EMOTIONS
Emotions in dreams often reflect how powerful or important you believe
something is. They often mirror your waking emotional state.
Anger
To dream that you are holding or expressing anger represents a
disagreement with someone in your waking life or inner conflict with
an aspect of your character. You may be experiencing frustrations
and disappointments with others or with your self.
Being angry in
a dream may also reflect you or someone else that is demanding to
be acknowledged. It may also be a sign that you have unacknowledged
aggression or hostility. Perhaps you feel undervalued, rejected, or
jealous.
An angry person
in a dream may represent a characteristic in yourself that you dislike
or feel guilty about.
Fact: Statistically,
men are much more likley to experience anger or aggression in dreams
than woman. This is most likely due to woman being much more open
about their problems or concerns in waking life. Poor people, working
mothers, and first born children also have higher incidences of anger
and violence in dreams.
Crying
To dream of crying sadly represents powerful feelings of loss, disappointment,
or pain. Distress, sorrow, or stress. You feel frustrated or overwhelmed
by how unpleasant a situation is. You may be having difficulty accepting
the end of a situation or relationship. Jealousy of something in your
life not being perfect. Feeling empty inside.
Alternatively,
crying in a dream may be a sign that you are acknowledging a problem
you've been repressing. You or someone else that is experiencing catharsis
or emotional cleansing. A release of sorrow, grief, or misery that
has been held back. You may have finally confronted a powerful fear.
To dream of crying
tears of joy represents the resolution of a frustrating problem or
working through emotional blocks. Relief of some kind. It may also
represent your deep appreciation or sense of wonderment for something
that has happened to you.
To wake up crying
represents suppressed hurt or trauma that you've neglected to deal
with. You are having difficulty accepting or confronting an issue.
A sign that you may need to be more open about your problems or more
willing to accept difficult changes.
To dream of no
one hearing or responding to your cries represents your feelings of
helplessness, neglect, or frustration. You may feel insignificant
or that no one is listening to you. You may need to be more vocal
about your problems or making your views known.
Pregnant women
often dream of crying to reflect their heightened emotional sensitivity
causing them to feel that they are losing control.
Crying in a dream
may also reflect sad feelings of unbearable sadness or emptiness.
Experiencing someone in your life that is sad and feeling that you
can't do anything about it.
Example: A woman
dreamed of crying about a horse dying. In waking life she had just
spent a few days having sex with her husband in an expensive hotel
before he had to leave on business for a long time. The crying probably
reflected the woman's disappointment with the sexual activity having
to stop for such a long time.
Example 2: A man
dreamed of seeing someone crying. In waking life he was experiencing
new found success in his business that suddenly stopped.
Example 3: A young
girl dreamed of seeing her mother sitting at the dinner table and
then felt herself start to cry. In waking life her parents were getting
a divorce and she felt that it was her fault.
Example 4: A man
dreamed of crying. In waking life he was a doctor in Nazi Germany
that was distraught witnessing his hospital being over taken by Nazi
soldiers.
Example 5: A woman
dreamed of seeing her boyfriend's mother crying. In waking life she
felt sorry for the mother because the mother missed her son (dreamer's
boyfriend) who was off in another country. The dreamer felt powerless
to address the problem while finding the mother's sadness unbearable.
Example 6: A woman
dreamed of seeing her mother crying. In waking if she felt that promises
she made to others about the future to move to another country were
going to make her very unhappy.
Example 7: A young woman dreamed of crying. In waking life she was
feeling a powerful sense of loss with her best friend decided to never
speak to her again.
Example 8: A woman dreamed of crying on the phone with her ex-boyfriend.
In waking life her ex-boyfriend had married someone else and she was
having difficulty accepting that a getting back with him was never
going to happen ever again.
Depression
To dream of
depression reflects a lack of belief in yourself or in a situation.
You may have lost hope or confidence. Alternatively, depression
in a dream may reflect how you are feeling sorry for yourself.
Depression in
a dream may be a sign that you need to force yourself to make positive
changes in your life or believe in yourself more.
To dream of experiencing
a financial depression represents a total loss of faith or hope in
your abilities. You may be having a big slump or feel that easy opportunities
in life are drying up. It may also reflect common feeling of failure
or a lack of opportunity amongst you and the people you know. You
can't do anything because no one else can.
Embarrassment
To dream that you are embarrassed represents your feelings of
disappointment or failure. A lack of self-confidence. Insecurities
about people laughing at you for hidden weaknesses being exposed.
