Background

What are forest dreams about?

Forests are dense collections of trees. Amazingly, these trees are often not isolated. Instead they form networks through a combination of their roots and fungus. The trees can share resources. Being in a forest feels like being in another world. It can be beautiful. It can also be scary. 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 forest dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how forests in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that forest is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that forest is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, forest dreams have more natural places than 99.8% of dream symbols, more animals than 88.3% of dream symbols, and more recurring dreams than 87.5% of dream symbols. On the other hand, forest dreams have less romantic partners than 88.0% of dream symbols, less work than 84.6% of dream symbols, and less family than 83.9% of dream symbols. 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 forests is different than dreams of forests in general.

2.4%

of dreams have forests

How common are forest dreams?

2.4% of dreams have the forests symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 45 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is relatively common.

Identification

How are forest dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like glade, forest, orchard, etc. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols places and natural places.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of forests?

Forests dreams are notable because they have substantially more pinecones, Algeria, wildfires, rainforests, verbs, trees, autumn, Finland, Cambodia, pheasants, Kuwait than 95% of other dream symbols.

Least related

What symbols least related to dreams of forests?

Forests dreams are notable because they have substantially less healing dreams, Hannibal Lecter, winning the lottery, inner children, Iran, Iraq, Laos, Lebanon, Legolas, magnifying glasses, Malaysia than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into forest dreams

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

Who is in dreams of forests?

Who is in dreams of forests?

Dreams of forests are more related to animals, more related to insects, and more related to fantastic beings than dreams in general. They are less related to unnamed people, less related to family, and less related to romantic partners.

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What are the emotions in dreams of forests?

What are the emotions in dreams of forests?

Dreams of forests are less related to happiness, less related to embarrassment, and less related to pain.

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Where do dreams of forests take place?

Where do dreams of forests take place?

Dreams of forests are much more related to natural places than dreams in general. They are less related to work, less related to magical places, and less related to schools.

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What happens in dreams of forests?

What happens in dreams of forests?

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

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

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

Forest dreams are more related to recurring dreams, more related to weird dreams, and more related to vivid dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to bad dreams.

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How do dreams of forests related the senses?

How do dreams of forests related the senses?

Forest dreams are more related to smelling and more related to vision than dreams in general. They are less related to taste.

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How can you make sense of forests in dreams?

Forest dreams are relatively common. Among other things forest dreams are Do you think this is true for your dream of forests? How might your dream of forests 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 forests 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 forests in dreams. See how you feel about forests now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of forest dreams

An interpretation of forest 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. When you feel lost in the personal sense and are trying to find your way, a forest is a natural choice as a setting to tell the story. Why? Because people get lost in forests, and the imagery is appropriate because tall trees and foliage block your line of sight. Moreover, a forest path can symbolize the path you’re on in life, an analogy that can be stretched many ways. For example, wandering off a forest path and getting lost can mean trying to do something your own way and getting lost. A path disappearing can symbolize wrong directions or bad advice to get somewhere you were trying to go in your life. A path splitting can symbolize the proverbial fork in the road. Usually in dreams that use a forest to symbolize being lost in the personal sense, being physically lost will be a theme. Or think in more general terms of feeling your way through something where the way forward isn’t clear. It could be an external situation, such as figuring out the best path in your career, or an internal situation, such as figuring out the sort of person you want to be. Another possibility for the symbolism of a forest is related to the symbolism of trees. See: Trees A city full of skyscrapers is comparable to a forest of towering trees. An urban area is often referred to as a “jungle,” so a lot of trees together can symbolize a city. See: Cities In the dreams of children, being in a forest full of tall trees can represent how they feel in comparison with adults, who look like giants from a child’s perspective. Also, families are referred to as trees, so being in a forest can symbolize being a member of a big family. This discussion continues in the entry for Wilderness. See also: Cities, Hugeness, Lost, Rightness, Skyscrapers, Trees, Wilderness

Examples of dreams of forests

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 forest 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 forest dreams. Read at your own risk.

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