Background

What are surprise dreams about?

Surprise is a reaction to things that are unexpected. There can be good surprises and bad surprises. The common pattern is that the event or happening was unexpected. 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 surprise dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how surprise in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that surprise is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that surprise is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, surprise dreams have more confusion than 94.4% of dream symbols, more happiness than 86.8% of dream symbols, and more taste than 84.4% of dream symbols. On the other hand, surprise dreams have less recurring dreams than 72.3% of dream symbols, less aggressive acts than 67.8% of dream symbols, and less death than 65.8% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of surprise tend to contain much more emotion than other 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 surprise is different than dreams of surprise in general.

3.3%

of dreams have surprise

How common are surprise dreams?

3.3% of dreams have the surprise symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 30 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is relatively common.

Identification

How are surprise dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like surprise and startle. This symbol is part of the summary dream symbols of emotions.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of surprise?

Surprise dreams are notable because they have substantially more verbs, Dobby, Bolivia, pinecones, Bangladesh, Laos, Morocco, harpoons, bankers, Hannibal Lecter, Sauron than 95% of other dream symbols.

Least related

What symbols least related to dreams of surprise?

Surprise dreams are notable because they have substantially less Somalia, Kuwait, Lebanon, dismissals, emaciation, Hermione Granger, Bilbo Baggins, Frodo, Gimli, C-3PO, Han Solo than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into surprise dreams

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

Who is in dreams of surprise?

Who is in dreams of surprise?

Surprise dreams are more related to peers, more related to family, and more related to romantic partners than dreams in general.

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What are the emotions in dreams of surprise?

What are the emotions in dreams of surprise?

Dreams of surprise are more related to happiness, more related to sadness, and more related to grief and sorrow than dreams in general.

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Where do dreams of surprise take place?

Where do dreams of surprise take place?

Surprise dreams are more related to home and more related to work than dreams in general.

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What happens in dreams of surprise?

What happens in dreams of surprise?

Dreams of surprise are more related to sex than dreams in general. They are less related to aggressive acts, less related to disasters, and less related to death.

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

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

Surprise dreams are more related to lucid dreams and more related to good dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to recurring dreams and less related to weird dreams.

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How do dreams of surprise related the senses?

How do dreams of surprise related the senses?

Dreams of surprise are more related to hearing, more related to smelling, and more related to taste than dreams in general.

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How can you make sense of surprise in dreams?

Surprise dreams are relatively common. Among other things surprise dreams are very emotional. Do you think this is true for your dream of surprise? How might your dream of surprise 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 surprise 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 surprise in dreams. See how you feel about surprise now, in your waking life.

Examples of dreams of surprise

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 surprise 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 surprise dreams. Read at your own risk.

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