Background

What are sadness dreams about?

Sadness isn't simply the absence of happiness and joy. Sadness is a distinct emotion. 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 sadness dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how sadness in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that sadness is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that sadness is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, sadness dreams have more sad dreams than 100.0% of dream symbols, more happiness than 98.0% of dream symbols, and more grief and sorrow than 97.7% of dream symbols. On the other hand, sadness dreams have less insects than 84.5% of dream symbols, less fantastic beings than 84.3% of dream symbols, and less weird dreams than 84.3% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of sadness tend to contain much more emotion than other dreams. Additionally, sadness 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. Furthermore, dreams of sadness are full of grief and sorrow. Of course not every sadness dream is sorrowful, these type of dreams have more grief and sorrow than 90% of other dream symbols. It can be heart breaking to experience grief and sorrow during a dream. This can remind us of painful events in waking life. Alternatively, the grief and sorrow within a dream can feel so real. Additionally, sadness 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, sadness dreams are generally great! Dreams can be good for any number of reasons. You can gain insight from the dream. You can connect with friends and family. They can just be fun. Are dreams of sadness usually good for you? Why do you think sadness dreams are usually good? 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 sadness is different than dreams of sadness in general.

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How common are sadness dreams?

7.0% of dreams have the sadness symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 15 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is common.

Identification

How are sadness dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like unhappy, sad, depressed, etc. This symbol is part of the summary dream symbols of emotions.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of sadness?

Sadness dreams are notable because they have substantially more depression, Cameroon, sad dreams, Kuwait, Algeria, harpoons, verbs, grief and sorrow, falling in love, Madagascar, abscesses than 95% of other dream symbols.

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What symbols least related to dreams of sadness?

Sadness dreams are notable because they have substantially less Estonia, mudslides, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Laos, Nepal, Somalia, Uranus, emaciation, Congo than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into sadness dreams

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

Who is in dreams of sadness?

Who is in dreams of sadness?

Dreams of sadness are more related to peers, more related to family, and much more related to romantic partners 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 sadness?

What are the emotions in dreams of sadness?

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

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Where do dreams of sadness take place?

Where do dreams of sadness take place?

Dreams of sadness are more related to schools than dreams in general. They are less related to human-made places, less related to transportation, and less related to natural places.

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What happens in dreams of sadness?

What happens in dreams of sadness?

Dreams of sadness are 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 sadness related to the type of dream it is?

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

Sadness dreams are much more related to good dreams and much more related to sad dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to nightmares, less related to sleep paralysis, and less related to weird dreams.

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How do dreams of sadness related the senses?

How do dreams of sadness related the senses?

Sadness dreams are more related to taste than dreams in general. They are less related to hearing, less related to smelling, and less related to vision.

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How can you make sense of sadness in dreams?

Sadness dreams are common. Among other things sadness dreams are very emotional, about love, sorrowful, containing lots of thinking of thoughts, great dreams, and full of hate. Do you think this is true for your dream of sadness? How might your dream of sadness 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 sadness 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 sadness in dreams. See how you feel about sadness now, in your waking life.

Examples of dreams of sadness

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 sadness 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 sadness dreams. Read at your own risk.

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