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Beginners Guide To Dream Interpretations & 8 Common Dream
Denys Chumak

Denys Chumak

28 Aug 2023

Beginners Guide To Dream Interpretations & 8 Common Dream

Introduction

Dreams often feel like bizarre depictions of jumbled thoughts and anxieties in your subconscious. Extensive research has determined that a significant proportion of dreams, precisely 25.7%, revolved around hypothetical scenarios. Furthermore, an even more significant percentage of dreams, precisely 37.4%, which were focused on anticipating future events, made references to one or more past interactions.

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The spiritual or mystical theory interprets dreams as communication from a higher power or supernatural entities. Dreams provide symbolic messages that can guide us or reveal hidden truths about ourselves or the universe. For some, dreams represent a profound and meaningful connection with the divine. There are many assumptions about why humans dream, but no scientific consensus. Our nightly visions likely serve multiple complex purposes, both practical and profound.

Dream Interpretations: How to Analyse Your Dreams

To interpret your dreams, you must first record them. Keep a dream journal by your bedside to capture your ideas upon waking. Recalling more specifics enhances the quality.

Review your dream journal regularly to identify patterns and symbols. As a beginner, focus on your dreams' setting, characters, emotions, colours, and actions. Recurring elements often represent unresolved issues or desires in your waking life. For example, dreams of being chased suggest you are avoiding a problem. Dreams of falling signify a loss of control.

Consider how the dream made you feel. The emotions you experience in a plan can provide clues to its meaning. For example, anxiety, fear, or embarrassment may indicate self-doubt or insecurity. Happiness or joy can reflect optimism or contentment in your life. Examine each symbol in your dream. Common dream symbols include water, doors, vehicles, houses, and money. For example, a locked door can represent an opportunity currently unavailable to you or a barrier to progress. A leaky faucet may signify wasted resources or feelings of being overwhelmed.

8 Common Dreams and Their Meanings

Here are eight common dreams and their potential meanings:

Falling

Falling in a dream typically signifies feeling out of control or insecure in your waking life. The fall may represent a loss of status or stability. Look for areas where you feel unsupported or lack safety nets.

Being Chased

Dreaming of being chased suggests you are avoiding a threatening situation or emotion in your real life. The pursuer may represent problems you're facing or negative feelings like guilt or anxiety. Confront the issues chasing you and work to resolve them.

Teeth Falling Out

Dreams of teeth falling out are common and are thought to symbolise a loss of power or confidence. They may also reflect anxiety about your physical appearance or getting older. Reflect on the factors causing vulnerability and ineffectiveness. Develop strategies for boosting self-esteem.

Not Being Able To Move

Feeling paralysed in a dream indicates you cannot progress in some area of your life due to fear, anxiety, or lack of confidence.

Being Naked In Public

This dream suggests you feel exposed or unprepared for a situation in your life. It may relate to feelings of vulnerability around relationships or at work. Look for ways to address weaknesses and build self-confidence so you feel less awkward "exposed." Embrace authenticity, free from the burden of others' opinions.

Missing An Exam

Dreaming of missing an exam indicates you feel unprepared for a challenge in your waking life. Review the circumstances, create a strategy for preparing, and have confidence in yourself.

Driving Out Of Control

Losing control of a vehicle in a dream reflects a lack of control in one's life. You may feel unable to navigate obstacles or steer yourself in the right direction. Find ways to regain control of your path by setting clear goals and priorities. Make sure also to give yourself space to explore.

Being Late

Dreaming of being late is a sign that you feel unprepared to meet responsibilities or commitments in your life. You may need more confidence in your ability to handle the tasks required. Identify priorities and develop an action plan to get on track. Stay focused on progress, not perfection. You will get there with time and practice.

Dream Symbols: What Do Recurring Objects in Dreams Mean?

Dream symbols are images in your dreams that represent deeper meanings and insights into your waking life. Recurring objects in your dreams can highlight essential messages from your subconscious that deserve attention.

