Dreaming of Laughing
laughing, chuckling, giggling · mixed
Cheerful laughter foretells success and good company, but excessive or mocking laughter tends to mean tears.
What happens in the dream
- You laugh cheerfully: success in your plans and bright company
- Children's happy laughter: joy and health
- You laugh at others' misfortune: you may hurt friends out of selfishness
- You laugh wildly at something strange: disappointment and discord around you
- You laugh violently: sorrow and tears, and a change of circumstances and friends
- You hear mocking laughter: illness and disappointing affairs
How you felt
- Lightness: the dream may reflect a need to unwind
- Nervous laughter: it may hide tension you aren't expressing
Ask yourself
- What truly makes me laugh right now?
- Do I sometimes laugh to hide something else?
See also Laughter · Joy · Merry · Crying · Grin
Source: G. H. Miller, Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or What's in a Dream (1901); A. H. Noe, The Witches' Dream Book (1885). Also searched as: chuckling, giggling.