What are work dreams about?
Work is a large area of life. If you have a full time job, you'll spend a third of your life working. Because dreams reflect our daily life, it makes sense to dream of work. 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 work dreams.
The word cloud above shows the words that are specifically associated with work dreams. These are the words that make work dreams unique compared to all other dream symbols. Just examining the graph and reading the words of work dreams can be illuminating about show work affect our dreams. Be sure to check out the example work dreams at the bottom of the page.
The circular bar chart above shows how work in a dream will affect dream content as compared to other dream symbols. Higher bars indicate that work is more related to the specific symbol in the graph. Lower bars indicate that work is less related to the specific symbol in the graph. Specifically, work dreams have more human-made places than 99.5% of dream symbols, more romantic partners than 90.3% of dream symbols, and more peers than 88.5% of dream symbols. On the other hand, work dreams have less fantastic beings than 88.6% of dream symbols, less natural places than 84.9% of dream symbols, and less vision than 82.2% of dream symbols. Notably, work dreams are about work! Working is a part of life, so it makes sense that we dream about it. Work dreams can be stressful. They can be good. 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 work is different than dreams of work in general.
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How common are work dreams?
4.2% of dreams have the work symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 25 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is relatively common.
4.2%
of dreams have work
How common are work dreams?
4.2% of dreams have the work symbol within the dream. That's about 1 out of every 25 dreams. Considering all the dream symbols, it is relatively common.
How are work dreams identified?
This symbol is identified by words like work place, go to work, leaving work, etc. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols places and human-made places.
How are work dreams identified?
This symbol is identified by words like work place, go to work, leaving work, etc. This symbol is part of summary dream symbols places and human-made places.
What is most related to dreams of work?
Work dreams are notable because they have substantially more getting a job, getting fired, unemployment, coworkers, bosses, Ecuador, things, service workers, accountants, Bolivia, C-3PO than 95% of other dream symbols.
What is most related to dreams of work?
Work dreams are notable because they have substantially more getting a job, getting fired, unemployment, coworkers, bosses, Ecuador, things, service workers, accountants, Bolivia, C-3PO than 95% of other dream symbols.
Deep dive into work dreams
Get an overview of characters, emotions, places, events, dream events, and senses in work dreams.
Who is in dreams of work?
Dreams of work are more related to unnamed people, more related to peers, and much more related to romantic partners 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 dreams of work?
Dreams of work are more related to unnamed people, more related to peers, and much more related to romantic partners than dreams in general. They are less related to animals, less related to insects, and less related to fantastic beings.
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What are the emotions in dreams of work?
Work dreams are more related to happiness, more related to sadness, and more related to embarrassment than dreams in general. They are less related to fear and less related to pain.
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What are the emotions in dreams of work?
Work dreams are more related to happiness, more related to sadness, and more related to embarrassment than dreams in general. They are less related to fear and less related to pain.
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Where do dreams of work take place?
Dreams of work are more related to home, much more related to human-made places, and more related to schools than dreams in general. They are less related to natural places and less related to magical places.
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Where do dreams of work take place?
Dreams of work are more related to home, much more related to human-made places, and more related to schools than dreams in general. They are less related to natural places and less related to magical places.
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What happens in dreams of work?
Dreams of work are more related to sex than dreams in general. They are less related to aggressive acts, less related to disasters, and less related to death.
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What happens in dreams of work?
Dreams of work are more related to sex than dreams in general. They are less related to aggressive acts, less related to disasters, and less related to death.
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How do dreams of work related to the type of dream it is?
Dreams of work are less related to lucid dreams, less related to nightmares, and less related to weird dreams.
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How do dreams of work related to the type of dream it is?
Dreams of work are less related to lucid dreams, less related to nightmares, and less related to weird dreams.
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How can you make sense of work in dreams?
Work dreams are relatively common. Among other things work dreams are work dreams. Do you think this is true for your dream of work? How might your dream of work 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.
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 work in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.
Look for the differences
The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience work 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 work in dreams. See how you feel about work now, in your waking life.
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 work in dreams. See how you feel about work now, in your waking life.
Examples of dreams of work
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 work 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 work dreams. Read at your own risk.
