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

The circular bar chart above shows how suffering in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that suffering is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that suffering is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, suffering dreams have more nightmares than 98.4% of dream symbols, more pain than 98.4% of dream symbols, and more bad dreams than 96.5% of dream symbols. On the other hand, suffering dreams have less weird dreams than 87.2% of dream symbols, less transportation than 77.5% of dream symbols, and less human-made places than 71.9% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of suffering tend to contain much more emotion than other dreams. Additionally, suffering dreams might be nightmares! Though even if these dreams are nightmares, it doesn't necessarily mean that they are bad dreams or that suffering is a bad thing to dream about. It just means that dreams of suffering are more likely to be nightmares than dreams of other things. Also, dreams of suffering are aggressive! Suffering dreams have more aggressive interactions than 80% of all of the other dream symbols. Aggressive interactions involve attacks, arguments, yelling, pushing, killing, and so on. These dreams can be scary, stressful, or confusing. But, as with all dreams, it is best to explore what is there. Why was there aggression? Was it really aggression? Furthermore, dreams of suffering are full of grief and sorrow. Of course not every suffering 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. Finally, suffering dreams are about death. Better stated, suffering dreams contain more death and dying than 90% of all other dream symbols. Dreams help us process our emotions, understand our fears, and grieve. Death in a dream is not necessarily a bad thing. Dreaming of death can help us overcome fears or say good bye to loved ones. But, then again, dreams of death might simple just be dreams. 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 suffering is different than dreams of suffering in general.