Match your dream partner based on your dreams

Even for our ancestors, dreams were an essential part of everyday life. Dreams were said to have a magical power. Even today, dreams are important in other cultures.

Regardless of what country you live in or whether you are an advocate of Freudian psychoanalysis or not. For many people dreams have a high value and it cannot be denied that we often associate strong feelings with our dreams. So, why don’t we use it to connect people?

Why are dreams the perfect tool for a matching system?

Like our thoughts, our dreams are free and belong only to us. Sometimes dreams are just confused and make no sense to us. But sometimes they also reveal our deepest needs and desires.

Research was conducted to see how the relationship between two people changes when they share their dreams with each other. In the following paper Testing the Empathy Theory of Dreaming: The Relationships Between Dream Sharing and Trait and State Empathy, it was discovered that empathy is significantly increased by sharing and discussing.

Trait empathy was found to be significantly associated with frequency of listening to the dreams of others, frequency of telling one’s own dreams to others, and positive attitude toward dreams. An increase in empathy for two people follows when both take turns sharing and discussing.

Other studies also show a positive effect of sharing dreams. The paper Sharing dreams: Frequency, motivations, and relationship intimacy identifies a correlation between perceived intimacy and the frequency of dream sharing.

A significant, positive correlation was found between dream sharing frequency in couples and perceived relationship intimacy.

Many dreams are highly intimate and may represent our subconscious mind. When we share our dreams, we reveal a lot about our feelings, needs and desires. This is also because we interpret our feelings into them.

So, when we connect people who dream the same thing, they not only benefit from the positive empathy effect, but also get to know each other on a very intimate level. That’s why we work with WeDream to ensure that everyone is able to find their dream partner.

Survey on matching with a dream partner

So studies have already shown that sharing dreams has a positive effect on the relationship between two people. Now we would like to discover if people want to match with people who dream the same thing.

We hypothesize that this could increase the relationship even more significantly, as shown in previous studies. We intend to find out soon with our own study. Follow us to not miss any updates!

To get a first idea ourselves, we started our own mini survey that we shared on social media to attract participants. Like in our first WeDream survey about dream sharing, the majority of participants were women. It has also been shown that women remember and share dreams more often. So it could also be assumed that this means that women are more interested in the subject.

Further, the findings supported previous research in that women recalled and shared more dreams than men.

Would people like to match with people who dream the same?

More than half of all participants would like to meet people who dream the same. Unlike what we expected, participants do not want a match for a date. The most common reason for a match is to share experiences.

Even if dating was indicated as not relevant, almost half of all participants still believe that people who dream the same are a good match. We would like to further explore the extent to which sharing dreams between people who dream the same dream can lead to a relationship.

Almost all participants believe that dreams say something about personality. A match between people who are very similar in personality usually has a higher chance of a long-term and successful relationship. The reason is that they have similar ideas about life and can understand the other person better in many daily life situations. This does not mean that people with different personalities cannot have beautiful relationships.

Conclusion

Many people are interested in their dreams and share them with other people. Studies have shown that this has a positive effect on the relationship of both people. There is an interest in matching with people who have the same dreams. With WeDream, we want to make this possible. If you want to support us and want unique giveaways, feel free to check us on Patreon!