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What are neighbor dreams about?

Neighbors live right next to us. Our relationship with them greatly varies. Sometimes we have a close relationship with them, while in other cases we barely recognise them in any other environment. This symbol is identified by words like house mate, roommate, neighbor, etc.

Neighbors in dreams is a relatively uncommon dream symbol, occuring in about 1.9% of dreams. That's about 1 out of every 50 dreams.

What are the major highlights of neighbor dreams?

Neighbors is a normal dream symbol. Having neighbors in a dream changes the dream in the same way as most other dream symbols.

Neighbor dreams are very social

Dreams of neighbors contain more characters than most other dream symbols. While dreams are often about other people and social relationships, dreams of neighbors are especially related to having lots of characters. Other symbols that are like this include actors, devils, aggressive interactions, general animals, babies, bears, neighbors, enemies, sisters, and rats.

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

Explore different elements related to dreams of neighbors

Who is in neighbors dreams?

Overall, dreams with neighbors are much more related to characters in dreams. Specifically, dreams of neighbors are more related to animals, much more related to distant people, and much more related to close people than dreams in general. They are less related to fantastic beings.

Animals

more than usual

Insects

the same as usual

Different roles

the same as usual

Fantastic beings

less than usual

Distant people

much more than usual

Close people

much more than usual

Family

more than usual

Romantic partners

much more than usual
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What are the emotions in neighbors dreams?

Overall, dreams with neighbors are aren't really related to emotions in dreams. Specifically, dreams of neighbors are more related to embarrassment, more related to fear, and more related to hatred than dreams in general. They are less related to sadness.

Happiness

the same as usual

Sadness

less than usual

Grief and sorrow

the same as usual

Embarrassment

more than usual

Confusion

the same as usual

Fear

more than usual

Pain

the same as usual

Hatred

more than usual

Fun

the same as usual

Love

the same as usual
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Who is in neighbors dreams?

Overall, dreams with neighbors are more related to places in dreams. Specifically, dreams of neighbors are much more related to home and more related to work than dreams in general. They are less related to natural places and less related to magical places.

Home

much more than usual

Work

more than usual

Human places

the same as usual

Transportation

the same as usual

Natural places

less than usual

Magical places

less than usual
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What happens in neighbors dreams?

Overall, dreams with neighbors are aren't really related to events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of neighbors are more related to sex than dreams in general. They are less related to friendly interactions.

Aggressive interactions

the same as usual

Friendly interactions

less than usual

Sex

more than usual

Disasters

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

Overall, dreams with neighbors are more related to dream events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of neighbors are more related to sleep paralysis, more related to sleeping, and more related to waking life than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams and less related to recurring nightmares.

Lucid dreams

less than usual

Nightmares

the same as usual

Recurring dreams

the same as usual

Recurring nightmares

less than usual

Sleep paralysis

more than usual

Sleeping

more than usual

Waking life

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

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

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 neighbors in dreams?

Neighbor dreams are relatively uncommon. Among other things neighbor dreams are normally interconnect and very social.

Do you think this is true for your dream of neighbors? How might your dream of neighbors 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 neighbors 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 neighbors in dreams. See how you feel about neighbors now, in your waking life.

What are possible meanings for dreams of neighbors?

It’s possible to dream about your neighbors, especially if you’re involved in some sort of conflict or intrigue with them. Consider what you know about them and your recent interactions, if any. Dreams have a lot of possibilities to work with to create symbolism based on your neighbors.

For example, if your neighbors are loud and keep you up at night, they could be used to create symbolism related to a troublesome situation unrelated to them. For example, a big problem at work could be keeping you up at night, and it’s symbolized as a problem with your neighbors. If your neighbors appear to be well-off financially, in your dreams they could symbolize your desire to be well-off. If you hear them fight and argue, they could be used in your dreams to symbolize conflict.

Neighbors are close geographically, generally, so in dreams they can be used to symbolize something that is close in the figurative sense. Someone who is gravely ill might dream about death as a neighbor because he feels that death is nearby. See: Barns, Garages

Neighbors can symbolize other people close to you, such as relatives, friends, or co-workers. For example, the co-worker in the office or cubicle next to yours is said to be your neighbor.

