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What are spying dreams about?

This symbol is identified by words like spy and snoop.

Spying in dreams is a very uncommon dream symbol, occuring in about 0.3% of dreams. That's about 1 out of every 300 dreams.

What are the major highlights of spying dreams?

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

Spying dreams are friendly

Dreams of spying have greater increase of friendly interactions within the dream than most other dream symbols. While not all dreams of spying will be friendly and they can also contain aggressive interactions, dreams of spying are more likely to have friendly interactions than most other dream symbols. Other symbols that are like this include teleporting and vanishing, phones, walls, kayaks, arriving, helping, surprise, capturing, gold, and running.

Dreams of spying are aggressive

Spying dreams have more aggressive interactions than a lot of other dream symbols. This doesn't mean that all spying have aggressive interactions or only aggressive interactions. It simply means that having spying in a dream increases the probability this dream contains aggression. Other symbols that are like this include The Holocaust, testicles, bullets, butlers, skeletons, emotions, heroes, abandonment, alleys, and Bangladesh.

What symbols less present in dreams of spying?

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

Explore different elements related to dreams of spying

Who is in spying dreams?

Overall, dreams with spying are aren't really related to characters in dreams. Specifically, dreams of spying are more related to insects, more related to different roles, and more related to distant people than dreams in general. They are less related to family.

Animals

the same as usual

Insects

more than usual

Different roles

more than usual

Fantastic beings

the same as usual

Distant people

more than usual

Close people

more than usual

Family

less than usual

Romantic partners

the same as usual
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What are the emotions in spying dreams?

Overall, dreams with spying are less related to emotions in dreams. Specifically, dreams of spying are more related to sadness, more related to confusion, and more related to hatred than dreams in general. They are less related to fear, less related to pain, and less related to fun.

Happiness

the same as usual

Sadness

more than usual

Grief and sorrow

the same as usual

Embarrassment

the same as usual

Confusion

more than usual

Fear

less than usual

Pain

less than usual

Hatred

more than usual

Fun

less than usual

Love

the same as usual
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Who is in spying dreams?

Overall, dreams with spying are aren't really related to places in dreams. Specifically, dreams of spying are more related to home and more related to work than dreams in general. They are less related to magical places.

Home

more than usual

Work

more than usual

Human places

the same as usual

Transportation

the same as usual

Natural places

the same as usual

Magical places

less than usual
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What happens in spying dreams?

Overall, dreams with spying are less related to events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of spying are more related to aggressive interactions, more related to friendly interactions, and more related to sex than dreams in general.

Aggressive interactions

more than usual

Friendly interactions

more than usual

Sex

more than usual

Disasters

more than usual
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How do spying in dreams related to other dream phenomenon?

Overall, dreams with spying are less related to dream events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of spying are more related to recurring dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to nightmares, less related to recurring nightmares, and less related to sleep paralysis.

Lucid dreams

the same as usual

Nightmares

less than usual

Recurring dreams

more than usual

Recurring nightmares

less than usual

Sleep paralysis

less than usual

Sleeping

the same as usual

Waking life

less than usual
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How do spying in dreams related the senses?

Overall, dreams with spying are less related to senses in dreams. Specifically, dreams of spying are less related to smelling, less related to vision, and less related to touch.

Hearing

the same as usual

Smelling

less than usual

Taste

the same as usual

Vision

less than usual

Touch

less than usual
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How can you make sense of spying in dreams?

Spying dreams are very uncommon. Among other things spying dreams are normally interconnect, friendly, and aggressive.

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

What are possible meanings for dreams of spying?

A spy can characterize a situation where you feel spied on or lack privacy, or it can represent the use of underhanded or furtive means.

For example, a man dreams that he sees a drone flying right outside his windows with the camera on it pointed at him. He goes outside and sees a work crew doing a geographical survey. He then lectures one of the workers about spying on him. The dream sums up a situation where social workers were called to check on the welfare of a family member in his home. It feels like an intrusion, like he’s being spied on in his home.

A spy can symbolize secrets—keeping them, or finding them out.

See also: Computers, Detectives, Locks, Phones, Safety

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 spying

Read some real dream reports of spying 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.

Please can someone Interperate this dream?