Houses

Houses in dreams often represent yourself and your mindset. The conditions and contents of the house reflect your mental and emotional state. The rooms in the house also have specific meanings, with bedrooms relating to intimacy and bathrooms relating to cleansing and renewal.

Vehicles

Cars, buses, and other vehicles represent your ability to navigate life and progress toward goals and destinations. Difficulty controlling a vehicle signifies challenges in your journey ahead. The type of vehicle can also hold meaning, with a luxurious sports car pointing to a desire for freedom or status. In contrast, a familiar old car may represent nostalgia.

Clothing

Your clothing in a dream frequently relates to how you see yourself and want others to perceive you. Being underdressed in public suggests feelings of inadequacy or exposure. Finding yourself overdressed for the occasion may point to putting on an act or pretending to be someone you're not. Clothing that does not fit right signifies an identity crisis or lack of comfort with your self-image.

By identifying recurring dream symbols, you can gain valuable insight into your deepest thoughts, desires, anxieties, and motivations. Keeping a dream journal and regularly reflecting on your dreams' characters helps you understand what your subconscious may be trying to tell you.

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Keeping a Dream Journal: How Recording Your Dreams Can Help With Interpretation

To start a dream journal, place a notebook by your bedside and a pen or pencil. Immediately upon waking, write down everything you remember about your dreams - scenes, colours, characters, emotions, symbols. Even fragments of dreams can hold meaning.

Capturing more details leads to increased analysis. Review your journal entries regularly to identify patterns and connections between dreams. Look for recurring locations, objects, people, or events. Note the emotions evoked in each dream. Detecting repetition is crucial in uncovering the significance of your dreams.

Compare symbols or scenarios in your dreams to archetypes found in mythology, religion, or psychology. For example, journeys often represent transitions in life; being chased suggests anxiety or avoidance of some issues. The meaning depends on the context of your own life experiences.

Discuss your dreams with others for new perspectives. Our close ones can help make connections we miss on our own. However, only you can determine what resonates as truth for your unique situation and beliefs.

A dream journal supports an ongoing practice of self-reflection using the language of your subconscious - symbols. Like any skill, interpreting your dreams takes time and patience.

Your inner self can communicate with you through your dreams. This connection can provide valuable guidance, comfort, and opportunities for personal growth. Recording dreams and their meanings empower self-understanding and align choices with core values.

*Conclusion

In conclusion, interpreting your dreams can be an insightful way to understand yourself and your emotional state better. Dreams offer a glimpse into your subconscious, revealing hidden messages through symbols and themes. Analysing them helps unravel their meaning.

While some common dreams may not have a profound meaning, many reveal aspects of yourself you may not consciously recognise or want to acknowledge during waking hours. Record your dreams in a journal to uncover patterns and gain self-knowledge.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is dream interpretation? Dream interpretation is assigning meaning to the content and symbols present in a dream to gain insight into a person's thoughts, emotions, and subconscious mind.

How can I start interpreting my dreams? To start interpreting your dreams, keep a dream journal, reflect on the emotions and symbols in your goals, and explore possible connections to your waking life experiences and feelings.

Can dreams predict the future? Dreams are generally not considered to predict the future with literal accuracy. They could reveal your innermost thoughts, such as your expectations, fears, and secret desires.

Are there universal symbols in dream interpretation? While some symbols may have universal meanings, dream interpretation heavily relies on personal associations and cultural contexts.

How can I interpret common dreams like falling, being chased, or flying? Common dreams like falling often indicate a lack of control or insecurity, being chased may represent avoidance or confrontation with a problem, and flying can symbolise freedom or a desire for escape. While individual interpretations may differ, it is crucial to consider your emotions and experiences.

