Background

What are old friend 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 old friend dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how old friends in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that old friend is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that old friend is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, old friend dreams have more peers than 99.7% of dream symbols, more schools than 97.3% of dream symbols, and more romantic partners than 92.5% of dream symbols. On the other hand, old friend dreams have less fantastic beings than 91.7% of dream symbols, less animals than 90.5% of dream symbols, and less fear than 90.3% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of old friends are very social! Old friend 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 old friend 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 old friends is different than dreams of old friends in general.

1.8%

of dreams have old friends

How common are old friend dreams?

1.8% of dreams have the old friends symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 55 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is relatively uncommon.

Identification

How are old friend dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like old friend, old friends, good friend, etc. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols characters and peers.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of old friends?

Old friends dreams are notable because they have substantially more Costa Rica, Ron Weasley, Denmark, seeing a dead friend, acquaintances, Singapore, deluges, inner children, Venezuela, reality shows, prom than 95% of other dream symbols.

Least related

What symbols least related to dreams of old friends?

Old friends dreams are notable because they have substantially less antelopes, Princess Leia, Darth Vader, Chewbacca, C-3PO, Sauron, Legolas, Gimli, Bilbo Baggins, Yoda, Dobby than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into old friend dreams

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

Who is in dreams of old friends?

Who is in dreams of old friends?

Dreams of old friends are much more related to peers and much more related to romantic partners than dreams in general. They are much less related to animals, less related to insects, and less related to unnamed people.

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What are the emotions in dreams of old friends?

What are the emotions in dreams of old friends?

Old friend dreams are more related to happiness, more related to sadness, and more related to grief and sorrow than dreams in general. They are much less related to fear and less related to pain.

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Where do dreams of old friends take place?

Where do dreams of old friends take place?

Old friend dreams are more related to work, more related to human-made places, and much more related to schools than dreams in general. They are less related to natural places and less related to magical places.

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What happens in dreams of old friends?

What happens in dreams of old friends?

Dreams of old friends are more related to sex than dreams in general. They are less related to aggressive acts, less related to disasters, and less related to death.

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

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

Dreams of old friends are more related to good dreams and much more related to sad dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to nightmares, less related to recurring dreams, and less related to sleep paralysis.

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How do dreams of old friends related the senses?

How do dreams of old friends related the senses?

Old friend dreams are less related to hearing, less related to smelling, and less related to vision.

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How can you make sense of old friends in dreams?

Old friend dreams are relatively uncommon. Among other things old friend dreams are very social. Do you think this is true for your dream of old friends? How might your dream of old friends 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 old friends 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 old friends in dreams. See how you feel about old friends now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of old friend dreams

An interpretation of old friend 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. Dreaming about an old friend in a dream can mean you miss the person, or the person recently crossed your mind. Sometimes a seemingly random thought or dream about a friend you have not spoken to in a while can indicate it’s a good time to get in touch. However, the majority of dream characters represent something about you, and in the case of an old friend, dreams have many references to draw on to create symbolism. Dreams can be packed full of references to people you used to know, and figuring out the symbolism is tricky because a dream can use anything you associate with that person to create symbolism, such as personal qualities and traits, what the person means to you, and the time of life you shared together. So as with any symbol in a dream, begin by making associations, then ask yourself whether any of them fit the dream-story. For example, in a dream about an old college friend holding a map in the passenger seat of a car driven by the dreamer, the old friend represents the help the dreamer needs with organizing a big project. The friend taught the dreamer a trick long ago for how to organize big projects, and the dreamer had forgotten it. See: Maps An old friend appears in a dream as a guy who is working hard and being disciplined in order to be more successful. The old friend is someone the dreamer associates with success through hard work and discipline, and is used in the dream to refer to those qualities in himself. An old friend shows up in a female’s dream when she is dealing with conflicted feelings about being too assertive and opinionated. She fears she will be perceived as acting too masculine. The old friend—an assertive, opinionated female—is someone she remembers as not caring what people think. Her presence is a way of reassuring the dreamer she is all right as long as she doesn’t care what people think of her. An old friend shows up in a dream when the dreamer is trying to be more compassionate and engaged with people in his life, two qualities of that old friend. An old friend appears when the dreamer is having financial difficulties. The friend is someone she knew when they were both poor and scraping to get by. Dreaming about old friends can reference the time of life when you were close. It can be a way of saying that something started then that continues now: a thought pattern, a tendency, a circumstance. It can refer to something you did together, such as attend school or work together, or to a feeling you shared. It’s common to dream about old friends when you miss the feeling of closeness and camaraderie—you don’t have that sort of friend in your life anymore. When you dream about an old friend, begin the decoding process by asking yourself what the person reminds you of—it’s often portrayed in the dream or found in your feelings. Of course, an old friend in a dream can be used symbolically, the same as other friend-characters. The person is used to tell a story about you and your life. See: Friends See also: Childhood homes, Friends

Examples of dreams of old friends

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 old friend 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 old friend dreams. Read at your own risk.

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