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What are zombie dreams about?

This symbol is identified by words like walking dead, zombie, and undead.

Zombies in dreams is a relatively uncommon dream symbol, occuring in about 1.2% of dreams. That's about 1 out of every 80 dreams.

What are the major highlights of zombie dreams?

Zombies is a normal dream symbol. Having zombies in a dream changes the dream in the same way as most other dream symbols.

Dreams of zombies are aggressive

Zombie dreams have more aggressive interactions than a lot of other dream symbols. This doesn't mean that all zombies have aggressive interactions or only aggressive interactions. It simply means that having zombies in a dream increases the probability this dream contains aggression. Other symbols that are like this include broken glass, tunnels, places of transit, fantastic beings, unnamed individuals, dying, bullies, panic, war, and Cameroon.

Dreams with zombies might be a nightmare

Dreams of zombies are frequently associated with nightmares. Of course dreams that contain zombies might not be a nightmare. Plenty of dreams with zombies are not nightmares. But, dreams of zombies are more related to nightmares than 80% of all other dream symbols. Other symbols that are like this include locks, dead ends, other verbs, evil, hiding, numb, amputation, fetuses, bones, and general thinking.

Zombie dreams are very social

Dreams of zombies contain more characters than most other dream symbols. While dreams are often about other people and social relationships, dreams of zombies are especially related to having lots of characters. Other symbols that are like this include rats, deer, presidents, parents, fathers, different roles, employees, insects, queens, and seeing a dead father.

Zombie dreams might be about death

Dreams that contain zombies are highly related to death. They are more related to death than 90% of all other dream symbols. Other symbols that are like this include jury members, movement, Madagascar, Afghanistan, purgatory, seeing a dead friend, machine guns, hostages, limousines, and hunger.

How does the dream symbol of zombies affect the different aspects of a dream?

Explore different elements related to dreams of zombies

Who is in zombies dreams?

Overall, dreams with zombies are much more related to characters in dreams. Specifically, dreams of zombies are much more related to fantastic beings and more related to distant people than dreams in general. They are less related to close people, less related to family, and less related to romantic partners.

Animals

the same as usual

Insects

the same as usual

Different roles

the same as usual

Fantastic beings

much more than usual

Distant people

more than usual

Close people

less than usual

Family

less than usual

Romantic partners

less than usual
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What are the emotions in zombies dreams?

Overall, dreams with zombies are less related to emotions in dreams. Specifically, dreams of zombies are much less related to happiness, less related to sadness, and less related to grief and sorrow.

Happiness

much less than usual

Sadness

less than usual

Grief and sorrow

less than usual

Embarrassment

less than usual

Confusion

less than usual

Fear

the same as usual

Pain

the same as usual

Hatred

less than usual

Fun

the same as usual

Love

less than usual
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Who is in zombies dreams?

Overall, dreams with zombies are aren't really related to places in dreams. Specifically, dreams of zombies are more related to magical places than dreams in general. They are less related to home and less related to work.

Home

less than usual

Work

less than usual

Human places

the same as usual

Transportation

the same as usual

Natural places

the same as usual

Magical places

more than usual
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What happens in zombies dreams?

Overall, dreams with zombies are more related to events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of zombies are more related to aggressive interactions and much more related to disasters than dreams in general. They are less related to friendly interactions and less related to sex.

Aggressive interactions

more than usual

Friendly interactions

less than usual

Sex

less than usual

Disasters

much more than usual
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How do zombies in dreams related to other dream phenomenon?

Overall, dreams with zombies are aren't really related to dream events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of zombies are more related to nightmares and more related to recurring nightmares than dreams in general. They are less related to sleep paralysis and less related to waking life.

Lucid dreams

the same as usual

Nightmares

more than usual

Recurring dreams

the same as usual

Recurring nightmares

more than usual

Sleep paralysis

less than usual

Sleeping

the same as usual

Waking life

less than usual
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How do zombies in dreams related the senses?

Overall, dreams with zombies are less related to senses in dreams. Specifically, dreams of zombies are less related to vision.

Hearing

the same as usual

Smelling

the same as usual

Taste

the same as usual

Vision

less than usual

Touch

the same as usual
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How can you make sense of zombies in dreams?

Zombie dreams are relatively uncommon. Among other things zombie dreams are normally interconnect, aggressive, nightmare, very social, and about death.

Do you think this is true for your dream of zombies? How might your dream of zombies 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 zombies 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 zombies in dreams. See how you feel about zombies now, in your waking life.

What are possible meanings for dreams of zombies?

One of the primary ways zombies are used in dreams is to symbolize mindlessness. Being surrounded by zombies in a dream can symbolize the feeling of being surrounded by stupidity. Your world is full of the walking dead. People are driven by the most primitive of instincts. Your opinion of people and society are very low. It’s an easy connection to make, bearing in mind that the comparison with zombies is an exaggeration.

