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What are the night dreams about?

Night is a time when the sun is down. It is dark out. Most people are asleep. It can be a quite time. It can be a scary time. But no matter how the night feels, it will pass and soon become day. 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 the night dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how the night in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that the night is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that the night is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, the night dreams have more vivid dreams than 91.1% of dream symbols, more weird dreams than 85.1% of dream symbols, and more sleep paralysis than 80.9% of dream symbols. On the other hand, the night dreams have less unnamed people than 91.8% of dream symbols, less vision than 89.7% of dream symbols, and less human-made places than 88.6% of dream symbols. Notably, the night dreams can be very vivid. Dreams of the night 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 the night is different than dreams of the night in general.

33%

of dreams have the night

How common are the night dreams?

33% of dreams have the the night symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 3 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is frequent.

Identification

How are the night dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like night, nighttime, and midnight. This symbol is part of the summary dream symbols of times of day.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of the night?

The night dreams are notable because they have substantially more midnight, Princess Leia, Cameroon, Cyprus, verbs, abscesses, indigo, Kenya, eclipses, lotus flowers, Uranus than 95% of other dream symbols.

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What symbols least related to dreams of the night?

The night dreams are notable because they have substantially less emaciation, Estonia, pheasants, Croatia, Hungary, Han Solo, Somalia, El Salvador, R2-D2, dismissals, couldn't open eyes than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into the night dreams

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

Who is in dreams of the night?

Who is in dreams of the night?

Dreams of the night 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 the night?

What are the emotions in dreams of the night?

Dreams of the night are less related to happiness, less related to sadness, and less related to embarrassment.

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Where do dreams of the night take place?

Where do dreams of the night take place?

The night dreams 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 the night?

What happens in dreams of the night?

The night dreams are less related to aggressive acts, less related to friendly acts, and less related to disasters.

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

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

The night dreams are more related to lucid dreams, more related to nightmares, and more related to sleep paralysis than dreams in general.

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How do dreams of the night related the senses?

How do dreams of the night related the senses?

Dreams of the night are less related to hearing, less related to smelling, and less related to taste.

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How can you make sense of the night in dreams?

The night dreams are frequent. Among other things the night dreams are very vivid. Do you think this is true for your dream of the night? How might your dream of the night 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 the night 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 the night in dreams. See how you feel about the night now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of the night dreams

An interpretation of the night 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. A nighttime setting in a dream can reference something you’re trying to keep hidden. Nighttime is when people do things they don’t want others to know about. See: Hiding Nighttime is when you can have difficulty seeing, and if that’s a theme in the dream, consider that the difficulty might be related to seeing ahead in your life or seeing your way through a situation. Or perhaps you don’t “see the light at the end of the tunnel.” A situation seems to have no end. See: Darkness Night in a dream can refer to a change in atmosphere or behavior. People can act differently at night from the way they do during the day. See: The moon Night carries an air of mystery and hints at danger or strange encounters. See: Black, Ufos Night implies that something is over or finished. For example, when one dreams about an ex, the scene is often depicted as occurring at night as a way of saying the relationship is over. See also: Black, Darkness, Midnight, The moon, Shadows, Outer space, Ufos, Witches

Examples of dreams of the night

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 the night 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 the night dreams. Read at your own risk.

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