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What are regret dreams about?

This symbol is identified by words like regret, remorse, sorry, etc.

Regret in dreams is a relatively common dream symbol, occuring in about 4.6% of dreams. That's about 1 out of every 20 dreams.

What are the major highlights of regret dreams?

Regret is a very interconnected dream symbol. Having regret in a dream substantially changes the nature of the dream.

Dreams of regret are emotional

Regret have substantially more emotions than other dream symbols. It is particularly surprising. Other symbols that are like this include beggars, helplessness, regret, feelings, intrigued, love, joy, grief and sorrow, Cameroon, and sadness.

Regret dreams are friendly

Dreams of regret have greater increase of friendly interactions within the dream than most other dream symbols. While not all dreams of regret will be friendly and they can also contain aggressive interactions, dreams of regret are more likely to have friendly interactions than most other dream symbols. Other symbols that are like this include nieces, video games, bullies, walls, fences, conferences, signs, feelings, yelling, and journeys.

Regret dreams are about love

Dreams containing regret are more related to love than 90% of all other dream symbols. Of course each dream is unique and this does not mean that all dreams of regret are about love. It simply means that if you dream of regret, this dream has a greater chance of being about love than most other dream symbols. Other symbols that are like this include best friends, jackals, Malaysia, Portugal, Laos, souls, butterflies, Serbia, accepting, and princes.

How does the dream symbol of regret affect the different aspects of a dream?

Explore different elements related to dreams of regret

Who is in regret dreams?

Overall, dreams with regret are aren't really related to characters in dreams. Specifically, dreams of regret are more related to distant people, more related to close people, and more related to family than dreams in general. They are less related to animals and less related to insects.

Animals

less than usual

Insects

less than usual

Different roles

the same as usual

Fantastic beings

the same as usual

Distant people

more than usual

Close people

more than usual

Family

more than usual

Romantic partners

more than usual
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What are the emotions in regret dreams?

Overall, dreams with regret are much more related to emotions in dreams. Specifically, dreams of regret are much more related to happiness, much more related to sadness, and more related to grief and sorrow than dreams in general.

Happiness

much more than usual

Sadness

much more than usual

Grief and sorrow

more than usual

Embarrassment

more than usual

Confusion

much more than usual

Fear

more than usual

Pain

more than usual

Hatred

more than usual

Fun

the same as usual

Love

much more than usual
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Who is in regret dreams?

Overall, dreams with regret are aren't really related to places in dreams. Specifically, dreams of regret are more related to home, more related to work, and more related to magical places than dreams in general. They are less related to natural places.

Home

more than usual

Work

more than usual

Human places

the same as usual

Transportation

the same as usual

Natural places

less than usual

Magical places

more than usual
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What happens in regret dreams?

Overall, dreams with regret are more related to events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of regret are more related to friendly interactions and more related to sex than dreams in general. They are less related to disasters.

Aggressive interactions

the same as usual

Friendly interactions

more than usual

Sex

more than usual

Disasters

less than usual
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How do regret in dreams related to other dream phenomenon?

Overall, dreams with regret are more related to dream events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of regret are more related to lucid dreams, more related to nightmares, and more related to sleep paralysis than dreams in general.

Lucid dreams

more than usual

Nightmares

more than usual

Recurring dreams

the same as usual

Recurring nightmares

the same as usual

Sleep paralysis

more than usual

Sleeping

more than usual

Waking life

more than usual
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How do regret in dreams related the senses?

Overall, dreams with regret are more related to senses in dreams. Specifically, dreams of regret are more related to vision and more related to touch than dreams in general.

Hearing

the same as usual

Smelling

the same as usual

Taste

the same as usual

Vision

more than usual

Touch

more than usual
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How can you make sense of regret in dreams?

Regret dreams are relatively common. Among other things regret dreams are very postively interconnected, very emotional, friendly, and about love.

Do you think this is true for your dream of regret? How might your dream of regret 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.

Look for the differences

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience regret 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 regret in dreams. See how you feel about regret now, in your waking life.

