What are mother dreams about?
Mothers are people in our life that can have a large impact on our development. This symbol is identified by words like mother, mum, mom, etc.
Mothers in dreams is a very common dream symbol, occuring in about 13% of dreams. That's about 1 out of every 7 dreams.
What are the major highlights of mother dreams?
Mothers is a very interconnected dream symbol. Having mothers in a dream substantially changes the nature of the dream.
Mother dreams are very social
Dreams of mothers contain more characters than most other dream symbols. While dreams are often about other people and social relationships, dreams of mothers are especially related to having lots of characters. Other symbols that are like this include uncles, sharks, nurses, deer, presidents, passengers, qualities, bullies, general insects, and senses.
Mother dreams are about family
Dreams of mothers are more related to family than 90% of all other symbols. In other words, dreaming of mothers will increase your chances of dreaming of a family member. Other symbols that are like this include speaking, dissecting, crying, Bahamas, sisters, childhood homes, events, seeing a dead grandmother, Guatemala, and grandfathers.
What symbols more present in dreams of mothers?
Mother dreams are notable because they have substantially more Algeria, nieces, seeing a dead relative, aunts, seeing a dead mother, verbs, El Salvador, seeing a dead father, grandmothers, uncles, family homes, Congo, fathers, seeing a dead grandmother, living rooms, abusing, nephews, calluses, adoptions, sisters, kitchens, abortions, cancer, Cambodia, communicating, giving birth, cousins, funerals, seeing a dead grandfather, general family, orange eyes, back doors, childhood homes, pregnancy tests, babies, incest, brothers, attics, grandfathers, hospitals, possessing, speaking, breakfast, Jamaica, pregnancy, old houses, laundry rooms, Bahamas, addicts, movement, couches, dinner, molesting, orphans, intruders, lodging, meals, birthdays, and scarves than 95% of other dream symbols.
What symbols less present in dreams of mothers?
Mother dreams are notable because they have substantially less Donald Trump, recurring dreams, crushes, outer space, family, injecting, mothers, characters, warriors, lucid dreams, falling in love, armor, aliens, eclipses, mountains, groups, jungles, specific people, pyramids, war, the night, presidents, microphones, oceans, paralysis, natural places, Bangladesh, owls, Bolivia, Cameroon, chakras, collective unconscious, Ecuador, emaciation, Estonia, Laos, uranus, Morocco, sleep paralysis, robots, antlers, stadiums and arenas, buildings, enemies, elves, kissing, flying, vampires, forests, precognitive dreams, lions, pleasantness, chasing, universities, squirrels, and brains than 95% of other dream symbols.
What are the symbols that help define mothers?
The symbol of mothers in dreams is highly related to parents.
How does the dream symbol of mothers affect the different aspects of a dream?
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Who is in mothers dreams?
Overall, dreams with mothers are much more related to characters in dreams. Specifically, dreams of mothers are much more related to family than dreams in general. They are less related to insects, less related to different roles, and less related to fantastic beings.
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Who is in mothers dreams?
Overall, dreams with mothers are aren't really related to places in dreams. Specifically, dreams of mothers are much more related to home than dreams in general. They are less related to human places, less related to natural places, and less related to magical places.
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How do mothers in dreams related to other dream phenomenon?
Overall, dreams with mothers are aren't really related to dream events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of mothers are more related to nightmares, more related to recurring nightmares, and more related to sleeping than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams.
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How can you make sense of mothers in dreams?
Mother dreams are very common. Among other things mother dreams are very postively interconnected, very social, and family oriented.
Do you think this is true for your dream of mothers? How might your dream of mothers 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 mothers 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 mothers in dreams. See how you feel about mothers now, in your waking life.
What are possible meanings for dreams of mothers?
One of the most confusing aspects of understanding a dream about someone you know, especially someone close to you, involves separating the person from the dream character. They’re not one and the same, usually.
The character does not represent the person directly. This is important to know when you dream about your mother, because strong feelings can make you think a dream is speaking literally when really it is speaking figuratively.
