Dreams about actions and situations

Falling

In later sleep, falling tends to accompany situations where support has been withdrawn: a job, a relationship, a certainty.

Being chased

The standard reading is that the pursuer represents something being avoided in waking life. What is chasing you matters more than the chase — a stranger, an animal and a person you know point in different directions.

Flying

Effortless flight tends to accompany periods of confidence; struggling to stay airborne accompanies the opposite. Height often tracks perceived control.

Being naked in public

Frequently accompanies impostor feelings, new jobs and public roles. Notably, in many such dreams nobody else reacts.

Being lost

Familiar places that have become unnavigable are the most telling version: the surroundings have not changed, your ability to read them has.

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83 subjects · 395,450 searches a month

Every actions and situations dream people ask about

Ordered by how often each is actually searched. We publish the demand figure because it answers a question no dream dictionary does: is your dream unusual, or is it one of the most common ones there is.

# Dream about Searches / month Share of category
1 Fighting 36,200 9.2%
2 Sex 35,100 8.9%
3 Crying 21,900 5.5%
4 Getting married 20,440 5.2%
5 Drowning 17,400 4.4%
6 Flight 16,500 4.2%
7 Travel 16,400 4.1%
8 Driving a car 15,800 4%
9 Funeral 12,300 3.1%
10 Eating 11,590 2.9%
11 Walking 11,100 2.8%
12 Work 9,900 2.5%
13 Killing someone 9,300 2.4%
14 Crying in my 8,100 2%
15 Partner cheating 7,200 1.8%
16 Cheating 6,900 1.7%
17 Running 6,700 1.7%
18 Closet 6,600 1.7%
19 Cry in 6,600 1.7%
20 Swimming 6,400 1.6%
21 Kidnapped 5,650 1.4%
22 Someone killing someone 5,400 1.4%
23 Killing someone in a 5,400 1.4%
24 Missing a flight 4,800 1.2%
25 Dancing 3,940 1%
26 Winning the lottery 3,800 1%
27 Marriage 3,800 1%
28 Dying 3,600 0.9%
29 Cheating partner 3,490 0.9%
30 Fighting with someone 3,200 0.8%
31 Kiss 3,040 0.8%
32 Swimming in a pool 2,900 0.7%
33 Laughing 2,640 0.7%
34 Killed 2,600 0.7%
35 Singing 2,480 0.6%
36 Sleep paralysis 2,400 0.6%
37 Walking without shoes 2,400 0.6%
38 Driving 2,020 0.5%
39 Time travel 2,000 0.5%
40 Someone chasing you 2,000 0.5%
41 Partner cheating on you 2,000 0.5%
42 Cookies 1,900 0.5%
43 Winning 1,900 0.5%
44 Killed someone in 1,900 0.5%
45 Kissing 1,600 0.4%
46 Swimming in a 1,600 0.4%
47 Sex in 1,600 0.4%
48 Chased in a 1,600 0.4%
49 Running away 1,440 0.4%
50 Someone trying to kill me 1,300 0.3%
51 Someone who has died 1,300 0.3%
52 Swimming pool 1,300 0.3%
53 Walking on a 1,300 0.3%
54 Fighting in a 1,300 0.3%
55 Search 1,300 0.3%
56 Chasing 1,300 0.3%
57 Raw meat 1,180 0.3%
58 Eating chocolate 1,180 0.3%
59 Screaming 1,000 0.3%
60 Passing out 880 0.2%
61 Eating rice 880 0.2%
62 Shopping 880 0.2%
63 Drinking alcohol 880 0.2%
64 Eating cake in 880 0.2%
65 Dance 880 0.2%
66 Late 720 0.2%
67 Moving 720 0.2%
68 Buying new clothes 720 0.2%
69 Cheated on 720 0.2%
70 Spouse cheating 720 0.2%
71 Killing 720 0.2%
72 Feathers 720 0.2%
73 Eating bread 720 0.2%
74 Eating glass 720 0.2%
75 Getting married in 720 0.2%
76 Sell a 720 0.2%
77 Prayer 720 0.2%
78 Drinking milk 590 0.1%
79 Running away from someone 590 0.1%
80 Beating someone 590 0.1%
81 Buying a car 590 0.1%
82 Eating in the 590 0.1%
83 Meat 590 0.1%

The most-asked actions and situations dream is Fighting at 36,200 searches a month — 9% of everything in this category. Just 10 of the 83 subjects account for half the demand, which is the usual shape: a handful of dreams everybody has, and a long tail almost nobody asks about.