Recurring dream interpretation

[Mrstryingtohaveitall]

Hello
For those who have knowledge in dream interpretation I'd love to have some 'meaning' on what my recurring dreams could symbolize.

Some background: I am in my mid-thirties.
Seven years ago a very good female friend of mine was killed in a car crash. Although we were not particularly close at her time of passing, she was very, very dear to me and we had spent a lot of good times together. She was a very caring and kind person, as well as being the life and soul of the party. Since her passing I've randomly had dreams of her where she's alive and we've met and spoke without any 'mention' of her being dead. To be honest I rarely think of her now but she will stop crop up in a dream every now and then.

Similarly, when I was 20, a childhood friend, who I was no longer close to, died after a long illness. Over the years I've had a number of dreams where she will appear, e.g. a flashback to school days and we're having fun again as friends or it could be present day and she's there. Again, it's never 'mentioned' in the dream that she had died, it's like she's still alive.

Are the two linked? I'd like to think it's them coming see me. The dreams happen randomly, not when I'm stressed or upset.

Thank you :)

tbh I don't think that people in your dreams are them coming to see you, just your subconscious working through things and using those images/feelings as an illustration of what it is trying to process.

So, they are in your dream because they are representations of something - an idea, a feeling, a time in your life, an aspect of your own personality etc.

The "kind and caring" friend could be a representation of your caring side, or your need to feel cared for. Ditto the "childhood fun" one, depending on what happened and how you felt aboout it in your dream.

But, even if they are not visitng you from elsewhere, the fact that they live on in your memories and dreams is a sign of how you loved and valued them.

You miss her or having someone like her in your life at the moment?

Perhaps you could do with making friends that have some of these qualities.

Maybe they are coming to say hello.

Sorry to hear that two of your friends have gone.

A friend I lost is always alive if she ever pops in a dream. She was acually extemely mean to me last time, not like she really was at all. But I wondered 'what is she trying to tell me?'

AMuminScotland: Thank you, it's interesting that you have that interpretation as it does strike a cord of truth at the moment :(

I'll be honest, I was hoping it was some kind of untapped phsyic ability that I had!

WowOoo: Thanks for the condolences. I'll be honest, the dreams will happen out of the blue and often when I've not thought of the person for a length of time. I dont miss them as such as it has been a while since their passing. Of course I mourn for them but that feeling of missing them has gone.

After I posted this I remembered that a few days after my daughter was born I had a 'dream' where my maternal grandmother was standing at the end of my bed and she was really smiling at me like she was giving her congratulations. It only lasted a few seconds. Again, she died when I was a child and she was not in my thoughts at the time.

I find dreams so interesting...

To an extent, I don't know if it matters whether it is them coming to tell you something, or your subconscious using your memories of them to tell you something. Either way, you have some feelings or other "business" which your dreams are trying to work through. And if the dreams are recurring, then it can help to think consciously about what they are about, and try to resolve it in daytime - either to come to terms with your feelings about something, or else to take action to deal with the situation.

Both of people come from a time when you were free and you had a lot of fun times with both of them. Could it be that you are in need of more fun at the minute?

I dont think that you will ever really be able to tell but it could be that they are.

I have had a similar experience although slightly different I knew my friend was dead and in the dream he was just saying that he died, it was sad, but he is fine and not to beat myself up about it and gave me a hug. He also told me the injury that killed him (car crash broke his windpipe in his neck)which was never diclosed. Weirdly I found out later from a girl whose mother was a paramedic at the scene. I took his death very hard and after that dream I was fine. There was some unfinished business between us so it may have also been a coping mechanism through the grief.

I beleive in the spiritual world but I am also open to all explanations :)

I sometimes have dreams of living people who I haven't seen/thought of years.

However, I have dreamt 3 times of daughter who passed away - I was visiting her in all 3. They felt very real and gave me comfort.

I think it is hard to have such dreams interpreted because only you know how you feel afterwards.

Although it is often comforting to ask other's opinions on things, truly your heart knows the answers to everything you could probably wish to know. Every experience you have is soley for you. I can't tell you what has been happening as I haven't had your experience. I can tell you though that I have had many people visit me in dreams, and there is no doubt in my mind that they were 'real' visits.

So for what it's worth, I do believe that people come to visit in dreams, as it is easier for them to reach us this way. x

I have posted about my recurring dream and I am very open minded about your situation. I think there is more than we can understand or 'know' about life here on earth.

I had a dream about my grandmother, I never met her, hot the one connected with the recurring dream. She shared with me her perspective on a potentially traumatic event that happened to her. I think I now understand how she saw this event and how it differs from my families perspective on the same event. Does that make any sense?

I believe I've been guided by her through the medium of dreams in the past. I sometimes dream about relatives and friends who are no longer with us. They often give me some insight into their or my life currently. Does that make any sense?