Does anyone believe there is any meaning in dreams of dead relatives/friends?

[mocha78]

I’ve had a couple of dreams recently of dead relatives/friends. In them the person that died was always very happy, looked healthy and dressed up. In the case of my nan she looked alot younger. Weirdly, both the times I’ve had these dreams I’ve been in our spare room and not my usual bed. Maybe I’m subconsciously not in as a deep sleep as my mind knows I’m in a different room so this affects my dreams? I’m not a particularly superstitious or religious person but I like to think the dreams are an indicator that the people I loved are happy and maybe trying to say hello. Interested in other people’s thoughts on these types of dreams.

I think you hit the nail on the head in that a change of bedroom, probably means you're not in quite as deep a sleep as you normally would be.

I tend to dream about as many living relatives/friends as I do dead ones, so personally I don't read anything into it.

But of course if it brings you comfort, you can believe whatever you want.

I have only had one dream about my Dad since he died. It was just after he died and I was feeling very upset about not being able to go to his funeral. In my dream he and I were walking together where he lived, we were together up a large hill when he said "I've got to go now" and walked round the corner of the hill and out of my sight. Since then I have not been able to hear his voice in my head.

I've only had one dream of this type, some time after my Dad died. We were sitting on the kitchen step chatting as we used to when I was a child and I was so happy to be with him. When I woke up I was devastated and it took me ages to get over it, like grieving all over again. I don't think there's a particular meaning to dreams of this type, it's probably normal.

I think these types of dreams mean that you're thinking of your loved one (obviously) and processing your feelings of loss. I lost a dear friend last year and since then have had many dreams where we were talking closely, or where I saw him and he looked happy. But when this second lockdown happened I kept having disturbing dreams where he was distressed and asking me why I didn't come to visit him in hospital (I did but it was too late.) I see that dream as a symptom of the current horrible lockdown situation, because I'm feeling frightened and isolated, and those emotions have permeated my dreams. I know that isn't real and I know that my kind loving friend would never hate me or want me to be sad.

I often see my mum in my dreams it is usually where a miracle has happened and they found a cure for her cancer, it always takes me a few seconds when I wake up to remember that she isn’t here anymore.
I’m not sure if they have any meaning but I like seeing her even if it’s in my dreams.

In my view dreams are generally reflections of aspects of our own selves, or messages from our own subconscious. So even when they feature people we know, they're actually about us. So maybe your subconscious is trying to communicate something, and reckons that featuring someone who you'd be predisposed to listen to is a way to get the message across?

About 2 years after dh died I dreamt about him. It was a lucid dream and I got to ask him some questions. He took me into a meeting place, made me think of a pub. Everyone stared at me and I asked him why. He told me that they knew I was alive and I was ok here as long as I didn't stay long. He answered my questions and told me 2 things which I would have to do soon with names of certain people. 1 person I knew the other I didn't. Within a month these things happened. This wasn't a dream, I traveled somewhere else that night. It used to happen to me as a child and occasionally still does. My nanna used to experience this too