Examples of dreams of regret

Read some real dream reports of regret dreams.. These real life dream reports come from the moderated dream sharing communities of Reddit including r/Dreams, r/Nightmares, r/DreamInterpretation, or r/thisdreamihad. Please note that some of these may contain graphic, sexual, or violent images and text. Use the source link for each dream to view and join the discussion of each one.

I was given the wrong dream

I was in this battle arena map and there was a bunch of military guys running around climbing up on these cliffs and jumping off of them. Then in the dream a guy appeared in my vision and said "sorry! I gave you the wrong dream! Won't happen again!" He then disappeared and map appeared in my vision that was a schematic plan of the dream. The dream soon ended after.

I almost want to say this is close to lucid dreaming? I've been trying for a while now and I've been getting these really weird ones.

I was in this battle arena map and there was a bunch of military guys running around climbing up on these cliffs and jumping off of them. Then in the dream a...

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I have no fucking clue

So it all started off when I was sitting on a train with my mom, travelling through some beautiful landscapes. We were in Poland but I can't really remember seeing something similar in this country (I'm Polish). As we arrived at our destination it was night all if the sudden and we headed straight to a seemingly abandoned building for spending the night in. The room we were in, as well as the building, weren't destroyed or vandalized at all, both seemed like a typical hotel but without electricity. Anyway at some point in that "hotel" I fell asleep, dreaming about me robbing a store over ans over again (I guess it was even a Louis Vuitton store, i know it's not funny but i dreamed it, I'm sorry;() with the guy who sings this Superidol song (yeah he sang it in my dream) and somehow i was back then while I was robbing the store stuck in a time loop so i did the same thing over and over. At some point i woke up in my dream, managed to look outside and see a woman jump from a higher place just like in an action movie.

Anyway that was it, hope it isn't too weird and incomprehensive, i just woke up and i don't want to forget anything:( so I'm sorry if I made any mistakes in it

So it all started off when I was sitting on a train with my mom, travelling through some beautiful landscapes. We were in Poland but I can't really remember...

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Visited what I believe was the “other side” when I was seriously considering suicide. Saw recent suicides getting processed, argued about not wanting to continue living, then got kicked out for still...

This was a lucid dream from 2 years ago when I came VERY close to suicide. I’m archiving it here for memories sake. TL/DR at the bottom.

I was having a typical non-lucid dream, and out of nowhere my vision went completely white. A few seconds later I was (now in a lucid dream state) standing in a street in front of a grey brick building. There was a group of people walking in the door, so I followed them in. Inside was a classroom like environment with a large blank screen at the front of the room. It wasn’t spoken, but I just knew these were all people who had taken their own lives.

Everyone sat down at the individual desks filling the room. Everyone looked very sad, most looking down at their feet. Some talked quietly to each other, but I couldn’t understand them. I sat down next to a 20-something girl and looked around the room. After a moment she asked me “So why did you do it?” I responded with “Oh I’m still alive, I’m just able to come here”.

Every person in the room went silent and looked at me with shocked expressions. After getting stared at for a few seconds, I was instantly teleported outside of room and back out into the street where I arrived. This time a giant 7ft tall bald guy was standing in front of the door. He refused to let me back inside, but let everyone else in who approached him.

About this time, a guy walked by me in the street and I asked him “What is this place?” He said something along the lines of “It’s where they (suicides) come to see where their life went wrong, and how their life played out if they stayed”. We chatted for a bit, don’t remember what about. Eventually I asked him why it mattered how we die because eventually we’ll all die anyway. Why does it matter if someone takes their own life?

The man took me back to the open classroom door where I had previously been, and we looked in from the outside. Inside, a young man (20’s) was standing at the front of the room. The screen at the front of the room was showing images of the young guy as a middle aged man. I remember on the screen there were images of him playing with a little girl (presumably his would-have-been daughter), him hugging an older couple (presumably his parents), him smiling and laughing with friends around a table. All the other people in the room sat and watched the screen play in silence. The atmosphere was unbearably depressing.

