Dreams of fear are more related to fantastic beings than dreams in general. They are less related to unnamed people, less related to strangers, and less related to peers.

Dreams of fear are more related to pain and more related to hatred than dreams in general. They are less related to sadness, less related to embarrassment, and less related to fun.

Dreams of fear are more related to home and more related to magical places than dreams in general. They are less related to work, less related to human-made places, and less related to transportation.

Dreams of fear are more related to aggressive acts, more related to death, and more related to health events than dreams in general. They are less related to sex and less related to eating and drinking.

Dreams of fear are more related to lucid dreams, much more related to nightmares, and more related to recurring dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to weird dreams and less related to good dreams.

Dreams of fear are more related to hearing and more related to vision than dreams in general. They are less related to taste.

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.

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience fear in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

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 fear in dreams. See how you feel about fear now, in your waking life.

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. Dreams make connections between similar ideas, situations, and emotions, so fearing something in a dream can connect with something else you fear. For example, fearing a boa constrictor in a dream can symbolize fear that a new job will constrict your lifestyle. Looking with fear over the edge of a tall building can symbolize fear of risk. It’s a physical representation. Fear in a dream can connect with facing a situation that brings up feelings of fear, such as a health scare, the death of someone close to you, observing something disturbing, or trying something new. It is common for fear to be sparked by anything that gets you out of your comfort zone, situations you have never dealt with previously. One reason children stop having frequent nightmares around age thirteen is that by then their comfort zone is bigger. Fear in dreams can connect with phobias and fears such as of heights or failure. A dream will create a scenario that sparks fear and help you work through it. For example, a man dreams that a co-worker traps a big hairy spider in a glass jar. The co-worker holds up the jar and wants him to look at it, and he says, “No way!” The spider looks huge inside the jar, as if magnified by the glass. It’s a way of symbolizing that the dreamer’s fear of spiders is overblown. And the co-worker is used to create contrast with the dreamer because she’s a fearless type and the dreamer admires that about her. Feelings of fear in dreams can reflect something you fear about yourself. Perhaps something frightening comes out of you during certain situations, such as during confrontations or when you are really fatigued. See: Monsters Or you fear something about yourself of which you’re only vaguely aware. It’s quite common for repressed, neglected, or unwanted parts of oneself to take form in dreams as scary characters, and for scary dream situations to reflect fear of finding out that you are more—or less—than what you think you are. The ego protects its turf and will hold onto beliefs about itself despite evidence to the contrary. It can be quite scary to confront your illusions and cherished beliefs. It can also be scary to find out you are capable of more than you thought, because along with it comes an expectation that you’ll leave your comfort zone and live up to your potential. See also: Coworkers, Egos, Emotions, Enemies, Evil, Heroes, Monsters, Opponents, Panic, Screaming