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

The circular bar chart above shows how sleeping in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that sleeping is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that sleeping is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, sleeping dreams have more sleep paralysis than 99.8% of dream symbols, more lucid dreams than 97.9% of dream symbols, and more nightmares than 97.6% of dream symbols. On the other hand, sleeping dreams have less human-made places than 94.8% of dream symbols, less unnamed people than 91.3% of dream symbols, and less transportation than 90.4% of dream symbols. Notably, sleeping dreams might be nightmares! Though even if these dreams are nightmares, it doesn't necessarily mean that they are bad dreams or that sleeping is a bad thing to dream about. It just means that dreams of sleeping are more likely to be nightmares than dreams of other things. Furthermore, dreams of sleeping 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 sleeping are lucid dreams. But dreams of sleeping are more related to lucid dreams than 90% of all other dream symbols. So, the next time you dream of sleeping, see if you can be aware that you are dreaming! Also, dreams of sleeping lack characters. Sleeping dreams contain less characters than 90% of all other dream symbols. This is notable because dreams help us make sense of our social relationships. Dreams almost always contain characters. The lack of characters in sleeping might mean something. Finally, dreams of sleeping are usually described as bad dreams. This does not necessarily mean that all sleeping dreams are bad. It is just that dreaming of sleeping might increase the chance that it is a bad dream. 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 sleeping is different than dreams of sleeping in general.