Laughing
Laughter in dreams often reflects the quality of connection you feel—with others, with circumstances, with yourself. Notice whether the sound brought relief or rang hollow; true joy and forced merriment leave entirely different traces on waking, and your body already knows which one you heard.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for laughing, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
To dream that you laugh and feel cheerful, means success in your undertakings, and bright companions socially.
Laughing immoderately at some weird object, denotes disappointment and lack of harmony in your surroundings.
To hear the happy laughter of children, means joy and health to the dreamer.
To laugh at the discomfiture of others, denotes that you will wilfully injure your friends to gratify your own selfish desires.
To hear mocking laughter, denotes illness and disappointing affairs.