When you compare yourself with other people, whether or not those people are your neighbors, dreams can use neighbors to symbolize those thought processes and related feelings. Neighborhoods are generally homogenous ethnically, racially, economically, and socially. The people in your neighborhood are in the same general grouping as you are and therefore can be used to symbolize the idea that “we’re all in this together.”

For example, a dream about looking out over the neighborhood and seeing the souls of children being sucked up into the night sky is related to the dreamer’s thoughts about the sacrifices that have to be made in order to sustain a high standard of living. Parents in that neighborhood have to work long hours and that means less time with their children. In turn, the children lose something essential, symbolized as their souls.

A dream about a Chinese family moving into her neighborhood symbolizes that the dreamer feels out of place. She stands out in her peer group as a bit eccentric, the same way that a Chinese family stands out in a neighborhood composed of other ethnicities.

Neighbors can be used to symbolize divisions, particularly if fences or other obstructions are involved. For example, a dream about a fence being built between the dreamer’s house and a neighbor’s house is related to the dreamer’s perception that his family is better off financially than his neighbors, and the disparity creates a divide between them.

Dreaming about your old neighborhood under attack or demolished can symbolize a break with your past. A way you used to think about life and the world is under attack or gone. You’ve been through big changes. Buildings such as houses and stores are structures, and metaphorically so are belief systems, values, and morals.

See also: Buildings, Cities, Fences, Garages, Groups, Home, Trespassing

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 neighbors

Read some real dream reports of neighbor 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.

This is kind of dark but i need help interpreting it because it's bothering me.

I dream pretty often but i usually don't remember them. This one happened last night and i remember it vividly. Upon going to sleep i was trying to have an astral experience (i've been playing with that idea for a while) but was unsuccessful. I did however have a very vivid violent dream.

In this dream, I was at home with my family. Not really abnormal since that's where I live. But my Dad said something that upset me greatly. I don't even remember what he said. (now we don't have a great relationship irl but it's not a terrible one either. just very distant) and what happened after is the concerning part. I proceeded to fight him. It moved into the back yard, and i was chasing him down as he was running from me, landing blow after blow. I could very clearly see huge black bruises and some blood dripping from the side of his head. Once the fight ended we were in the front yard, he called the police and our neighbors across the street (who were different people from our actual neighbors. these people were younger, maybe 20 some odd year old black women. i think i work with one of them. our real neighbors are a 70 year old white woman and her 50 year old son.) the ladies came over and checked on me to make sure i was okay. then it gets a little weird. the officer that showed up was one that i have spoken to before about some issues i've been having. (the short version is i talked to him about my anxiety and suicidal thoughts; don't worry about that i'm taking care of it) he arrived and talked to me for a bit, writing down my side in his notebook like he was taking my statement then left. An older officer who i didn't recognize and who i think was a sheriff arrived next and took both my dad and myself off to jail.

i've never had a dream like this before. I don't know what to make of it. My dad and i haven't had any kind of arguments or anything lately, he's never been abusive, i can name a handful of times that i felt like i wanted to smack the shit out of him but those are entirely a decade or so old and happened when i was just being a rebellious jackass teenager, and nothing ever actually happened. This is a very disturbing dream to me.

I dream pretty often but i usually don't remember them. This one happened last night and i remember it vividly. Upon going to sleep i was trying to have an...

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Dreamt I was in a Victorian house with many rooms. and demons were chasing me and anytime I hid and thought I found a good hiding spot they the demons found me immediately.

I couldn't escape. My roommate had a similar dream about demons the same exact night.

What gives?

I couldn't escape. My roommate had a similar dream about demons the same exact night.

What gives?

