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Why do I keep dreaming about my ex-husband?

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FiveMetresUp · 26/01/2026 10:41

I was married for less than a year 30 years ago. I think we both realised it was a mistake and divorced within a year. The divorce was pretty hard going but I had absolutely no feelings for him then and certainly don’t now.

I have since married the love of my life and we’ve been together for 23 years. We are very happy together and have two amazing kids.

For some inexplicable reason, for the past few months I have been having almost nightly dreams about my ex husband. In the dreams I love him but he’s ambivalent towards me. There’s also a baby girl but with complications like her wandering off and getting lost, etc. We are also living in the Middle East and there’s a big, scary, very high roller coaster. Every time.

Each night it’s a different dream but with a similar plot. I have no idea why this is happening. I am happy and busy and have no particular issues at the moment. Genuinely don’t understand why I’m having these dreams.

Has anybody else experienced something like this?

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pizzaHeart · 26/01/2026 14:47

No at this extent, not. I do have recurring dream topics but they happen over years.
However when I have complicated dreams at night I look at my diet previous day to identify triggers and make changes e.g cut alcohol, cut caffeine in the evening, lighter dinner and earlier. I also consider lowering heating temperature and do something very light before bedtime e.g watching light tv, scrolling style and beauty on MN or similar. It always helps.

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