Dreaming that my late mother is a ghost

[Brats4kid]

My mother passed away 16 months ago. When she first passed away, I kept having recurring nightmares of her as a ghost and when I would wake up, I felt terrified but also felt that she was there. The dream and the feeling that she was there when I woke up, felt so real. Eventually, the nightmares stopped.

Last night, I dreamt that she was a ghost again. I woke up terrified. I hadn't actually seen her as a ghost in my dream, last night, but strange things were happening, pointing to my mother as the cause of the strange happenings.

Before I had fallen asleep, I had been scrolling through the Facebook group 'Online Spirt Portraits and Messages'. I do now and again, just to see if my mother had connected to one of the mediums. Silly really, I know.

Why do I keep having these nightmares? I know I haven't grieved and I don't think I have come to terms with her passing.

I’m so sorry for your loss. Losing your mum is very hard. 16 months is not a very long time really and I don’t think it’s unusual to have dreams and nightmares after someone close has died. It can be distressing though.

Before I had fallen asleep, I had been scrolling through the Facebook group 'Online Spirt Portraits and Messages'.

That's why you're having the nightmares.

Think of your subconscious mind as a group of school children and you the teacher. At night you leave your class to sort through everything you've been looking at, thinking about and working on through the day. They're only kids so they don't file everything away in the right places, they get a bit confused and they also have a bit of fun playing with your memories and images. Hence the dreams prompted by the scrolling - it was the last thing you looked at so the most vivid pictures.

I thought as much tbh. I have only just found the group, maybe I won't look before I fall asleep!