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

The circular bar chart above shows how shadows in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that shadow is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that shadow is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, shadow dreams have more sleep paralysis than 98.2% of dream symbols, more fear than 97.3% of dream symbols, and more nightmares than 96.7% of dream symbols. On the other hand, shadow dreams have less human-made places than 82.1% of dream symbols, less peers than 81.6% of dream symbols, and less schools than 80.0% of dream symbols. Notably, shadow dreams might be nightmares! Though even if these dreams are nightmares, it doesn't necessarily mean that they are bad dreams or that shadows is a bad thing to dream about. It just means that dreams of shadows are more likely to be nightmares than dreams of other things. Additionally, dreams of shadows 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 shadows are lucid dreams. But dreams of shadows are more related to lucid dreams than 90% of all other dream symbols. So, the next time you dream of shadows, see if you can be aware that you are dreaming! Furthermore, dreams of shadows are auditory! They focus on sounds and hearing. Dreaming is primarily a visual medium. We see in our dreams, but hearing is less dominant. It is interesting to explore why shadows in dreams could be related to hearing. Finally, dreams of shadows have more words related to vision than 90% of all other dream symbols. In other words, shadow dreams involve sight and seeing objects. This is interesting because dreaming is primarily a visual experience. 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 shadows is different than dreams of shadows in general.