To ask if anyone has conversations with people who have passed in their dreams?

[sprinkleofsunshine]

First of all I’ll start by saying I’m not really into any Witchery poo. However on a few separate occasions now I have seen relatives/friends who have passed on in my dreams. That’s not so strange but the dreams have been so vivid, shortly after one close family member died I had a dream where they came back and told me they were fine not to worry. I’ve also had dreams where I’ve been asked about things going on with me currently by them: ie; when I was carrying dd2 I had a dream from said close family member who asked how I was getting on, what I would name her etc and about upcoming events in my life work etc. Usually the dreams are then telling me they are fine and that they will ‘check in’ with me again soon. Probably nothing but seems so real at the time. Interested to know if anyone else has experienced the same?

I had a dream where they came back and told me they were fine not to worry.

I’ve had this^^.

Someone told me that dreams where loved ones pass away are supposed to be your subconscious worrying that you’re not as close to that person anymore. It’s not really to do with death.

Yes I've had this with my dad and two friends that died, one in particular I dreamed about loads after she died. I think because her death was so sudden whereas my dad and other friend died of cancer so I'd had time to start dealing with it.

It would be things like we'd be going to the cinema but then she wasn't allowed in because she's dead and she'd smile at me in a loving way and say something reassuring like 'but I'm still with you' and I'd wake up feeling really comforted. It's your brain processing it and sorting it all out. I had tonnes of dreams about her.

With my dad it would be more mundane stuff like sorting things out in the house or doing some gardening with him (not that we ever did that!) and I'd just wake up feeling happy that I'd spent some time with him again. It does feel very real. I don't dream as much these days, or I don't remember them but I definitely wish for those dreams more often.

I’ve had this with my dad. We didn’t have a close relationship when he was alive and he was telling me that everything was ok re our estrangement and he was at peace.

I think it was probably some self-soothing by my subconscious but it would be nice to believe he was getting in touch

Dh died 10 years ago. We had 3 dcs and were seperated. He was living with someone else and he took his own life. He told me not to blame her (ow), that it wasn't her fault. He also said to look out for my dnephews and someone called Oscar. I didn't understand about either at the time, but a few weeks later my sis and her husband split up and she needed help with the dcs. Then we found out that ds was being bullied by a boy named Oscar.

I've never had this but it sounds interesting. To those that have experienced it, did you feel at peace when you woke up? or more sad?

Definitely at peace. It seemed real and what I would imagine a lucid dream would be.

Yes, and had an example just the other week. I think it is our subconscious processing things, even many years later.

It sounds weird but I do find it quite comforting to 'see' the person again, in dreams.

My sister had a dream that our mum had come back to life and was not happy that dad had remarried, she said it was such a vivid dream that she woke in a panic thinking it was real, she checked her clock and it was 4am. At 6.30am that same morning i called my sister to tell her that my dd her niece age 3 had died suddenly from sepsis at about 3,30am. Im not woo but i like to think it was mum coming to collect my dd so that she wasnt alone.

I dream of my dad sometimes he been gone 5 years. It's always when I'm going through a bad or tough time he appears in my dream and it's as thpugh he never died, always appears and Its like he's still alive but has been away for a bit. I wake up feeling happy that I've seen him then so sad that he isn't here irl. I miss him terribly.

After my Grandma died I dreamed that I was walking down her old road. I then realised the dream had turned lucid – I was in control, aware I was dreaming and could talk and do things as I would when awake. I turned around and my Grandma was walking up behind me. She told me that she was in heaven now and that she was looking for an old family friend who had passed away a few years earlier. She said she hadn't found her yet, but knew she was close. And she told me not to worry, that she was fine and she loves us all. That was the one and only time she's come to me and I found it comforting. This was years ago –when I told my dad about it he was quite unnerved!

ex wife had dream 'phone' call from her deceased grandmother telling her dad was ok and with her now. He had died that night

Yep I have dreams where I’m talking to my dad but they’re dreams where he’s alive, not post death conversations. Waking up from those is a bit hellish!

I dream about my mum a lot, she died 15 years ago. In the dreams she's alive and is just present in my life (if that makes sense). I found it very strange at first but now it's ok.

