Background

What are waiting dreams about?

Waiting is the act of not doing until an expected action occurs. We wait for any number of things. We can wait for food to cook, for the rain to stop, or for a person to change their minds. Generally waiting takes effort and can occupy our minds. 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 waiting dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how waiting in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that waiting is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that waiting is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, waiting dreams have more transportation than 90.9% of dream symbols, more confusion than 89.4% of dream symbols, and more home than 88.7% of dream symbols. On the other hand, waiting dreams have less insects than 58.3% of dream symbols, less recurring dreams than 57.6% of dream symbols, and less animals than 55.8% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of waiting are friendly! These dreams have more friendly interactions than 80% of all of the other dream symbols. Friendly dreams can be great. They involve people helping other people, expressing love, and just being good to one another. Finally, dreams of waiting has a lot of movement. Things are changing and moving. People are coming and going. Movement implies action. It implies change. There might be reasons why dreams of waiting has lots of movement. 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 waiting is different than dreams of waiting in general.

6.6%

of dreams have waiting

How common are waiting dreams?

6.6% of dreams have the waiting symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 15 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is common.

Identification

How are waiting dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by words like wait. This symbol is part of the summary dream symbols of verbs.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of waiting?

Waiting dreams are notable because they have substantially more movement, emaciation, general movement, lobbies, pinecones, places, Laos, bus stops, going, characters, Bilbo Baggins than 95% of other dream symbols.

Least related

What symbols least related to dreams of waiting?

Waiting dreams are notable because they have substantially less Fiji, calluses, Princess Leia, Legolas, Gimli, Kuwait, Haiti, Ethiopia, Cyprus, Colombia, Cameroon than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into waiting dreams

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

Who is in dreams of waiting?

Who is in dreams of waiting?

Waiting dreams are more related to unnamed people, more related to strangers, and more related to peers than dreams in general.

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What are the emotions in dreams of waiting?

What are the emotions in dreams of waiting?

Dreams of waiting are more related to happiness, more related to sadness, and more related to embarrassment than dreams in general.

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Where do dreams of waiting take place?

Where do dreams of waiting take place?

Dreams of waiting are more related to home, more related to work, and more related to human-made places than dreams in general.

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What happens in dreams of waiting?

What happens in dreams of waiting?

Dreams of waiting are more related to friendly acts, more related to sex, and more related to eating and drinking than dreams in general.

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

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

Waiting dreams are more related to sad dreams than dreams in general.

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How do dreams of waiting related the senses?

How do dreams of waiting related the senses?

Waiting dreams are more related to hearing, more related to taste, and more related to vision than dreams in general.

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How can you make sense of waiting in dreams?

Waiting dreams are common. Among other things waiting dreams are friendly and containing lots of movement. Do you think this is true for your dream of waiting? How might your dream of waiting 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 waiting 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 waiting in dreams. See how you feel about waiting now, in your waking life.

Examples of dreams of waiting

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 waiting 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 waiting dreams. Read at your own risk.

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