Erotic dream interpretation - What do sex dreams reveal about us?

A study conducted by Ohio University found that men think about sex around 18 times a day and women around 10 times a day. So it's no wonder that sex also plays a major role in our dreams. But what exactly do sex dreams mean? What do they reveal about our wishes, desires or perhaps even fears? And why is it so hot in our subconscious?

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Erotic dream interpretation - What do sex dreams reveal about us?

Meaning of a sex dream

Sex dreams can be triggered by things that subconsciously occupy us or by our longings and desires, which we are sometimes not even aware of at the time. An erotic dream offers a multitude of opportunities for dream interpretation due to the many hidden and open clues. Your subconscious wants to draw your attention to something and help you. So don't close yourself off, but get to the bottom of what triggers your dreams!

Wishes and desires

It is relatively easy to identify an erotic dream that was triggered by wishes or desires: when you wake up, you express the wish to be able to immerse yourself in the dream again. Such a dream can be seen as an invitation from the subconscious to become aware of your desires and dreams and to surrender to them. Due to inhibitions or your private environment, you may not have been able to become aware of these longings or live them out until now. However, when realizing them, it is important to bear in mind that it can sometimes be dangerous or simply too much of a good thing. The trick is not to realize the dream one-to-one, but to become aware of the message hidden in the dream symbolism and to bring it into harmony with real life.

Interpreting dream symbols

The subconscious uses certain symbols in our dreams to communicate things to us. The interpretation of these must be made depending on the person and their relationship to the symbols appearing in the dream and cannot be generalized.

For example, people who do not like snakes or have no connection to them, but dream of them in connection with sex, could subconsciously feel a fear of failure or even a certain fear of sex. On the other hand, people who like snakes associate this symbol with seduction and sometimes even use it as a phallic symbol.

Objects and landscapes

The objects and landscapes that appear in dreams can also provide information about our inner self, just as the dream symbols do. Recurring places or landscapes can bring back fond memories or point to unresolved problems. This depends on whether the place in the dream feels threatening or familiar. Most people associate a sun-soaked, lush and fertile landscape with sex in their dreams. However, this again depends on the preferences of the person dreaming.

Orgasm in a dream?

An orgasm in a dream? Is that even possible? Yes, it is! Our thoughts and feelings play an important role in orgasms and this is amply served in sex dreams with our conscious and subconscious desires. However, men are much more likely to have an orgasm in their sleep than women, and the explanation for this is visibly simple: men are better at switching off and women think too much, even subconsciously.

The interpretation of your sex dreams can help you to explore your sexuality and also provide information about your balance in terms of lust, desires, needs and fantasies. If a dream repeats itself several times, your subconscious is urgently trying to tell you something, so listen to your body and face your fear or realize your most sensual dreams ...

ORION blogger Nenna