Eventually me and the guy from the street stepped back and he said something about “So many experiences and lessons wasted because of a temporary problem in one’s life.” He then looked me at me and said something along the lines of “This is where you’re headed. We all have to face our own set of challenges at some point. If not now, then later. Get as much as you can out of your time and avoid the regret.” And with that, I woke up with a different perspective.

TL/DR - Walked into a classroom full of people who had killed themselves, and was kicked out when they found out I was still alive. Talked to a guy in the street about how we all die anyway so what’s it matter. Saw a recent suicide watching a tv screen of his life playing out if he hadn’t killed himself. Was told we all have to go through hardships, it’s part of our growth, and suicide only leads to deep regret.

This was a lucid dream from 2 years ago when I came VERY close to suicide. I’m archiving it here for memories sake. TL/DR at the bottom.

I was having a typical...

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My aunt that passed away came to say her last goodbye in my dream

So a week ago my aunt passed away after fighting two months in a coma, cause my pneumonia. I can’t say I’m sad and I haven’t mourned her passing like most people. I am a spiritual person, so I believe she’s gone home, back into the totality of the universe, where we all come from. More than anything I’m just grateful I had the privilege to get to know here and love her, especially because she took care of me all the time I went to visit.

I wasn’t able to attend her burial ceremony, since I don’t live in the same country as her. But I’ve definitely been thinking of her the past days and all the great memories we made over the years.

Two nights ago, in a dream, I appeared at her house. I am aware she passed away so I go look for my uncle (her husband). I find him inside his room and I give him a strong hug and I tell him, “I’m so sorry for what happened, I love so much uncle.”

Then I walk outside the house onto the patio. My phone began to ring, and I pick up. On the other end somebody asks me about a friend like, “What did Mike say?” At that point I’m confused, and I as I tried to talk I say, “hello, anybody there?” No response, only noise so I hang up.

As I ended the call I see my aunt walking out from inside the house with a container filled with dishes or clothing. She walks pass me and says, “Hi son, I’ll be right there with you in a sec.” At that moment, I’m shocked, I look at my mom and ask, “does she know?” Referring if my aunt knows what happened to her and that she’ll depart this reality. My mom replies, “yes she does.”

Also I must mentioned that her body was beginning to turn like black matter. It looked like black roots had began covering her body from here feet, kinda like the roots of a tree. Only that the roots where coming from the ground.

A little while later I see my aunt in the kitchen, and my mom calls me in and tells me my aunt is ready to see me. At that point I’m a little scared and nervous. So I walk into the kitchen and I make I contact with my aunt. She looks at me and ask, “Son, do you love me.” I replied, “of course, I have always loved you and I will always love you. No matter what happens or where you go, I will forever love you.” And then I tell her, “don’t worry, now you have become pure love, the strongest energy there is in the universe.” I hug her and she starts crying. At this point my aunt has three eyes, the third eye in the middle of her forehead.

It was so intense, it felt so real. Shortly after I wake up, and my heart is racing.

I really don’t know what her having a third eye meant. But I feel like she did visit me on the dream state, the astral dimension. I strongly believe she came to say her last goodbyes.

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Not sure if anyone has such experiences before. I’d be interested to hear your take on this and what you think it meant.

Thanks for reading.

So a week ago my aunt passed away after fighting two months in a coma, cause my pneumonia. I can’t say I’m sad and I haven’t mourned her passing like most...

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I have a separate dream life

So, I have this thing, I don't know if it's a dream or if I am mentally ill, but I fall asleep and wake up in an alternate world, I have different friends, a different name, different age, live in the same state, but I feel like it's real just as if this is real, I don't know if both of just one is real when I talk to others about this they think I am crazy. Since I can't find anyone to relate to about it, or even look up a similar situation online, I thought I might talk about it here to see if anyone knows anything about this. Sorry for my poor writing. I just want to get this out here

So, I have this thing, I don't know if it's a dream or if I am mentally ill, but I fall asleep and wake up in an alternate world, I have different friends, a...

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