Dreaming of Messages From The Dead
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Dreams mean many things to many people. Despite our differences, we often have similar dreams. If you found two or three people who had a similar dream as you, you may find at least one person identifies with the meaning you attribute to the dream.
Many aspects of a dream contribute to the overall meaning of the dream. The colors, objects, situations, special symbols to the dreamer and other content can change the meaning. The dreamer's feelings associated with the dream also influence the meaning.
The Meaning of Dreams of Dead People
In general, dead people in our dreams are part of our psyche attempting to communicate with us. This is likely a part of our psyche that we dissociate somewhat from who we are. This is a wise, unconscious part of us that often appears not to even exist.
Aspects of the dead live on within us. Dreaming of a deceased love one can be healthy although it can also be negative. It is important to differentiate which one this is for you. These types of dreams can be part of our growth. These dreams can also stunt our growth and keep us "stuck" on something. We can grow from either type of dream. If this dream is keeping you stuck, you may need to resolve your feelings in your waking life and may also need to intentionally dream of this person and resolve the issue within the dream as well.
Possible Meanings To This Type of Dream:
Resolving Your Feelings About Losing a Loved One
Dreaming of someone who has passed away may be a way you are resolving your feelings about this loss. Often times people pass away before we are able to make up or resolve an issue we had with them. Dreaming may help you to fulfill a long desired relationship, or put something right, tie up loose ends. For example, you may learn to forgive the person or yourself and as a consequence get peace and healing for yourself.
Something In your Life Reminds You of a Quality the Deceased Person Possessed
If you are not attempting to resolve feelings associated with this person's death in your dream, you are likely to be dreaming of the person because they represent a quality that is important to you right now. Think about who you have dreamed about and begin to describe them. Is this person the opposite of you? Is this person very much like you? Did this person possess traits you had always wanted to emulate? Did this person have qualities that turned you off or feared you possessed? This dream is likely more about these answers that the actual person who has passed away. Since death dreams tend to represent ending something or starting something new, it is possible this quality is something you no longer want or need or it is something new to begin.
A friend had once dreamed of one of her ex-coworkers who was no longer alive. She could not understand why she had started to dream of this woman so vividly. She was not very close to her when she was alive and she had not passed away recently. Once she described the person as someone who was always obsessed with weight loss and appeared to have a possible eating disorder she was able to associate the dream with her own lifestyle and diet. She admitted she was beginning to obsess too much with her weight loss and counting her calories. She was worried she was spending too much time fixated on this and felt it was becoming unhealthy. The dream confirmed her fears and she began to seek a more balanced outlook.
You May Need to Let Go of Something or End Something in Your Life
Death often represents the end of one thing and the beginning of something new. Dreaming of death in general may mean you need to let go of something or end something in your life. When you are dreaming of a specific person, you may need to let go of something or end something associated with that person. This could be your negative feelings associated with your loss, characteristics they represent for you, or activities they represent for you.
I had a dream of someone I did not know very well but who had passed away. I saw him as a very angry, lonely man. I was not sure why I had dreamt of him until I tied his characteristics to my own anger. I realized I had to let go of some anger I was feeling towards someone and carrying anger was beginning to push people away and out of my life.
You May Need to Resolve Something Associated with When This Person Passed
A dead person in our dream may not represent themselves as much as they may represent the time period we knew them or when they passed away. If you are dreaming of a loved one or acquaintance that has passed ask yourself what was happening to you when this person was most present in your life and what was happening for you when they passed away. It is possible that something during that time unrelated to this person is the subject of the dream. Perhaps you notice similar issues or experiences from that time period with your current waking life.
I had a client describe dreams he was having of a high school friend. They had not stayed in touch and the person had passed away about 6 years ago. He could not figure out why he was dreaming of this person almost every night. As we discussed what was going on in his life when he saw this friend the most, he realized that he was experiencing similar feelings as that time in high school. He struggled with depression throughout high school and drank with his friends to escape life in general. He had recently started to drink again and was engaging in other forms of escape such as playing videos games for hours to the point where video games were interferring with his sleep, eating, and productivity.
Messages Received From a Dead Person In a Dream
It is common to dream of receiving a message when dreaming of someone who has passed away. This message may relate to who or what the deceased person is representing to you. The message may be a message your unconscious psyche or a wise aspect of yourself is presenting to you. The message has significant information for you although it may not be as it appears. Take caution when receiving a negative message. Negative messages are often reflecting our own personal thoughts, fears and worries and are not based on confirming these beliefs with an outside source. This is still an important dream and an important message for us. This dream may be showing us how harmful our fears and worries are to our emotional state and our decision making in our waking life.
Dreaming About Messages From The Dead
What does dreaming of receiving a message from someone who is dead mean to you?
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Many believe people who have passed on visit within our dreams. The purpose of these visits are usually believed to deliver an important message from the dreamer. If you are dreaming of someone who has passed away and you believe they are delivering you an important message, what is this message?
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Happyboomernurse- thank you so much for sharing your death dream. What a powerful dream. One perspective is that we are not only making peace with the one who has passed away but also the part of who we are that we identify with that person- especially in the case of a parent.
Thank you so much for your feedback!
This is such an informative hub. I dream of my dad -who passed away in '01- at least once a month. I also dream of my grandmother occasionally. She showed me that my father would pass away. The day my father died my aunt shocked me by telling me my grandmother came to her in a dream to. She told her she would be taking my father with her moments before she got the call. I also think that sometimes our loved ones who passed on just like to visit us occasionally.
