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What are weapon dreams about?

Weapons are objects that are used to harm, injure, or kill people or animals. They can be improved. Anything can be a weapon. But, they can also be designed. For example, a gun only has use as a weapon. Seeing a weapon can often be scary or stressful. 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 weapon dreams.

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

The circular bar chart above shows how weapons in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that weapon is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that weapon is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, weapon dreams have more death than 96.1% of dream symbols, more aggressive acts than 94.7% of dream symbols, and more pain than 90.1% of dream symbols. On the other hand, weapon dreams have less love than 83.6% of dream symbols, less sadness than 80.8% of dream symbols, and less happiness than 80.2% of dream symbols. Notably, dreams of weapons are aggressive! Weapon 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, weapon dreams are about death. Better stated, weapon 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 weapons is different than dreams of weapons in general.

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How common are weapon dreams?

9.0% of dreams have the weapons symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 10 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is common.

Identification

How are weapon dreams identified?

This symbol is identified by the presence of other dream symbols such as ammunition, bows and arrows, arrows, bombs, bullets, cannons, fighter jets, flamethrowers, grenades, guns, harpoons, knives, lasers, machine guns, missiles, chemical weapons, nuclear bombs, rockets, tanks, and tasers.

Most related

What is most related to dreams of weapons?

Weapons dreams are notable because they have substantially more verbs, shooting, aggressive acts, being shot, stabbing, terrorists, spaceships, Gimli, Kuwait, emaciation, hostages than 95% of other dream symbols.

Least related

What symbols least related to dreams of weapons?

Weapons dreams are notable because they have substantially less Fiji, Algeria, Bolivia, Cameroon, Cyprus, El Salvador, Aquaman, abscesses, Guatemala, Somalia, Han Solo than 95% of other dream symbols.

Deep dive into weapon dreams

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

Who is in dreams of weapons?

Who is in dreams of weapons?

Dreams of weapons are more related to unnamed people and more related to strangers than dreams in general. They are less related to insects and less related to romantic partners.

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What are the emotions in dreams of weapons?

What are the emotions in dreams of weapons?

Weapon dreams are more related to fear and much more related to pain than dreams in general. They are less related to happiness, less related to sadness, and less related to grief and sorrow.

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Where do dreams of weapons take place?

Where do dreams of weapons take place?

Weapon dreams are more related to home and more related to transportation than dreams in general.

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What happens in dreams of weapons?

What happens in dreams of weapons?

Dreams of weapons are much more related to aggressive acts, more related to disasters, and much more related to death than dreams in general. They are less related to friendly acts, less related to sex, and less related to eating and drinking.

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

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

Weapon 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 recurring dreams, and less related to good dreams.

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How do dreams of weapons related the senses?

How do dreams of weapons related the senses?

Weapon dreams are more related to hearing and more related to touch than dreams in general. They are less related to smelling and less related to taste.

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How can you make sense of weapons in dreams?

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

Examples of dreams of weapons

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 weapon 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 weapon dreams. Read at your own risk.

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