Specific dreams
Dream scenarios
Most dream references stop at the symbol: here is what a snake means, here is what water means. That is rarely the dream anybody actually had. What people remember is a black snake in the room they grew up in, or water rising while they stood still and watched it. These pages take the specific version, the one with the detail still attached, and read it on its own terms, because the detail is usually where the meaning is.
The most written about
The dreams people have most, and the ones with the most written about them. Snakes, teeth, falling, being chased.
Snake17 scenarios
- Dreaming about a blue snakeColour
- Dreaming about a black snakeColour
- Dreaming about being protected by a snakeHow it felt
- Dreaming about a snake chasing youWhat happened
- Dreaming about a golden snakeColour
- Dreaming about a friendly snakeHow it felt
- Dreaming about a snake shedding its skinWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about many snakesHow many
- Dreaming about a snake biting youWhat happened
- Dreaming about a white snakeColour
- Dreaming about a green snakeColour
- Dreaming about a red snakeColour
- Dreaming about a dead snakeWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about a talking snakeWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about a snake in your bedWhere it happened
- Dreaming about a snake in your houseWhere it happened
- Dreaming about killing a snakeWhat happened
Being chased8 scenarios
- Dreaming about turning to face what is chasing youWhat happened
- Dreaming about being chased by someone you knowWhat happened
- Dreaming about being chased by an animalWhat happened
- Dreaming about hiding from a pursuerWhat happened
- Dreaming about being chased without fearHow it felt
- Dreaming about being caught by what was chasing youWhat happened
- Dreaming about running but not movingWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about being chased by something you cannot seeWhat state it was in
Falling8 scenarios
- Dreaming about falling from a building or cliffWhere it happened
- Dreaming about hitting the ground when you fallWhat happened
- Dreaming about being pushed off somethingWhat happened
- Dreaming about falling slowlyWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about someone else fallingWhat happened
- Dreaming about falling into waterWhere it happened
- Dreaming about falling and waking suddenlyWhat happened
- Dreaming about falling and never landingWhat state it was in
Flying8 scenarios
- Dreaming about flying over somewhere you knowWhere it happened
- Dreaming about flying easilyWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about flying but barely staying upWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about flying and then fallingWhat happened
- Dreaming about flying away from somethingWhat happened
- Dreaming that you cannot fly any moreWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about flying in front of other peopleWhat happened
- Dreaming about flying but sinkingWhat state it was in
Teeth8 scenarios
- Dreaming you can feel your teeth looseningWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about somebody else losing teethWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about a tooth that will not come outWhat happened
- Dreaming about your teeth falling out in front of other peopleWhere it happened
- Dreaming about your teeth crumblingWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about spitting out teethWhat happened
- Dreaming about your teeth falling outWhat happened
- Dreaming about pulling out your own teethWhat happened
Being unable to speak or move7 scenarios
- Dreaming about legs that will not moveWhat state it was in
- Waking up unable to moveWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about trying to scream and making no soundWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about screaming but making no soundWhat happened
- Dreaming about a phone that will not workWhat happened
- Dreaming about being unable to move while something comes closerWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about shouting and being ignoredWhat happened
Dead relative7 scenarios
- Dreaming about a dead relative warning youWhat happened
- Dreaming about the same dead relative repeatedlyWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about a dead relative who says nothingWhat happened
- Dreaming about a dead relative looking healthyWhat state it was in
- Dreaming that someone who died is aliveWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about a dead relative speaking to youWhat happened
- Dreaming about a dead relative and forgetting they diedWhat state it was in
Baby6 scenarios
- Dreaming about forgetting a babyWhat happened
- Dreaming about a baby that is not yoursWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about a baby that talksWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about holding a babyWhat happened
- Dreaming about losing a baby in a crowd or a buildingWhat happened
- Dreaming about a baby crying that you cannot settleWhat happened
Being late6 scenarios
- Dreaming about arriving after it has finishedWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about being late and nobody caringWhat state it was in
- Dreaming you are late for something you cannot nameWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about a clock while you are running lateWhat happened
- Dreaming other people are making you lateWhat happened
- Dreaming about not being able to get ready in timeWhat happened
Being naked in public6 scenarios
- Dreaming about trying to cover upWhat happened
- Dreaming somebody else is nakedWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about being naked and not caringHow it felt
- Dreaming about being partly dressed in publicWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about being naked at work or schoolWhere it happened
- Dreaming you are naked and nobody noticesWhat state it was in
Blood6 scenarios
- Dreaming about blood that will not wash offWhat happened
- Dreaming about bleeding and nobody noticingHow it felt
- Dreaming about blood while everybody carries onWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about menstrual bloodWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about bleeding with no injuryWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about someone else's bloodWhat state it was in