It is a good article. I have lost someone close to me recently and I was wondering why I was always dreaming of them. It was a bad death so I would expect to have unresolved feelings. Nice to have an article that confirms what I already believed.
I have so many dreams which I know are associated with losing my mother when she was only 49 to cancer. Your hub is very interesting and I realise I am trying to deal with unresolved issues around that time.
My step daugther recently lost her biologicalfather who I have had mixed feelings of over the years. As I did consider this man my friend of over 20 years even with circumstances leading his ex wife to me, as me and her have been friends over 30 years from our childhood.Since his passing of about 2 months now, I have dreams of him everynight and feel more angry with his passing as I am left with the mental and financil burden of raising his teenage daughter who I love and care for very much.I've become very nasty to everybody I care for and I cannot seem to get a hold of my emotions.I think it is evident that I need to seek help for this as I feel an uncontrollable rage that I no longer can control without help.
Thank you for your comment, anydream811. I can appreciate how difficult your current situation is. Although unpleasant, I find dreams to be necessary during times of difficulty and stress.
Recognizing you need help is something not everyone does. In your comment you note that it is evident that you need to seek help. If you think you need help, then you do. I hope you seek help. if you are unsure specifically what form of help you need or what resources to pursue, please feel free to contact me and I could try to point you in the right direction.
Good luck.
My daughter passed away 6 months ago, she was 11 years old she had a rare genetic disorder so she did not walk or talk at that age. I had a dream in which I was carrying her and she was looking away I asked her: Something really big is going to happen? and she nodded yes. I said Are we going to be ok is God going to help us? and she nodded yes. And a huge wave started coming towards us, I started running she was no longer in my arms. Please help me interpret this dream.
I am so sorry to hear about your daugther. Losing a child feels unnatural and is something that parents do not feel they can completely accept and move on from. I would recommend possibly attending support groups for parents who have lost children. You may be able to not only seek help & support from others but may, in time, also help others by sharing how you have coped with the experience.
I am sure this dream has disturbed you and have left you with a preoccupation with the end of the world.
My interpretation would be that this is not a dream of the end of the world or the apocalypse but rather, an end in your world, or a very significant emotional change you will be making.
A tidal wave is often associated with the emotions we fear to get in touch with. We fear as though they will crush us, destroy us and our lives, and carry us away from where we think we need to be. It is actually quite the opposite- we may feel this way but actually if we are dreaming of tidal waves we have a greater need to get in touch with our emotions and face our grief and sadness. this will not destroy us but will make us stronger and help us get through the hard time. The tidal wave in this dream sounds like it symbolizes all the emotions you have regarding losing your daughter- within the dream she is missing from your arms and the tidal wave is coming towards you.
In the dream, you now God is going to help you which is a great message- you feel you have spiritual support through this rough time.
Reading my hub about reoccurring dreams since this hub may guide you with how to resolve this dream. It sounds lie you will need to face this tidal instead of continuing to run from it. Have you cried? Have you felt all the emotions this event as created within you?
I would suggest contacting compassionatefriends.org. They are available in all states & territories. If you need help finding your local chapter- please feel free to contact me.
Some guy took me out of school and i was played this youtube video, it was a really bad quality 240p but it was from like the 80's announcing someone just died. He was like do you know why this person died? she was possessed, from her thoughts, she couldnt get over it. Im coming to you early to give you time before you are possessed. You have a better ability than just swimming (I dont even swim, im not fit athletically), and I was watching 2 people literally walk under water as if they were breathing under there then I was woken up.
Hi Shady,
Your dream doesn't sound like it is related to dreaming of messages from the dead but it could be related to other articles I have written.
Your dream sounds like a warning from you unconscious that your thinking patterns have been unhealthy. Have you been depressed or thinking negatively about yourself? Walking under water and breathing sounds like this would symbolize the ability to truly be in touch with your emotions and unconscious feelings. Perhaps you are overthinking and ignoring our emotional side.
Death in dreams is often not death at all but a reflection of danger, something ending, or a new beginning.
About a week or 2 I had a dream that my boyfriend of 7 years past away. We live together and have 2 kids together we joked about it cause after reading reviews it said either we were getting married or having a kid and I said well I know we ain't getting married so I guess we're having another baby. But this joke became sour when his sister had a dream with their dead nephew telling her that he just wanted her to pass my boyfriend a message and that message said that he was going to see him in 2 years... As you can imagine that freak me out cause before their nephew past away he shared a dream with my boffins that he had dreamed with his dead uncle and his uncle told him I am going to pickup a friend them I will pick you up... We in real life the friend past away a week after my bf's nephews dream and then my boyfriends nephew got killed a week or 2 after... And noe I am in tears and in fear of losing my boyfriend...
Vivian R.-
I cannot tell you if your boyfriend will pass away in 2 years or not based on these dreams. What I can tell you is dwelling on fears can ensure you lose even more time with your boyfriend whether you two will be together for the next 2 years, 2 weeks or 2 decades.
Fears can eat up our present and future moments. We all all pass away. We do not know when or how and this can be especially anxiety-inducing when we depend on another and are committed to them. Fears can help us improve our lives by reminding us to drive a little safer and thinking through some of our risk-taking behaviors but fears can also backfire and waste our precious time.