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16 Jan 2025

dream-about-militia-capturing-loved-ones
Being chased by murderer
Darkness
Family
Police
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Dream

A group of bad guys like a militia took a lot of males including my dad and brother. The males they took were on their knees and they started to kill them using machetes, directly into their necks. My mom and I were observing all these crazy act from a high building. I yelled at my mom to please let me go to the police. I knew I could make it to the police station to save my brother and dad. I was so frustrated because she didn’t let me go . She was afraid I might get captured and killed. So I went to the roof of the building to see if I could access the police station but the darkness of the night didn’t allow me to see forward. At the end they all got killed and the people that were on the top of the building didn’t allow me either to go to the police. They put traps or say things for Me not to go. So we all can survive .

16 Jan 2025

dream-about-parallel-worlds-and-falling
Abandoned home
Alien
Husband
Grandmother
Children
Stairs

Dream

My dream started off, it seemed like I was in kind of like a parallel world, one of the houses that I grew up in, like a log cabin, and each room I would go in would be different than it was when I was little, and there were like more beds in there, like maybe more people or more siblings or something, and then I kind of jumped to being in a room with who I thought were my kids, I didn't see their faces, but they were being really rambunctious and like broke this plant, like they were very careless, and then I went to carry the plant down the stairs, and the stairs were the stairs that I got pushed down, yeah basically pushed down when I was a child, anyway, the dirt fell down the stairs, and then my grandmother, well we kind of jumped in the dream, and then my grandmother went sliding down the stairs, fell, and then I called for my husband to come out, and he was kind of being grumpy about it, but finally came and helped, and then like I saw her like slumped over at the bottom of the stairs, and then the dream jumped to me and my husband living in California in some random house on a hill, and then we watched some either like alien ship launch or rocket or something, while we were out there, we, I don't know, went to take the garbage out, there were, he had brought the mattress out to the side of the street, and then while we were talking, and this face would start changing, like into like people that I knew, or I don't know, like scarier faces, I guess, and what was face changed into some face, I don't remember recognizing, and then I just woke up to this feeling of, of, it's almost like grabbing my throat, someone grabbing my throat, or pinning me down, but it was like I felt this really big don't touch me in the throat area of peace, and then I woke up very panicked.

16 Jan 2025

Fear
Angry at mom
Friend
Car
Crying
Family

Dream

First it was animal crossing and I was being chased by scorpions so i when into villager’s house to hide, then sometimes i would lay on their bed and they would lay onto of me making me unable to leave the bed. But when I came out of their house the scorpion was still there. I tried a different strat of catching them carring a flashlight, it didn’t work. Then I started looking for them in the rain and they got smart and would bring another big with their claws, release it when I’m about to swing my net and I capture that instead then the scorpion stings me. Then the dream switches. I’m about to get tattoos one on my arm of a lion and the other one of me and my cat. But the one of my cat requires them to break every bone in my arm. I sketch of where I want the rainbow lion tattoo, only realizing I drew it too low on my arm. I go to the bathroom to clean it off. After I’m done I think of shower then my mom starts knocking on the door saying there’s no time. I go out and quickly grab my bag, my phone charger and my winter jacket. I get in the car only realizing have way that I forgot my glasses. Then on my jacket I see a case of my spare glasses, “Oh I’m fine I found my spare glasses, I forgot I left them in the car haha.” Then when I get to the destination it was my choir group having dinner at a place similar to Apple Bees. I sat in the middle of the booth next to my friends, and I thought to myself “Gosh I feel stinky, did I even put on deodorant? My hair looks greasy doesn’t it…” Then my mom and my sister were also there and my mom started talking for a toast. In the middle of it I just angrily say “Oh shut up!”. I get scolded by my dad of not treating mommy that way then I get upset and lock myself in the bathroom forgot I took a burrito with me instead of leaving it on the table. I take a bite of it then remember I’m not supposed to eat in bathrooms. So I wrapped it in its wrapping the best I could and shoved it in my pocket. Then my mom knocks on the door saying she’s sorry and we need to talk to my sister cuz she’s crying. I wash my face and I’m like “fineee”. Me and mom mom go into her room, she’s on her bed crying with her cat ontop of her. She turns around and says “This was supposed to be Lee’s special day… And you had to go around and ruin it.” I say nothing as my mom taking over the conversation, she tries to explain her actions, there was a little back and forth. Then my sister says “See that’s your problem!” Then the dream switches and I’m a deer specialist Bambi and other people that are always baby animals. We are behind some bushes and a scientist tells us to duck all the way to the floor and cover our ears. Then the ground opens and out comes out a giant dish then it has some square holes on the size of the cylinder under the dish. “Test one!” The scientist says. The dish rotates a little and a giant pink boom wave comes out of it, I could feel it on my chest and the tree would shake from the released pressure. I say “omg that’s so loud that’s scary.”, someone else says “Don’t stand up or you’ll be cut in half.” “o-oh” I say. “Test two and this one goes ove the whole country!”.. the same boom happens. And now we are free to go, they show us up how the dish works, then one of the workers tripped over wires and shut the whole thing down “Oop! My bad” he says then turn is on again. Then a bird crashes into the dish’s and doesn’t the boom again. “You might want to see a real scientist.” I say. Her “Oh I plan too”. Then she goes and meets a professor that looks like Einstein. “Let me introduce you to my daughter” they both say at the same time. Then they realize their daughters already know each other and are a mirror image of each other. The look at the giant coins that are the size of their bodies, they have the same last name, “oh that’s kinda creepy” he says. “Any way I was planning on analyzing this thing tho know what’s wrong” she says. “No no you got it all wrong, analyzing is when you already know that problem” the professor says. Then the dream switches and I’m on my bed, I think I woke up, it was still dark outside so I thought it was probably 5am. I looked at my hand and there was a tiny scorpion on my middle finger I scream, I proceed to slap my hand against the wall. I look at it again and it’s still there I scream again then I accidentally wake up.