Cat6 scenarios
- Dreaming about a hurt or dying catWhat state it was in
- Dreaming you forgot to feed an animalWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about a cat that will not be caughtWhat happened
- Dreaming about a cat that is somehow wrongWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about a house full of catsWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about a cat watching youWhat state it was in
Dog6 scenarios
- Dreaming about being chased or bitten by a dogWhat happened
- Dreaming about a pack of dogsWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about a dog blocking your wayWhat happened
- Dreaming about a dog that talksWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about a dog that is happy to see youWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about a dog that has diedWhat state it was in
Drowning6 scenarios
- Dreaming about watching someone drownWhat happened
- Dreaming about being pulled underwaterWhat happened
- Dreaming about drowning in still waterWhere it happened
- Dreaming about nearly drowning and getting outWhat happened
- Dreaming about breathing underwaterWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about not being able to reach the surfaceWhat happened
Dying6 scenarios
- Dreaming you are dead but still presentWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about your own deathWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about dying and feeling calmHow it felt
- Dreaming you are told you are going to dieWhat state it was in
- Dreaming that you die and nobody reactsWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about watching somebody dieWhat happened
Examination6 scenarios
- Dreaming about an exam you have not revised forWhat happened
- Dreaming about not finding the exam roomWhat happened
- Dreaming about an exam in a subject you never studiedWhat state it was in
- Dreaming you have to sit an exam you already passedWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about waiting for an exam to beginWhat state it was in
- Dreaming you cannot write your answersWhat happened
Ex-partner6 scenarios
- Dreaming about an ex while in a new relationshipHow it felt
- Dreaming about your ex with someone elseWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about an ex-partner who has diedWhat state it was in
- Dreaming an ex ignores youWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about an ex you had forgottenWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about getting back together with an exWhat happened
Fire6 scenarios
- Dreaming about being unable to put out a fireWhat happened
- Dreaming that you are on fireWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about a fire that nobody else noticesWhat happened
- Dreaming about starting a fireWhat happened
- Dreaming about the aftermath of a fireWhere it happened
- Dreaming about your house on fireWhere it happened
House6 scenarios
- Dreaming you cannot find your way out of a houseWhere it happened
- Dreaming about a house you used to live inWhere it happened
- Dreaming there is somebody else in your houseWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about finding extra rooms in a houseWhere it happened
- Dreaming about a house falling down or in disrepairWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about a house you have never seen but know is yoursWhere it happened
Infidelity6 scenarios
- Dreaming that you cheatedWhat happened
- Should you tell your partner about a dream like this?What happened
- Dreaming about being unfaithful with somebody you knowWhat state it was in
- Dreaming your partner is unfaithful again and againWhat state it was in
- Dreaming about an affair with somebody you cannot identifyWhat state it was in
- Dreaming that your partner cheated on youWhat state it was in
Everything else people dream about
The long tail, and the more interesting half of it: the lift that opens onto nothing, the language you do not speak but understood, the person who was two people at once. Open a record to read the versions written for it.
A
- A border3
- A building of stairs3
- A colleague3
- A crack3
- A game3
- A hole3
- A language you do not speak3
- A lock that will not lock3
- A name3
- A place of worship3
- A place that was two places3
- A secret3
- A soldier3
- A thread3
- A twin or double3
- Abandoned building3
- Accident3
- Aeroplane3
- Alcohol3
- An animal that speaks3
- An announcement3
- An empty chair3
- Anger3
- Anticipation3
- Arrest3
- Attic3
B
- Back and shoulders3
- Bag3
- Bank3
- Basement3
- Bat3
- Bathroom4
- Beach4
- Bear3
- Bed3
- Bedroom3
- Bee3
- Being a child again3
- Being early3
- Being ignored3
- Being in the wrong body3
- Being invisible3
- Being watched2
- Betrayal3
- Bicycle3
- Bird3
- Birth3
- Blanket3
- Boat3
- Bones3
- Book3
- Boss3
- Box3
- Bread3
- Breaking something3
- Bridge2
- Building something3
- Bus3
- Butterfly3
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
R
S
- Salt3
- Saving someone3
- Saying goodbye3
- School3
- Scorpion3
- Screen3
- Searching3
- Seeds3
- Shame3
- Shark3
- Shed3
- Sheep3
- Ship3
- Shoes3
- Shop3
- Sibling3
- Silence3
- Skin3
- Sky3
- Smell3
- Smoke3
- Snail3
- Snow3
- Somebody who knows you3
- Somebody who was two people3
- Someone alive appearing dead3
- Spider6
- Squirrel3
- Stairs4
- Stars3
- Station3
- Steam and mist3
- Stomach3
- Storm4
- Stranger3
- Suitcase3
- Sun3
- Surgery3
- Swan3
- Sweating and heat3
- Swimming3
- Swimming pool3
T
- Table3
- Taxi3
- Teacher3
- The Bedroom Presence3
- The Black Dog2
- The Companion Animal3
- The Crawling Figure2
- The Double2
- The Dream Guide3
- The Faceless Pursuer3
- The Guardian Animal3
- The Guiding Child3
- The Hat Man3
- The Helpful Stranger3
- The Luminous Figure3
- The Mimic2
- The Old Hag2
- The One in the Corner2
- The One Who Carries2
- The One Who Intervenes3
- The One Who Waits For You2
- The One Who Waits Outside2
- The Protective Ancestor3
- The same dream again3
- The Second Self2
- The Serpentine Presence3
- The Shadow Person2
- The Still Child2
- The Voice That Warns3
- The Watcher2
- The Whisperer2
- The Wise Elder3
- Theatre3
- Things changing size3
- Thorns3
- Tiger3
- Time behaving wrongly3
- Tongue and mouth3
- Tower3
- Train4
- Tree3
- Turtle3