Last night I had a dream that my deceased aunt came to me and said she wanted to prepare me for my grandfathers death. I asked her when and she said soon and i asked how soon and she replied very soon. I asked her if he was going to die in his sleep and nodded yes to me. I asked her why are you telling me this and she said because I love you and I know how much you love your opa (grandfather). I told her thank you and I loved her. And she was gone. I turned to my opa and said i love you and I appreciate everything you have done for me and he hugged me and said not to worry about it and he loves me too.Then I woke up.
This morning I went to see if he was ok and thankfully he was and I hugged him and he hugged me back. He always just patted me on the back now that im older. But it was just different.I'm happy he hugged me but made me think of the part he hugged me in my dream.
Hi Stef,
Thank you for sharing your dream. All of us will die at some point yet it is one of the toughest things for us to cope with and process. When our loved ones are elderly, the idea that they will die some day is on our minds more often. I thought your dream was positive in then it reminded you to cherish your time with him.
i have a highschool friend who passed 2 years ago. we're not even that close and i dont even think of him but recently i have this odd dreams about him telling me he's not yet dead. everytime i dream of him, he always give me this message that he's not yet dead.
To me, friends from the past-especially those we were not that close to, often represent an aspect of self we either associate with that time period or that friend that we may not be that close with and are not expressing within our current identify of who we are.
Since he is telling you that he is not dead yet-- perhaps there is something you have left behind that you did not need to or should not have just yet. We need to get rid of the old to make room for the new but we often get rid of more than what we actually need to shed as we grow older and find ourselves going back to reclaim something.
I have dreams constantly of people that I know are dead, or I find out they died. Usually I find them comforting or I wake up crying, usually they have messages, other times I've dreamed having a conversation with a person I cared for and was the last person with him when he died. In my dream he was asking me questions about why his family was cleaning out his house, when I explained in the end it was because he was dead I woke up not crying but feeling relieved and scared for days......any meaning at all?
i dream about people that i knew that have passed. what makes these dreams so strange, is that each time i do, the person will sit across from me and speak. i ask them questions and they answer them. they always know they are deceased. they have also asked me to tell someone else something. i kind of ignore these dreams because i am uncomfortable to tell the messege to whom they want me to tell because i dont want them to think i am crazy but these dreams seem so real.
hi,
i was always had a dream of my close friends who passed away at the same year after 6 months. and my cousin and his wife and my current boss all of them everytime they visit me on my dream they are angry i can't recall exactly if they are angry to me or to something but i remembered their facial expressions. i don't know what they want to tell to me all of them are very dear to me.hope you could give me some analysis regarding this.
God Bless You.
Hi Lesley,
Dreaming of the dead can be disturbing. If I had your dream, I would ask myself if the deceased in my dream is reflecting my feelings about his death. Although confusing, dreaming of someone often reflects our feelings and thoughts about them instead of anything truly coming from the other person. Perhaps you are only beginning to accept his death and are sorting through your own "stuff" you've been holding onto about him?
Hi Jackie,
If you are having dreams of actual deceased individuals, I don't have much advice for you :)
I will say that I think it is very important to explore if the individuals coming to you in your dream are presenting you with messages from you unconscious. These can feel outside of us especially if we've disowned or disconnected ourselves from something vital within us. These messages often help us re-integrate something important back into our waking lives. In some way, these messages for others may be messages for you- or they may be messages that YOU want to give to the individuals. Do you feel it has more weight to tell someone "Uncle Harry loves you and he knows you've been drinking again" versus "I love you, I know you've been drinking again and I am concerned"? I think it is important to really reflect on oneself first before giving others messages and before we close the door on what our dream could be telling us specifically.
Good luck!
Hi rhitzky,
Dreaming of a close friend who has passed can mean so many things. First, it is likely these dreams are helping you process and slowly accept the loss. You not only lost your friend, you also lost who you are when you were with your friend. Perhaps you need to find a place to continue to express the unique you and the specific traits this friend would bring out in you.
Dreaming others are angry at you could mean a few things as well. I would not be so quick to believe they are actually angry at you. Perhaps you fear judgment/dispproval from them and fear they will be angry at you. Perhaps you are actually angry at them for some reason, have not expressed it and are perceiving them as angry at you when you are really angry at them. If you are having these angry dreams along with the dreams of your close friends who have passed (or if these are friends that have passed, it was unclear to me) then perhaps you are angry they have passed. Anger, is a natural emotion to negative events we often repress because we find it inappropriate. It may be a good idea to explore and accept the anger so that you are able to move past it.
Good luck!
My Favorite Aunt died unexpectedly during a minor surgical shoulder repair. Early this morrning I dreamed I was talking to her, we were sitting on a porch. We huged and I wouldn't let go. She said I have to let go. I responded I don't want to let go. She says honey you have to. My Uncle was also in this dream. But he is still alive. I woke up and was crying. Am I crazy ? I have dreamed of my precious Grandmother but never anything so real.
Hi Lynne,
You are not crazy. Dreaming of people who have passed is very normal and, I think, very healthy. The loss of life in a loved one is probably one of the most devastating and incomprehensible things we experience. It takes our minds a long time to fully accept the loss and fill the void in our lives left in their wake.
