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What are shoulder dreams about?

This symbol is identified by words like shoulder.

Shoulder in dreams is a relatively common dream symbol, occuring in about 2.2% of dreams. That's about 1 out of every 45 dreams.

What are the major highlights of shoulder dreams?

Shoulder is a normal dream symbol. Having shoulder in a dream changes the dream in the same way as most other dream symbols.

Shoulder dreams are friendly

Dreams of shoulder have greater increase of friendly interactions within the dream than most other dream symbols. While not all dreams of shoulder will be friendly and they can also contain aggressive interactions, dreams of shoulder are more likely to have friendly interactions than most other dream symbols. Other symbols that are like this include tools, embracing, bartenders, coaches, reading, body parts, shoulder, mansions, youth, and lobbies.

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

Explore different elements related to dreams of shoulder

Who is in shoulder dreams?

Overall, dreams with shoulder are aren't really related to characters in dreams. Specifically, dreams of shoulder are more related to distant people, more related to close people, and more related to romantic partners than dreams in general.

Animals

the same as usual

Insects

the same as usual

Different roles

the same as usual

Fantastic beings

the same as usual

Distant people

more than usual

Close people

more than usual

Family

the same as usual

Romantic partners

more than usual
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What are the emotions in shoulder dreams?

Overall, dreams with shoulder are more related to emotions in dreams. Specifically, dreams of shoulder are more related to happiness, more related to sadness, and more related to embarrassment than dreams in general.

Happiness

more than usual

Sadness

more than usual

Grief and sorrow

the same as usual

Embarrassment

more than usual

Confusion

more than usual

Fear

more than usual

Pain

much more than usual

Hatred

more than usual

Fun

more than usual

Love

more than usual
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Who is in shoulder dreams?

Overall, dreams with shoulder are aren't really related to places in dreams. Specifically, dreams of shoulder are more related to magical places than dreams in general.

Home

the same as usual

Work

the same as usual

Human places

the same as usual

Transportation

the same as usual

Natural places

the same as usual

Magical places

more than usual
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What happens in shoulder dreams?

Overall, dreams with shoulder are aren't really related to events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of shoulder are more related to friendly interactions and more related to sex than dreams in general.

Aggressive interactions

the same as usual

Friendly interactions

more than usual

Sex

more than usual

Disasters

the same as usual
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How do shoulder in dreams related to other dream phenomenon?

Overall, dreams with shoulder are more related to dream events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of shoulder are more related to sleep paralysis, more related to sleeping, and more related to waking life than dreams in general.

Lucid dreams

the same as usual

Nightmares

the same as 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 shoulder in dreams related the senses?

Overall, dreams with shoulder are more related to senses in dreams. Specifically, dreams of shoulder are more related to hearing, more related to smelling, and more related to taste than dreams in general.

Hearing

more than usual

Smelling

more than usual

Taste

more than usual

Vision

more than usual

Touch

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

Shoulder dreams are relatively common. Among other things shoulder dreams are normally interconnect and friendly.

Do you think this is true for your dream of shoulder? How might your dream of shoulder 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 shoulder 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 shoulder in dreams. See how you feel about shoulder now, in your waking life.

What are possible meanings for dreams of shoulder?

Shoulders are associated with the idea behind the phrase “shoulder the load.” The symbolism connects with taking on the majority of work or carrying a heavy load of responsibilities.

The shoulder is a multidirectional joint and that association can be used to symbolize multiple approaches to the same situation, or personal flexibility.

See: Body parts, Elbows, Jobs, Knees

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.

Examples of dreams of shoulder

Read some real dream reports of shoulder 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.

Prada, Perfume, Flirting, Beatnik, Rapey deja vu and Car won't start

I had this dream a while back, I still think of it, so I was wondering if anyone would care to offer an interpretation?

It's a bit long, so if you need tldr...
- too large for gorgeous dresses
- perfume that transforms my shoulders and arms to paper scales
- flirt with British beatnik in an alley who turns me down cold
- get deja vu of being raped
- car won't start, see bad man behind me.

Still interested? Details below. :-)

I'm in a clothing store browsing for clothes with my friends. There is a new Prada dress that has been released and a steady stream of thin gorgeous girls are literally grabbing the dresses off the rack. I have spiteful fun telling a girl she is a size 10 and watching her get upset she's not a size 8. The dress only comes in a size 8, so I am obviously too large for it. This continues for a while.

There is a glorious shining perfume wall with many beautiful perfumes and I delight in trying them. Then the store is closing and the lights dim. But there's time for just one last perfume.

I quickly find one with little bits of glitter in the bottle, and swiftly sprinkle it over my shoulders and arms. It doesn't really smell much; it's a bit disappointing.

As I exit the shop, I notice that my arms and shoulders are completely covered with a scale-like covering of little squares of silver paper. I laugh to myself.

I see a somewhat scruffy beatnik looking man smoking a cigarette watching me. I grin and ask him, 'Do YOU fancy being covered in glitter?'
He replies with a British accent, 'No... Why would I want that?'
'Oh, you never know,' I reply, flirting.

I walk around a secluded corner, casually picking and rolling off bits of glitter and pieces flutter to the ground.

I'm suddenly on high alert and aware I am dreaming. I remember that in a previous dream, I was viciously raped here. I have forgotten the dream but know it in my body. I don't remember by whom or exactly where, it is a bit like de ja vu- this has all happened before.

