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What are lost dreams about?

This symbol is identified by words like lost.

Lost in dreams is a common dream symbol, occuring in about 6.2% of dreams. That's about 1 out of every 15 dreams.

What are the major highlights of lost dreams?

Lost is a very interconnected dream symbol. Having lost in a dream substantially changes the nature of the dream.

Lost dreams are friendly

Dreams of lost have greater increase of friendly interactions within the dream than most other dream symbols. While not all dreams of lost will be friendly and they can also contain aggressive interactions, dreams of lost are more likely to have friendly interactions than most other dream symbols. Other symbols that are like this include doors, parts of buildings, walking, dissecting, insanity, smiling, drinks, directors, faces, and rescuing.

What are the symbols that help define lost?

The symbol of lost in dreams is highly related to lost_things.

How does the dream symbol of lost affect the different aspects of a dream?

Explore different elements related to dreams of lost

Who is in lost dreams?

Overall, dreams with lost are aren't really related to characters in dreams. Specifically, dreams of lost are more related to close people and more related to family than dreams in general. They are less related to insects.

Animals

the same as usual

Insects

less than usual

Different roles

the same as usual

Fantastic beings

the same as usual

Distant people

the same as usual

Close people

more than usual

Family

more than usual

Romantic partners

the same as usual
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What are the emotions in lost dreams?

Overall, dreams with lost are more related to emotions in dreams. Specifically, dreams of lost are more related to happiness, much more related to sadness, and much more related to grief and sorrow than dreams in general.

Happiness

more than usual

Sadness

much more than usual

Grief and sorrow

much more than usual

Embarrassment

the same as usual

Confusion

more than usual

Fear

the same as usual

Pain

more than usual

Hatred

more than usual

Fun

more than usual

Love

more than usual
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Who is in lost dreams?

Overall, dreams with lost are less related to places in dreams. Specifically, dreams of lost are more related to home, more related to work, and more related to transportation than dreams in general.

Home

more than usual

Work

more than usual

Human places

the same as usual

Transportation

more than usual

Natural places

the same as usual

Magical places

more than usual
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What happens in lost dreams?

Overall, dreams with lost are much more related to events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of lost are more related to friendly interactions than dreams in general.

Aggressive interactions

the same as usual

Friendly interactions

more than usual

Sex

the same as usual

Disasters

the same as usual
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How do lost in dreams related to other dream phenomenon?

Overall, dreams with lost are more related to dream events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of lost are more related to lucid dreams, more related to recurring dreams, and more related to waking life than dreams in general.

Lucid dreams

more than usual

Nightmares

the same as usual

Recurring dreams

more than usual

Recurring nightmares

the same as usual

Sleep paralysis

the same as usual

Sleeping

the same as usual

Waking life

more than usual
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How do lost in dreams related the senses?

Overall, dreams with lost are aren't really related to senses in dreams. Specifically, dreams of lost

Hearing

the same as usual

Smelling

the same as usual

Taste

the same as usual

Vision

the same as usual

Touch

the same as usual
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How can you make sense of lost in dreams?

Lost dreams are common. Among other things lost dreams are very postively interconnected and friendly.

Do you think this is true for your dream of lost? How might your dream of lost 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.

Look for the differences

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience lost 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 lost in dreams. See how you feel about lost now, in your waking life.

What are possible meanings for dreams of lost?

Being lost in a dream can reflect a situation in your life where you do not know where you are going personally. It’s a physical representation of a personal situation, an expression of your feelings or perceptions. You’re lost, and the dream represents that situation.

For example, you’re trying to figure out how to get recognized for your great performance at work, and you dream about getting lost while trying to find an awards ceremony. Or you’re trying to figure out how to find a mate and dream about getting lost on the set of The Bachelor.

Being lost can mean you don’t know what to do with yourself, such as after retirement or a separation. For example, you retire from work and dream that you go out to lunch and can’t find your way back to your workplace, or you forget which exit to take off the highway.

Being lost in a woods, desert, or jungle is a theme that commonly arises during times of life when you feel personally lost, such as when trying to figure out what to do with yourself and where to go. Teenagers, in particular, dream this theme because they face so many decisions and need guidance. See: Guiding, Wilderness

When you feel disconnected from a mate or significant other, you can dream about losing track of them personally or emotionally. Some sort of divide is between you. Losing them in a crowd can symbolize that your life is too crowded, or their life is too crowded.

Being lost in a dream can mean “loss,” such as loss of face, loss of a loved one, or loss of opportunity.

Being lost in a maze or maze-like place is another way of symbolizing the difficulty of choosing among options, or reaching a destination in your life. You don’t know which road or path to take to get to where you want to be. See: Mazes

See also: Cars, Deserts, Emptiness, Forests, Guiding, Lost things, Mazes, Phones, Teenagers, Teeth, Wilderness

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.

Examples of dreams of lost

Read some real dream reports of lost dreams.. These real life dream reports come from the moderated dream sharing communities of Reddit including r/Dreams, r/Nightmares, r/DreamInterpretation, or r/thisdreamihad. Please note that some of these may contain graphic, sexual, or violent images and text. Use the source link for each dream to view and join the discussion of each one.