Hi glad I read ur artical my freind passed away two years ago and im always having the odd dream of her but there always of being on holiday sometimes negative sometimes not a part of me wants to beleive that it is her spirit trying to reach me she was only 26 when she passed
Also one dream I had several times really upset me I know its weird but she was a zombie like person and she was so angry with me and it scared me so much
That is interesting Hanna,
While I do not know if a spirit is coming to you in your dream or not, I think it is very wise to consider that it is not a spirit and that you want it to be for some reason. I think that helps us gain a lot of insight. If it is not a spirit yet we believe it is, we are missing an important message.
I think whenever a young person passes, it feels unnatural and we may never feel quite settled about it. Young deaths really rip through a community and the bring up fears that we will die before our time.
Since you also mentioned of dreaming of a zombie and anger, I usually associate that with being almost dead inside and not being in touch with your mind and emotions. Your particular dream (besides relating to your own feelings) could relate to your fears associated with death. We don't know what it is or what happens which is frightening. Since a part of you believes her spirit is trying to reach you, it is possible this was reflecting a fear of whatever people become after death and a fear of the unknown.
Dreams like these are normal and common if you start to ask others. Death is a reality of life yet it is all something unknown and mysterious to us.
For many years I have always dreamed of loved ones that pass..My father came to me a few times to tell me about a problem which was occuring or occured later on thru time. My sister passed and we were not close but the day of her rosary she came to me we hugged told each other how much we loved each other and cried it was so nice after so many years I got my peace with her and she was happy and said how she was ready to go and for me not to worry.. I loved her but her men kept us distant...May she now rest in peace...
My closest friend died and he was like a brother to me, killed by a drunk driver. I dreamed a couple years after his death I dreamed I was walking down the road close to his house that i looked over towards his street and I saw MY truck coming down the road towards me..and stop at the stop sign. I run up to get a look at who has stolen my truck and I see its him. I was like why are you taking my truck? which he was always welcome to as we shared vehicles between the 2 of us as if we was brothers. He said SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH MY TRUCK..Im going to borrow yours, I said sure anything you want and he said ok im taking your truck something is wrong with mine. I woke up and proceded about my day. I had stopped by his dads house and said hey is anything wrong with barts truck? he said why do you ask..I said I had a dream and he said something was wrong..so It bothered me and I came to check it out. Sure Enough His Check Engine Light Was On And He Had A Flat Tire?!? I also spoke to a freind of his at the gas station who helped me carry his casket and lay him to rest....after our conversation about him my truck on the way home began to smell off WINTERGREEN MINT?...My truck the rest of the ride home smelled like WINTERGREEN GRIZZLY the chew my dearest freind always had. Its like he hitched a ride with me home then dissappeared...
My aunt passed away in 2010. I've had a dream of her a week after she passed, and a physical visit from her one night. Last night I dreamed that my mom and I at my grandmothers house (my aunt lived here) my aunts son asked me and my mom if we could go into his room and turn on a light (he moved into his moms room) So as we were going up the stairs my mom said do you know the day of Lorraine's funeral I saw her standing in the hallway? I said really!? She said yeah, of course it was a good experience for her. So we go to the to of the stairs and as soon as I turned the corner there my auntie stood in her clothes she was buried in standing right in front of her old room. But she had no face! My mom didn't see anything only me! All of a sudden I fall back in tears and my mom asks me whats wrong, I couldn't speak. I then woke my self uo before anything eles could happen. I don't understand this dream it seemed like I was suppose to be warned of something. I've had 2 great visits from her both awake and asleep. Why am I dreaming this?? I feel that since I woke myself up from this dream the message wasn't clear, and she may return to my dreams to finish the message. Any suggestions???,
Thank you for sharing Robert. Your dream and experience was very interesting.
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Does anyone know what does it mean when a deceased person buys you something?
Hi Marjan,
I think I would interpret that as I need something from the deceased person or I am acknowledging what they have given me and what I continue to carry with me that they have given me in some way prior to passing.
When I dream of a faceless person, I have found this tends to relate to me not knowing who I am or how to define my identity. I have had it also relate to not understanding who someone else is or what they are about. Perhaps this dream is showing you that you are not sure what your previous dreams were (is it your aunt's spirit? an aspect of you that identifies with your aunt? a way for you to mourn her?) Since you were jolted awake, perhaps this is hard for you to face (literally) and accept that there is more mystery and question than answers right now. That can be unsettling.
Thank you Sue! That helps a lot!!
My nan unfortunately died when my mum was just 7, so therefore I was unable to meet her. She died when she was just 30 due th cancer. I dreamt that she was laying in a bed, and I was creeping around the room when my partner said "jade I think it's about time you woke your nan up, she's been sleeping for a long time and she's getting old now". I can't stop thinking about this dream I would appretiate it if someone was to try and help me understand this dream thank you jade
If I had this dream, it would mean I needed to awaken a significant part of me. I would think a deceased elder would be associated with the part of me that links me to my roots, my ancestors, something that I am, that I always have been but have not been aware of and may need to discover (or re-discover) now.
Three weeks ago, i lost my father to a massive stroke which paralyzed his right side as well as made him very, & throughout the stroke, we discovered that cancer was spread throughout his body & there was nothing we could do. While all of this was going on, i found out i was pregnant. Last night, my dad was in my dream & told me that everything was going to be okay & that he is still always there.
Hi Ashley,
that is such a lovely dream of your father. Thank you for sharing.