Confidence feeling undermined. Embarrassment in a dream may also be
a sign that you have issues with confidence and believing in yourself.
Worrying too much about what other people think.
Alternatively,
embarrassment might reflect situations in waking life where you are
experiencing jealousy. Insecurities about your sexuality.
Fear
To dream of fear reflects a waking life situation that gives you
anxiety or that scares you. You may have a problem confronting an
issue. The fear may also reflect an unconscious aversion you have
to a something happening.
Beliefs about
yourself being little or powerless. Insecurity. Not believing in yourself
enough. A lack of experience that forces you to hide facts from people
or act cowardly. A fear of what other people think that drives you
to cover up your problems. A sign that you need to speak about your
problems to people or seek advice to address your problems properly.
To overcome your
fears it's recommended that you talk people about your problems or
to confront issues openly.
Example: A woman
had recurring dreams of feeling fear while cautiously entering a room.
In waking life she was having regular financial problems and feared
that she could never pay off her debts.
Happiness
To dream of
happiness may reflect waking life situations where you feeling good
about not having to worry about a problem anymore. Relief, comfort,
or contentment with how a situation has turned out. Feeling secure
or loved. Alternatively, happiness may reflect waking life situations
where you feel really lucky about something good that has happened.
Self-love.
Negatively,
happiness in a dream may be a sign that you are desperately avoid
facing the truth of a problem or are involved in addictive or excessive
behaviors. Compensating, daydreaming, or willful blindness to avoid
pain. A desire for wish fulfillment. It may also reflect a tendency
to live with desire for things you can't really believe you can
have. Wishful thinking. Happiness in a dream may be a sign that
you are having problems facing the reality of situation. Alternatively,
dreaming of being happy may reflect a tendency to be too comfortable
with ideas or situations that are not good for you. Feelings about
other people being happy to see your fail or your or enjoyment of
experiencing other failing.
Happy endings
in a dream may reflect positive outcomes that you currently aren't
confident enough to believe in. Negatively, they may reflect satisfaction
with keeping others down.
Example: A young
boy dreamed of his parents being happy together and choosing to not
get divorced. In waking life his parents were getting divorced and
there was nothing that could be done to stop it. The dream most likely
reflected the young boy's irrational or uniformed desire for his parents
to get back together. Using hope or telling himself that his parents
would get back together to help himself cope.
Example 2: A woman dreamed of feeling happy inside. In waking life
she was very happy to be divorced.
Hate
To dream of hating someone or something represents feelings of serious
resentment, frustration, or anger. Waking life grievances or strong
dislike. Feelings of contempt. Powerful jealousy or envy. Frustrations
with your own flaws or faults. Repressed aggression or fearing true
confrontation. A complete lack of a sense of humor about a sensitive
subject.
Alternatively,
hate in a dream may mirror waking life feelings of hatred, frustration,
or serious anger. A wish to seek revenge on someone. Having a true
enemy.
To dream that
someone hates you represents feelings about situations or relationships
that never produce happy outcomes when you interact with them. Feeling
unlucky in some area of your life or that someone doesn't like you.
Feeling that a situation in unwelcoming or unfriendly to your interests.
Situations that feel bitter or jealous of you. Experiencing hostility
to your presence or views. Fearing hostility or being yelled at. A
naive or misinformed view of someone you believe hates you when you
haven't even spent time speaking to them. Experiencing hostile ignorance
or bigoted behavior.
Example: A woman
dreamed of feeling intense hatred for a man. In waking life she was
a waitress who was frustrated by her boss forcing her to politely
serve dinner to a child molester who had been mentioned in the news.
*Please See Anger.
Jealousy
To dream of jealousy represents your anxiety or concern that some
area of your life will be too powerful for you. You may fear that
someone or something will get out of control or embarass you.
Laughing
To dream that you are laughing represents ideas or situations
that you feel are ridiculous or unrealistic. You feel you can't
take a situation or another person seriously anymore. Total confidence
something something is stupid or pathetic. Confidence after facing
a fear. Feeling that something is too easy. Feeling good that there
is nothing to worry about.
Negatively,
dreaming of hearing laughing represents situations where you are
embarrassed that certain ideas you have a ridiculous or unrealistic.
It may also reflect your feeling that others are not taking you
seriously or embarrass you for your ideas. Feeling that someone
is ridiculing you or making you feel stupid. Feeling mocked or that
people are secretly laughing at you. Being made a fool of. A fear
of being humiliated. Insensitively enjoying feeling that you are
better than other people. Enjoying others misery.
