What are thief dreams about?
A thief is a person that steals something from someone else. Theft is generally looked down upon and considered a criminal activity. There can be many motivations for theft. Theft can be done out of purely selfish reasons. A person can steal out of jealousy or spite. Theft can also be done out of necessity. Despite many technological advances, our society and communities still fail individuals. Some people cannot find work or they may find work that is insufficient to provide for basic needs. In these cases, theft may occur. This symbol is identified by words like attacker, thief, and robber.
Thieves in dreams is a very uncommon dream symbol, occuring in about 0.3% of dreams. That's about 1 out of every 300 dreams.
What are the major highlights of thief dreams?
Thieves is a normal dream symbol. Having thieves in a dream changes the dream in the same way as most other dream symbols.
Dreams of thieves are aggressive
Thief dreams have more aggressive interactions than a lot of other dream symbols. This doesn't mean that all thieves have aggressive interactions or only aggressive interactions. It simply means that having thieves in a dream increases the probability this dream contains aggression. Other symbols that are like this include pretending, Haiti, chests, dungeons, ditching, unique themes, magnifying glasses, gas, squids, and groups.
What symbols more present in dreams of thieves?
Thief dreams are notable because they have substantially more aggressive interactions, burglary, purse, safety, robbing, wallets, intruders, weapons, Hungary, teenagers, knives, authors, banks, hyenas, attacking, neighborhoods, stabbing, laundry rooms, criminals and outlaws, shooting, jury members, police, bullets, paramedic, movement, armor, camels, guns, ovens, pretending, crime, places, protecting, being shot, terrorists, Indonesia, Syria, running, hostages, microphones, money, passengers, things, accomplices, tackling, precognitive dreams, war, masks, alleys, general movement, escaping, hollywood, shoes, limousines, embarking, fighting, invading, locks, detectives, and faking than 95% of other dream symbols.
What symbols less present in dreams of thieves?
Thief dreams are notable because they have substantially less boyfriends, kissing, love, cancer, epidemics, flowers, ghosts, relationship events, messages, sleeping, clean, maps, fitness centers, mirror, characters, different roles, verbs, witches, fields, break ups, needing help, water, large celestial bodies, sleep paralysis, intensifiers, snakes, and apocalypses than 95% of other dream symbols.
How does the dream symbol of thieves affect the different aspects of a dream?
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Who is in thieves dreams?
Overall, dreams with thieves are more related to characters in dreams. Specifically, dreams of thieves are much more related to different roles and more related to distant people than dreams in general. They are less related to animals, less related to insects, and less related to fantastic beings.
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Who is in thieves dreams?
Overall, dreams with thieves are aren't really related to places in dreams. Specifically, dreams of thieves are much more related to home, more related to work, and more related to human places than dreams in general. They are less related to natural places and less related to magical places.
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What happens in thieves dreams?
Overall, dreams with thieves are less related to events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of thieves are much more related to aggressive interactions than dreams in general. They are less related to friendly interactions and less related to sex.
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How do thieves in dreams related to other dream phenomenon?
Overall, dreams with thieves are less related to dream events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of thieves are more related to recurring dreams than dreams in general. They are less related to lucid dreams, less related to sleep paralysis, and less related to sleeping.
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How can you make sense of thieves in dreams?
Thief dreams are very uncommon. Among other things thief dreams are normally interconnect and aggressive.
Do you think this is true for your dream of thieves? How might your dream of thieves 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 thieves 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 thieves in dreams. See how you feel about thieves now, in your waking life.
What are possible meanings for dreams of thieves?
A thief in a dream can symbolize that something valuable is being taken from you, but it’s probably not material. Instead, it’s a physical representation of a personal situation, and whatever item is stolen in the dream symbolizes the thing of value.
For example, a woman dreams about a man stealing her phone while she’s looking at a map. The phone symbolizes her personal direction in life. See: Former partners
Heavy drinking affects your performance at work or school, robbing you of a sense of accomplishment or opportunity for advancement. Anxiety robs you of peace of mind. Depression robs you of motivation. A friend moves away, robbing you of his or her company. Illness robs you of energy. Working a menial job robs you of dignity.
