Thread: What is your most common dream sign?

My most common dream sign is water. It probably took about 7 - 10 entries for me to see that water was frequently in my dreams.

I don't use dream signs, but I do tend to have a lot of dreams where I'm running or sneaking away from something. Sometimes I also have an urgent sense of needing to escape, as if I'm being chased. These dreams aren't usually nightmares or heavy in nature; many of them are action- or adventure-type dreams. It probably only took me two or three entries because the commonality is easy to notice, given most of the dream involves this particular "sign" or content.

My most common dream sign is the location of my grandparent's cabin on the snake river. Took me a few entries to notice this. Although they are frequent, I rarely recognize them at the time.

Since I've been recording my dreams, about half of them have had something to do with our new cabin in the mountains...odd seeing as we don't go there very often, now I just have to realize it while i'm dreaming

Very interesting. Have any of you been able to become lucid by recognizing these signs? After studying my journal for a little bit, I'm beginning to think I have a lot of dream signs lol. But the most common one seems to be dirt bikes and motorcycles. I am very often on a dirt bike during my dreams or there is one in my dream somewhere.

Hmm, this is interesting... This topic made me think about my dreams, and my dream journal entries. Looking back on them, I've realized that almost every single one of my dreams are at school. Now that I've noticed this, it's actually quite frightening how I have realized this before... I would say a good 4/5 of my dreams are at school (or somewhere related to school, like a school bus ect.)

Wow, that just sparked my memory nexi, Most of my dreams occur at school or pertaining to school. But that may also be the case because I am still in high school, so it makes it more understandable.

Originally Posted by ryman

But that may also be the case because I am still in high school, so it makes it more understandable.

Yeah aha I'm a freshman at high school and it's more stress than I normally deal with. I guess it's because I'm much more focused in school now than I was before

Originally Posted by Nexi

Yeah aha I'm a freshman at high school and it's more stress than I normally deal with. I guess it's because I'm much more focused in school now than I was before

Yea, that is probably it, freshman year could be a tough one. but yea much more focus needs to be put into high school. That is why I think I have many dreams about school, because I am there everyday and it is on my mind a lot.

I found that a lot of my dreams have transportation in them.. Whether it's a boat, car, plane, skytrain etc. I don't really like using these to get lucid though.. I find it rarely works. A certain hotel that I've been visiting every once in a while, average is about once a year ever since grade 3 or something ridiculous like that (I'm in university now). I've come to find these hotel dreams pretty meaningful, which I almost never do with dreams. And I've only been lucid once with the hotel. It felt really weird and uncomfortable to be lucid in this really familiar (yet artificial) hotel. So I just prefer to let those run their course.

I don't really have dream signs, only a couple, most common one is writing a text to someone and all the letters are jumbled, or i'm beatboxing but I feel like i'm drunk and can't do it properly

Originally Posted by ShadowOfSelf

I don't really have dream signs, only a couple, most common one is writing a text to someone and all the letters are jumbled

Yea, I've noticed I have the same problem with that but It doesn't happen often in my dreams.

Originally Posted by ryman

Very interesting. Have any of you been able to become lucid by recognizing these signs?.

NO! I'm having a lot of trouble becoming lucid

Propably most common for me is school, that's were I usually am in my dreams. I've also gotten lucid propably three times in dreams, because I've noticed something strange about my school. I've been thinking about paying more attention to my school to know, when I'm dreaming and when I'm not.

Originally Posted by gtmj115

NO! I'm having a lot of trouble becoming lucid

I have never gotten lucid from dream signs. Just DEILD basically or just randomly noticing that I'm dreaming. But hey don't get discouraged. With practice comes perfect, some people are naturally good at it while others have to devote much more time towards becoming lucid. At least you have had one already, that means you can have more for sure.

I have a few that I've noticed occur frequently. Weed was a big one, but since I quit I haven't been able to properly use it as a dream sign since I don't use it anymore, my room mate does though so whenever he smokes I try to reality check.

Another one is clothes, either I'm getting dressed and some of my clothes are missing or I have clothes that I don't recognize or for some reason I'm not wearing some clothes, so whenever I get dressed/undressed I become aware and reality check. This is probably the most useful one because I tend to have a lot of trouble in my dreams with them and it's something I very commonly encounter in waking life to be able to reality check.

Also I've been trying to use video games as my dream sign but I haven't played very often lately because of school so that doesn't help much.


So far none of these have triggered lucidity but I haven't really been working with them for very long so I think it's just a matter of getting it instilled in my brain so that I can recognize them better in dreams.

Weed was a big one for me for a little while too, It did not help me become lucid however because I was so frequently around it in the waking life, even after I was put on probation for it. It kinda would frustrate me when I would wake up and remember a dream where my friends were smoking and I couldn't because I thought I had court the next day, I wish I realized so I could smoke in my dream haha, but also I had several dreams just after getting arrested that I was smoking and would remember half way through a blunt or joint that I had court in a few days, I would freak out not knowing what to do and then I would wake up. I found it kind of interesting that my waking life thoughts influence how I act and what I can and can't do in a normal dream.

My most common dream signs just have to be me driving a car or my former school. I very often dream of my former school for who knows why but why me driving cars? I don't even like cars. Either way you got your answer.

Many of my dreams have been at my former school so not sure how much but one thing that I am sure off is that the pattern has worked for way before my dream journal. As from my dream journal - around 4-5 times.

Interesting, I often dream about being at school. Probably because I spend a lot of time there as it is unfortunately. But, as for the driving cars with you I am not sure why you would dream about something you don't like, maybe your sub-conscious is trying to tell you something. It is worth looking into trying to interpret or decipher why that may be based on your dream journal entries.

Originally Posted by ryman

I had several dreams just after getting arrested that I was smoking and would remember half way through a blunt or joint that I had court in a few days, I would freak out not knowing what to do and then I would wake up. I found it kind of interesting that my waking life thoughts influence how I act and what I can and can't do in a normal dream.

I dream about smoking and getting caught frequently, even though I quit. I had that same dream after i got put on probation ha.

Originally Posted by gtmj115

I dream about smoking and getting caught frequently, even though I quit. I had that same dream after i got put on probation ha.

Hahah must be a stress related thing or just the sudden change from smoking a lot straight to not smoking at all.

I thought so but its been like 4 months now and im still having them

My dream signs are trams (streetcars, light rail, rapid tram, stadtbahn) and other kind of trains.
Not really that amazing because they are my subject of interest.

Originally Posted by Toozul

My dream signs are trams (streetcars, light rail, rapid tram, stadtbahn) and other kind of trains.
Not really that amazing because they are my subject of interest.

Makes sense, I think my dream sign is dirt bikes, and they are also a common interest.