Yes, I have had dreams like these. About dead relatives and also my dead dogs. They are very vivid and it feels real.

I quite often have dreams where my Dad is there, looking exactly as he did before he went into hospital 20 years ago, and just featuring as a normal participant in events with grandchildren etc he never even met. It often takes a few minutes after I wake to realise it was a dream and remember he is no longer with us.

Not really soothing or disturbing, but a nice reminder of him every now and then.

I have a dream regularly about a young family member who I was close to who passed away. After his death the family imploded and everyone is now NC. In the dream he’s always upset that no one is talking to each other.

I suspect that it’s just my subconscious trying to rationalise everything.

When I was about 12 I dreamed I was walking up the path to my nana's house (dad's mum). I knocked on the door but my grandma (mum's mum who had died about 4 years earlier) answered. I said 'oh, what are you doing here?!' She just said she was here for a little while. She showed me through to the kitchen where there were two rabbits in a hutch. I said 'oh, they're in a hutch together now' she said 'yes they always used to fight but get along a lot better nowadays' (there were no rabbits in real life). It was a really vivid dream and felt really real.

When I woke up my mum told me that my my nana had died. I think the rabbits sort of represented my parents who had divorced but were getting along better. I am totally not woo at all but I've always remembered how other worldly that all felt.

My DH has this regularly. He has very vivid dreams anyway, but regularly dreams about a parent or grandparent and wakes up feeling like he touched them or having dreamt he had a conversation with them. He takes comfort from it.

Whilst pregnant I had 3 dreams about my dad who died 3 years ago. We acknowledged his death, and in the first dream everyone knew he was coming back for a visit but would be gone at 6pm. We went for fish and chips (no one really does this in my family!) and people in the street waved to him like a celebrity. At the restaurant we sat together, had a vivid chat, I urged him to spend time with others. I was watching the clock and at 6, he just melted away. I woke up sobbing, with real tears streaming down my face.

The second was less vivid, but still gloriously normal. We acknowledged my pregnancy. I didn’t cry this time.

The third was at 38 weeks pregnant and we again went out to eat. Away he melted again, and as he was going he said “I’m not sure if I’m coming back once the baby is born” and I woke up in floods of tears, choking on sobs. 4 months on I’ve not dreamed of him since.

I’m glad I had the dreams, quite sure it was my pregnancy and sub-conscious working through things.

Yes, I have this about once a year or so with my mother. I'm always trying to say the things I wish I had said to her before she died, she is always telling me that she knew anyway and that she's fine. I always realise it's a dream just before I wake up and I start to cry because it's so real and I don't want it to end.
I'm always amazed how I can hear her voice and see her face perfectly in dreams but in real life my memories are very hazy.

I dream about my Dad from time to time. He died 4 years ago. There is never a conversation but he is there in a good way, not always tangible but it is not upsetting, more reassuring.

I’ve had these dreams too. My DF phoned me and told me he was fine, which was really comforting at the time. I’ve also had dreams where we’ve had days out (knowing he’s dead), and then dreams where he comes home and asks where all of his belongings are (where he’s not dead!). I think I’ve dreamt about DM but not as vividly.

Sometimes in dreams and sometimes in altered consciousness but awake.

On 2 occasions it was my gran telling me to look out once for mum and then for aunt, within a short time after these experiences they were diagnosed with serious illnesses. In my aunts case gran had said 'it's not what they think, they need to look at X instead' which is indeed what happened.

But then I am a believer in some woo.

I had this told me I was pregnant and gender of baby. I didn't know yet

Same thing same person second pregnancy. I didn't know yet then either.

I’ve never really believed in this stuff either but after my cousin died very suddenly a few years ago, I had a dream about her.

We were all on a bus together, the whole family and suddenly she announced “this is my stop, I have to get off here” and we were all saying no, don’t get off yet, stay on a bit longer etc. She passed her baby to her dad (she’d only given birth a couple of months before she died) and reassured us all that she was ready to get off and this was her stop and it was ok.

She got off the bus and I so vividly remember her waving and smiling at us with the sun on her face.

I’m very sure it was my brain trying to process a sudden and horrible loss, but when I woke up I had the strangest calm feeling. It was one of the weirder experiences I’ve had.