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What are rescuing 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 rescuing dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how rescuing in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that rescuing is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that rescuing is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, rescuing dreams have more friendly acts than 98.0% of dream symbols, more sad dreams than 90.7% of dream symbols, and more disasters than 90.2% of dream symbols. On the other hand, rescuing dreams have less lucid dreams than 86.3% of dream symbols, less fun than 77.5% of dream symbols, and less sleep paralysis than 74.1% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of rescuing 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 rescuing is different than dreams of rescuing in general.

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of dreams have rescuing

How common are rescuing dreams?

0.6% of dreams have the rescuing symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 200 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is uncommon.

Identification

How are rescuing dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like rescue. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols verbs and friendly acts.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of rescuing?

Rescuing dreams are notable because they have substantially more Princess Leia, Kenya, Morocco, tyrants, bankers, small cats, characters, hostages, R2-D2, acid rain, antelopes than 95% of other dream symbols.

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What symbols least related to dreams of rescuing?

Rescuing do not especially suppress any other dream symbols.

Deep dive into rescuing dreams

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

Who is in dreams of rescuing?

Who is in dreams of rescuing?

Dreams of rescuing are more related to animals, more related to unnamed people, and more related to strangers than dreams in general. They are less related to insects.

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What are the emotions in dreams of rescuing?

What are the emotions in dreams of rescuing?

Rescuing dreams are more related to sadness and more related to grief and sorrow than dreams in general. They are less related to pain and less related to fun.

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Where do dreams of rescuing take place?

Where do dreams of rescuing take place?

Rescuing dreams are more related to home, more related to transportation, and more related to natural places than dreams in general. They are less related to schools.

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What happens in dreams of rescuing?

What happens in dreams of rescuing?

Dreams of rescuing are more related to aggressive acts, much more related to friendly acts, and much more related to disasters than dreams in general.

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

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

Dreams of rescuing are more related to recurring dreams, more related to bad dreams, and much more related to sad dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams, less related to sleep paralysis, and less related to vivid dreams.

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How do dreams of rescuing related the senses?

How do dreams of rescuing related the senses?

Rescuing dreams are less related to hearing and less related to vision.

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How can you make sense of rescuing in dreams?

Rescuing dreams are uncommon. Among other things rescuing dreams are friendly. Do you think this is true for your dream of rescuing? How might your dream of rescuing 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 rescuing 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 rescuing in dreams. See how you feel about rescuing now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of rescuing dreams

An interpretation of rescuing 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. Being rescued in a dream can tie directly to a situation in your life where you need rescue or are doing the rescuing. It might be an external situation, such as drowning in work or debt, or an internal situation, such as depression or making a mistake. Rescue can reflect a role you play in life, with other people and with yourself. Dreams create physical representations of personal situations. A dream about physically rescuing someone or something can represent the idea of rescue in the personal sense. Think about ways the words “rescue” and “save” are used figuratively. For example, a woman about to get married dreams that it’s her wedding day, and she’s at the altar in front of family and friends when her ex-boyfriend barges in and says he’s there to rescue her. It symbolizes her inner knowledge that she’s about to marry the wrong man and needs to be rescued from making a terrible mistake. Dreams can make direct references to situations in your life, though often those situations are couched in symbolism. A dream might present it as literally saving someone or being saved—from drowning, a fire, an attacker—when really it’s meant in the figurative sense. For example, being saved from drowning in emotion or debt. See: Drowning The theme of rescue can arise in a more general sense of giving and receiving assistance. It might not be tied to a particular situation but instead to a tendency or habit. For example, a man dreams repeatedly about being in situations where he can rescue people but instead either refuses to do it or waits till later. It symbolizes being sick of coming to the rescue of people in his life who make a habit of dumping their problems on him. A dream about rescue can tie in with reluctance to receive assistance. Perhaps you don’t want to be a burden, are too proud, or think it’s a sign of weakness. A dream about rescue can symbolize that something inside yourself needs help. You’re mentally or emotionally out of whack. See: Psychologists Or you’re in danger of losing something about yourself. For example, a man dreams about rescuing a kitten from drowning in a pool. The kitten symbolizes the happy, playful part of himself threatened with “submerging” down into his psyche and no longer being a conscious part of his personality. He’s a teenager, and peer pressure is forcing him to toughen up. In a dream about saving a baby from drowning in a pool, the dreamer is trying to save a side of himself from receding into his psyche. He’s drowning in the drudgery of adult life and wants to enjoy himself again. A woman dreams about saving a beached whale and connects it with her sense that some recent bad experiences are making her leery and bitter. She associates whales with kindness, so saving the whale is a way of saying she is trying to save her naturally kind nature. If you are saved in a dream, or an attempt is made to save you, ask yourself whether you need help or support. Is your workload getting to be too much? Are you struggling? Does someone need to be cheered up or guided? Are you trying to save something, such as a relationship? Think along these lines for the figurative ways that something is saved and how the word is used in expressions and figures of speech, such as “save the day” and “save me from myself.” Remember that your dreams can project these thoughts and feelings onto a dream character that you observe. For example, a man watches a horse drown and does nothing to save it. It symbolizes his inability to ask for help when he’s drowning in work. Dreams make wordplays, so “save” can be a play on the word “safe,” as in playing it safe and safe from danger. “Safe” can be used to say that a marriage or relationship is safe, or a job is safe, and it can be represented in a dream as physical safety. For example, a dream says your marriage is safe by showing a house safe from a storm. See also: Doctors, Guiding, Lifeguards, Paramedics, Pets, Psychologists, Whales

Examples of dreams of rescuing

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 rescuing 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 rescuing dreams. Read at your own risk.

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