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What are nose dreams about?

This symbol is identified by words like nose and nostril.

Noses in dreams is a relatively uncommon dream symbol, occuring in about 1.1% of dreams. That's about 1 out of every 90 dreams.

What are the major highlights of nose dreams?

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

Nose dreams are associated with lucid dreaming

Dreams of noses are much more related to lucid dreaming than all other dream symbols. Lucid dreams are dreams in which you are aware that you are dreaming. Of course, not all dreams of noses are lucid dreams. But dreams of noses are more related to lucid dreams than 90% of all other dream symbols. Other symbols that are like this include harvests, unicons, armageddon, faires, mosquitoes, ascending, acid, magnifying glasses, Kuwait, and venus.

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

Explore different elements related to dreams of noses

Who is in noses dreams?

Overall, dreams with noses are less related to characters in dreams. Specifically, dreams of noses are more related to animals and more related to insects than dreams in general. They are less related to different roles, less related to distant people, and less related to close people.

Animals

more than usual

Insects

more than usual

Different roles

less than usual

Fantastic beings

the same as usual

Distant people

less than usual

Close people

less than usual

Family

less than usual

Romantic partners

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

Overall, dreams with noses are aren't really related to emotions in dreams. Specifically, dreams of noses are more related to fear and more related to pain than dreams in general. They are less related to happiness, less related to sadness, and less related to confusion.

Happiness

less than usual

Sadness

less than usual

Grief and sorrow

the same as usual

Embarrassment

the same as usual

Confusion

less than usual

Fear

more than usual

Pain

more than usual

Hatred

less than usual

Fun

less than usual

Love

the same as usual
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Who is in noses dreams?

Overall, dreams with noses are less related to places in dreams. Specifically, dreams of noses are less related to home, less related to work, and less related to human places.

Home

less than usual

Work

less than usual

Human places

less than usual

Transportation

the same as usual

Natural places

the same as usual

Magical places

less than usual
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What happens in noses dreams?

Overall, dreams with noses are aren't really related to events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of noses are less related to friendly interactions and less related to sex.

Aggressive interactions

the same as usual

Friendly interactions

less than usual

Sex

less than usual

Disasters

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

Overall, dreams with noses are more related to dream events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of noses are much more related to lucid dreams, more related to nightmares, and more related to recurring nightmares than dreams in general. They are less related to recurring dreams.

Lucid dreams

much more than usual

Nightmares

more than usual

Recurring dreams

less than usual

Recurring nightmares

more than usual

Sleep paralysis

more than usual

Sleeping

more than usual

Waking life

the same as usual
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How do noses in dreams related the senses?

Overall, dreams with noses are more related to senses in dreams. Specifically, dreams of noses are much more related to smelling, more related to taste, and more related to vision than dreams in general.

Hearing

the same as usual

Smelling

much more than usual

Taste

more than usual

Vision

more than usual

Touch

more than usual
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How can you make sense of noses in dreams?

Nose dreams are relatively uncommon. Among other things nose dreams are normally interconnect and are associated with lucid dreaming.

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

What are possible meanings for dreams of noses?

To dream about your nose can indicate the need to “sniff out” a situation or trust your instincts. Perhaps you “smell a rat” or “something smells fishy.” Or, like a bloodhound, you might be on the hunt, following a trail of clues or signs. In such a dream you will probably follow a trail of clues or have something you need to find. You might even detect a smell.

The nose in a dream can be a play on the word “nosy.” Someone is snooping or sticking his nose where it doesn’t belong.

Damage to the nose can indicate you aren’t using your instincts. It can mean you fail to notice something.

Cutting off the nose can be a way of visualizing the expression “cut off your nose to spite your face,” meaning overreact to a situation in a way that creates embarrassment.

To smell a scent while dreaming can mean you are actually smelling something as you sleep, such as smoke, or it’s used as symbolism. For example, if you smell rot while dreaming, it can mean something is figuratively rotting or in decay, such as a relationship that should have ended long ago. Most people don’t have the sense of smell as part of their dreams, except for people who use scent regularly as part of their occupation, such as perfume testers and chefs.

See also: Body parts, Faces

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 noses

Read some real dream reports of nose 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.

I need help...

Anyone have this dream before? It usually starts with me watching myself sleep then this figure all static comes out of nowhere it has no eyes or nose just a mouth and it's screaming and I can usually hear the scream another thing I can never be woken up when I have this dream I have no feeling and I can't hear it's like I'm actually in the dream what does this mean?

Anyone have this dream before? It usually starts with me watching myself sleep then this figure all static comes out of nowhere it has no eyes or nose just a...

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A rather worrisome dream

A tiny bit about me. I am 18, and I’ve had a girlfriend of two years. She was nowhere to be found in this dream. She didn't cross my mind once in this dream.

It starts out in some department store. It most closely resembled Target. I was obviously looking around the store for anything that interested me, there was nothing unusual about that. I walk by furniture with a high up on display, and some bookshelves with kids' books on them. I'm here at this department store and it is crowded as all hell. And I'm here with a group of friends. But not my current group of friends, but rather many of my friends from middle school.

