Background

What are fever 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 fever dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how fevers in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that fever is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that fever is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, fever dreams have more health events than 98.7% of dream symbols, more weird dreams than 86.1% of dream symbols, and more nightmares than 85.6% of dream symbols. On the other hand, fever dreams have less peers than 96.5% of dream symbols, less vision than 93.7% of dream symbols, and less friendly acts than 93.5% of dream symbols. Notably, fever dreams might be nightmares! Though even if these dreams are nightmares, it doesn't necessarily mean that they are bad dreams or that fevers is a bad thing to dream about. It just means that dreams of fevers are more likely to be nightmares than dreams of other things. Furthermore, dreams of fevers tend not to mention places or locations. The dream may or may not take place in varying locations. But dreams of fevers simply do not mention the location, places, or settings occuring within the dream. This may be for any number of reasons. Perhaps the actions of the dreams are intense. Perhaps the characters take the focus in the dreams. Also, dreams of fevers lack characters. Fever dreams contain less characters than 90% of all other dream symbols. This is notable because dreams help us make sense of our social relationships. Dreams almost always contain characters. The lack of characters in fever might mean something. Finally, dreams of fevers has less movement than 90% of all dream symbols. Movement in dreams is interesting. It reflects action. Things change when things move. There might be reasons why dreams of fevers have little movement. 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 fevers is different than dreams of fevers in general.

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of dreams have fevers

How common are fever dreams?

0.3% of dreams have the fevers symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 300 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is very uncommon.

Identification

How are fever dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like fever. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols events and health events.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of fevers?

Fevers dreams are notable because they have substantially more El Salvador, Guatemala, pinecones, collective unconscious, jackals, illness, talismans, Luke Skywalker, heat waves, harpoons, tyrants than 95% of other dream symbols.

Least related

What symbols least related to dreams of fevers?

Fevers do not especially suppress any other dream symbols.

Deep dive into fever dreams

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

Who is in dreams of fevers?

Who is in dreams of fevers?

Dreams of fevers are less related to animals, much less related to unnamed people, and less related to fantastic beings.

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What are the emotions in dreams of fevers?

What are the emotions in dreams of fevers?

Fever dreams are less related to happiness, less related to sadness, and less related to grief and sorrow.

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Where do dreams of fevers take place?

Where do dreams of fevers take place?

Fever dreams are less related to home, less related to work, and much less related to human-made places.

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What happens in dreams of fevers?

What happens in dreams of fevers?

Dreams of fevers are much more related to health events than dreams in general. They are less related to aggressive acts, much less related to friendly acts, and less related to sex.

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

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

Fever dreams are more related to nightmares, more related to sleep paralysis, and more related to bad dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to vivid dreams and less related to sad dreams.

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How do dreams of fevers related the senses?

How do dreams of fevers related the senses?

Fever dreams are less related to hearing, less related to smelling, and less related to taste.

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How can you make sense of fevers in dreams?

Fever dreams are very uncommon. Among other things fever dreams are nightmares, lack places or locations, lacking characters, and lacking movement. Do you think this is true for your dream of fevers? How might your dream of fevers 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 fevers 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 fevers in dreams. See how you feel about fevers now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of fever dreams

An interpretation of fever 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. To dream about having a fever can mean “hot” for something. Interest, passion and/or intensity are piqued. Fever is often used to describe intense, passionate love. Being hot is associated with anger and hatred. A fever occurs when the heat of the body rises above normal limits, and that can symbolize losing control of anger or passion. See: Anger Fever is associated with burnout. During times of illness that involve fever, a person can feel totally spent. It’s a ready-made comparison. A “group fever” means a group of people are overtaken by delusion or hysteria. Fever is connected with illness, and you can be ill in mind and spirit as well as body. See: Illness Flushing can accompany a fever, and flushing is associated with embarrassment. Having a fever while dreaming is known to cause bizarre and nonsensical dreams. Oftentimes, it reflects what’s happening in the body. See also: Anger, Deserts, Doctors, Fires, Groups, Heat, Hospitals, Illness, Love, Ovens

Examples of dreams of fevers

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 fever 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 fever dreams. Read at your own risk.

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