16 Jan 2025

dream-about-weird-coworkers-children-and-violence
Being chased by murderer
Violence and death
Abandoned home
Sister
Airport
Baby

Dream

I had 3 interesting dreams last night. In the first one, I was with my old coworkers at my house. It all just felt weird to me, like I was the odd one out. One of them, Janiqua, who was my closest friend at the time, explained to me that she’s sorry because they have inside jokes and lore that I’m not aware of. The house was a mess and nobody helped me clean up. In the second one, I was in an airport. This random man was pushing a stroller with I think two kids, but I only remember one. He asked me for directions to his gate. We got to his gate and he was handling something on his phone so I watched the stroller. The child was really really small with kind of a big head. I assumed maybe she was born prematurely. His gate number wasn’t for an airplane though, it was for a boat. The man boarded first without the stroller and the baby. The platform was swaying badly and the stroller nearly fell out the door but I caught it. I was stressed and scared and kept thinking that this has to be the wrong gate because of the danger. In the third one, I was in a classroom with Jack, the UK guy that broke my heart, and Cam, his friend, along with random other guys. My sister Teri was there, on a table, acting strangely. She was on all fours and acting really sexual. Of course the guys enjoyed it, but I pulled her aside and asked “what’s wrong with you?”. The dream suddenly warped to seeing this character Neal Caffrey from a TV show I’ve been watching starting acting strangely as well. In the show, he’s never killed anyone. But in my dream, it was as if he had a breakdown. He started shooting people dead in front of me. He tried to hurt me but somehow I managed to get into a room and close and lock the door long enough to call 911. It was the first time I used a phone in a dream. It took forever to type in 911 because I kept messing up, but eventually I did it, to Neal”s dismay. I tell the officers “you need to come to my address, there’s a guy, Neal Caffrey, and he’s already killed multiple people, he’s trying to hurt me, get here quickly!” This is how I found out I was back at my own house even though the interior looked nothing like it. Neal runs outside and to the right down the street, in the east direction. I contemplate chasing after him to keep track of him, but I see the lights of the police coming down from north to my house, so I take one last glance at Caffrey and stay to tell approaching officers he’s on foot. I don’t remember anything else after that except being scared out of my mind.

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Apartment
Basketball
Party
Relationship
Guy

Dream

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