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Dream events
Events carry cultural scripts, which makes them unusually legible and unusually easy to over-read. A funeral in a dream is almost never a prediction; it is very often an ending your waking mind has not agreed to yet. These pages say so plainly.
- EventAccidentAccident dreams are common and, for anyone who has been in a real accident, may be trauma-related rather than symbolic, which is a different thing needing different handling.
- EventArrestArrest dreams centre on being caught rather than on having done anything: dreamers frequently report not knowing what they are accused of, and feeling guilty anyway.
- EventBetrayalDreaming that a partner is unfaithful is common and is not evidence of anything. It reflects the dreamer's own insecurity or processing, not the partner's behaviour, and acting on it damages real relationships.
- EventBirthBirth dreams are extremely common during pregnancy and are usually anxious. Outside pregnancy they more often accompany beginnings: projects, changes, new phases.
- EventExaminationThe exam dream is the most reported anxiety dream there is, it persists for decades after leaving education, and there is some evidence that having it before a real exam is associated with doing better.
- EventFuneralA funeral in a dream does not predict a death. It is one of the most reliable images the mind has for an ending, and it appears far more often around change than around bereavement.
- EventNatural disasterDisaster dreams are among the most vivid people report and rise measurably with news coverage. The recurring feature is scale: a threat the dreamer cannot affect, only survive.
- EventReunionReunion dreams are among the most emotionally intense people report, particularly where the person is dead or estranged. The waking is usually harder than the dream.
- EventWarWar dreams in people with no combat experience track news exposure closely. In veterans and those who have lived through conflict they are frequently trauma-related and need different handling.
- EventWeddingWedding dreams are dominated by things going wrong: the wrong dress, the wrong person, nobody arriving. The commitment is rarely the anxiety; the ceremony is.