Background

What are taking life dreams about?

Killing and murder are events that happen more frequently in dreams than in waking life. Regardless, killing and murder are difficult and traumatic things to have happen. 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 taking life dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how taking lives in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that taking life is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that taking life is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, taking life dreams have more death than 99.8% of dream symbols, more aggressive acts than 99.6% of dream symbols, and more nightmares than 89.8% of dream symbols. On the other hand, taking life dreams have less taste than 79.3% of dream symbols, less vision than 78.0% of dream symbols, and less confusion than 75.7% of dream symbols. Notably, taking life dreams might be nightmares! Though even if these dreams are nightmares, it doesn't necessarily mean that they are bad dreams or that taking lives is a bad thing to dream about. It just means that dreams of taking lives are more likely to be nightmares than dreams of other things. Also, dreams of taking lives are aggressive! Taking life 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? Finally, taking life dreams are about death. Better stated, taking life 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 taking lives is different than dreams of taking lives in general.

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of dreams have taking lives

How common are taking life dreams?

12% of dreams have the taking lives symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 9 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is very common.

Identification

How are taking life dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by the presence of other dream symbols such as attempted murder, homicides, killing, and murders.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of taking lives?

Taking lives dreams are notable because they have substantially more serial killers, characters, knives, accomplices, stabbing, fingerprints, Laos, Kuwait, Princess Leia, revenge, flamethrowers than 95% of other dream symbols.

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What symbols least related to dreams of taking lives?

Taking lives dreams are notable because they have substantially less Algeria, Haiti, Cyprus, mudslides, couldn't open eyes, Gimli, ovations, emaciation, Cameroon, calluses, C-3PO than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into taking life dreams

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

Who is in dreams of taking lives?

Who is in dreams of taking lives?

Taking life dreams are more related to unnamed people, more related to fantastic beings, and more related to strangers than dreams in general.

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What are the emotions in dreams of taking lives?

What are the emotions in dreams of taking lives?

Taking life dreams are more related to fear, more related to pain, and more related to hatred than dreams in general. They are less related to happiness, less related to sadness, and less related to embarrassment.

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Where do dreams of taking lives take place?

Where do dreams of taking lives take place?

Taking life dreams are less related to work, less related to human-made places, and less related to natural places.

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What happens in dreams of taking lives?

What happens in dreams of taking lives?

Dreams of taking lives are much more related to aggressive acts and much more related to death than dreams in general. They are less related to friendly acts.

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

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

Taking life dreams are more related to nightmares and more related to bad dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams, less related to vivid dreams, and less related to good dreams.

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How do dreams of taking lives related the senses?

How do dreams of taking lives related the senses?

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

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How can you make sense of taking lives in dreams?

Taking life dreams are very common. Among other things taking life dreams are nightmares, aggressive, and about death. Do you think this is true for your dream of taking lives? How might your dream of taking lives 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 taking lives 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 taking lives in dreams. See how you feel about taking lives now, in your waking life.

Examples of dreams of taking lives

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 taking life 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 taking life dreams. Read at your own risk.

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