Last night, I had a dream about my best friend who died in a car accident 2 weeks ago. She and her mother both passed away. I looked into a room and there she lies down with flowers all around her and choir singing. I did not enter the room at first, but the time I did, I saw her looking at me and her position was somewhat sideways. I told her "cmon let's go home" and she kept on asking "what happened?". I sat beside her and she asks the same question over and over again. I pointed her mom's tomb and her faced looked like she has a lot of regrets. Then she started saying "thank you for everything. Please also thank everyone for me". Then she slowly turned pale, like she's gonna be dead again, and hugged me while saying thanks. I slowly laid her down from her original position, and then I woke up. I forced myself to sleep again and to my surprise, it was her again in my dream! We were standing and her mom sent her an SMS saying "i'm here in our house, the door is locked, how can we enter?" and that's it...
This sounds like a dream about you resolving issues associated with these losses and coming to terms with the deaths of loved ones. Although you were telling your friend what happened, it sounds like you are telling yourself. It sounds like you are releasing feelings. The message that a door is locked may show that you are holding onto to something that you need to let go of or have shut yourself off from something that now needs to be released and open to you.
My mother in law passed away in a car accident a month ago. My own mother had a dream about her. My mother in law said to my own mother either "can you give me license to come back?" or "will you give me license to come back?"
What does this mean??
I'm a hubber, but google brought me here so koudos to you.
I've been trying to find an answer for this, but it may be too specific to have one. I won't tell you the entirety of the dream but I need to know, what does it mean to dream of a person but in waking life, find out that person is dead.
Pretty much, I had a dream about my boyfriend's mothers best friend who I had never met or heard of prior to the dream. A few hours after I woke up, something urged me to tell her (bf's mother) about the dream. I did, and was able to describe what this woman looked like very well, at which point I found out she had died.
Can you please tell me what this means? There were many other strange things that happened in the dream but i'm mainly concerned about this woman and what this might mean.
i dreamed I saw my grandfather and he was shaking me saying he was going to kill me. does anyone know what this could mean?
Tia,
Dreaming of someone who is deceased asking permission to come back is interesting. My first impression is that this may reflect guilt. Perhaps the family dynamics are changing upon your MIL's passing and your mother either feels guilty that she is in some ways taking her place on some levels or filling in for her. Perhaps this permission she is asking for to come back relates to your mother's acknowledgement that her memory, traditions, or influence need to be kept alive in some way. This experience could have sparked thoughts of her own death and impression on the world since this woman is likely her age.
hi catalystsnstars,
You are touching upon an area I don't know much about, frankly. It sounds like you dreamed of someone's death before you knew about it.
I have had contact with psychics before and what I believe is what they pick up on has personal meaning to them. Is there something about this woman that relates to you now in some way? I realize you are not giving me all of the details but what I have learned from others who have had this experience is there was a reason for them to know the information- perhaps you need to comfort them, or perhaps you have touched upon something about her death that others do not know about and need to.
From my perspective, it is very important to truly explore how this experience and this woman relates to you and not others right now. How do you relate to her, what impact does this have on your life, and where do you need to grow further?
hi WIldone0504,
I am assuming your grandfather is deceased. I would think it was disturbing to have your grandfather threaten to kill you in your dream.
I could see this dream in a few different ways. Keep in mind you have internalized your grandfather and may be using him as a symbol of some internal traits you have that you do not readily accept as yourself. It is common for people to struggle with integrating many different aspects of self into one identity. We often have the false belief that we need to pick one. Perhaps one side of you feels threatened by the other as if what your grandfater represents cannot co-exist with another part of you. This could be represented as killing.
This dream could also reflect your fears and confusion about death and what happens after death. We simply do not know and the unknown can make our thoughts spin. Perhaps his death and the experience of his loss has awakened a fear in you of your own death and a reminder that you are mortal and will eventually die. Perhaps death itself is what is threatening you.
I had a dream my dead aunt asked if she could take my daughter and I let her! But while she walked away she said" Daniela didn't cplain about her baby either" Daniela is my pregnant sister! What does this mean?
Hi Maria,
Although scary, I think this dream reflects feelings.
Maybe you fear the loss of a child (which most if not all parents agree would be an automatic fear once you have a child).
Many dreams reflect not other people but what they represent for you and what they correspond to internally for you. In some way, your aunt is representing a part of you, your daughter is a part of you, Daniela is a part of you.
What is your aunt representing for you and why are you so threatened by it? We often have the false assumption that expressing another part of us somehow negates others and causes us to destroy other parts of self. The goal of self-integration would be to allow all parts of self expression in harmony. We can have seemingly opposites co-exist.
I have been worried about my daughter because she has had strep throat 2 times in 1 month and I always worry its something more! I had a car accident while pregnant wih her and I always think bad things! I wasn't close with my aunt but I dreamt of her and my grandfather putting my grandmother on a bus and taking her away! My grandmother was diagnosed with cancer this year! That's y Im soo afraid of this dream!
I occasionally dream about dead individuals that I know. They are usually always positive dreams tha some how are trying to give me a message. About 2 years a friend of mine and a very close friend of my boyfriend's passed away suddenly. I've had a total of 3 dreams about him. One in which I asked him why did u do it? (suicide). And he replyed, "because if I didn't do it, I would of happened another time in point and I am very happy now". I then strongly felt I needed tell my boyfriend this message because he was having a hard time coping with his death. After I told him I saw the weight come right off his shoulders. This is one dream out of like 10 that I have experienced about dead people that I known and I truley feel that its real and that they are visiting me.
