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What are monster 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 monster dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how monsters in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that monster is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that monster is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, monster dreams have more fantastic beings than 99.5% of dream symbols, more nightmares than 98.7% of dream symbols, and more fear than 95.5% of dream symbols. On the other hand, monster dreams have less romantic partners than 85.4% of dream symbols, less vivid dreams than 85.3% of dream symbols, and less family than 82.1% of dream symbols. Notably, monster dreams might be nightmares! Though even if these dreams are nightmares, it doesn't necessarily mean that they are bad dreams or that monsters is a bad thing to dream about. It just means that dreams of monsters are more likely to be nightmares than dreams of other things. Also, dreams of monsters are aggressive! Monster 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? Finally, dreams of monsters are very social! Monster dreams contain more characters tan 90% of all other dream symbols. Dreams, in general, are very social. There are people or characters in almost every dream, so it is notable that monster dreams have are so social. 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 monsters is different than dreams of monsters in general.

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of dreams have monsters

How common are monster dreams?

2.1% of dreams have the monsters symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 50 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is relatively common.

Identification

How are monster dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like monster. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols characters and fantastic beings.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of monsters?

Monsters dreams are notable because they have substantially more being chased by a monster, Algeria, Somalia, El Salvador, being chased by a gorilla, nightmare loops, R2-D2, creatures, dungeons, other fantastic beings, werewolves than 95% of other dream symbols.

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What symbols least related to dreams of monsters?

Monsters dreams are notable because they have substantially less pheasants, Aquaman, Princess Leia, Han Solo, C-3PO, Legolas, Gimli, Wonder Woman, Bilbo Baggins, Dobby, jealousy than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into monster dreams

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

Who is in dreams of monsters?

Who is in dreams of monsters?

Dreams of monsters are more related to animals, much more related to insects, and much more related to fantastic beings than dreams in general. They are less related to peers, less related to family, and less related to romantic partners.

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What are the emotions in dreams of monsters?

What are the emotions in dreams of monsters?

Monster dreams are much more related to fear, more related to hatred, and more related to fun than dreams in general. They are less related to happiness, less related to sadness, and less related to embarrassment.

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Where do dreams of monsters take place?

Where do dreams of monsters take place?

Dreams of monsters are more related to magical places than dreams in general. They are less related to home, less related to work, and less related to human-made places.

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What happens in dreams of monsters?

What happens in dreams of monsters?

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

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

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

Dreams of monsters are more related to lucid dreams, much more related to nightmares, and more related to sleep paralysis than dreams in general. They are less related to weird dreams and less related to vivid dreams.

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How do dreams of monsters related the senses?

How do dreams of monsters related the senses?

Monster dreams are less related to smelling.

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How can you make sense of monsters in dreams?

Monster dreams are relatively common. Among other things monster dreams are nightmares, aggressive, and very social. Do you think this is true for your dream of monsters? How might your dream of monsters 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 monsters 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 monsters in dreams. See how you feel about monsters now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of monster dreams

An interpretation of monster 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. Monsters are the stuff of which nightmares are made. But like just about everything in a dream, monsters are symbols. For example, monsters are used to compare with people whose behavior and character are “monstrous.” A difficult situation can be a “real monster.” “The monster within” means that something nasty lurks there. It can be a way of comparing to mental or physical illness. For example, cancer is compared to a monster. See: Cancer Anything repressed, unwanted, or ignored in you can take form as something progressively nastier until acknowledged and healed. What’s depicted as a monster in a dream can be something about you trying to get your attention: a feeling, desire, perception, old wound, aspect of yourself. It can even be unused potential or the little voice calling you to deeper experience. Its characterization as a monster is based on your feelings and perceptions. It’s a projection from within you. A monster can be a general symbol of something feared. The symbolism is revealed by your reaction. If you see a monster in your dream and flee in terror, it’s a clue that the monster symbolizes something you fear. If you confront the monster, it can mean you are confronting a fear. If you laugh in its face, it can symbolize freeing yourself from fear, or someone whose bark is worse than his bite. See: Fear For example, a woman dreams recurrently about a huge monster hunting her. She never really sees it in detail, it’s just dark and scary. She flees at first sight of it and continues running long after the danger is past. Finally, sick of running, one night she turns on the monster and screams at the top of her lungs. The monster shrinks down to a little girl who looks timid and afraid. The woman continues yelling, exasperated, saying it’s mean to play such a trick on her and that good girls behave themselves. She reflects on the dream and is struck by her statement about good girls behaving themselves. It’s something her mom used to say to her. Her mom used to criticize everything she did, and in response she’s a perfectionist. Her mom has been dead for twenty years but the woman is still an obsessive perfectionist, still afraid of being criticized, as if she’s still a little girl struggling to understand why, according to her mom, she can’t do anything right. The monster that chases her in her dreams is this unresolved part of her childhood that still deeply affects her. A monster is something that can’t be controlled. In dreams, that can symbolize a situation or person that can’t be controlled. Something is getting out of hand. It’s a shit spiral. On the other hand, “monster” can be used to describe something that can’t be stopped. It’s not necessarily bad. For example, if someone has a “monster game,” the person dominates, can’t be stopped. Some athletes and soldiers are referred to as beasts or monsters because they have wild strength and indomitable will, an association that opens avenues for dreams to use the symbolism. A beast or monster can symbolize the animal side of human nature—not just the “animal in you,” but animal instincts, which can be perceived as beastly if unrestrained, untamed, or shunned. Or it’s the “beast within,” your Mr. Hyde. In that sense, a beast or monster can symbolize something about yourself that pops out only under certain circumstances, such as when you feel threatened or under duress. A beast can symbolize a rejected or repressed side of you that takes a beastly form in dreams as a way of symbolizing your adversarial relationship with it. As with all dream characters, when a beast is in your dreams you look it in the eyes, and ask what you see about yourself or your life in it. A destructive beast or monster in a dream can symbolize something causing destruction in you or your life: bad temper, financial loss or mismanagement, a failed marriage, addiction, neurosis, mental illness. It can mean that a behavior, instinct, thought, or feeling is unconscious and characterized as a monster only because it isn’t fully understood. See also: Addicts, Animals, Anxiety, Cages, Cancer, Chasing, Creatures, Demons, Devils, Dragons, Drugs, Fear, Games, Ghosts, Insanity, Nightmares, Panic, Shadows, Spirits, Sports, Vampires, Werewolves, Witches, Zombies

Examples of dreams of monsters

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 monster 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 monster dreams. Read at your own risk.

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