Extend the idea to situations where you are bored out of your mind. Conversations are tedious. Silence is deafening.

Extend the idea further to situations where a person can’t think of what to say or freezes with panic. A blank expression on someone’s face is comparable in an exaggerated way to a zombie’s blank expression.

A zombie can symbolize something that won’t die, such as a bad habit or negative attachment. It can symbolize a change that isn’t completed.

Zombies are awesome symbols for feeling sluggish and lifeless. Energy level is low. You have no inspiration. “The walking dead.”

Zombie often goes hand in hand with “apocalypse.” See: Apocalypses

A zombie is dead but still alive, and that association can be used to describe a situation such as hoping to get back together with an ex. The relationship is dead but your hope for it is alive.

See also: Apocalypses, Comas, Creatures, Death, Former partners, Fires, Grim reapers, Infesting, Monster, Sleeping

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 zombies

Read some real dream reports of zombie 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.

I died in a dream and it continued without me.

The synopsis of the dream is basically that there was a zombie apocalypse and only my sister, myself and my uncle were alive and surviving together in a city. My sister got bit and was chasing me next to a sewage canal thing like those in GTA or cities like L.A, except it was smaller in width, but deeper and steeper. I decided that I was living in a hell and I didn’t want to die by my sister because that’s sad so I jumped into the canal and on the way down it cut to a third person view and my head smashed into the other side and fucking exploded with blood and gore splattering everywhere. Next thing I know, it’s like a movie camera that cut back to my uncle, who was hiding in a closet. He was hiding on a rooftop and heard activity and went outside and there was the military there to save him. And just like that it ended. What’s your interpretations?

The synopsis of the dream is basically that there was a zombie apocalypse and only my sister, myself and my uncle were alive and surviving together in a city....

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Zombie dream

Had a dream last night that I was at some apartment complex and everybody was in the back doing stuff and these beings appeared and said you all have 10 seconds to find something to keep your hands busy and stay doing that for 10 minutes then some type of zombie creatures appeared one in front of each person and the people who quit doing what they were doing got ate and the other zombie just stood in front of people for 10 minutes then disappeared then my alarm went off

Had a dream last night that I was at some apartment complex and everybody was in the back doing stuff and these beings appeared and said you all have 10 seconds...

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Being shot multiple times?

I had a dream where I was in my primary school’s pool. It was full and everything. There was a man standing just behind the pool and laughing. My classmates were in the pool too but they were sort of zombies? They were trying to kill me. The man just behind the pool was holding a sort of gun which looked like one of those cameras cops catch your speed on. I was running around the pool, screaming and crying closely followed by my zombieish classmates who were trying to kill me. The man pulled the trigger of the gun thing and it felt so painful. It felt like my back was spasming. Then I was back in the pool and it happened again. This happened multiple times. This was all in the same dream too. It hurt so bad. Anyone have any ideas why I dreamt that?

I had a dream where I was in my primary school’s pool. It was full and everything. There was a man standing just behind the pool and laughing. My classmates...

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Vivid dream third night in a row

I was driving around the town that I live in. I remember being scared because there were heaps of homeless people around me (that looked deranged). They were all African American (which I guess refers to an unknown part of my payche, or even my shadow? I perceive it to be my shadow figure, but I could be wrong in assuming that) and they kept on looking at me with evil faces. I get out of my car and one of them pick up my car keys. All of them are walking like zombies, almost. I decide to attack him and get my keys back. When I do, I decide to ditch the car and start skateboarding. I hit a ramp, and fly to the top of a high building. There are backpacks, debris, filth, etc. Basically you could tell there were homeless people there. I feel like an intruder and try my best to hide, but they find me and start coming towards me. Thats when the dream ends.

I was driving around the town that I live in. I remember being scared because there were heaps of homeless people around me (that looked deranged). They were...

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Snakes, why did it have to be snakes?

For a second night in a row I had a dream. This time it was different from the last. Something I should mention is some of my fears. I'm afraid of losing my memory like getting amnesia or developing dementia, I'm afraid of zombies, afraid of being completely alone (losing friends and family) and lastly snakes.

This dream I was just waking up in bed. The sheets were various animal pelts and on the floor there was a small monitor lizard running around and a couple different snakes. My wife was telling me to pick up one of the snakes. I kept refusing so she eventually picked up a milk snake and tried to get me to touch it. I kept telling her no that I don't want to touch the snake. Even the milk snake was getting an expression that was saying it didn't want to be touched by me because I was refusing to touch it. Then I woke up.

It did turn out that my wife was trying to talk to me to get me to wake up while I was having my dream. And yes she is aware of my fear of snakes.

For a second night in a row I had a dream. This time it was different from the last. Something I should mention is some of my fears. I'm afraid of losing my...

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