Dreams and their meanings are perhaps some of the greatest unsolved mysteries. Dreams occur during REM sleep periods and can last anywhere between a few seconds and 20 minutes long. If a sleeper has an uninterrupted night’s sleep they can have up to eight individual dreams, often these reflect thoughts deep within our subconscious. Sadly, about 95% of these are forgotten by the time the sleeper has gotten out of bed.
These definitions are a general guideline to the symbolism behind your dreams but accurate interpretations will largely depend on the nature of your dream.
Words in bold/italics represent the most common dreams people tend to have.
Just had a crazy dream? Or maybe a vivid nightmare? Sleep Sense would love to hear about your dreams ... share them in the comment section.
Words in bold/italics represent the most common dreams people tend to have.
Just had a crazy dream? Or maybe a vivid nightmare? Sleep Sense would love to hear about your dreams ... share them in the comment section.
Abyss - depression
Airplane - control, the path you are on in life, transition
Airport - births (arrivals) and deaths (departure), desire to move to a new phase in your life
Anchor - feeling grounded, something/someone holding you back
Apple - knowledge, wisdom, temptation
Armageddon - major transition in your life, anxiety of the unknown future
Arousal - exploration of sexuality
Arrow - targets, goals, a phallic symbol
Ascending - overcoming challenges, personal growth
Babies - immaturity, naivety, neglect, the need for nurture and acceptance
Celebrities - personal need for recognition
Chasing - anxiety, escaping, the need to face a problem
Cheating - low self-esteem or guilty conscience, lack of trust, partner is spending more time/attention on something that doesn’t involve you
Children - an aspect of you that needs to mature, grow, be loved, accepted
Death - end of a phase in your life, beginning of a new chapter/event, desire to terminate something in one’s life (friendship, job etc.)
Driving - bad habits that need to be stopped
Drowning - physical or emotional stress, overcome with emotion of financial debt
Entrapment - inability to make the right choice
Flying - feeling ‘high’ or happy in general
Gunpoint - feeling stress, under pressure, threatened or bullied
Garden - nourishment and growth, positivity
Ice - feeling emotionally cold or distant, sexually inhibited or frigid, the need to ‘break the ice’
Journey - experiencing a major transitional period in life, vacation and adventure
Jewellery - self worth, personal values, sentimentality
Knives - the need to ‘cut ties’ with someone, something, a habit, to cut something into smaller pieces to make it digestible, understandable
Keys - opening yourself up to new possibilities, finding answers, unlocking secrets or memories that have been repressed
Late - overwhelmed, can’t keep promises
Murder - an aspect of yourself that needs to ‘die’, repressed unresolved anger for someone or something, possibly yourself.
Mountains - overcoming adversity, challenges, obstacles in your life
Maze - feeling lost, disoriented, life’s twists and turns, insecurity of direction in life
Nakedness - vulnerability or freedom, lack of identity, emotional honesty
Ocean - represent your current emotional state depending on calm water or stormy seas
Quicksand - stress, change in your life, someone or something that appears to be genuine or real but isn’t
Rainbow - diversity and acceptance, happiness in waking life, optimism
Pregnancy - problems, new ideas
School - childhood memories that need to be addressed, maturity, reflection
Snakes - threat, something is missing
Stabbing - attacked or betrayed, hostility
Storm - depression, sadness, a difficult time coming ahead
Strangers - aspects of yourself you are denying or repressing, danger
Suicide - desire to escape, run away or
Surrounded - entrapment, ambush or protection
Swans - beauty, transformation
Sword - authority, control
Test taking - alertness, work related stress
Toothless - lack of confidence, broken relationships, wish fulfilment
Tunnels - reproduction and the womb, sleep and unconsciousness, having clear direction, an abyss
Walking - progress, confidence, direction, ‘on track’ to achieving your goals
Zombies - represents someone without goals, direction, capacity for emotion
Airplane - control, the path you are on in life, transition
Airport - births (arrivals) and deaths (departure), desire to move to a new phase in your life
Anchor - feeling grounded, something/someone holding you back
Apple - knowledge, wisdom, temptation
Armageddon - major transition in your life, anxiety of the unknown future
Arousal - exploration of sexuality
Arrow - targets, goals, a phallic symbol
Ascending - overcoming challenges, personal growth
Babies - immaturity, naivety, neglect, the need for nurture and acceptance
Celebrities - personal need for recognition
Chasing - anxiety, escaping, the need to face a problem
Cheating - low self-esteem or guilty conscience, lack of trust, partner is spending more time/attention on something that doesn’t involve you
Children - an aspect of you that needs to mature, grow, be loved, accepted
Death - end of a phase in your life, beginning of a new chapter/event, desire to terminate something in one’s life (friendship, job etc.)
Driving - bad habits that need to be stopped
Drowning - physical or emotional stress, overcome with emotion of financial debt
Entrapment - inability to make the right choice
Flying - feeling ‘high’ or happy in general
Gunpoint - feeling stress, under pressure, threatened or bullied
Garden - nourishment and growth, positivity
Ice - feeling emotionally cold or distant, sexually inhibited or frigid, the need to ‘break the ice’
Journey - experiencing a major transitional period in life, vacation and adventure
Jewellery - self worth, personal values, sentimentality
Knives - the need to ‘cut ties’ with someone, something, a habit, to cut something into smaller pieces to make it digestible, understandable
Keys - opening yourself up to new possibilities, finding answers, unlocking secrets or memories that have been repressed
Late - overwhelmed, can’t keep promises
Murder - an aspect of yourself that needs to ‘die’, repressed unresolved anger for someone or something, possibly yourself.
Mountains - overcoming adversity, challenges, obstacles in your life
Maze - feeling lost, disoriented, life’s twists and turns, insecurity of direction in life
Nakedness - vulnerability or freedom, lack of identity, emotional honesty
Ocean - represent your current emotional state depending on calm water or stormy seas
Quicksand - stress, change in your life, someone or something that appears to be genuine or real but isn’t
Rainbow - diversity and acceptance, happiness in waking life, optimism
Pregnancy - problems, new ideas
School - childhood memories that need to be addressed, maturity, reflection
Snakes - threat, something is missing
Stabbing - attacked or betrayed, hostility
Storm - depression, sadness, a difficult time coming ahead
Strangers - aspects of yourself you are denying or repressing, danger
Suicide - desire to escape, run away or
Surrounded - entrapment, ambush or protection
Swans - beauty, transformation
Sword - authority, control
Test taking - alertness, work related stress
Toothless - lack of confidence, broken relationships, wish fulfilment
Tunnels - reproduction and the womb, sleep and unconsciousness, having clear direction, an abyss
Walking - progress, confidence, direction, ‘on track’ to achieving your goals
Zombies - represents someone without goals, direction, capacity for emotion
Did you dream of a theme or object that is not listed? Mention it in the comments section and we’ll add it to our dictionary!