Background

What are overdose 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 overdose dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how overdoses in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that overdose is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that overdose is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, overdose dreams have more health events than 98.3% of dream symbols, more sad dreams than 98.3% of dream symbols, and more death than 98.0% of dream symbols. On the other hand, overdose dreams have less disasters than 95.2% of dream symbols, less fun than 93.8% of dream symbols, and less natural places than 92.7% of dream symbols. Notably, overdose dreams contain a lot of love. Love is a wonderful human emotion! Even if love occurs within a dream, it is still love and it can feel wonderful. Since love is such a powerful emotion, it is best to be curious about it. Furthermore, dreams of overdoses are full of grief and sorrow. Of course not every overdose dream is sorrowful, these type of dreams have more grief and sorrow than 90% of other dream symbols. It can be heart breaking to experience grief and sorrow during a dream. This can remind us of painful events in waking life. Alternatively, the grief and sorrow within a dream can feel so real. Additionally, dreams of overdoses are family oriented. They are more related to family than 90% of all other symbols. In other words, dreaming of overdoses will increase your chances of dreaming of a family member. Dreams help us to process our emotions and social relationships. In a certain lens, you can think of dreams as simulations of the world. This can be especially helpful for our relationships with family. Also, overdose dreams are about death. Better stated, overdose dreams contain more death and dying than 90% of all other dream symbols. Dreams help us process our emotions, understand our fears, and grieve. Death in a dream is not necessarily a bad thing. Dreaming of death can help us overcome fears or say good bye to loved ones. But, then again, dreams of death might simple just be dreams. Finally, dreams of overdoses are usually described as bad dreams. This does not necessarily mean that all overdose dreams are bad. It is just that dreaming of overdoses might increase the chance that it is a bad dream. 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 overdoses is different than dreams of overdoses in general.

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of dreams have overdoses

How common are overdose dreams?

0.2% of dreams have the overdoses symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 600 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is very rare.

Identification

How are overdose dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like od'ed, od, oded, etc. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols events and health events.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of overdoses?

Overdoses dreams are notable because they have substantially more Bolivia, Madagascar, drugs, seeing a dead friend, addicts, cocaine, jackals, endless loops, Syria, homicides, medicine than 95% of other dream symbols.

Least related

What symbols least related to dreams of overdoses?

Overdoses do not especially suppress any other dream symbols.

Deep dive into overdose dreams

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

Who is in dreams of overdoses?

Who is in dreams of overdoses?

Dreams of overdoses are much more related to peers, much more related to family, 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 fantastic beings.

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What are the emotions in dreams of overdoses?

What are the emotions in dreams of overdoses?

Dreams of overdoses are much more related to happiness, much more related to sadness, and much more related to grief and sorrow than dreams in general. They are much less related to fun.

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Where do dreams of overdoses take place?

Where do dreams of overdoses take place?

Dreams of overdoses are much more related to work, much more related to magical places, and more related to schools than dreams in general. They are less related to home, less related to human-made places, and less related to transportation.

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What happens in dreams of overdoses?

What happens in dreams of overdoses?

Dreams of overdoses are much more related to death and much more related to health events than dreams in general. They are much less related to disasters.

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

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

Overdose dreams are more related to lucid dreams, much more related to bad dreams, and more related to weird dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to nightmares and less related to good dreams.

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How do dreams of overdoses related the senses?

How do dreams of overdoses related the senses?

Overdose dreams are less related to hearing, less related to smelling, and less related to taste.

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How can you make sense of overdoses in dreams?

Overdose dreams are very rare. Among other things overdose dreams are about love, sorrowful, family oriented, about death, bad dreams, very vivid, and work dreams. Do you think this is true for your dream of overdoses? How might your dream of overdoses 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 overdoses 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 overdoses in dreams. See how you feel about overdoses now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of overdose dreams

An interpretation of overdose 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. In simplest terms, an overdose means “too much,” and while that’s commonly associated with drugs, dreams can apply the symbolism broadly. For example, eating too much in one meal is an overdose. Binge-watching is an overdose. Spending too much time with someone is an overdose. It’s too much of a good thing. Overdose is associated with situations that get out of hand. It’s something you can’t stop yourself from doing, taking things too far. It can symbolize danger. It can reflect fear for yourself or someone in your life related to drug use. While dreams are often oblique with their messages, sometimes they are direct—especially when it comes to reflecting fears or drawing attention to something that is overlooked. See also: Alcohol, Drugs, Injecting

Examples of dreams of overdoses

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 overdose 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 overdose dreams. Read at your own risk.

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