It’s getting pretty late, I want to say it looks like it's 9:30 PM, but the store is still really crowded.

I run in to my middle school crush (I never made a move. She was always really nice to me. We were friends. We even share the same birthday. I don’t see her as often anymore). She says that her allergies are making her nose run. So, I offer to take her out of the target, that is so unbelievably crowded, and walk her late at night next-door to a CVS. We purchased some allergy medicine for her, and start making our way back to the Target. I don’t remember if we talked that much.

On our walk back, she takes her allergy medicine, and throws the pill packaging into a trashcan. This is when she stops walking. So I stop walking and talking. then she takes a couple steps and stops again. As do I, with her. I noticed she is doing this because she noticed that a car has been following us (it is still late at night). When we walked forward, the car would inch forward. when we stopped, the car stopped. So, I put my arm around her waist, and walk a little more briskly towards the Target. We get to the automatic double door, and I put my hand around her shoulder and walk her inside. I’m hoping at this point, that I did the right thing and that she feels safe.

We're maybe 20 feet into the Target. She doesn’t look back, and she sprints into the clothes section. I say, “Hey wait!“ and I run after her, a little worried. but she’s too fast for me. So I keep running in the same direction I last saw her, until I get to the other side of the store. I didn’t really notice how big it was, until I started searching for her. I get to a little hallway that leads to the bathrooms. I run into another friend. she says she’s also searching for the same girl who ran off. So I ran to the next corner of the store. I ran by a guy on a MacBook, and I pull out the charging cord as I’m running past it. I say I’m sorry to him, and continue running. At this point the store has turned into a warehouse type department store, like Costco.

I have reached the next quarter of the store. worried about this girl, and really out of breath, I’m still sprinting, trying to find her. I ran down and aisle, and at the end of the aisle there is like one of those coal incinerators that is used to power steam engines. I sprint towards it with the intent of opening the door.

That’s when I wake up. I’m lying in bed, but I’m breathing like I just ran a marathon. This girl was just a middle school crush. And I’m in a happy relationship now. Weird dream, right?

TL;DR I had a dream where I was chasing my middle school crush through a store. I couldn’t find her and I was worried about her. And I woke up before I could find her.

A tiny bit about me. I am 18, and I’ve had a girlfriend of two years. She was nowhere to be found in this dream. She didn't cross my mind once in this...

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The most disturbing and disgusting sexual dream I’ve had

I dreamt about a girl’s instagram getting hacked (in the dream she was my friend, but in reality she’s an influencer that I don’t even care about or interact with) and the hacker posted pictures of him having intercourse with a... kid? But it wasn’t a normal kid, he was weirdly disfigured like he had some sort of condition or illness, I don’t even think he had a body, just a really big head.
“If he doesn’t have a body, then how did the Intercourse happen?”
Well, there were pictures where he (the hacker) inserted himself into the kid’s eye, nose, or ear. I remember him also inserting himself somewhere else, I think it was his throat, there was an open space since the kid had no body.
There were also pictures of the kid sleeping or close ups of his face.
In the dream I was disgusted, I never felt arousement whatsoever.
I don’t know what this dream means and it’s eating me alive ?????????

I dreamt about a girl’s instagram getting hacked (in the dream she was my friend, but in reality she’s an influencer that I don’t even care about or interact...

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Aliens discovered under moons surface.

I had been on Earth, standing in the streets as I watched about seven spaceships flying towards the moon.

I asked someone standing beside me," what are they doing?"

"Aliens have been found underneath the moons surface. They're making contact," they replied.

Time skips to about a week later.

The governments are asking for volunteers to go fight the aliens as it was found they were hostile. I volunteered at the station set up. After training I'm set to go.

I'm on the ship, flying through space and we land (there's a group of about six of us). We begin being attacked.

Next thing I know, I'm waking up as if I had been knocked out by the attack. All of my crew are gone except for one, who is standing in front of me, inspecting himself in the mirror, his shirt is off, his veins are a dark grey. I realize I'm injured and am leaning against the wall for support as I stand but still fall due to my injuries.

He begins monologueing about how humans won't see them coming because they take our form and how they've been watching earth right under our noses, blah, blah, blah. This entire time I know Earth is doomed. This crew member in front of me was the alien. They could blend in.

While he's finishing his speech, he approaches me and I wake up. I know I died. He had killed me. This dream had felt so realistic and sometimes I wonder if this has happened in some other version of this reality.

I had been on Earth, standing in the streets as I watched about seven spaceships flying towards the moon.

I asked someone standing beside me," what are they...

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Cat kissed me for good luck in the dream

I just started a new job a month ago. Yesterday I had my first big meeting with a client, and 2 guys from my team.

Last night in my dream I was getting ready for a another meeting, and before leaving the dream house, I walked up to my dream cat (I don't actually have a cat), and the cat bumped his nose against mine for good luck. It felt so good and reassuring for a second, and then felt awfully eerie, like wtf am I getting this cat's blessing, I don't even know this cat. And then I woke up.

Do you think it means anything?

I just started a new job a month ago. Yesterday I had my first big meeting with a client, and 2 guys from my team.

Last night in my dream I was getting ready...

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