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What are funeral 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 funeral dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how funerals in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that funeral is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that funeral is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, funeral dreams have more health events than 99.2% of dream symbols, more death than 98.0% of dream symbols, and more grief and sorrow than 97.8% of dream symbols. On the other hand, funeral dreams have less insects than 95.0% of dream symbols, less animals than 91.7% of dream symbols, and less touch than 91.5% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of funerals are full of grief and sorrow. Of course not every funeral dream is sorrowful, these type of dreams have more grief and sorrow than 90% of other dream symbols. It can be heart breaking to experience grief and sorrow during a dream. This can remind us of painful events in waking life. Alternatively, the grief and sorrow within a dream can feel so real. Also, dreams of funerals are family oriented. They are more related to family than 90% of all other symbols. In other words, dreaming of funerals will increase your chances of dreaming of a family member. Dreams help us to process our emotions and social relationships. In a certain lens, you can think of dreams as simulations of the world. This can be especially helpful for our relationships with family. Finally, funeral dreams are about death. Better stated, funeral dreams contain more death and dying than 90% of all other dream symbols. Dreams help us process our emotions, understand our fears, and grieve. Death in a dream is not necessarily a bad thing. Dreaming of death can help us overcome fears or say good bye to loved ones. But, then again, dreams of death might simple just be dreams. 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 funerals is different than dreams of funerals in general.

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of dreams have funerals

How common are funeral dreams?

0.6% of dreams have the funerals symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 150 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is uncommon.

Identification

How are funeral dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like memorial service, burial, interment, etc. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols events and health events.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of funerals?

Funerals dreams are notable because they have substantially more Kuwait, coffins, seeing a dead grandfather, seeing a dead grandmother, burying, cemeteries, Hannibal Lecter, alimony, Madagascar, overdoses, seeing a dead relative than 95% of other dream symbols.

Least related

What symbols least related to dreams of funerals?

Funerals do not especially suppress any other dream symbols.

Deep dive into funeral dreams

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

Who is in dreams of funerals?

Who is in dreams of funerals?

Funeral dreams are more related to peers, much more related to family, and more related to romantic partners than dreams in general. They are much less related to animals, much less related to insects, and less related to unnamed people.

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What are the emotions in dreams of funerals?

What are the emotions in dreams of funerals?

Dreams of funerals are more related to happiness, much more related to sadness, and much more related to grief and sorrow than dreams in general. They are less related to embarrassment, less related to fear, and less related to fun.

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Where do dreams of funerals take place?

Where do dreams of funerals take place?

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

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What happens in dreams of funerals?

What happens in dreams of funerals?

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

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

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

Funeral dreams are more related to bad dreams, more related to vivid dreams, and much more related to sad dreams than dreams in general. They are much less related to lucid dreams, less related to nightmares, and less related to weird dreams.

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How do dreams of funerals related the senses?

How do dreams of funerals related the senses?

Funeral dreams are less related to hearing, less related to taste, and much less related to touch.

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How can you make sense of funerals in dreams?

Funeral dreams are uncommon. Among other things funeral dreams are sorrowful, family oriented, and about death. Do you think this is true for your dream of funerals? How might your dream of funerals 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 funerals 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 funerals in dreams. See how you feel about funerals now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of funeral dreams

An interpretation of funeral 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. A funeral suggests that something has come to an end—a time of life, a relationship, a situation. It can mean that something about yourself is changing. For example, there comes a point when you are no longer a child or teenager and that part of yourself recedes to allow a more mature version of yourself to take over, and to mark the passing, you dream about a funeral. The idea extends to anything about yourself that changes. For example, someone who used to stutter learns to speak fluently, and the stutterer and the stigma that came with it is buried. You are “closing the lid” on the past, like closing a lid on a casket. See: Coffins A young man dreams he’s with two other men as they hold a funeral for a teenage Cherokee warrior. The warrior is in a canoe, and they push the canoe into a river. At the last moment, the dreamer thinks it would be funny to pull a prank by dropping a Pez dispenser into the canoe, then he feels bad about disrespecting the young warrior’s funeral. The funeral symbolizes that an immature part of the man is receding, but his action of pulling a prank shows that he’s holding onto some of his childish ways. Funerals are associated with burial. See: Burying They’re associated with graveyards. See: Cemeteries Dreaming about attending the funeral of someone you know can mean you are growing apart from the person or separating yourself from his or her influence. For example, dreaming about the funeral of your still-living parent can mean escaping the parent’s sphere of influence, becoming your own person, or escaping the parent’s restrictions. Dreaming about the funeral of a friend can mean you recognize that your relationship with the person is changing. Funerals are associated with death. You might be thinking about death because of a recent brush with it, or because someone you know is seriously ill or has recently died. Or perhaps you heard about a tragedy involving death. See: Death Along this line, consider the phrase “it’s your funeral,” often associated with taking a risk that can end badly. See also: Body parts, Burying, Coffins, Death, Cemeteries

Examples of dreams of funerals

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 funeral 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 funeral dreams. Read at your own risk.

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