Background

What are helplessness 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 helplessness dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how helplessness in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that helplessness is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that helplessness is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, helplessness dreams have more fear than 98.0% of dream symbols, more nightmares than 97.9% of dream symbols, and more bad dreams than 97.8% of dream symbols. On the other hand, helplessness dreams have less weird dreams than 88.3% of dream symbols, less eating and drinking than 86.8% of dream symbols, and less human-made places than 83.0% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of helplessness tend to contain much more emotion than other dreams. Furthermore, helplessness dreams might be nightmares! Though even if these dreams are nightmares, it doesn't necessarily mean that they are bad dreams or that helplessness is a bad thing to dream about. It just means that dreams of helplessness are more likely to be nightmares than dreams of other things. Also, dreams of helplessness are aggressive! Helplessness dreams have more aggressive interactions than 80% of all of the other dream symbols. Aggressive interactions involve attacks, arguments, yelling, pushing, killing, and so on. These dreams can be scary, stressful, or confusing. But, as with all dreams, it is best to explore what is there. Why was there aggression? Was it really aggression? Additionally, helplessness dreams have thinking and reflection than 90% of all dream symbols. There are many reasons why people think and reflect. Things might be confusing. They might be interesting. There might be risk. Finally, dreams of helplessness are usually described as bad dreams. This does not necessarily mean that all helplessness dreams are bad. It is just that dreaming of helplessness might increase the chance that it is a bad dream. 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 helplessness is different than dreams of helplessness in general.

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How common are helplessness dreams?

0.7% of dreams have the helplessness symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 150 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is uncommon.

Identification

How are helplessness dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like helplessness, powerless, and helpless. This symbol is part of the summary dream symbols of qualities.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of helplessness?

Helplessness dreams are notable because they have substantially more emaciation, Bilbo Baggins, verbs, beggars, bankers, Hannibal Lecter, nightmare loops, Peru, jackals, fugitives, antelopes than 95% of other dream symbols.

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What symbols least related to dreams of helplessness?

Helplessness do not especially suppress any other dream symbols.

Deep dive into helplessness dreams

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

Who is in dreams of helplessness?

Who is in dreams of helplessness?

Dreams of helplessness are less related to animals, less related to insects, and less related to strangers.

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What are the emotions in dreams of helplessness?

What are the emotions in dreams of helplessness?

Helplessness dreams are more related to sadness, more related to grief and sorrow, and more related to embarrassment than dreams in general. They are less related to fun.

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Where do dreams of helplessness take place?

Where do dreams of helplessness take place?

Helplessness dreams are less related to work, less related to human-made places, and less related to transportation.

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What happens in dreams of helplessness?

What happens in dreams of helplessness?

Helplessness dreams are more related to aggressive acts, more related to friendly acts, and more related to death than dreams in general. They are less related to eating and drinking.

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

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

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

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How do dreams of helplessness related the senses?

How do dreams of helplessness related the senses?

Dreams of helplessness are more related to hearing than dreams in general.

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How can you make sense of helplessness in dreams?

Helplessness dreams are uncommon. Among other things helplessness dreams are very emotional, nightmares, aggressive, containing lots of thinking of thoughts, bad dreams, frustrating, and full of hate. Do you think this is true for your dream of helplessness? How might your dream of helplessness 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 helplessness 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 helplessness in dreams. See how you feel about helplessness now, in your waking life.

Examples of dreams of helplessness

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 helplessness 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 helplessness dreams. Read at your own risk.

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