Background

What are reading dreams about?

Reading in dreams is a strange experience. Oftentimes text is not stable in dreams. It shifts and moves as you try to read it. 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 reading dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how reading in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that reading is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that reading is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, reading dreams have more friendly acts than 92.4% of dream symbols, more lucid dreams than 91.5% of dream symbols, and more happiness than 88.5% of dream symbols. On the other hand, reading dreams have less aggressive acts than 71.1% of dream symbols, less animals than 68.1% of dream symbols, and less disasters than 63.5% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of reading 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 reading are lucid dreams. But dreams of reading are more related to lucid dreams than 90% of all other dream symbols. So, the next time you dream of reading, see if you can be aware that you are dreaming! Finally, dreams of reading are friendly! These dreams have more friendly interactions than 80% of all of the other dream symbols. Friendly dreams can be great. They involve people helping other people, expressing love, and just being good to one another. 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 reading is different than dreams of reading in general.

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of dreams have reading

How common are reading dreams?

11% of dreams have the reading symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 9 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is very common.

Identification

How are reading dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like read, text, and book. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols verbs and communicating.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of reading?

Reading dreams are notable because they have substantially more books, Cameroon, authors, Princess Leia, emaciation, Algeria, thanking, talismans, Kenya, libraries, collective unconscious than 95% of other dream symbols.

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What symbols least related to dreams of reading?

Reading dreams are notable because they have substantially less El Salvador, ovations, Legolas, Gimli, pheasants, Fiji, Cyprus, Bolivia, caesarean sections, hummingbirds, seeing a dead pet than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into reading dreams

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

Who is in dreams of reading?

Who is in dreams of reading?

Dreams of reading are more related to peers and more related to romantic partners than dreams in general. They are less related to animals.

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What are the emotions in dreams of reading?

What are the emotions in dreams of reading?

Dreams of reading are more related to happiness, more related to sadness, and more related to grief and sorrow than dreams in general.

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Where do dreams of reading take place?

Where do dreams of reading take place?

Dreams of reading are more related to schools than dreams in general. They are less related to transportation and less related to natural places.

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What happens in dreams of reading?

What happens in dreams of reading?

Dreams of reading are much more related to friendly acts and more related to sex than dreams in general. They are less related to aggressive acts, less related to disasters, and less related to eating and drinking.

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

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

Reading dreams are much more related to lucid dreams, more related to sleep paralysis, and more related to good dreams than dreams in general.

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How do dreams of reading related the senses?

How do dreams of reading related the senses?

Reading dreams are more related to hearing than dreams in general.

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How can you make sense of reading in dreams?

Reading dreams are very common. Among other things reading dreams are associated with lucid dreaming and friendly. Do you think this is true for your dream of reading? How might your dream of reading 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 reading 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 reading in dreams. See how you feel about reading now, in your waking life.

Examples of dreams of reading

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 reading 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 reading dreams. Read at your own risk.

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