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Had a strange, but what I think is a meaningful dream relevant to my life last night

So last night, really the morning actually considering I stayed up until 6 am since I was playing a game with my buddy until then, I had a pretty interesting dream. Most of the time when I dream they’re so bizarre and make absolutely no sense whatsoever, but this one was different... I only remember bits and pieces, but something that’s been on mind since I woke up was this... Well before I get into it’s description let me give you a general background of where I am now. I’ve been out of high school for 4 years now, on my way to finishing my degree in forensic chemistry. I’ve kinda picked up vaping now recently in the last couple of months or so. Let me tell you how this relates to my dream. So I dreamt I was back at my high school, which by the way I absolutely dreaded and was one of the worst and darkest times of my life and I’ve never been more happy than to be out of there, but in it I was in one of the hallways and along with me was a bunch of old teachers as well as my mother as she worked at the High-school as the cashier for the cafeteria. I can’t quite remember who was all there exactly except one teacher in particular. My favorite teacher in fact, my global social studies teacher and for some strange reason I was on stilts or something that made me substantially taller than everyone in the hallway. Also keep in mind, I’m a very short guy in real life, only 5’3”. I went over to him and asked him how he’s doing and it’s been a while all the formalities. After that I give him quite a weak handshake when usually I give pretty firm handshakes in real life. Also, I was carrying a vape (a Hyde) but it was unusually very long and extended to almost the floor in a banana like shape. My mother tells me that’s a bad habit and I need to stop. That’s really all I can mostly remember. One last thing, (this is in real life and actually happened now) me and my old buddies from high school, one who’s now my roommate were talking about high school and they mentioned how much they miss it and loved it but I got annoyed hearing that so I left the room considering it was a bad memory for me, but we did mention my favorite teacher and I found out he was actually a big party guy almost like a college kid which I had no idea until then. He’s a pretty young guy for a teacher so it makes sense. Anyways, does anyone who’s a professional therapist or psychologist or anyone in general that ha thoughts on this matter know what this dream could have possibly meant or decipher about me or my life whether it’s of the past or present?

So last night, really the morning actually considering I stayed up until 6 am since I was playing a game with my buddy until then, I had a pretty interesting...

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Dreamt about having a family with recent ex and then had a dream within a dream that made no sense

Quick background:
1. 25f, no kids
2. Recently separated with bf of 8 years

I dreamt last night that I had a son (around 5-6) and was also pregnant with a baby girl and both with my ex. The dream itself was very detailed. It was a very normal 'a-day-in-the-life-of' kind of dream.

I can still see my 'sons' face VERY clearly. His hair, height, the way he moved and talked. And I can still remember how it FELT being around 7 months pregnant in the dream. Even my son's name and nickname and the name we we're thinking of naming our daughter.
I remember the house we had. It was a nice villa in a decent community and had a huge backyard. It was also raining quite a bit throughout the dream.

So in the dream, my ex and I were having some issues in our relationship, mostly caused by some family members. So tensions were kinda high. We weren't interacting much but it wasn't like we shunned each other. It was more like we were roommates at that point.

So the way the dream began was, I was in my son's bedroom helping him assemble a new toy he got. I had a friend over and the three of us were playing with it when the door bell rang.
I go to the door and some of our relatives were there. They weren't really nice. They scoffed when they say my pregnant belly and just made themselves at home. I offered them drinks and food and went back to my son.
After a while, I was in the kitchen making lunch and I saw my ex's (husband in the dream) car. It was a blue car. I could see him parked outside from the kitchen and he just sat in the car for a while. I saw him get out and he came inside the house and I just slightly smiled at him and told him his family was here. All this time I could FEEL the love I had for him and our son. Our son ran up to him and hugged him and they talked for a bit. He then went to talk to his family.
I could kinda hear what they were talking about but I tried not to. It was about how he should leave me. Even though we had a child together and I was pregnant with another. The only reason we had problems WAS because of THEM. They just didn't like me for some reason.

I go to my room to take a nap and I fall asleep quick. This is the funny part ..... I had a dream within the dream and in THAT dream I was rollerblading with 2 others (not sure who they are) but apparently we were homeless and traveling long distances by rollerblading.
We stop at this small roadside food shack and I go to wash my face. Suddenly someone hands me a huge cloth bag and I'm like huh? And to my horror....... There are two huge snakes inside. They're just thrashing and the bag isn't even closed!
In the dream I fling the bag but the snakes kinda come out and touch my hand and at the same time I woke up in real life flinging my comforter aside.

