11 Common Dreams We All Experience & What Do They Mean

3. Flying

Flying is one the most common dreams people experience. It means someone or something in your life is stopping you from getting ahead in your life. There’s a force that’s not letting you move forward and is holding you back. However, if you are afraid during this dream, it means you are lacking self-confidence and have set unrealistic standards for yourself.

4. Experiencing Paralysis

Experiencing paralysis ranks a little lower in the common dreams list, but a lot of people do experience it often. This dream often represents that there is an overlap between the REM stage (the rapid eye movement stage that lasts around 10 minutes which usually happens after having been asleep at least 90 minutes) and the waking stage of sleep. Dreaming about paralysis means that you feel there’s a lacks control in your real life.

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