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    Tired and upset woman works in a home office at night
    What Does It Mean If You’re Dreaming About Work?Dreams about your nine-to-five can mean a lot of different things. Here, several dream experts help guide you through the possibilities.
    By Katja Vujić
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    Woman awaking after sleeping well in a nice sleeping room.
    What Is Lucid Dreaming, and How Do I Do It?And, uh, should I even try to?
    By Katja Vujić
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    Why Is Sleep Paralysis So Terrifying?While nothing is worse than the feeling of being awake but unable to move or speak, there are some things you can do to cope.
    By Katja Vujić
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    What Does It Mean If You’re Dreaming About Snakes?And why, according to dream experts, you should never ignore a snake dream.
    By Candice Jalili and Amanda Arnold
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    Close-Up Of Spider Web
    What Does It Mean If You’re Dreaming About Spiders?“Any time of transformation, of rebirth, of cycles and life and death, can bring about the visage of an arachnid, for sure.”
    By Claire Lampen
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    What Does It Mean If You’re Dreaming About Being Chased?“These dreams are especially common for those of us who avoid confrontation, conflict, and big displays of emotion.”
    By Claire Lampen and Candice Jalili
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    Silhouette of a pregnant woman by the window
    Dreaming You’re Pregnant? Experts Explore 13 Reasons WhyPregnancy dreams are typically connected to something else in your life that is in a growing and development phase, rather than actual pregnancy.
    By Candice Jalili and Anne Cruz
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    Dream Experts Explore Why You’re Dreaming About Your Teeth Falling Out“Communication is such a huge part of our life, and so many of us second-guess the way we’re communicating.”
    By Candice Jalili, Katie Berohn, and Anne Cruz
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    IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, (aka FA YEUNG NIN WA), Maggie Cheung, 2000. ©Miramax/courtesy Everett Collecti
    So What Does It Mean If You Dream About Cheating?And should you be worried about what it portends for your IRL love life? Here’s what the experts think.
    By Candice Jalili
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    How to Interpret Dreams About Practically AnyoneFrom exes to co-workers to celebrities, here’s a guide.
    By Candice Jalili, Gretty Garcia, and Katja Vujić
  11. ¡hola papi!
    ‘Why Am I Dreaming About Sex With a Man When I’m a Lesbian?’The something at the root of a dream is very rarely the most literal interpretation of what happens in it. It’s your dating anxiety talking.
    By J.P. Brammer
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    Close-Up Of Yellow Fish Swimming In Sea
    What Does It Mean If You Dream About Fish?Catching a fish in your dreams, or watching them swim in a tank? Here’s how the experts interpret it.
    By Candice Jalili and Kelly Conaboy
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    Basset Hound Sleeping Against Colored Background
    What Does It Mean If You Dream About Dogs?Are dogs running, barking, and chasing you in your sleep? Here’s what that could mean.
    By Candice Jalili and Kelly Conaboy
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    Tornado approaching house in rural landscape
    What Does It Mean If You’re Dreaming About Tornadoes?“Our emotions are the weather of the mind … and tornadoes tend to represent worry and anxiety, spinning out of control.”
    By Claire Lampen
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    What Does It Mean If You’re Having Dreams About Babies?“Usually baby dreams are a really positive sign that represent growth or development.” There are, of course, exceptions.
    By Claire Lampen
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    What Does It Mean If You’re Dreaming About Alligators?The gator may represent “someone with a big mouth, and sharp, biting remarks and hurtful criticism.” Sound like anyone you know?
    By Claire Lampen
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    What Does It Mean If You’re Dreaming About Bears?Are you feeling threatened? In need of rest? Desperate to reconnect with nature? Bear dreams hold many meanings.
    By Claire Lampen
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    The underwater world of Maldives.
    What Does It Mean If You’re Dreaming About Drowning?“Any event that produces emotion that you cannot control, or that you feel powerless in the sway of, is more likely to spur a drowning dream.”
    By Claire Lampen
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    Double Exposure Image Of Woman Lying On Bed
    Dream Experts Explain Why You’re Dreaming About DeathIt’s not as sinister as it seems.