The symbolism of a mother in a dream can be difficult to pin down, in part because of the wide variety of possibilities, and in part because of the difficulty of separating the dream character from the person you know.
Dreaming about your mom can connect with some aspect of your relationship with her. For example, a teenager dreams that he is in the passenger seat as his mother drives on a snowy road. They come to a bridge and she misses it, driving onto a frozen lake. The ice breaks and the truck sinks. The dreamer rescues his mom, then admonishes her for her bad driving. The dream symbolizes the poor decisions his mom makes and the fact that he has to rescue her from her mistakes. Their relationship is reversed. Instead of mom rescuing her son from making bad decisions, correcting his mistakes and cleaning up his messes, it’s the son who performs that role.
A young woman who moved away from home eight years earlier dreams that she goes to her mom’s house and just starts pounding on her. She then tries to leave and is blocked by her stepfather, so she returns inside the house and again repeatedly hits her mother. Hitting her mom is an expression of frustration about their relationship and anger at how she was raised. Her mom was neglectful and made many bad decisions when it came to the men she chose, including the stepfather in the dream.
Dreaming about your mom dying might mean you fear growing apart, sense it happening, or need it to happen. It is common for young male teens to dream about their mom dying, symbolizing the changes they go through as they come out from under her wing. In a figurative sense the old dynamics of the mother-son relationship are dying.
For males and females alike, this most important relationship goes through changes, which can feel like something about it is dying. Dreaming about parents dying is common when young people move out of the home and miss the direct support and care of their mothers.
For example, a twenty-something female dreams that her mom is buried in a grave. The daughter digs frantically to uncover her. She succeeds, only to find her mom’s body in a state of repose. She tries to revive her. The dream symbolizes the daughter’s perception and fear that she is growing apart from her mom, and it’s not because of an incident or negative feelings. It’s simply a process that’s happening as the daughter becomes an adult, and mom’s role in her daughter’s life changes. Attempting to revive her shows that the dreamer wants to revive the relationship.
The symbolism of your mom dying can mean that you are breaking her rules, going against her teachings or wishes, or doing something that is potentially a threat to your relationship. This figurative sense of “dying” can mean she would “die” if she found out what you were doing.
For example, a young man dreams that a meteor is about to hit the Earth. It’s an apocalypse. He goes to the basement and finds his mom hanging by a rope, as if she’d committed suicide. He leaves to get help, and returns to find his mom is fine, no longer hanging.
The dream symbolizes a situation he’s involved in, which his mom doesn’t know about. He’s selling dope. The apocalypse symbolizes his fear that she will find out, and it will cause major damage to their relationship. Hanging is an apt metaphor because strangulation can symbolize that something isn’t getting through to your head. For the dreamer, it means he’s ignoring the voice in his head telling him he’s taking too big of a risk. The basement setting is appropriate because basements are where things are put out of sight.
If your mom has been on your mind, or a recent interaction with her made a strong impression on you, then dreaming about her is likely to connect with it. For example, if your mom has been ill and you are concerned about her health, this is the sort of strong impression that is likely to come up in a dream. The situation will be exaggerated, so something like your mom’s nagging cough turns into a dream about rushing to the hospital and finding out she has pneumonia.
On the other hand, your dreams can use the image of your mom to represent something about yourself, such as feelings, attitudes, beliefs, values, or character traits. Whatever it represents probably relates back to her, either something about you that is shaped or influenced by her, or something you see in yourself that you also see in her. The dream is not about her. Unless your life is tied very closely to your mother’s, the majority of your dreams about her will be of this variety.
For example, a young man dreams that he is at a friend’s house where his social group regularly gathers to kill time and party. He sees his mom’s car parked in the driveway, walks over to it, reaches under the passenger seat, finds a gun, and shoots himself with it. The dream scenario symbolizes his desperation as he tries to figure out what he wants to do with his life and how to take the steps to make it happen. Instead of working toward his goals, he wastes time at his friend’s house. His mom’s car is used in the dream because moms give their sons the ideas about themselves that they use to build their adult lives. The son can’t figure out how to move ahead toward his goals and ambitions, and it’s killing him inside. The gun is under the passenger seat of his mom’s car because his life is an extension of hers. He is her passenger.
