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What are suicid dreams about?

The DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon insights from 1,200 dream symbols in over 200,000 dreams. Let’s see what the data has to say about suicid dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how suicide in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that suicid is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that suicid is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, suicid dreams have more sadness than 98.3% of dream symbols, more death than 97.7% of dream symbols, and more aggressive acts than 97.6% of dream symbols. On the other hand, suicid dreams have less animals than 93.8% of dream symbols, less natural places than 91.6% of dream symbols, and less touch than 91.0% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of suicide are aggressive! Suicid 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? Also, dreams of suicide are full of grief and sorrow. Of course not every suicid 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, suicid dreams are about death. Better stated, suicid 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 suicide is different than dreams of suicide in general.

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of dreams have suicide

How common are suicid dreams?

1.1% of dreams have the suicide symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 95 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is relatively uncommon.

Identification

How are suicid dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like suicide. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols verbs and aggressive acts.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of suicide?

Suicide dreams are notable because they have substantially more calluses, overdoses, seeing a dead friend, healing dreams, homicides, Ecuador, depression, Hannibal Lecter, Han Solo, death, luminous bodies than 95% of other dream symbols.

Least related

What symbols least related to dreams of suicide?

Suicide do not especially suppress any other dream symbols.

Deep dive into suicid dreams

Get an overview of characters, emotions, places, events, dream events, and senses in suicid dreams.

Who is in dreams of suicide?

Who is in dreams of suicide?

Dreams of suicide are more related to peers and more related to family than dreams in general. They are much less related to animals, much less related to insects, and less related to unnamed people.

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What are the emotions in dreams of suicide?

What are the emotions in dreams of suicide?

Dreams of suicide are more related to happiness, much more related to sadness, and much more related to grief and sorrow than dreams in general. They are less related to embarrassment, less related to confusion, and less related to fun.

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Where do dreams of suicide take place?

Where do dreams of suicide take place?

Dreams of suicide are less related to home, less related to human-made places, and less related to transportation.

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What happens in dreams of suicide?

What happens in dreams of suicide?

Suicid dreams are much more related to aggressive acts, much more related to death, and more related to health events than dreams in general. They are less related to friendly acts, less related to sex, and less related to disasters.

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How do dreams of suicide related to the type of dream it is?

How do dreams of suicide related to the type of dream it is?

Dreams of suicide are more related to nightmares, more related to bad dreams, and much more related to sad dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams, less related to sleep paralysis, and less related to weird dreams.

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How do dreams of suicide related the senses?

How do dreams of suicide related the senses?

Dreams of suicide are less related to hearing, less related to smelling, and less related to taste.

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How can you make sense of suicide in dreams?

Suicid dreams are relatively uncommon. Among other things suicid dreams are aggressive, sorrowful, and about death. Do you think this is true for your dream of suicide? How might your dream of suicide be different?

All dreams have meaning

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

Look for the differences

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience suicide in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

Return to the feelings

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 suicide in dreams. See how you feel about suicide now, in your waking life.

An interpretation of suicid dreams

An interpretation of suicid dreams

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. While suicide is usually symbolism, it can reflect actual thoughts of suicide and be a warning, either for yourself or someone you know. In rare cases, people dream about loved ones committing suicide just before it really happens, or just in time to prevent it. However, dreams usually mean suicide in a figurative or symbolic sense. For example, see: Hang, Mother. In one sense, suicide means to give up. That association can be used to create symbolism related to giving up—an idea, relationship, endeavor, hope, desire, dream. Think broadly about what you can give up. For example, you can give up trying to be nice, or give up a bad habit (or good habit!). See: Abortions Suicide is “the end,” and in dream-speak “the end” can mean the end of something important in your life. It’s probably something about which you feel strongly. People who commit suicide are perceived to be deeply unhappy, so suicide can reference being unhappy. It doesn’t mean you’re suicidal, but in an exaggerated way it might describe your feelings. Suicide can mean the death of something about yourself. Something’s got to change. See: Death Sometimes suicide is not intentional, it’s the result of carelessness or recklessness. When someone gets blasted drunk or high and barrels down the highway at 120 mph, he or she is asking to die. When a diabetic guzzles soda, it’s virtual suicide. Suicide can be a way of saying that a person messed up badly. For example, flunking out of school can kill your future. “Career suicide” is something that discredits you or hinders your chances for advancement, or spells the end of your career. Be careful of confusing suicide in a dream with the method of doing it. The method is often where the symbolism and meaning are found. See also: Abortions, Death, Drowning, Guns, Hanging, Knives, Killing, Mothers, Strangling, Terrorists

Examples of dreams of suicide

Reading dreams is one of the best ways to understand dream symbols. Even though the DreamWell Dream Dictionary is based upon data, it is grounded in the experience of reading thousands upon thousands of dreams. We invite you to read examples of suicid dreams for yourself. These dreams are actual dreams people have had. As result, they may contain racist, sexist, violent, or otherwise offense language and imagery. This can be true even for suicid dreams. Read at your own risk.

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