Dreams about crying

41 real dreams on DreamKeg · primary category: Emotions

Crying registers as an emotion in real dreams logged on DreamKeg. Emotional tone is one of the most reliable signals — what you feel during a dream often reveals what the dream is actually about.

DreamKeg surfaces patterns rather than prescriptive interpretations. The most honest answer to “what does dreaming about crying mean?” is: look at how it shows up across your dreams. The examples below come from real dreamers on DreamKeg — they may help you recognise the symbol and its variations, but the meaning of crying in your dreams will depend on what you have associated with it in waking life.

How crying is tagged across dreams:
Emotions · 30Actions · 21Activities · 12

Real dreams featuring crying

Cruise Ship Tsunami and Mom's Goodbye
🔮 Nikki Edwards · Apr 6, 2026
I get to this big gymnasium place with my luggage and am waiting for Mara Sarah Melissa to meet up with me, we’re waiting to load up for a trip with a bunch of other random people. Eventually they do and I have to show…
Catching Up with Ramzi & Erika Upstate
🔮 joewcarson · Mar 18, 2026
Caught up with Ramzi when was in upstate NY for a work thing I think. We went out to local pub and was good catchup. He invited me back, knowing my ex, his wife, lived there with their 4-5 kids now and I thought that…
Tragic Rooftop Accident in Japan
🔮 joewcarson · Mar 11, 2026
was in Japan or at least with old Japanese crew and we were getting beers on top of this building rooftop bar. It was really cool, a bunch of buildings all close together and about the same height where you could hang…
Mini Golf Tears and Sheryl Crow
🔮 joewcarson · Mar 11, 2026
was playing mini golf with Nikki and Justine and a few others. We were in some public park and one of Justin's friends recently went to this 80s themed bar where you could bring your own cassettes and they'd play them.…
Tornado Terror at the Train Station
🔮 joewcarson · Mar 11, 2026
me Ging and Andrew were on LI watching golf or something and I looked up in the distance at this big clocktower and saw 3 tornadoes behind it. They looked far in the distance but were coming in quickly. I pointed it out…
College Roommate's Departure Brings Mixed Emotions
🔮 joewcarson · Mar 11, 2026
was back in college at some school and Graham was my roommate but he was moving out or transferring in like a week. I was still dating Nikki which made it better but I almost started crying at the thought of him…

What crying co-occurs with

Tags that show up most often alongside crying in the same dream:

running · 12family · 11moving · 7started · 7car · 6left · 6playing · 6went · 6saw · 6hit · 5ran · 5see · 5

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