Background

What are insight dreams about?

Insight is a deep understanding of a situation or problem. Oftentimes having an insight will feel like a flash of understanding. Usually insight is used to guide behavior. It points the way to a solution. 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 insight dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how insights in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that insight is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that insight is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, insight dreams have more recurring dreams than 98.5% of dream symbols, more vivid dreams than 93.0% of dream symbols, and more love than 82.3% of dream symbols. On the other hand, insight dreams have less unnamed people than 94.7% of dream symbols, less eating and drinking than 93.4% of dream symbols, and less human-made places than 92.7% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of insights tend not to mention places or locations. The dream may or may not take place in varying locations. But dreams of insights 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. Additionally, dreams of insights lack characters. Insight dreams contain less characters than 90% of all other dream symbols. This is notable because dreams help us make sense of our social relationships. Dreams almost always contain characters. The lack of characters in insight might mean something. Also, dreams of insights has less movement than 90% of all dream symbols. Movement in dreams is interesting. It reflects action. Things change when things move. There might be reasons why dreams of insights have little movement. Finally, insight dreams can be very vivid. Dreams of insights are more associated with the dream being describe as vivd than 90% of all other 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 insights is different than dreams of insights in general.

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of dreams have insights

How common are insight dreams?

2.1% of dreams have the insights 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 insight dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like insight.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of insights?

Insights dreams are notable because they have substantially more Guatemala, luminous bodies, pheasants, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cambodia, abscesses, South Africa, castration, Kenya, lotus flowers than 95% of other dream symbols.

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What symbols least related to dreams of insights?

Insights dreams are notable because they have substantially less baboons, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, R2-D2, Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Darth Vader, Chewbacca, Hannibal Lecter, C-3PO than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into insight dreams

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

Who is in dreams of insights?

Who is in dreams of insights?

Dreams of insights are more related to romantic partners than dreams in general. They are less related to animals, less related to insects, and much less related to unnamed people.

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What are the emotions in dreams of insights?

What are the emotions in dreams of insights?

Insight dreams are more related to happiness and more related to love than dreams in general. They are less related to sadness, less related to embarrassment, and less related to confusion.

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Where do dreams of insights take place?

Where do dreams of insights take place?

Dreams of insights are less related to home, less related to work, and much less related to human-made places.

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What happens in dreams of insights?

What happens in dreams of insights?

Insight dreams are more related to sex than dreams in general. They are much less related to aggressive acts, less related to disasters, and much less related to eating and drinking.

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

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

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

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How do dreams of insights related the senses?

How do dreams of insights related the senses?

Insight dreams are less related to hearing, less related to smelling, and less related to taste.

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How can you make sense of insights in dreams?

Insight dreams are relatively common. Among other things insight dreams are lack places or locations, lacking characters, lacking movement, and very vivid. Do you think this is true for your dream of insights? How might your dream of insights 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 insights 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 insights in dreams. See how you feel about insights now, in your waking life.

Examples of dreams of insights

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 insight 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 insight dreams. Read at your own risk.

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