You can have much in common with your mom, especially if you are female. In your dreams, she can represent something you two have in common. For example, let’s say that your mom is a whiz at event planning, and you are planning a surprise party. You dream about your mom organizing your house, symbolizing how you draw on the organization skills you learned from her to plan the party. You see yourself in her actions and behavior in the dream.
Or say that your mom is neurotic, worrying over every little thing, and you find yourself sweating the small stuff, too. In a dream she acts neurotic, and in her behavior you see yourself. It’s a trait you picked up from her.
Dreaming about your mom can mean you need mothering or nurturing. This can also be the case if you dream about a mother who is not yours. The use of the symbolism is most common when you are feeling down or in need of hope. Moms, ideally, pick you up when you are feeling down and give you hope for the future. Even if your mom is not this type of mom, it is still a common perception that can be used as symbolism in a dream.
The mom in your dreams can be the mom you wish you had.
Dreaming about your mom can mean you are playing the role of mother, either directly as a mother of your children, or indirectly as a mother figure. In these dreams, you play the role of a mother, or see that side of yourself projected onto a dream character. You can have mother figures in your life who appear as dream characters, too, such as a beloved teacher, coach, or female relative.
Dreams can mix and match people from the same maternal or paternal line, so someone such as a grandma, aunt, or sister can symbolize your mom, and vice-versa.
Pregnant women, or women trying to get pregnant, are known to dream about their moms as a way of preparing to be mothers themselves. Their moms are the closest examples they have for how to do it.
For example, a pregnant woman dreams about shopping for clothes with her mom and sister. Shopping symbolizes the preparation and decision-making related to her pregnancy. Her sister is also a mom, so the image of the three of them together shows that the dreamer is drawing on the example of her sister and her mom to help her have a successful pregnancy.
A mom in a dream, whether your mom, a mom you know, or a random dream character, can symbolize typical mom characteristics. Even if your mom is not a typical mom, you are aware of the common characteristics of moms, such as nurturing, warm, giving, self-sacrificing, supportive, and helpful.
Moms care for young children who can’t care for themselves, so a mom in a dream can symbolize caring for yourself, especially for the childlike parts of yourself.
For example, a woman dreams that she holds her mom in her arms and mom shrinks down to a baby. The dreamer recognizes in the baby her need to take care of herself, to mother herself, especially when it comes to caring for basic needs such as good nutrition, regular sleep, and emotional warmth.
See also: Babies, Bears, Children, Eggs, Family, Family homes, Fathers, Grandmothers, The moon, Orphans, Ovaries, Parents, Passengers, Pregnancy, Shrinking, Uteruses, Vaginas
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 mothers
Read some real dream reports of mother 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.
Reoccurring dream about giving birth to my deceased parents
For the last few days about giving birth to my deceased mother and father and I call out their name and started crying with joy and sadness.. feels like they’ve been reborn but they have no memory of me and it sadden means… Meaning?
For the last few days about giving birth to my deceased mother and father and I call out their name and started crying with joy and sadness.. feels like they’ve...
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Had the scariest, creepiest and weirdest dream in my entire life.
Had a dream that there was a 11-12 year old child inside a freezer.
I was hanging out with some people and one of them could hear some sounds coming from the freezer. They went to check it out and there was a girl inside. She jumped out and ran all the way downstairs like it was nothing. (we were in some sort of house) her legs, face and back were covered in ice.
There was someone who supposedly lived in this girl's household. I asked how come no one knew she was in that freezer and how come no one looked for her. Her reply was that everyone did look for her, but no one could find her. I asked how long has she been missing, she replied 12 hours. So the girl has been inside that freezer for 12 hours. I was shocked wasn't dead.
A little into the dream, I learn that men hate this girl, including her own father. They don't like that she doesn't stay still whenever they rub their genitals against her clothed body. They hate that she slides away. I also found out that her own messed up parents did put her in the freezer so she could die.