About a week ago I got the number of a guy I had been secretly crushing on for a while. That same night my deceased father of 12 years came to me n a dream and we git in a huge fight because he didn't want me seeing the guy. I brushed it off asbut then last night after I met with the guy i had another dream of my father with a digusted appearance on his face but the dream was interupted. Should I take this as a warning and stop seeing the guy
Hi Kelly,
I think it is important to learn from dreams and gain further insight into self. That being said- it does not mean that dreams should dictate all of your life's decisions.
From my perspective, your father could be an aspect of yourself, the part that is like your father but internalized. Perhaps you feel as though your father would not approve of this person. Perhaps you feel guilty that you are not doing something that your father would be proud of. It is important for you to evaluate this guy for yourself. Do you see any warning signs? Is he good for you?
Hi Maria,
It sounds like your dream is reflecting your worries and fears. Since you said you always think bad things, it would make sense that you would dream of the bad things you are thinking. Although it is possible some of the bad things we think and expect can end up actually happening, there are far more bad things we worry about, fear will happen and never do. We ruin all of the good things in our lives and waste many precious moments when we are consumed with worries, fears, and negative thinking.
The dream may be showing you to change your perspective.
Thank you! :)
I dreamt of someone who passed away about 2 years ago. He was a Dr and I worked with him. He was very young and had 2 young boys and a wife. He was in my dream. He was speaking to another man and what it looked like to me, he was charting like he would do at work, but we were not at work. We were next to a church. As he started to walk away I said hi and then asked him what was he doing here. In my dream I knew he was deceased so it stund me to see him. When I asked him, he said he was here because he was coming to get me next week. I started crying telling him I couldn't go. He laughed a little and then I woke up in tears. My heart was racing so hard and I have been up since 4:20am crying asking myself if he was serious. All I have been doing since is worrying about my 2 young children. It's almost 6am and I can't go back to bed. I'm so worried now.
My grandma passed away two weeks ago about that. We were really close she told people and I that I was her favorite. Last night I had this dream it was so real and she spoke to me holding my hand its like I felt her cold hand on mine. She kept telling me she is fine and watching me then she said other stuff that I don't clearly remember. It felt so real and I truly feel like she is next to me a lot. I don't get my dream though why would she come to me to me like that. I wasn't even thinking about her or her death before I went to bed. I don't understand the dream.
I have been with my husband for 9 yrs & married for 4.Not long after we starting dating his mom & dads health started declining.They was both in their early 70s when we got together.The whole time my husband has been awesome & took care of both of them sometimes putting them before himself.I sometimes felt bitter & like she would take advantage of him & she would make me feel she was trying to prove A point to me that shes still the woman in his life & shes above me.right after we married 4 yrs ago my father moved in with us and we cared for him because he has demintia.My mother in law put in A nursing home 10mnths ago,my dad 7 mnths ago & father in law 5 mnths ago.My father in law passed away the day after christmas then my mother in law the day after easter & now my dad is in the hospital not doing well.Its been maybe 3 wks since my mother in law passed & ALMOST every night I am having dreams about her death & me watching her die & helping embalm her & other crazy stuff.And im having more dreams of my husband dying too.The first dream A man chased us on A dirt road & went over me & cut off his neck & forsed him in A lake.He was screaming for me to run.In lastnights dream I remebered the funeral & everything.I woke up feeling like it was so real.I remember in lastnight dream I was talking to his mom & she said hes going home with me.And I told everyone I cant handle this right now I just lost everyone in my life.Not sure what to think of all of this.But it freaks me out because its almost every night.After not really having any dreams to now this.
hi i have dreams of an ex boyfriend of mine he was murdered 2 years ago i have loved him FOR 20 yrs but we were apart we had our own lifes he lived with someone so did i but when we saw each other it felt like we never stop loving each other we lived in seperate countries but i don't understand i still mourn his death and i think of him a lot why
Hi Dee,
Unfortunately I am reading your comment 9 days after you posted it. I am sure you have gained more insight.
I think it is a very common and instinctual worry for parents as they think of what would happen to their children if they could not take care of them. Knowing this doctors and understanding that he passed away leaving a young family behind is your real-life example of this fear. Since you saw this happen to someone else you may fear it will also happen to you.
Although I don't think you will ever stop worrying, it is important to ensure your worrying does not consume you and your life. It is all too easy to allow our fears to eat up our daily lives so much that we stop living before we have actually passed on. We are there for our children as much as we possibly can if we focus on the times we have, what we are doing today and not focusing on the negative possibilities that could happen one day in the future.
hi sarah,
just because we aren't thinking of someone before we go to sleep does not mean we won't dream of them. Your grandmother has passed away recently and will be on your mind more this year most likely than next year since you will most likely be doing a lot of active grieving of this loss. Your dream sounds positive- your grandmother is always with you in some way. The dream sounds comforting.
i had a dream of my grandmother she keep saying she has come for her son when asking what sun she repeat same thing she pass away 16 yr ago what does this mean
I just woke up at 4:47 in the morning. I had a dream about my dad and he was wearing a solid white T shirt and blue jeans. When we saw each other, we grabbed each other and he gave me the biggest hug he has ever given me. I could feel the texture of the T shirt and i could feel the muscles in his back. I was so real!! I woke up crying and i woke my wife up to tell her what just happened. I dream about me Daddy about once a week. He has been gone since June 26th 2010. I am 49 and my Daddy was 69 when he left us. I pray every morning and thank GOD for allowing me to have dreams about my Daddy and MAN did he let me have one tonight!! I am so thankful.
