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What are swimming dreams about?

To swim is to move while being immersed in a liquid. This symbol is identified by words like swim.

Swimming in dreams is a relatively common dream symbol, occuring in about 2.2% of dreams. That's about 1 out of every 45 dreams.

What are the major highlights of swimming dreams?

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

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

Explore different elements related to dreams of swimming

Who is in swimming dreams?

Overall, dreams with swimming are aren't really related to characters in dreams. Specifically, dreams of swimming are more related to animals than dreams in general. They are less related to different roles, less related to fantastic beings, and less related to distant people.

Animals

more than usual

Insects

the same as usual

Different roles

less than usual

Fantastic beings

less than usual

Distant people

less than usual

Close people

the same as usual

Family

less than usual

Romantic partners

less than usual
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What are the emotions in swimming dreams?

Overall, dreams with swimming are less related to emotions in dreams. Specifically, dreams of swimming are less related to happiness, less related to sadness, and less related to grief and sorrow.

Happiness

less than usual

Sadness

less than usual

Grief and sorrow

less than usual

Embarrassment

the same as usual

Confusion

less than usual

Fear

the same as usual

Pain

less than usual

Hatred

the same as usual

Fun

the same as usual

Love

the same as usual
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Who is in swimming dreams?

Overall, dreams with swimming are more related to places in dreams. Specifically, dreams of swimming are more related to natural places than dreams in general. They are less related to home, less related to work, and less related to human places.

Home

less than usual

Work

less than usual

Human places

less than usual

Transportation

the same as usual

Natural places

more than usual

Magical places

less than usual
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What happens in swimming dreams?

Overall, dreams with swimming are less related to events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of swimming are less related to aggressive interactions, less related to friendly interactions, and less related to sex.

Aggressive interactions

less than usual

Friendly interactions

less than usual

Sex

less than usual

Disasters

the same as usual
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How do swimming in dreams related to other dream phenomenon?

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

Lucid dreams

less than usual

Nightmares

less than usual

Recurring dreams

more than usual

Recurring nightmares

the same as usual

Sleep paralysis

less than usual

Sleeping

much less than usual

Waking life

the same as usual
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How do swimming in dreams related the senses?

Overall, dreams with swimming are less related to senses in dreams. Specifically, dreams of swimming are more related to touch than dreams in general. They are less related to hearing and less related to vision.

Hearing

less than usual

Smelling

the same as usual

Taste

the same as usual

Vision

less than usual

Touch

more than usual
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How can you make sense of swimming in dreams?

Swimming dreams are relatively common. Among other things swimming dreams are normally interconnect.

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

Examples of dreams of swimming

Read some real dream reports of swimming 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.

I dreamt about fucking the devil

I was swimming against this rivers strong current. It felt like the river was a person. Suddenly it stilled, like it was thinking of a better way to “get” me. It started dragging me down like an anchor. The river was murky but there was this red glow at the bottom. I finally landed on my knees and the red glow turned out to be this guy painted red laying on his back with huge horns growing from his forehead (twas the detail lady’s and gents). And this bitch had the audacity to like Jedi-force my body into fucking him until I slowly melted away.

I was swimming against this rivers strong current. It felt like the river was a person. Suddenly it stilled, like it was thinking of a better way to “get” me....

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Can anyone help me understand this dream?

In my dream I was scuba diving in a cove. My husband was the only other person in the water, the rest of the "team" was still getting ready. Off in the distance I saw a narwhal swimming straight up almost breaking the surface. I watched it come around toward us and swimming along some gravel to scratch it's belly. It let me touch it swimmingswim next to itswimmingswimming offswimming it swam off I looked below us and the blackness I thought was just deeper waters, was actually stingrays and a few shark and I woke up before anything else happened. I've never been scuba diving, I'm not realswimming of swimming in general. What does any of this mean? I'm so intrigued because I've never had a dream like this! 🖤

In my dream I was scuba diving in a cove. My husband was the only other person in the water, the rest of the "team" was still getting ready. Off in the distance...

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(25f) Dreamed I was swimming in a huge pile of pillows

Like… literally a massive pile, like maybe 4 feet covering the entire floor (if it makes a difference, they were couch pillows). and a bunch of people I knew from middle school were there just kinda chillin and doing the same. What could this mean? I’m just surprised I had such a wholesome dream

Like… literally a massive pile, like maybe 4 feet covering the entire floor (if it makes a difference, they were couch pillows). and a bunch of people I knew...

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Dream of Water Moccasin

I had a dream where I was swimming in a murky river/lake. I’m not sure why I was in there but I was swimming to the shore to get out. It felt like I wasn’t supposed to be swimming there. Behind me, I noticed a green snake swimming toward me. I thought he was going to lunge at me, so I grab him by the head/neck and he opened his mouth real wide like he was trying to bite me. I held him for a second, realized he was unable to bite me how I was holding him, and than I threw him and tried to get to the shore. He came back and swimming after me and I was getting stuck trying to get out of the shallow muddy water before the shore. I was scared the snake was going to bite me and I felt sincere panic. But dream me was able to get on the shore without being bitten. Any thoughts? I appreciate anyone who reads this

I had a dream where I was swimming in a murky river/lake. I’m not sure why I was in there but I was swimming to the shore to get out. It felt like I wasn’t...

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I met a girl who I’m pretty sure shapeshifted

I was in a school hallway when I saw a girl who kept staring at me lasering me with her eyes, so I approached her. She was Asian with short curly hair and we started a conversation while I walked her to class. We must’ve been close because I had my arm around her and she smiled the entire time. When we got to her class, i realized it was a swimming class. I looked around away from her for minute to observe, all was normal. Then I looked back at her saying bye as I walked away and behold she was black with dreads. I woke up like wtf lol

I’m accepting any and all opinions this was a weird dream for sure

I was in a school hallway when I saw a girl who kept staring at me lasering me with her eyes, so I approached her. She was Asian with short curly hair and we...

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