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

The circular bar chart above shows how waking in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that waking is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that waking is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, waking dreams have more sleep paralysis than 98.6% of dream symbols, more nightmares than 98.0% of dream symbols, and more bad dreams than 96.8% of dream symbols. On the other hand, waking dreams have less unnamed people than 77.8% of dream symbols, less human-made places than 77.5% of dream symbols, and less animals than 74.1% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of waking tend to contain much more emotion than other dreams. Furthermore, waking dreams might be nightmares! Though even if these dreams are nightmares, it doesn't necessarily mean that they are bad dreams or that waking is a bad thing to dream about. It just means that dreams of waking are more likely to be nightmares than dreams of other things. Additionally, dreams of waking are much more related to lucid dreaming than all other dream symbols. Lucid dreams are dreams in which you are aware that you are dreaming. Of course, not all dreams of waking are lucid dreams. But dreams of waking are more related to lucid dreams than 90% of all other dream symbols. So, the next time you dream of waking, see if you can be aware that you are dreaming! Also, dreams of waking are auditory! They focus on sounds and hearing. Dreaming is primarily a visual medium. We see in our dreams, but hearing is less dominant. It is interesting to explore why waking in dreams could be related to hearing. Finally, dreams of waking 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 waking 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 waking is different than dreams of waking in general.