    By Candice Jalili, Katie Berohn, and Anne Cruz
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    Woman Lying On Bed
    Dreaming About an Ex? Experts Explore 23 Reasons Why“Look at the dream as a conversation with yourself.”
    By Candice Jalili
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    Dream-Journaling to Have Hard ConversationsConfronting my subconscious has taught me how to get real with my present.
    By Emma Firth
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    Oh, to Have a Joint Birthday Party With Taylor SwiftShe recently shared pictures of her combined party with Alana Haim on Instagram.
    By Mia Mercado
  23. self
    Are Maskless Nightmares the New Stress Dreams?The “naked in public” dream, but for 2020.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
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    Don’t Be Surprised If You Start Dreaming About BugsThe pandemic may have caused an uptick in dreams about swarms of insects.
    By Katie Heaney
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    Why Are My Dreams So Vivid Right Now?Exploring the pandemic’s impact on our sleeping minds.
    By Alice Robb
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    What Do Dogs Dream About?A quick look into the science of canine sleep.
    By Kelly Conaboy
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    How to Actually Interpret Your DreamsThe mysterious power of the dream group, and how to start one.
    By Edith Zimmerman
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    How to Recover From a Night of Bad DreamsNightmares can cause a real emotional (and even physical) impact. Here’s how to minimize it.
    By Katie Heaney
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    Why You Keep Having the Same Work Stress Dream Over and OverThe brain loves an everyday motif.
    By Katie Heaney
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    Why Don’t We Dream About Our Smartphones?It might have something to do with evolution.
    By Katie Heaney
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    We’re in a ‘Dream Deprivation’ EpidemicA new paper is calling it a major public-health problem.
    By Susie Neilson
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    There’s No Such Thing As a Universal Symbol in DreamsThe strange scenarios your subconscious cooks up are driven by culture and individual memory as well as psychology.
    By Sonya Vatomsky
  33. The Disturbing Link Between Frequent Nightmares and Suicide RiskMultiple studies have found a connection between chronic bad dreams and suicide or self-harm.
    By Amitha Kalaichandran
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    This Teen’s Summer 2017 Bucket List Is Going Viral and It’s AmazingIt was reportedly found in an Urban Outfitters dressing room.
    By Katie Van Syckle
  35. Scientists Can Read Your Brain Activity and Know What You’re Dreaming AboutA new, slightly spooky study.
    By Cari Romm
  36. Can Spicy Food Really Cause Weird Dreams? The Answer Is ComplicatedAn investigation.
    By Cari Romm
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    Kafka Harnessed Insomnia to Create His Trippy FictionBlur the boundary between dreaming and waking, and you might turn into a bug.
    By Drake Baer
  38. the science of dreams
    Why Your Dreams Go Crazy When You Stop Smoking PotMost people think it has to do with REM sleep. Not so, insists a sleep researcher who has come up with a competing theory.
    By Jesse Singal
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    How Much Do You Know About Freudian Dream-Interpretation?Sometimes a quiz is just a quiz.
    By Jesse Singal
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    Watch Natalie Portman Destroy a Perfect WeddingSo glad she’s back.
    By Kathleen Hou
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    10 Victoria’s Secret Models on Their Anxiety DreamsMissed flights, flaky friends, stolen wings, and more.
    By Hattie Crisell
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    Jennifer Aniston Says Not Wearing Makeup Is ‘So Fabulous — So Dreamy’Huh. 
    By Maggie Lange
  43. ebola
    Everyone Is Dreaming About EbolaEveryone on Twitter, anyway.
    By Melissa Dahl
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    People Who Can Control Their Dreams Are Also Better at Real LifeThe ability to control your dreams has some waking-life benefits.
    By Melissa Dahl
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    First Look: Surreal Photos from ‘Reverie Sleep’Nature meets rainbow people meets fruit suits.
    By Julie Ma
  46. lochte it down
    What Ryan Lochte Will Be Wearing This SpringMy, won’t he look handsome in shirtless overalls?
    By Sally Holmes
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    Jessica Simpson Dreamed She Gave Birth in a Leopard-Print CaftanShe would.
    By Charlotte Cowles