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What are grief and sorrow dreams about?

Grief is a profound emotion. It is felt when something or someone is lost. 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 grief and sorrow dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how grief and sorrow in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that grief and sorrow is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that grief and sorrow is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, grief and sorrow dreams have more sadness than 99.4% of dream symbols, more love than 99.1% of dream symbols, and more sad dreams than 98.5% of dream symbols. On the other hand, grief and sorrow dreams have less weird dreams than 93.9% of dream symbols, less insects than 90.2% of dream symbols, and less unnamed people than 87.9% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of grief and sorrow tend to contain much more emotion than other dreams. Additionally, grief and sorrow dreams contain a lot of love. Love is a wonderful human emotion! Even if love occurs within a dream, it is still love and it can feel wonderful. Since love is such a powerful emotion, it is best to be curious about it. Furthermore, dreams of grief and sorrow are full of grief and sorrow. Of course not every grief and sorrow 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. Additionally, dreams of grief and sorrow tend not to mention places or locations. The dream may or may not take place in varying locations. But dreams of grief and sorrow 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. Finally, dreams of grief and sorrow are family oriented. They are more related to family than 90% of all other symbols. In other words, dreaming of grief and sorrow 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. 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 grief and sorrow is different than dreams of grief and sorrow in general.

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How common are grief and sorrow dreams?

0.9% of dreams have the grief and sorrow symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 100 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is uncommon.

Identification

How are grief and sorrow dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like heartbreak, breaks my heart, heartbroken, etc. This symbol is part of the summary dream symbols of emotions.

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What is most related to dreams of grief and sorrow?

Grief and sorrow dreams are notable because they have substantially more El Salvador, Bolivia, talismans, hearts, Haiti, healing dreams, Hungary, hazel eyes, Yoda, verbs, harpoons than 95% of other dream symbols.

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What symbols least related to dreams of grief and sorrow?

Grief and sorrow do not especially suppress any other dream symbols.

Deep dive into grief and sorrow dreams

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

Who is in dreams of grief and sorrow?

Who is in dreams of grief and sorrow?

Dreams of grief and sorrow are more related to peers, much more related to family, and much more related to romantic partners than dreams in general. They are 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 grief and sorrow?

What are the emotions in dreams of grief and sorrow?

Grief and sorrow dreams are much more related to happiness, much more related to sadness, and more related to embarrassment than dreams in general.

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Where do dreams of grief and sorrow take place?

Where do dreams of grief and sorrow take place?

Dreams of grief and sorrow 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 grief and sorrow?

What happens in dreams of grief and sorrow?

Grief and sorrow dreams are more related to aggressive acts, more related to friendly acts, and more related to sex than dreams in general. They are less related to disasters and less related to eating and drinking.

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How do dreams of grief and sorrow related to the type of dream it is?

How do dreams of grief and sorrow related to the type of dream it is?

Grief and sorrow dreams are much more related to bad dreams, much more related to vivid dreams, and more related to good dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams, less related to sleep paralysis, and much less related to weird dreams.

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How do dreams of grief and sorrow related the senses?

How do dreams of grief and sorrow related the senses?

Dreams of grief and sorrow are more related to taste than dreams in general. They are less related to hearing, less related to vision, and less related to touch.

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How can you make sense of grief and sorrow in dreams?

Grief and sorrow dreams are uncommon. Among other things grief and sorrow dreams are very emotional, about love, sorrowful, lack places or locations, family oriented, about death, containing lots of thinking of thoughts, bad dreams, very vivid, and full of hate. Do you think this is true for your dream of grief and sorrow? How might your dream of grief and sorrow 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 grief and sorrow 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 grief and sorrow in dreams. See how you feel about grief and sorrow now, in your waking life.

Examples of dreams of grief and sorrow

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 grief and sorrow 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 grief and sorrow dreams. Read at your own risk.

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