Dream question: What is the significance of dreams with no noise?

Question

I occasionally dream of my uncle (who has passed on) and he never speaks in my dreams. My daughter recently had a "silent dream" which was marked by our cat throwing up (in the dream) silently. Everyone in her dream was silent, and there was a strong recognition of emotion. The content of silent dreams seems to be different than others, so if someone is familiar with dream genres, input on non-verbal dreams would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for all of your answers so far... if dreams are normally silent, then these have a distinct lack of ... static, if you will. There is a purity to the content. I think the advise to pay attention to emotion is solid, and I'm open to other thoughts on the subject too.

Answer 1

It is like a movie with no sound. If you make up sounds to it, it will not be as powerful and/or moving as it originally is. It is the same with dreams. If there is sound it will ruin the whole effect. Silent dreams are powerful.

Answer 2

I've been interpreting dreams for a long time, and to be honest I don't think I've ever heard of a dream that was completely silent. I've heard of dreams where people can't speak or can't hear someone else or other things. In that case it could be that you're feeling helpless and possibly frustrated that you're not understanding something in your waking life. But te way i read your question, it seemed to me more like it was silent, like a silent movie type silence (though I might had misread that)...In that case, the dream with your uncle whose passed away, kind of makes sense. He's not here anymore, so he CAN'T talk. The question, though, is what IS he doing? if he can't talk, then whatever message his image is representing has to do with either what he's doing, or what you're feeling. As for your daughter's silent dream, its about the emotion.

Actually that makes a lot of sense, the silence is probably to get you to focus on something other then words. to listen to the emotions represented in the dreams.

Answer 3

What I feel is that dreams are closely related to our memory of the past (either in this life or may be in the previous one) so silent dream should be related to being a spectator of the event , may wanting to help but could not do so and feeling guilt that we could not help may be one aspect to be contemplated on, thus the act or scene keeps recurring, the best thing to do is to help the subject (Cat ) in some way to put an end to this type of dreams.
However I do not feel that I am an expert on this subject !!1

Answer 4

Our senses are only with us to help us navigate through the external. All sensory input is translated into emotions. Dreams are usually our subconscious trying to communicate something that has not been resolved. If you are dreaming without senses, it usually means you are still trying to process something you have already experienced.Look to what emotions have been stirred by the subconscious pictures in your dream. When you think of these emotions in a waking state usually your conscious mind will bridge to something.

Answer 5

From what I've heard, people always hear things and store visual descriptions of what they hear in their minds, and descriptions are supposed to be quite accurate to (even when unconscious). Maybe the dreams you see are merely memories of a time when you heard something, but had no idea what it was. As a result, your brain doesn't have a perfect picture of what is happening, that's why there is no sound.

Answer 6

I suspect the silence is simply symbolic of an anxiety over being unable to communicate with the people and animals in the dream.

Answer 7

i couldn't remember what freud talked about silent dreams. i have to go and dig my psych books in the storage lol. but in my own idea, silence , more often than not, denotes agreement. i think maybe you have done something or just recently decided on something that is rightful decision. The characters' silence in your dream manifests approval.

Answer 8

EVERY SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID I ALWAYS DREAMED

ABOUT FLYING. I GUESS WHEN SUPER MAN FIRST CAME OUT

THAT MESSED MY HEAD UP. THEN PETER PAN (SUPERMAN AND PETER PAN WERE BLACK AND WHITE IN THOSE DAYS)

CAME ALONG. I,D BE DREAMING ABOUT FLYING FLAPPING

MY ARMS LIKE A BIRD TILL I GOT TIRED AND BEFORE I,D

HIT THE THE GROUND AND MAKE THAT SPLAT NOISE,

I,D WAKE UP IN A COLD SWEAT, MY PILLOW WOULD BE

SOAKED WITH SWEAT. " DON,T EAT SPICY FOOD BEFORE

BED TIME". I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH FLYING OF ANY KIND

BUT I CLIMB A LADDER, I SHAKE LIKE A LEAF.

Answer 9

dreams are like candy. you like them but if they taste bad you dont(nightmare). But most are good and some are great(like peanut butter cups). And every once in a while you will get a pretty average dream(these are like you regular chocolat bar). In conclusion dreams and candy are nothing alike(well they dont have much in common)

Answer 10

very good question but you never actually do find out what does happen during a silent dram e may be it is just meant to mean that