I think if I can get to my car, I can drive away fast. There doesn't seem to be anyone close by, so I hop into the car and press the central locking button. But as I look in the rearview mirror, I see that a different man had already hopped into the backseat. The car won't start. I am filled with dread. I try to get out of the car and wake up.

I had this dream a while back, I still think of it, so I was wondering if anyone would care to offer an interpretation?

It's a bit long, so if you need...

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Dream about a Black Scorpion biting me in the spine while I slept.

I was in bed in my dream trying to sleep, when a black scorpion was crawling on my back. I was too afraid to move, fearing it would sting me, and as I had that thought in my dream, it stung me on the back of my neck. Then the dream repeated, only it stung me in the spine between my shoulder blades. Then I woke up.

I was in bed in my dream trying to sleep, when a black scorpion was crawling on my back. I was too afraid to move, fearing it would sting me, and as I had that...

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Have any of you fallen in love in a dream?

I just had my second experience of this last night, although I don't think it was as powerful as the first. I wrote this down as soon as I got the chance in the morning to 'record' it:

I had a really nice dream today. I dreamt I was at university, in love with a girl. She was Asian (from which country I couldn't tell) and we lived together. She had silky, shoulder length hair, like onyx, and kept two frogs as pets in our room. I can't recall their names, but I do remember being comfortable with them. We were returning from some kind of group trip on a coach when, upon our arrival, it began to rain. If I were being hyperbolic, I might have even called it torrential. We ran from the bus doors to our room, hand in tightly clasped hand, under the pregnable veil of our umbrellas, and I remember how the beads of rainwater dripped down her hair like morning dew. How, if I was searching for the pinnacle of beauty, that I had found it in her picture-frame smile; the kind that reaches up to the eyes, with hands starving for high-sat fruit on some exotic tree whose name you can't pronounce. The otherworldly kind, that you might search centuries for to no avail, and rest knowing it was a life well spent.

This one felt more like I'd already been in love with her for a long time, but the first one was the act of meeting her, 'her' being a different girl entirely, and it was significantly more intense. I woke up almost crying because I wanted to go back. She had curly Auburn hair reaching her shoulder, with bangs covering her forehead and black glasses. I get the feeling her name had a K and a Y in there, but I can't remember. There was some kind of a theme park or fair, as well as some background characters who were meant to be friends both she and I had just met, but we always wound up alone with each other. I remember feeling alone with her, even in massive crowds, and that we opened up to each other ridiculously easily, just because it felt right, and that when I'd woken up I thought to myself: 'I never need to ask myself what love feels like. It's that.'

Anyone else been through something like this?

(First post here btw, sorry if this isn't the right place or flair)

I just had my second experience of this last night, although I don't think it was as powerful as the first. I wrote this down as soon as I got the chance in the...

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Vivid dream about my boyfriend

I had a really vivid dream a couple months ago.

It started with me just standing outside an old rundown gas stations. It looked like no one had been there in years, and no one else was around. I walked inside and I saw three figures sitting at a table on the right, but I didn't pay much attention to them. The only thing not covered in dust and rust was a shiny new vending machine to the left. There was no employees behind the counter, in fact, the counter was completely torn apart.

I walked to the vending machine to get a snack. As im looking I feel a tap on my shoulder. I turn around and my boyfriend is standing there. But hes standing weird, he seemed more confident then usual. I now see the other two people at the table. They're both also my boyfriend, but they were different. One looked meaner and was wearing a baggy tshirt. The other was sitting with their legs crossed, smiling at me kindly, and he was wearing my clothes. It was kinda like his feminine and masculine sides, and the one that tapped me on the shoulder was more like normal him, he was the "leader". It wasn't too weird cause sometimes he is more masculine, talking about football (soccer) and play fighting with me. Other times hes more feminine, he'll wear my clothes and makeup and watch rupaul's drag with me. So I think my brain just split him into 3 different people. (Imma just call them main boyfriend, feminine boyfriend, and masculine boyfriend to tell them apart)

The main guy asked me how im doing. I just said im good. He introduced me to the other two, and they both said hi. I started to get really nervous, and I didn't know why. I started having a panic attack, and main boyfriend reached out to comfort me, which freaked me out even more. I screamed for them not to touch me, I didn't want anyone near me. I ran to the corner and curled up into a ball. I was breathing heavily and crying and I didn't know what was going on. My boyfriend's circled around me, but gave me some space. They kept asking me what was wrong, but I didnt know. I just kept screaming and telling them to not get near me. My main boyfriend just stood up, walked over, and sat down on the ground next to me. He just "well, now im next to you" and a wave of calm rushed over me. I immediately stopped screaming and crying. I just looked over at him, and he was smiling at me.

Then I woke up, that was the end of the dream. Does anyone have any ideas on what this might mean?

I had a really vivid dream a couple months ago.

It started with me just standing outside an old rundown gas stations. It looked like no one had been there in...

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Dreamt of a Native American Shaman with a painted blue face.

I had an interesting dream about a Native American Shaman with a Blue painted face staring at me in the desert. We were both alone and he had navy blue paint covering his entire face down to his shoulders. His hair was black and his head garment was all black as well. He was sitting on a red rock and we were in an empty desert mid-day. I don't know why I dreamt this but I'm curious to read any interpretations. I looked on line but found nothing specifically related to this dream. Also I haven't seen any native American related media so this wasn't just waiting to be dreamt about because I seen it or something.

I had an interesting dream about a Native American Shaman with a Blue painted face staring at me in the desert. We were both alone and he had navy blue paint...

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