What are hospital dreams about?
Hospitals are generally large buildings where sick or injured people go to receive treatment that might heal them. They are often emotional places because death, or a reprieve from death, can occur in hospitals. Additionally, there can be a sense of powerlessness in a hospital because one needs to trust other people when receiving treatment. 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 hospital dreams.
The word cloud above shows the words that are specifically associated with hospital dreams. These are the words that make hospital dreams unique compared to all other dream symbols. Just examining the graph and reading the words of hospital dreams can be illuminating about show hospitals affect our dreams. Be sure to check out the example hospital dreams at the bottom of the page.
The circular bar chart above shows how hospitals in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that hospital is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that hospital is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, hospital dreams have more human-made places than 99.1% of dream symbols, more health events than 96.2% of dream symbols, and more pain than 93.4% of dream symbols. On the other hand, hospital dreams have less natural places than 90.0% of dream symbols, less animals than 88.4% of dream symbols, and less fantastic beings than 87.3% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of hospitals are family oriented. They are more related to family than 90% of all other symbols. In other words, dreaming of hospitals 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, dreams of hospitals are usually described as bad dreams. This does not necessarily mean that all hospital dreams are bad. It is just that dreaming of hospitals 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 hospitals is different than dreams of hospitals in general.
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How common are hospital dreams?
2.6% of dreams have the hospitals symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 40 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is relatively common.
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of dreams have hospitals
How common are hospital dreams?
2.6% of dreams have the hospitals symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 40 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is relatively common.
How are hospital dreams identified?
This symbol is identified by words like clinic, doctors office, operating room, etc. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols places and human-made places.
How are hospital dreams identified?
This symbol is identified by words like clinic, doctors office, operating room, etc. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols places and human-made places.
What is most related to dreams of hospitals?
Deep dive into hospital dreams
Get an overview of characters, emotions, places, events, dream events, and senses in hospital dreams.
Who is in dreams of hospitals?
Hospital dreams are more related to unnamed people, much more related to family, and more related to romantic partners than dreams in general. They are less related to animals, less related to fantastic beings, and less related to strangers.
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Who is in dreams of hospitals?
Hospital dreams are more related to unnamed people, much more related to family, and more related to romantic partners than dreams in general. They are less related to animals, less related to fantastic beings, and less related to strangers.
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What are the emotions in dreams of hospitals?
Hospital dreams are more related to sadness, more related to grief and sorrow, and much more related to pain than dreams in general. They are less related to embarrassment, less related to hatred, and less related to fun.
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What are the emotions in dreams of hospitals?
Hospital dreams are more related to sadness, more related to grief and sorrow, and much more related to pain than dreams in general. They are less related to embarrassment, less related to hatred, and less related to fun.
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Where do dreams of hospitals take place?
Hospital dreams are more related to work and much more related to human-made places than dreams in general. They are much less related to natural places.
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Where do dreams of hospitals take place?
Hospital dreams are more related to work and much more related to human-made places than dreams in general. They are much less related to natural places.
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What happens in dreams of hospitals?
Hospital dreams are more related to death and much more related to health events than dreams in general. They are less related to sex, less related to disasters, and less related to eating and drinking.
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What happens in dreams of hospitals?
Hospital dreams are more related to death and much more related to health events than dreams in general. They are less related to sex, less related to disasters, and less related to eating and drinking.
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How do dreams of hospitals related to the type of dream it is?
Hospital dreams are much more related to bad dreams and much more related to sad dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams, less related to recurring dreams, and less related to good dreams.
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How do dreams of hospitals related to the type of dream it is?
Hospital dreams are much more related to bad dreams and much more related to sad dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams, less related to recurring dreams, and less related to good dreams.
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How can you make sense of hospitals in dreams?
Hospital dreams are relatively common. Among other things hospital dreams are family oriented and bad dreams. Do you think this is true for your dream of hospitals? How might your dream of hospitals be different?
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.
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
The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience hospitals in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.
Look for the differences
The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience hospitals in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.
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 hospitals in dreams. See how you feel about hospitals now, in your waking life.
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 hospitals in dreams. See how you feel about hospitals now, in your waking life.
