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The Silent Scream: What it Really Means When You Can’t Talk in Your Dreams

September 9, 2025 by Andrew Leave a Comment

Unpack the mystery of the silent scream dream. Discover how sleep paralysis, anxiety, and feelings of helplessness contribute to this common and frustrating nightmare.

Bed shop turns to a sleep expert to explain dreams

May 22, 2023 by Andrew Leave a Comment

BedKingdom’s sleep experts have studied the hidden meanings behind some of the most common dreams. 

The meaning of being bitten by flying animals in a dream

April 21, 2009 by Andrew 8 Comments

Dreams in which you are bitten by a flying animal can be complex to decipher but often worth the attempt.

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Dream catcher

Being bitten is often a suggestion that there is an element of hostility being directed towards you.

However, this element of hostility can be very minor and almost trivial. Dreams in which you are bitten by flying insects or a flying insect often represent those situations where there is a nuisance in your life – either now, or coming – rather than anything more serious or sinister than that.

The meaning of numbers in dreams

February 1, 2009 by Andrew 3 Comments

When we dream our ability to cope with maths and numbers changes. We are often aware of numbers (or certain numbers of things) but cannot manipulate these numbers.

The meaning of places in dreams and their omens

January 24, 2009 by Andrew 10 Comments

It is common to dream of being in strange or familiar places. When you do you need to consider the meaning of the events in the dream and the significance of the location.

Abbey

Dreaming of an abbey suggests that any troubles that are currently haunting you will soon go away.

Altar

If you dream that you are by an altar it is unlucky. This dream suggests illness and loss. If, however, you decorate the altar in your dream then you will be lucky and happy in love.

Attic

Dreaming of an attic is a dream which foretells the renewal of an important and an old friendship.

The meaning of animals in dreams and their omens

December 26, 2008 by Andrew 53 Comments

Dreams sometimes require careful and microscopic analysis. This list of animals appearing in dreams and what that appearance may mean is based on common interpretations. In particular, if you have a relationship or awareness with one particular deity and that deity is associated or represented by an animal then the appearance of that animal in […]

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