I had a dream I was spying on someone..and then walked into an open house..like the door was wide open.. and i was watching through windows trying not to be caught..until I moved up a step up in the floor and a floor board creaked..and then a little girl shows up.. asking who I am.. and I say I'm just leaving..and I start panicking and I start to leave but I cant find my wallet... I look and it's on this 2 or 3 seater couch.. and then I rush and leave hoping she doesnt tell on me while she asks me questions like a curious toddler and isnt scared of me.. I go home.. but I'm in my childhood home..and I'm about to talk to roommates..and there is the little girl already talking to them.. but she asks me more questions.. like my middle name and where I was born... and then i woke up..

I had a dream I was spying on someone..and then walked into an open house..like the door was wide open.. and i was watching through windows trying not to be...

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Something for Freudians

I have a dream to share, I have my own interpretation, but since I can't really detach from my own persona my interpretation is going to be limited and that is when you come into play :) I am also going to add some basic context to the events.

All the places and people in this dream are real. I am in a cellar with my mother where we *question* my female friend. She acts like a dog in subtle ways - the way she looks at us and the way she sits on the floor (like our dog does). My mother claims that my friend is a chinese spy (The friend is in reality from Western Asia, meanwhile my family is from Europe) and wants her to confess it, but the friend denies it. I am defying my mom and trying to protect my friend. Eventually my mother or both of us (I am not 100% sure if it's just her) start to strangle her and scratch on her neck. But she keeps denying it. My mother then finds a teabag at her and tears it, spilling all the grains of tea until she finds one bigger grain which she believes is a *bug.* My friend then tries to bite me, but I flinch back so she doesn't bite my nose off. (This is also a thing my dog does).

I am very interested in your opinions and thoughts on this dream. Also feel free to ask about anything :) Also if so, judge my subconscious gently <3

I have a dream to share, I have my own interpretation, but since I can't really detach from my own persona my interpretation is going to be limited and that is...

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I had the most beautiful yet terrible dream last night

So, i know this girl, i like her very much, she's very cute and nice. Too bad shes far away. Last night i was dreaming about me and her were having fun and having a great moment, it was so awesome i woke up in the morning and i was like "shit, it was a dream" remember when snoop dogg rage quit on a game? That was my reaction. I was about to cry and shit. It was so real, and i woke up and be lonely again

So, i know this girl, i like her very much, she's very cute and nice. Too bad shes far away. Last night i was dreaming about me and her were having fun and...

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i had a dream that my dog (who i love dearly) was a MAC-9 submachine gun and i was doing detective work with her

i’ve been missing my dog a lot since i moved out, and i think of her frequently. anyways, i just had a dream that she was a MAC-9 submachine gun, like a dog but with a handle, trigger, clip, stock, barrel, i mean she was a gun, it’s super hard to explain but imagine a dog gun and you might get close. i was using her to do detective work, and was snooping around and getting in gunfights with perps but my gun was a doggy MAC-9. what could this even mean? i even remember petting and feeding the dog gun, and being happy to be around my canine queen.

i even nuzzled her and got licked in the face, just like how i have a million times in the past, but she was a compact machine gun and i was a old-school detective wearing a wide brimmed hat and a trenchcoat. what? just, what

i’ve been missing my dog a lot since i moved out, and i think of her frequently. anyways, i just had a dream that she was a MAC-9 submachine gun, like a dog but...

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Had a dream I met Snoop Dogg and we were at a party.

I vaguely remember but he was pretty cool and chill guy that didn't say much. He was wearing a cool outfit and his sunglasses. I remember Snoop was giving me advice cuz for some reason I got into a fight with my mom.

I think in this dream I had moved out from my mom's house and she was upset. I also remember traveling or something that mom wasn't happy about.

But Snoop was saying something about how I'm "more well traveled" than my mom. Idk what he was trying to say about that. Like idk if he meant to say I'm more knowledgeable than her or like I'm more willing to leave the nest despite what she says? I'm 27F btw so I'm trying to move out.

I just remember being supportive and him just fist bumping me saying to text him if I ever needed anything.

I vaguely remember but he was pretty cool and chill guy that didn't say much. He was wearing a cool outfit and his sunglasses. I remember Snoop was giving me...

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