What are rat dreams about?
Rats are small rodents. They are often seen as a problem by getting into food and potentially carrying diseases and pests. 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 rat dreams.
The word cloud above shows the words that are specifically associated with rat dreams. These are the words that make rat dreams unique compared to all other dream symbols. Just examining the graph and reading the words of rat dreams can be illuminating about show rats affect our dreams. Be sure to check out the example rat dreams at the bottom of the page.
The circular bar chart above shows how rats in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that rat is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that rat is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, rat dreams have more animals than 98.6% of dream symbols, more insects than 93.8% of dream symbols, and more eating and drinking than 92.5% of dream symbols. On the other hand, rat dreams have less strangers than 95.2% of dream symbols, less human-made places than 90.9% of dream symbols, and less fun than 90.2% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of rats are very social! Rat 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 rat dreams have are so social. Finally, rat dreams have very little thinking and reflection. There are many reasons why people think and reflect. Things might be confusing. They might be interesting. There might be risk. Likewise, there are many reasons why people might not think and reflect within a dream. The dream can be absorbing. It can be scary. It can be wonderful. 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 rats is different than dreams of rats in general.
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How common are rat dreams?
0.4% of dreams have the rats symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 250 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is very uncommon.
0.4%
of dreams have rats
How common are rat dreams?
0.4% of dreams have the rats symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 250 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is very uncommon.
How are rat dreams identified?
This symbol is identified by words like rat. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols characters and animals.
How are rat dreams identified?
This symbol is identified by words like rat. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols characters and animals.
What is most related to dreams of rats?
What symbols least related to dreams of rats?
Rats do not especially suppress any other dream symbols.
What symbols least related to dreams of rats?
Rats do not especially suppress any other dream symbols.
Deep dive into rat dreams
Get an overview of characters, emotions, places, events, dream events, and senses in rat dreams.
Who is in dreams of rats?
Rat dreams are much more related to animals and much more related to insects than dreams in general. They are less related to unnamed people, much less related to strangers, and less related to family.
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Who is in dreams of rats?
Rat dreams are much more related to animals and much more related to insects than dreams in general. They are less related to unnamed people, much less related to strangers, and less related to family.
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What are the emotions in dreams of rats?
Dreams of rats are less related to happiness, less related to sadness, and less related to embarrassment.
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What are the emotions in dreams of rats?
Dreams of rats are less related to happiness, less related to sadness, and less related to embarrassment.
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Where do dreams of rats take place?
Rat dreams are less related to home, less related to work, and much less related to human-made places.
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Where do dreams of rats take place?
Rat dreams are less related to home, less related to work, and much less related to human-made places.
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What happens in dreams of rats?
Dreams of rats are much more related to eating and drinking and more related to death than dreams in general. They are less related to friendly acts, less related to disasters, and less related to health events.
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What happens in dreams of rats?
Dreams of rats are much more related to eating and drinking and more related to death than dreams in general. They are less related to friendly acts, less related to disasters, and less related to health events.
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How do dreams of rats related to the type of dream it is?
Dreams of rats are less related to lucid dreams, less related to recurring dreams, and less related to bad dreams.
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How do dreams of rats related to the type of dream it is?
Dreams of rats are less related to lucid dreams, less related to recurring dreams, and less related to bad dreams.
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How do dreams of rats related the senses?
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How can you make sense of rats in dreams?
Rat dreams are very uncommon. Among other things rat dreams are very social and without lots of thinking. Do you think this is true for your dream of rats? How might your dream of rats 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.
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 rats in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.
Look for the differences
The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience rats 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 rats in dreams. See how you feel about rats now, in your waking life.
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 rats in dreams. See how you feel about rats now, in your waking life.
An interpretation of rat 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. Rats are associated with pests and disease, so dreams of rats can relate to anything that pesters you or rubs off in a bad way. For example, anxieties and worries pester you. Bad influence rubs off on you. Negativity spreads like a disease. See: Anxiety, Disease A person described as a rat can’t be trusted. He or she has a bad character. An informant or tattletale is called a rat. It can symbolize feeling betrayed. For an example, see: Bed. Rats are connected with anything that plagues you and won’t go away. See: Infesting Rats are associated with fear and disgust. See: Fear However, people who keep rats as pets might describe them as lovable or harmless, so rats in their dreams can have different positive symbolism related to protecting something that’s small and harmless. For example, a young man who used to have a pet rat dreams about protecting it from a cat, symbolizing how small he feels when his mother lectures him and how he tries to protect his sensitive inner nature. Pet rats can be associated with rat-like instincts that have been tamed, or with trying to find your way through “the maze of life.” Dreaming about taming a rat could symbolize overcoming a habit of being a tattletale, or improving your living conditions. Rats scrounge for food and shelter, and in dreams they can symbolize struggling for survival. “Rat race” describes competition and crowding. A dream about a house infested with rats can represent that your life or emotions are in disarray. See: Infesting As with other symbolism, consider the context of the dream-story and your feelings. Obviously, if a rat in a dream is running on a wheel and you feel sorry for it, then the dream is most likely using the rat in the context of “rat race.” Rats running throughout your child’s room could symbolize worries about him or her. See also: Animals, Anxiety, Disease, Fear, Infesting, Mazes
An interpretation of rat 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. Rats are associated with pests and disease, so dreams of rats can relate to anything that pesters you or rubs off in a bad way. For example, anxieties and worries pester you. Bad influence rubs off on you. Negativity spreads like a disease. See: Anxiety, Disease A person described as a rat can’t be trusted. He or she has a bad character. An informant or tattletale is called a rat. It can symbolize feeling betrayed. For an example, see: Bed. Rats are connected with anything that plagues you and won’t go away. See: Infesting Rats are associated with fear and disgust. See: Fear However, people who keep rats as pets might describe them as lovable or harmless, so rats in their dreams can have different positive symbolism related to protecting something that’s small and harmless. For example, a young man who used to have a pet rat dreams about protecting it from a cat, symbolizing how small he feels when his mother lectures him and how he tries to protect his sensitive inner nature. Pet rats can be associated with rat-like instincts that have been tamed, or with trying to find your way through “the maze of life.” Dreaming about taming a rat could symbolize overcoming a habit of being a tattletale, or improving your living conditions. Rats scrounge for food and shelter, and in dreams they can symbolize struggling for survival. “Rat race” describes competition and crowding. A dream about a house infested with rats can represent that your life or emotions are in disarray. See: Infesting As with other symbolism, consider the context of the dream-story and your feelings. Obviously, if a rat in a dream is running on a wheel and you feel sorry for it, then the dream is most likely using the rat in the context of “rat race.” Rats running throughout your child’s room could symbolize worries about him or her. See also: Animals, Anxiety, Disease, Fear, Infesting, Mazes
Examples of dreams of rats
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 rat 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 rat dreams. Read at your own risk.