Dream about Jesus

Last night, I had a dream in which I had a friend, and this friend was friends with Jesus. My friend asked me to do him a favor and drive Jesus to the train station so he could take the train to the place where he was going to be crucified again. I never saw Jesus because he always stayed in my peripheral vision, and I never heard him speak because he was communicating with me telepathically. But I ended up getting lost on the way to the train station and Jesus missed his train. I got really anxious because I felt like I had failed Jesus.

Last night, I had a dream in which I had a friend, and this friend was friends with Jesus. My friend asked me to do him a favor and drive Jesus to the train...

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Had a dream about a woman I’ve never met but feel in love with and can’t stop thinking about

I (29F) usually don’t dream much, but last night I had the most vivid dream that I can’t stop thinking about. I was at a small house party, and I walked into a room and a woman was sitting on the couch. We made eye contact, and she immediately challenged me, something like “I bet you can’t...” but I can’t remember what she said. I sat down next to her, I could smell her, see every detail of her summer dress. We were sitting on one of those big leather chesterfields that sticks to your thighs when it’s hot out. We talked for hours and every time someone would look at us we felt obligated to “straighten up” and look platonic even though we were clearly flirting. At one point I think I put my finger in her mouth, just to see what would happen. I remember us exploring each other in very unconventional ways. Eventually we were asked to go outside to do something for the party, take a group photo or something, and I lost her. She was nowhere to be found. She was very similar looking to me, but had a bit of a kinder face and smaller frame.
What does this mean? Why am I so obsessed with her, even when I’m awake, but I can’t identify her?

I (29F) usually don’t dream much, but last night I had the most vivid dream that I can’t stop thinking about. I was at a small house party, and I walked into a...

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The dream that makes me certain that this world is a simulation

About 20 years ago, maybe a little less, I had an extremely vivid dream, and I would call it a lucid dream but for the apparent lack of control over the content I had.

I came to awareness while pulling my face away from this table-like thing that looked like a window that was pointed down and it was about the size and shape of a snooker table. Recessed below the top and everything. My hands, which I failed to get a good look at, were planted on the edge of the table, where I was pushing against it. As I said, it looked like a window and I could see the Earth far below as if I were in a spaceship in orbit. There was a great resistance to me pulling my face away from this, portal, you might call it. As if it were trying to suck me back in. I was in a room that was all white and had long vertical panels along with a white ceiling where all the light was coming from.

I turned my head to the right and saw what had the appearance of a typical grey alien you see in popular media. But this creature was laughing at me, and it had the same personality, even spirt and soul, as my father. I recognized him even though he looked completely different with this alien body. And the Laughing was not vocal, but was telepathic, more of a Rippling vibration communicating mirth. He said, (again, telepathically) "It's a bit much for you, huh?" and laughed again. All this while I'm straining to keep my head away from the portal. And I felt no "otherness" about him. In other words, I was of the base assumption that he and I were the same sort of being. There was no surprise in me to see the one I know as my dad in this life as this lifeform.

Just after that, I lost the struggle, and my head was pulled back to the portal and it felt like my face was being submerged in lukewarm water. Immediately, I woke up, experiencing no gap in lucidity. I just stared at the ceiling, horrified for the moment at what I had just experienced.

My alien dad was spot-on. I was going through a period Of deep depression and was desperate to escape my life. Suicide was not an option for me for reasons that I won't go into here, but suffice it to say say they are not the typical moral reasons.

As a last note, my depression was mostly cured in 2016, and completely cured as of July 18 of last year. So don't trouble yourselves to wish me well for that 😁

About 20 years ago, maybe a little less, I had an extremely vivid dream, and I would call it a lucid dream but for the apparent lack of control over the content...

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Can anyone tell me what my dream is about??

I have a dream about myself in a gta V type of place but I'm not in a game because it's a real experience as i would call it. I've made a crime of some sort and police chases after me. Later that time i found myself in the sky in a motorcycle with wings (it really looks like the ones from gta V) and i would fly around the city to not get caught, after a while i landed myself outside the map (maybe it's the game I'm in). You really can tell if it's outside the map if there's border (steel fence with barbed wire) and you can't go there unless you force or find a way to get there, the bike really did the job and as if like I can go there anytime without force. I met a girl there which i think is also lost and amazed in the place and after we met she was kinda shy and long after that i saw that we hugged each other and float slowly like we were meditating, i hugged her and it feels special like i wanted that so bad that I don't want it to end like this is the thing i've been finding for so long. She then turned her back against me while hugging her and we dolphin kick (swimming technique) at the same time floating up a bit until i woke up (the end really is a wierd twist that's why i need your help maybe there's something about it like a meaning about me). The outside map looks like a barb wired steel fence like i said with an unfinished hollow block walls parallel to it some sort of an unfinished building maybe.

I have a dream about myself in a gta V type of place but I'm not in a game because it's a real experience as i would call it. I've made a crime of some sort and...

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Thought I lost my old diary notes from a few years ago, was sad but even sadder when I realized I was never again gonna remember the lyrics to the dumbest song I've ever heard in my life that came up...

Keep in mind that the song itself sounded beautiful until I woke up and thought about the lyrics:

People person, banana person? People person
People person, banana person? Banana person
People person, banana person? People person
People person, banana person? Banana person
People person, banana person? Pear person
People person, banana person? Dog person

Keep in mind that the song itself sounded beautiful until I woke up and thought about the lyrics:

People person, banana person? People person
People person,...

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