An interpretation of hospital 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. Dreaming about being in a hospital can symbolize seeking help with a health matter. It’s the most obvious association. Remember, though, that instead of physical health, health can mean emotional, psychological, or financial health. Relationships are described in terms of being “healthy” or “unhealthy.” Family life is described that way, too. The connection between hospitals and health extends to situations where you are trying to make something healthier, such as improving the health of an environment by spreading good cheer, or lifting the spirits of someone who has been depressed or sad. A hospital is an appropriate setting to tell the story. A hospital setting can link with a situation in life where you know someone is physically unwell. For example, your grandma is ill and you fear she will end up in a hospital, then dream about an elderly lady rushing to the hospital in an ambulance. The dream reflects concern for her well-being. Well-being includes ideas related to comfort, happiness, and success. Hospitals are associated with dread—going to a hospital is a nightmare come true for some people. They’re associated with emergencies. They’re associated with boredom. They’re associated with invasion of privacy, because at hospitals a person may be poked and probed. For example, a man getting a security clearance dreams about going through invasive exams at a hospital and answering personal questions. He’s given a clean bill of health. It reflects his expectation that nothing about him or his past will prevent him from obtaining the clearance. Hospitals can remind you of your mortality. See: Death The potential for symbolism branches out further when you consider the connections between hospitals and bankruptcy, and pain. Dreaming about being in a hospital and well cared for by attentive staff can symbolize giving yourself the care you need, or the feeling that you’re the center of attention. Hospital can be a word play for “hospitality.” Areas within a hospital can have specific symbolism. A maternity ward can relate to care of a child or your inner child. Radiology can relate to seeing into or through something, or fear that something like a bad mood will spread invisibly like radiation. Surgery can symbolize the removal of something sickening you, something that is no longer needed, or something you want to change about yourself. A psychiatric ward can symbolize mental health. See also: Cancer, Comas, Death, Disease, Doctors, Elderly people, Illness, Insanity, Paramedics, Psychologists, Surgery, Wheelchairs
An interpretation of hospital 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. Dreaming about being in a hospital can symbolize seeking help with a health matter. It’s the most obvious association. Remember, though, that instead of physical health, health can mean emotional, psychological, or financial health. Relationships are described in terms of being “healthy” or “unhealthy.” Family life is described that way, too. The connection between hospitals and health extends to situations where you are trying to make something healthier, such as improving the health of an environment by spreading good cheer, or lifting the spirits of someone who has been depressed or sad. A hospital is an appropriate setting to tell the story. A hospital setting can link with a situation in life where you know someone is physically unwell. For example, your grandma is ill and you fear she will end up in a hospital, then dream about an elderly lady rushing to the hospital in an ambulance. The dream reflects concern for her well-being. Well-being includes ideas related to comfort, happiness, and success. Hospitals are associated with dread—going to a hospital is a nightmare come true for some people. They’re associated with emergencies. They’re associated with boredom. They’re associated with invasion of privacy, because at hospitals a person may be poked and probed. For example, a man getting a security clearance dreams about going through invasive exams at a hospital and answering personal questions. He’s given a clean bill of health. It reflects his expectation that nothing about him or his past will prevent him from obtaining the clearance. Hospitals can remind you of your mortality. See: Death The potential for symbolism branches out further when you consider the connections between hospitals and bankruptcy, and pain. Dreaming about being in a hospital and well cared for by attentive staff can symbolize giving yourself the care you need, or the feeling that you’re the center of attention. Hospital can be a word play for “hospitality.” Areas within a hospital can have specific symbolism. A maternity ward can relate to care of a child or your inner child. Radiology can relate to seeing into or through something, or fear that something like a bad mood will spread invisibly like radiation. Surgery can symbolize the removal of something sickening you, something that is no longer needed, or something you want to change about yourself. A psychiatric ward can symbolize mental health. See also: Cancer, Comas, Death, Disease, Doctors, Elderly people, Illness, Insanity, Paramedics, Psychologists, Surgery, Wheelchairs
Examples of dreams of hospitals
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 hospital 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 hospital dreams. Read at your own risk.