Alternatively,
laughing may negatively reflect feelings that someone is arrogantly
crossing a line with your tolerance. Someone in your life that you
feel is purposely not listening to you or embarrassing you behind
your back.
To dream of yourself laughing at something may be a sign that you
ar not taking a problem as seriously as you should. Thinking something
is too easy when it might not be if you were forced to confront it
for real.
Example: A man
dreamed of hearing people laugh when he asked them if it was ever
possible to be with a girl he liked. In waking life he soon realized
that being with the girl he liked was impossible and even ridiculous
because she was too old.
Example 2: A
woman dreamed of a shark laughing at her. In waking life she felt
that co-workers weren't taking her difficulties seriously.
Example 3: A
man dreamed of being half eaten by a shark and then laughing about
it. In waking life he was humiliated at a party, but then recovered
and felt better about it later on.
Example 4: A
young man dreamed of all his clothes, except his underwear, falling
off in front of his mother who laughed at him. In waking life he
felt that he needed to lighten up and be less serious about himself.
Example 5: A
young women dreamed of her ex-boyfriends' father laughing at her.
In waking life she felt that people were enjoying her misfortunes.
Example 6: A woman
dreamed of seeing her sister laugh at her with an evil laugh. In waking
life she felt her sister was mocking her religious views and her church
when she tried to speak to her about attending church.
Example 7: A girl dreamed of running away from her boyfriend and then
giving up and starting to laugh with him. In waking life she had a
big fight with her boyfriend which caused them to end the relationship
and then later got made up and resumed dating.
Love
To dream of being in love or feeling love represents a situation
in your life that feels good all the time. You may be experiencing
new found success or financial security.
To dream of
being in love with someone you aren't involved with in real life
symbolizes your strong attachment and acceptance of a quality in
yourself that you see in that person. It may also reflect strong
attachment or comfort with a situation that is occurring.
To dream of
being in love with someone you are involved with in real life can
reflect both your feelings for that person, or your strong attachment
and acceptance of a personality trait you have become comfortable
with. It may also reflect how good you feel about something that
is happening to you.
To dream of
being in love with a family member can reflects both your feelings
for that person or how much you like something that is happening
to you.
To dream of
being in love with someone you are infatuated with or "have
a crush" on may symbolize a powerful desire for that person.
You may not believe you can ever have that person, or possibly fear
never having them. This applies to celebrity "crushes"
as well.
To be in love
with celebrities which you have no attraction to in real life symbolizes
your strong attachment or acceptance to some quality in yourself
that you see in that celebrity. It may also reflect how much you
like something that is happening to you.
To be in love
with people you recognize, but have no physical attraction for symbolizes
your strong attachment or acceptance to some quality in yourself
that you see in that person.
To be in love
with a stranger represents a strong attachment or acceptance of
new qualities in yourself, or new situations. Something in your
life may be encouraging new feelings, or feelings you haven't had
in a very long time.
Example: A man
dreamed of falling in love. In waking life his struggling business
finaly began to make money.
Sadness
To dream of being sad may represent feelings of disappointment, failure,
or loss of something important. Feeling unfulfilled, apathetic, or
depressed. Missing people or something in your life a lot. Dreams
of sadness common occur around relationship breakups.
Negatively, sadness
may reflect your fear of losing something important. Insecurity, low-self-esteem,
or not believing that something good in your life with last for long.
Difficulty accepting loss or unpleasant changes.
Example: A woman
dreamed of looking at her pregnant belly and being really happy and
then suddenly being overcome with sadness. In waking life she was
pregnant and then had a miscarriage.
Example 2: A woman
dreamed of being overcome with sadness. In waking life she had just
broken up with her boyfriend.
Example 3: A man
dreamed of being overcome with sadness. In waking life he was having
trouble dealing with his divorce.
Example 4: A woman
dreamed of feeling sad watching apartment buildings sinking. In waking
life she started a new job helping terminally ill people. In this
case the sadness may have mirrored her waking life feelings about
watching sick people die.
*Please See Depression.
*Please See Mourning.
Shy
To dream of being shy represents feelings of being timid, too reserved,
showing a small amount of anxiety about confronting something. Nervousness.
Difficulty approaching a situation assertively. Situations where you
are inhibited or insecure. Feeling that something inside holds you
back when dealing with people or problems. Awareness of yourself disliking
yourself being quiet. Anxiety about trying something or opening up
to others. A sign that you need to be more assertive or aggressive.
Lacking confidence in a situation. Not feeling comfortable wanting
to do something yet.