I had to run down stairs to tell my parents about it, who knows why. I get out of bed and reach the top of the steps when there he is, he looks from straight out of a movie; little blue ghostly boy wearing a sailor suit. Hes slightly hovering when he comes at me full speed and I scream and start freaking out. Suddenly my parents are there grabbing the ghost boy trying to hold him back but hes kinda strong and very persistent.
That's when I woke up in my bed for real and did not feel the need to get out of bed in the middle of the night to tell my parents.

One night I had a nightmare that I really dont remeber but I do remember "waking up" in my bed terrified and I had an image of this ghost boy in my mind. I had...

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False awakening with a strange woman

Hear me out. Idk who to ask for help on this. But I’m scared. A year ago at my old house, I had this scary dream. It wasn’t super complex. I was laying in my bed when my tv disconnected and it started making that staticy sounds? Like the fuzzy grey screen. Anyways the loud noise jolted me ‘awake’ and when I opened my eyes, there was this faceless woman standing next to me. With long dark hair. I was scared so I closed my eyes and tried to wake up again. When I did she was still standing there. I woke up about 8 times that night until a actually woke up in real life and she was gone.

A year later I’m asleep in my new apartment. As I was asleep I had taken my dogs outside. As I was walking them, I saw her in my window. I tried to wake up. I ‘woke’ up in my bed the time was around 10:20 am but it was pitch black outside. I looked on my couch and there she was. Sitting there staring at the tv. I closed my eyes and tried to wake up again. When I finally did I checked the time it was now 11:40 pm. I knew that was still wrong because I fell asleep the night before at around 11 pm. I looked on the couch and she was still there. Only this time she got up and started walking towards me. Whispering something I couldn’t understand. I started crying. She started saying something in my ear in a language I’ve never heard before. I begged her leave me alone. I was screaming and crying. I heard a distance male voice tell me to wake up again. So I did. Only this time I actually woke up at 6:06 am. She was gone and everything was normal again.

I have yet to see her face. Idk who she is and why she’s constantly following me. Is this all my imagination or is there more to it. I’m scared to sleep again. Please, any advice?

Hear me out. Idk who to ask for help on this. But I’m scared. A year ago at my old house, I had this scary dream. It wasn’t super complex. I was laying in my...

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