Firstly excuse my English ... the other day I dreamed of a black horse running as a stand next to me my deceased aunt talking with sister (who is healthy and alive) and they laugh ... also two weeks ago I dreamed my sister sitting and talking with another dead man I know
I keep having dreams of a childhood friend and a high school acquaintance that have both died of drug overdoses. The childhood friend I would dream of almost every night and he would wave at me or cry when I would tell him he was dead or tell me not to tell anyone that I saw him. My other high school acquaintance always looks zombie like and scares me every time I see him, usually when I have dreams with social gatherings, he'll pop up and I'll try to leave the room or pretend he's not there because for some reason his presence scares me, although my childhood friend doesn't. What does this signify? Are they really coming into my dreams or is it a meaning for something else in my life?
stars&moons,
It sounds like you are processing a lot of intense emotions and fears in your dreams. Experiencing the deaths of loved ones- especially when we have unresolved issues with the person- can cause us to have more intense dreams.
The lake your husband is being dragged into is likely the emotions you have that do not have an outlet. It is common for us to experience a time of introspection and contemplation of our own beliefs of death after experiencing loss. Your husband is mortal and will eventually pass away. This can be a very anxiety-provoking concept to confront.
You may feel better if you continue to sit with your emotions, explore how you feel and confront your fears.
janie,
Dreaming of someone you loved who was murdered 2 years ago does not seem out of the ordinary to me. Even though you were not together at the time, losing someone who was a significant part of your life and heart is difficult to mourn and accept. Although society may tell you that "normal" mourning lasts 1 year, we can mourn for many years after. It may be easier than the first year, years after a loss we may still mourn the loss of the individual, the void they left in a part of our lives, and the idea that we cannot repair our relationships with the or experience anything else with them in the future.
Hi Nena,
Dreaming of a deceased relative coming for another relative can often reflect the dreamer's fears of death and losing loved ones. Death is inevitable for everyone but it doesn't make it any easier to accept. It is common for dreams to reflect your thoughts of death and how you death with death.
Hi Donna,
Are these dreams making you worry that our sister may die? These dreams may be reflecting your fears of losing your sister. Perhaps your sister also represents and aspect of self that keeps the deceased alive in some way for you internally. Perhaps the lessons you have learned from them continue to speak to you.
Hi Vicky,
I always explore what meaning this could have in someone's life. Perhaps you are being haunted by these losses or haunted by something associated with the time in which you were friends with them (childhood and high school). Is there something from your past that you need to confront?
I was born on February 4th, 1995 and my grandfather on my mothers side died February 3rd, 1995. I've only dreamed of him once, But I feel like it wasn't just a dream. I honestly feel like it was him communicating with me. It was the night I got home from visiting his grave, I was in my room crying and I was just talking out loud like he was really there. When I fell asleep, He appeared in my dreams. He told me "Everything will be okay. I love you. be strong" Then he was gone. I don't think it was just a dream, Cause I've never even seen him besides pictures, But he looked JUST like he really did & When I woke up, I felt like he was in my room with me. In my own opinion I feel like there is more to dreams then we really know..
I had a dream last night of a friend of mine who passed away about three months ago. We used to bevery close but hadn't talked in a while when he passed. I had felt very guilty for not being there for him when he died but when I dreamed about him, it was just me running to
Him and saying I missed him and was crying. I wish I knew what this meant because it only pushes more Questions into My head. Could this be him telling
Me everything is okay?
Tonight I was writing a letter to my fiancé and I got this weird feeling that someone was here (pressure in my chest and had to gasp for air). As I looked up the feeling went away and I saw my grandfather, a man I never met and in my head I said Hi grandpa. I am not sure what this means. But it was the most powerful moments in my life.
I have had some dreams recently where i know my aunt is there on the perifferal of the dream but she is not involved her presence is very strong but she is not in the dream she died 2 years ago i was quite close to her when i was small
but not in latter life does this mean anything?
.I had a best friend of 23 years pass because of Cancer. I took care of her for the last five months of her treetment. A year later she came to me in a dream. In normal dreams she hasn't passed. But this one time she came and sat and talked with me. She hugged me, she felt so real. We talked. I could feel her getting ready to leave. She told me everything was all right. I did not want to wake up. What does that mean
Hi,
I am in a relationship with my girlfriend for ten months now and we live together. She had a dream of her deceased grandfather (who had passed away for almost a decade now) telling her that she's better off dating an acquaintance whom she has recently met. Needless to say, this led into me feeling upset, then feel stupid afterwards because after all, it was just a dream. However, I can't help but think, could this be a message from her dead grandpa who disapproves of our relationship? Or is it possible that the guy that she got acquainted with is the one for her? Is fighting also a factor of this? Me and my girlfriend had a few fights every now and then, and she always threaten to break up with me, but at the end of the day, always communicated our way to harmony. I feel silly for asking,but I have to know. haha. Thanks, I'm glad this site exists...
Recently went through some difficult issues with my husband. He was cheating on me, now he's in jail, and will be deported soon to Turks and Caicos. I am thinking of taking our two sons to live with him there. He seems to want to change his ways and I've had 2 dreams about him dying. It's disturbing! But most of what I read says that dreaming of death signifies a new beginning. Is this true? What is your take on this? One dream I see him in a body bag and the other was him being executed in jail.
kelseyleiannee- thank you for sharing this interesting experience!
