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This dream is surprisingly common and is often nothing to worry about.
Dreams of committing violent crimes can signal overexposure to violence in the media, or strong feelings of anger or resentment.
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It has been suggested that we dream about committing crimes because our brains wonder how it would feel.
This is a very common dream and its interpretation often depends on what stage you’re at in life.
If you’re a child or teenager still in school, it's most likely the dream means you're anxious about upcoming exams.
Dreaming of eating poisonous food, on the other hand, has been interpreted to mean there is something in the sleeper’s life they need to get rid of.
This is a very common dream and its interpretation often depends on whether you’re a man or a woman. If you’re a woman, the meaning can also depend on whether you are pregnant or not.
Dreaming of a table full of food is often indicative of high levels of happiness and enjoyment in waking life.
It is less common for men to dream of having a baby. But if they do, it often means their virility is compromised.
Dreams that revolve around food can, of course, be positive or negative.
If you’re an adult dreaming about being back at school, this may mean you are worried about other people judging you for some reason.
If a woman who is pregnant has this dream, it often simply reflects their excitement. Women who are not pregnant may have this dream when it is the beginning of a new chapter in their lives.
Conversely, it can mean that you feel people see you too much and you wish you had more privacy. It is not uncommon for celebrities to dream about being invisible.
This dream is surprisingly common and can have two opposite meanings.
It has been interpreted to mean you’re scared about missing out on something.
It can mean that you feel people don’t see or appreciate you enough.
The importance of money in waking life makes it a strong contender for an appearance in our night-time reality.
It may also mean you are concerned you are going to lose something or someone close to you.
Dreaming about losing money, however, is more likely to simply reflect a negative financial situation in real life.
The most popular interpretation of this dream is that it means you’re anxious or scared about something that’s changing in your life.
This is one of the most common dreams we have—ask anyone you know and they’ve probably dreamt of losing teeth at least once in their life.
This dream is thought to be related to frustration in a person’s waking life and often appears when someone is stuck in a dead-end job or an unsatisfying relationship.
Lots of people dream about being trapped, restricted, or unable to move.
It's been suggested that this is linked to the traumatic childhood experience of milk teeth falling out.
The dream has also been linked with feelings of powerlessness and the inability to make a difference to a situation.
If you’re dreaming about winning money, dream expert Anna-Karin Bjorklund has suggested this means you feel you are winning in another area of your life. Perhaps your career has taken a new, exciting turn.
This can often mean you feel you don’t have control of your life.
The dream often occurs when you’re trying to change something about your life but things are staying the same.
Many people dream of trying to run but staying in the same spot.
This dream is as traumatic, if not more traumatic, than the dream about losing teeth.
Have you ever woken up in a cold sweat because of a nightmare? Or spent the morning in a funny mood after a bizarre dream the night before? Understandably, most of us tend not to dwell too long on our dreams—despite centuries of study it is still not fully understood why we even dream at all. Yet with the average person having between three and five dreams per night, psychologists and neurobiologists have a number of theories to offer about why we dream and what our dreams may mean.
Check out this gallery to explore some of the most common dreams and gain insight into their possible meanings.
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Have you ever woken up in a cold sweat because of a nightmare? Or spent the morning in a funny mood after a bizarre dream the night before? Understandably, most of us tend not to dwell too long on our dreams—despite centuries of study it is still not fully understood why we even dream at all. Yet with the average person having between three and five dreams per night, psychologists and neurobiologists have a number of theories to offer about why we dream and what our dreams may mean.
Check out this gallery to explore some of the most common dreams and gain insight into their possible meanings.