Background

What are purgatory dreams about?

Purgatory is a place of waiting. In some religions it is a temporary place people can go after death. Purgatory is often used in linguistic expressions to describe a state of uncertain waiting. 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 purgatory dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how purgatory in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that purgatory is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that purgatory is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, purgatory dreams have more magical places than 99.7% of dream symbols, more confusion than 98.9% of dream symbols, and more death than 96.9% of dream symbols. On the other hand, purgatory dreams have less good dreams than 95.6% of dream symbols, less schools than 86.9% of dream symbols, and less sad dreams than 85.8% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of purgatory 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 purgatory are lucid dreams. But dreams of purgatory are more related to lucid dreams than 90% of all other dream symbols. So, the next time you dream of purgatory, see if you can be aware that you are dreaming! Furthermore, purgatory 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. Additionally, purgatory dreams are about death. Better stated, purgatory 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. Furthermore, purgatory dreams have thinking and reflection than 90% of all dream symbols. There are many reasons why people think and reflect. Things might be confusing. They might be interesting. There might be risk. Finally, purgatory dreams can be very vivid. Dreams of purgatory 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 purgatory is different than dreams of purgatory in general.

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How common are purgatory dreams?

0.1% of dreams have the purgatory symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 900 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is very rare.

Identification

How are purgatory dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like purgatory. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols places and magical places.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of purgatory?

Purgatory dreams are notable because they have substantially more Nepal, afterlife, heaven, armageddons, luminous bodies, couldn't open eyes, accountants, Austria, family homes, janitors, Israel than 95% of other dream symbols.

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What symbols least related to dreams of purgatory?

Purgatory do not especially suppress any other dream symbols.

Deep dive into purgatory dreams

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

Who is in dreams of purgatory?

Who is in dreams of purgatory?

Dreams of purgatory are much more related to fantastic beings and more related to strangers than dreams in general. They are 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 purgatory?

What are the emotions in dreams of purgatory?

Purgatory dreams are more related to happiness, much more related to sadness, and more related to grief and sorrow than dreams in general. They are less related to embarrassment.

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Where do dreams of purgatory take place?

Where do dreams of purgatory take place?

Purgatory dreams are more related to natural places and much more related to magical places than dreams in general. They are less related to home, less related to work, and less related to schools.

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What happens in dreams of purgatory?

What happens in dreams of purgatory?

Purgatory dreams are much more related to death than dreams in general. They are less related to sex and less related to health events.

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

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

Dreams of purgatory are much more related to lucid dreams, more related to nightmares, and much more related to sleep paralysis than dreams in general. They are less related to recurring dreams, less related to bad dreams, and much less related to good dreams.

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How do dreams of purgatory related the senses?

How do dreams of purgatory related the senses?

Purgatory dreams are more related to hearing than dreams in general. They are less related to taste.

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How can you make sense of purgatory in dreams?

Purgatory dreams are very rare. Among other things purgatory dreams are associated with lucid dreaming, about love, about death, containing lots of thinking of thoughts, very vivid, usually thought of as weird dreams, and full of hate. Do you think this is true for your dream of purgatory? How might your dream of purgatory 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 purgatory 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 purgatory in dreams. See how you feel about purgatory now, in your waking life.

Examples of dreams of purgatory

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 purgatory 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 purgatory dreams. Read at your own risk.

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