Justkelly143,
It could be your friend telling you everything is OK. It can also be a dream reflecting your feelings of guilt, your wish to see him again and express your feelings, etc. It could be a dream that allows you to work out these feelings, understand that everything is OK and accept his death.
cyberman,
I am sure your aunt's presence in your dreams means something to you. The list is endless- she can represent an aspect of self you associate with her, she can represent an inner guide, she can represent herself, etc.
schweininger
What do you think it means?
It is possible this was a powerful dream allowing you to accept her death and say goodbye.
Noelle,
You may want to read this article instead http://sueb.hubpages.com/hub/Dreaming-of-Death-and
Your dreams of his death may relate to your fears of not having your plan actually happen or a fear that he will somehow not be there for you, that you will lose him. Death can relate to new beginnings. What type of new beginning do you think you need? Does this new beginning involve your husband or not?
I received a dream in 2008 3days before my husbands cousin was to get married...Note I'm not close to my husbands family. Any way the daughter's name is Kristin....Her dad Mike whom died before I was ever in the Family like two decades before....He wanted me to tell her to wear his fishing lure on her veil....I didn't attend the wedding on my husbands wishes but I did tell Kristin that her dad wanted her to wear the Lure on her veil....but she told me she had it on her bouquet...Why would someone I don't know and a distant relative to my husband contact me in my dreams with a specific request such as this?
Hello, a really good friend of mines 16yr old brother passed away July 2007. I have had a few dreams about him before over the years, but here more recently! In my dreams he is happy but then he ll ask me am I ready, and then he'll say Naw I'm just playing. Sometimes I think am I just putting him there, as if I'm laying down n say hey James show your face. I wasnt necessarily close to him but me n his sister were very close! I'm really scared and I'm almost afraid to do anything thinking that he is warning me of my own death. On top of that I'm travelling this weekend to celebrate my birthday! I know I should pray, cuz I'm really petrified.
Hi there, my partner of 12 years had a dream of my mother whom he has never met (we met after she died). He was walking along what seemed like a beach with golden sand all around and saw a lady sitting on a stool 10 metres from him, as he got closer, it was my mother and she was sewing something in her hand, in front of her was a huge hole and he looked down and saw a coffin and someone sitting upright who then looked up at him and it was my mothers sister (whom he also has never met). He looked up at my mother who carried on sewing then looked back down and saw someone was sitting on the opposite end of the coffin from my aunty and it was my mother? He looked up at my mother and she just looked at him and carried on sewing. He then looked to his left and saw a straw coffin that was closed (you could see through it though) and it was empty. He looked again at my mother and she mouthed something to him and he reckons he understood what she said then he woke up. Because I was still fast asleep, he didn't want to wake me so he went back to sleep. The next dream he had was almost like it was trying to get him to remember what my mother said to him, only then, when he woke again, he totally forgot what she said to him. He's been trying to recall what she said for the past week now and to no avail... I'm desperate to know what this means and found it odd that he dreamt of my family whom he has never met before.. please help?
I had a dream of a family friend that died in Iraq last year. Before he left to go to Iraq, I couldn't say my goodbyes because I was out of town. But i did say goodbye to him on the phone. This was his 2nd trip to Iraq. The week before he was going to go home, him and another soldier was attacked and killed. I also couldn't go to his funeral because I was on a business trip... I was very upset that I couldn't say my goodbyes to him.
Now its been a year since he died... Last night I had a dream about him. I ran and gave me a hug and I was apologizing to him and I told him that I miss him. He told me that he's at a better place, misses me too, and everything is ok.
Now here's the weird thing... This is memorial weekend.
Hi Franklin,
Only your girlfriend could determine what her dream means- she is the expert of her own mind and heart. I can offer some possibilities. As you read in my article, I would consider the dream a message from the deceased as a last resort. First, our dreams really should be viewed as a reflection of us- our own thoughts, feelings, etc. If the two of you have been fighting and she has threatened to break up with you before, perhaps this dream is reflecting those feelings that bring her to threaten a break up. She may question if she is better off with someone else, if her grandfather would disapprove of your relationship, or she disapproves of something within the relationship.
It sounds like it is important for both of you to resolve an issue within the relationship. Why are you fighting? Would you consider couples counseling? Relationships need to have good communication. If you are fighting, this is showing that your are not communicating well with each other.
Gena,
What an interesting experience! Did you ask the bride what this meant to her?
Dash,
your friend's brother may represent a lot for you- including death itself or young death. Since you seem so fearful, it is very possible your dream is reflecting your own inner fears about dangers and dying before your time. To resolve the dream, you may need to explore these fears, put them in perspective and focus on your life and what you want to do within your life instead of focusing too much on running from the possibility of death. When we focus too much on death, we ironically stop living and do less in our lives out of fear.
Happyboomernurse Level 8 Commenter 12 months ago
I've worked with my dreams for many years and still find them fascinating. If one keeps an open mind it is possible to glean helpful information from dreams, such as in the examples you gave in this hub. Such analysis can lead to self-growth and greater maturity.
My favorite death dream was of my mother-in-law, whom I'd had many mixed emotions about while she was still living. About seven years after she'd passed (and a time period during which I'd gone through psychotherapy) I saw her in a dream. She said nothing, just smiled at me and within the dream I felt a great outporing of love for her. I woke feeling good and felt like alot of issues that I'd struggled with her in the past had been resolved.