Background

What are swimming dreams about?

To swim is to move while being immersed in a liquid. 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 swimming dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how swimming in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that swimming is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that swimming is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, swimming dreams have more animals than 88.4% of dream symbols, more recurring dreams than 81.9% of dream symbols, and more fun than 81.6% of dream symbols. On the other hand, swimming dreams have less health events than 90.4% of dream symbols, less home than 89.7% of dream symbols, and less confusion than 83.9% of dream symbols. 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 swimming is different than dreams of swimming in general.

2.3%

of dreams have swimming

How common are swimming dreams?

2.3% of dreams have the swimming symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 45 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is relatively common.

Identification

How are swimming dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like swim. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols verbs and movement.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of swimming?

Swimming dreams are notable because they have substantially more Princess Leia, emaciation, lifeguards, pools, sharks, whales, elements of water, water, dolphins, mermaids, eels than 95% of other dream symbols.

Least related

What symbols least related to dreams of swimming?

Swimming dreams are notable because they have substantially less abscesses, healing dreams, Hermione Granger, homicides, Iraq, Joe Biden, Kenya, Kuwait, ladybugs, Lebanon, Legolas than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into swimming dreams

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

Who is in dreams of swimming?

Who is in dreams of swimming?

Swimming dreams are more related to animals than dreams in general. They are less related to unnamed people, less related to fantastic beings, and less related to strangers.

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What are the emotions in dreams of swimming?

What are the emotions in dreams of swimming?

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

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Where do dreams of swimming take place?

Where do dreams of swimming take place?

Swimming dreams 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-made places.

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What happens in dreams of swimming?

What happens in dreams of swimming?

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

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

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

Dreams of swimming are more related to recurring dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to nightmares, less related to sleep paralysis, and less related to bad dreams.

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How do dreams of swimming related the senses?

How do dreams of swimming related the senses?

Swimming dreams are less related to hearing, less related to smelling, and less related to taste.

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How can you make sense of swimming in dreams?

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

Examples of dreams of swimming

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 swimming 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 swimming dreams. Read at your own risk.

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