Do you sometimes have dreams about falling? Yes. It is a common type of dream too. Dreams about falling are very common with about 75% scoring average. The most frequently reported is one in which typically one trips over something, stumbles or falls and wakes up with a jump. How do you explain this? Psychologists now believe that these dreams do not have any great emotional significance, but are merely due to muscular spasms which take place on the threshold between consciousness and sleep. Well, dreams about flying or floating in the air are often considered to be related to an unconscious wish to escape from something. They are in fact reported by about 50% of dreamers. Dreams about the sea are also common. Women, 40%, are far more likely to experience than men, 27%. What other kinds of dreams women experience more than men? Dreams about famous people. Women are more likely to dream about famous people, politicians, pop stars, film stars and the like, 33%, than men, 27%. One very common dream, which almost certainly falls into the wish fulfilment category, is when people report that they are actually meeting famous people in their dreams.