A lot of cars started pulling up to their house, as if they knew what was going on and they wanted to teach those inhumane parents a lesson. Before I woke up, I remember myself and other people were trying to shoot the mom because she was trying to run away. The ending felt a bit like a video game.
Honestly, what a creepy dream....
Had a dream that there was a 11-12 year old child inside a freezer.
I was hanging out with some people and one of them could hear some sounds coming from the...
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Had a dream when I was 10 with a girl I didn’t know in it. We’re dating now.
I’ll try to keep this as short as possible, I have ADHD and my stories turn into ramblings most of the time.
Anyways.
When I was about 10 or so, I had this dream where me and this random girl were playing and just having fun doing kid stuff. Suddenly I got the urge to tell her “this is a dream, and I can leave whenever I want to. Isn’t that cool?”
She replied with something like “I know.”
So I said “watch this” and in the dream, I closed my eyes and opened them and I was awake (in real life).
Didn’t think much of it.
Come this past June, I was in a town about 4 hours from the one I live in, getting my drivers license photo and all that done since COVID restrictions took them out of my town.
I walked out of the DMV there, and a girl is walking her dog. The dog peed on my moms car door, and she apologized.
We talked for a bit and she asked me for my Snapchat so we could talk some more, which was a first for me since I’m a solid 3/10.
Flash forward a few days later, we’ve been talking, we like each other, decide to hang out in person. She makes the drive up to my town to spend the night.
We spent most of the night just talking about random childhood stories, and I went a grabbed my 3rd grade school picture. Then she told me she had a dream when she was younger about how she was hanging out with a boy, then he said “this is a dream” and left.
She pointed out how younger me looked almost like the kid she had a dream about those years ago.
Well I told her my story of the similar incident, and we concluded we were destined to meet.
I think we both are in agreement that it’s just a scary coincidence, but we both also feel very twilight-zone-y about it now and we aren’t sure if it is a coincidence or some weird fate stuff.
Life is weird, kiddos.
I’ll try to keep this as short as possible, I have ADHD and my stories turn into ramblings most of the time.
Anyways.
When I was about 10 or so, I had this...
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Weird dream could it be a warning please help interpret it ? Thanks!
So i was in france in some strange place looking similar to a city i lived before remiremont
and a highway toll and i passed the toll so afterwards i go down the city near some sign saying neufchateau i never knew the city not even today
and then a beast man very hairy looking a bit like a werewolf only with the head of a man and very hairy and looks for someone and he didnt see me then my mom comes opens the door of the car and tells me to get in and then i quickly get in and ran and the beast couldnt see me
a bit later on i meet with a wonderful woman and we get into her charriot and her father accompanied her , and as soon as we arrive somewhere some sorceress or demon did something and made it so 3 weeks pass and the woman thought i left her and then i say to the demon indominus mortis and curse the demon sorceress… and then 3 images appear before me saying no hugging with this one or sex or love , they were stickman images laying in bed with some words written under, and then i am laying in a bed with other man i didnt knew and i did something to a pole like with my hands i made it a hole and put my controller in it and then i made it complete again and the pole was looking like all poles normal and then i see the charriot i was in and behind it is a castle and village or city on fire and then i say to the demon something like never and the dream ends
So i was in france in some strange place looking similar to a city i lived before remiremont
and a highway toll and i passed the toll so afterwards i go down...
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How to handle the loss of my dreamed-up son?
Had a very vivid dream last night. At one point in the dream, I had a son called Ezra but I asked a friend's mum to look after him (uni classes). Came back later and friend's mum now believes she will have Ezra permanently and she wouldn't even speak to me. I was distraught. That and being angry at the circumstances of Ezra's birth (I'm a Lesbian, got blackout drunk, Emmy (friend) didn't stay with me and some guy got me pregnant at 19). There was way more to the dream than this.
I've woken up now but I still feel the loss of my dreamed up/fictional son. I don't know what to do? Do I just forget about it?
Had a very vivid dream last night. At one point in the dream, I had a son called Ezra but I asked a friend's mum to look after him (uni classes). Came back...
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