You can dream about a thief when something material has been taken from you, but otherwise you know it’s symbolism, and clues to the origin are right there in the story.
For example, a young woman dreams that a man steals a box of items associated with her childhood from her, and she steals it back. She tells her father, and he tells her she’s going to get into trouble if she doesn’t give it back. The dream symbolizes that her father has controlled her life since childhood, taking her ability to make her own decisions. Now, as a young woman, she’s trying to take it back, depicted as stealing back something that’s hers because she still feels that she doesn’t have permission to make her own decisions.
You can feel like a thief when you do something wrong, or are sneaky. Doesn’t matter if your intentions are good or bad—the thief in your dreams symbolizes your feelings. You feel like a thief.
An adult woman dreams about stealing makeup, symbolizing her restriction from wearing makeup as a teenager. When she uses makeup as an adult, years after the fact, she still hears her mother’s voice in her head and feels as if she’s doing something wrong.
You can “steal the limelight” or “steal someone’s heart.”
You can feel robbed when you lose something valuable for yourself, such as when you rob yourself of an opportunity by dropping the ball. That part of you that trips you up and makes you do stupid and careless things is called Shadow, and it’s notorious for getting people to sabotage themselves and slip up. It tends to pop out unexpectedly, like a robber, and pull the rug out from underneath you. See: Shadows
You can dream about yourself as a thief when you know you have been lying or portraying yourself in a false light. A thief-character in a dream can portray someone you know, or a situation. See: Faking, Imposters
Thieves are associated with deception, low character and poverty. They take advantage of vulnerability and people.
Stealing can mean “something for nothing.” What’s taken isn’t deserved, such as when a co-worker “steals” a promotion by manipulating perceptions, rather than through dedication and superior work.
Stealing is linked with taking the easy way out.
Stealing is called a crime of opportunity because something is a lot less likely to be stolen if it is protected or watched. So dreaming about a thief can mean you are vulnerable. You need to take steps to protect yourself or take better care of something. See: Bicycles
Robbery and anxiety go hand in hand. Anxiety can rob you of your peace of mind, just as fear of being robbed takes away your peace of mind. Along these lines, robbery can be used to symbolize something that makes you anxious, wary, or defensive.
Dreams use the best symbolism to describe a situation and your feelings. Instead of a thief, your dreams could use a bandit or burglar. See: Bandits, Burglary
See also: Anxiety, Yards, Bandits, Bicycles, Burglary, Cars, Crime, Depression, Detectives, Doors, Former partners, Guns, Illness, Intruders, Locks, Police, Safety, Shadows, Shirts, Shopping, Walmart, Windows
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.
Examples of dreams of thieves
Read some real dream reports of thief 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.
Odd repeating dream
So last night I kept having almost the same dream over and over but some details would vary. I’m a 26yo female if it helps.
I kept dreaming that I was asleep in my room but it wasn’t in my apartment. At first it was in a colonial farm house that I was renovating and I had a body guard watching over me while my bf wasn’t with me. And someone broke into the house and was breaking and stealing shit. My body guard told me to hide in a certain spot and they would get me when it was clear. I heard some gun shots and within a few minutes my body guard was back with the cops. They said the guy got away but I should be fine. They walked me through out the house so I could see the damage. The thief took the new light bulbs I had bought, smashed all the counters and cabinets that I was going to tear out, stole all my new supplies I needed to renovate, some electronics but left the family China and silver a lone. I then go back to bed in my dream after making sure all the doors and windows were locked and secure. I wake up to the guy being back again! My body guard was able to get him this time but was also shot in the process.
And in between this dream I had a small dream about a beluga whale outside my place when I stood on a balcony and it was doing tricks for me.
Then the robbery dream would start back up but the house would always change. And then it went from bodyguard to my boyfriend. And from boyfriend shooting the thief to me shooting him.
So last night I kept having almost the same dream over and over but some details would vary. I’m a 26yo female if it helps.
I kept dreaming that I was asleep...
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Please help me
Tw: sexual violence
So, for context I’m a teenager in high school, and unfortunately I have a lot of friends who have been victim to sexual assault, rape or god knows what else. It’s really sickening, and it’s why I wanna be a cop, but that’s not why I’m here.