That was it. I have no idea what the dream within the dream was about. All I know is I miss my son and being pregnant and miss being married to my ex despite the family thing..

Quick background:
1. 25f, no kids
2. Recently separated with bf of 8 years

I dreamt last night that I had a son (around 5-6) and was also pregnant with a baby...

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Here's a long one with layers of meaning to be decoded. It involves murder, if that tickles your fancy.

There is a music festival going on in my front yard. I am with my girlfriend and an ex-friend, who we treat as if she was still our friend. We are walking down the street and decide to go into my neighbor's house and spend the night there. There is only one room open, as if it were a motel. There is nothing in there except a large bed and TV placed in a cabinet. The three of us drop off our bags and go back outside to the festival. It is small, but enjoyable. I spot a group of 20-something year olds under a white tent. They are lounging without a care, surrounded by racks of water balloons. My girlfriend tells me to get a water balloon, so I go up to them. I ask and a woman agrees. She takes one off, then pops it into a large fancy bowl and hands it to me saying, "This is called Dragon Fire Bowl." A guy with her warns her, "Are you sure? Even a drop of that could-" Then he cuts off. The liquid is orange like pop. She encourages me to try some. It tastes amazing! I am addicted to it. I go back to my friends and we retire to the little room. I realized all too late that I finished the drink without sharing.

From here on, the dream cuts like scenes in a movie. It is night. Now I am in my real house watching a concert from my window. It is extravagant, with dancers and bright lights. Suddenly the people who gave me the drink appear in the next room. One of them asks, "Are you feeling ok?"

My dream cuts again. I am back in the small room, but no one is in there. I stand in the corner with blurry vision and a sick feeling. I figure I am just drunk, nothing to worry about. I realize it is really late at night. My brother and a couple of his friends bust in the room, loud, and probably drunk themselves. I mumble something about the drink and Nick is concerned I was poisoned. I assure him it was just pop. They leave and I vomit in my corner.

Next scene, I am still in the same room sitting on the bed with my grandfather. He came to fix the TV. He put on my favorite show, *Supernatural*. We tune in right as an angel is murdering a demon. My grandfather mentions how gruesome the show is. I don't think it's too bad. Suddenly my view becomes more entranced with the show until it is all I see. My view is on the dead demon, who is oozing pink blood from his neck. My sight is like a camera, panning back up to the angel's face. I am the angel. (If you care, the song "Academy Award" by Franz Ferdinand starts playing to set the eerie mood). I can tell I am older than I am in real life, maybe late twenties or early thirties. My hair was cut short and I am wearing nice clothing. With the blade in my hand, I ascend up the stairs. The mansion I am now in was under construction. Sheets hung over a grand window on the stair landing, but a bright white light was breaking through.

I make it to the stop of the long stairway. It is dark here and tinted with a blue filter. I enter a room. A grey pitbull is standing before me, guarding a cradle. The dog growls at me and I realize I am a threat. I move forward without fear and the dog whimpers away. I place my hand on the cradle railing and look down at the baby boy, but from my view I never actually saw the child. I raise my hand with the blade. The dog growls again. I snap my fingers and it rushed out of the room. Before I stab, my side vibrates. It is my phone. I check it and see my girlfriend texted me, "I thought we were going to go to therapy today."

I break from my murderous trance, dropping the blade and holding my spinning head. I realize that was my girlfriend's father downstairs I just killed and that is my son in the cradle. My mind is consumed with darkness, I realize how evil I am. My life is over. How could I do that to my girlfriend?! I seriously think all of this is real. I blink as hard as I can and wake up in a cold sweat.

What does all of that mean? I had this dream a while back, but it has stuck with me as clear as day.

There is a music festival going on in my front yard. I am with my girlfriend and an ex-friend, who we treat as if she was still our friend. We are walking down...

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