I was talking to a friend who’s seemed different recently, so I told them if they needed to talk to me about anything I was there. She then told me about her experience, which I was more than happy to listen to, if it helped her. She told me everything that happened in detail.
That night I dreamt about where it happened, in a cinema. No one else was in the cinema, it was just her and me in the place of her attacker. And I watched my own body do everything she described to me, right down to something the actual attacker had said to her.
I’m not gonna lie, I’m really fucking scared about this dream, and I would really like some input or advice
Tw: sexual violence
So, for context I’m a teenager in high school, and unfortunately I have a lot of friends who have been victim to sexual assault, rape or...
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Killed Mothers Rapist With My Father
In this dream someone sexually abuses my mother. Then me and my father plan to attack her abuser. In one version we attack him in the night with silenced assault rifles and thermal goggles. In another version I take a knife with crescent blade and slice the attackers face until it is unrecognizable. What does this mean?....that I’m seriously fucked up??
In this dream someone sexually abuses my mother. Then me and my father plan to attack her abuser. In one version we attack him in the night with silenced...
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I dreamed that I died, several times
This one was wild, I remember it vividly. I was outside and there were other people, suddenly everyone goes to hide & we knew someone was coming and if they found any one of us they would kill us. I was following a group and somehow got behind. It was too late to hide so I settled for what I knew was a shitty spot. I hid there anyway, the guy finds me. I close my eyes and he shot me in the head, like the top of my head. I remember thinking to myself that it didn’t hurt but I could feel the warmth of my blood running down my face and neck. I knew I was dying, then I “woke up” again, like a video game where I respawn. The group of people killing came again, but this time they just wanted me. My boyfriend turns and walks in the house and I told him I loved him, he said he loved me too and I saw him tearing up. I said bye & I assume I died again. Respawn again, this time I remember how to “win” I had to stab the attacker in the eye. People around me were telling me other ways too. This time I stab the attacker then I wake up. I’ve never had a dream like this, it literally felt like a video game, or like I had dreamt it before but I don’t remember it.
This one was wild, I remember it vividly. I was outside and there were other people, suddenly everyone goes to hide & we knew someone was coming and if they...
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a monster was trying to hunt me down in my own home (ft. The Rake)
Today i had a dream where i woke up at 3 am in the morning. There was a silhouette of a man standing at my window, facing towards me. I sat up and yelled at him to leave, and he walked away from my window. i could tell he was going to enter my home from my backdoor, even though its broken and cant open in real life. I screamed on the top of my lungs, “Dont even think of going in! Dad, there are robbers! There are robbers! Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!” but i didnt hear my dad from the other room, as if i were home alone. I grabbed my phone, which was a flip phone, and dialed 911. I yelled, “there’s a thing trying to kill me, its trying to enter my home” as i heard the glass of the backdoor break and someone manually unlocking the door from inside.
I walked to my living room, and after 5 seconds of silence, someone from the other line responded. I dont remember what she said, but she garbled something and hung up. I looked at my phone and realized i dialed 122 on my phone, not 911. I dialed 911 again but it would always dial 122. Suddenly, i heard something crawling on the tile floor of my kitchen. It was the thing that was looking at me from my window, and it looked like the rake. He also looked like he was rotoscoped, kind of like like the monster from an rpg horror game that i cant remember the name of right now (i think it was called Faith).
He got up and started running on all fours towards me, and i ran to my bedroom and shut the door just before he lunged at me. He started banging and breaking the door, so i ran to my closet (which was the worst option because its right by the door with the monster and doesnt have a closet door on it, but it was the only option) and hid there, covering myself in clothes that i pulled off the hangers to hide myself. I peeked out of the closet and the monster walked inside my room, picking up things and inspecting every possible hiding place. He started to walk towards the closet, and i looked to the other corner of the closet and saw Kyuukyuu-kun from Yume Nikki across from me. The monsters hand reached inside the closet and i woke up.
Today i had a dream where i woke up at 3 am in the morning. There was a silhouette of a man standing at my window, facing towards me. I sat up and yelled at him...
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