Dreams about the deceased – what do they mean? (dream interpretation, deceased, dead people)
Dreams about the deceased. A lot of people dream about people who are no longer alive. In other words, the dead appear in their dreams – and what might that mean? Are they visiting from the world of the dead? Or do they represent something going on within us at the moment? What would they say if they were still alive? On a basic level, the dead might represent a part of you that reminds you of them, or maybe they (and what they meant to you) still influence the way you live your life currently.
The deceased as a symbol of your relationship with them or aspects of yourself that reminds you of them. When other (living) people appear in your dreams (see Persons), the dream will often symbolize your relationship with that person. The same is true for the deceased/dead people. When they appear in your dreams, it might be a symbol of your relationship with that person (and as a result, how that relationship is an influence on your life), or the deceased might be a symbol of an aspect you possess that reminds you of that person. In the latter interpretation, it might be helpful to look at what you associate with that particular person, and if that might be a part of you too.
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However, it is important to learn how to generally approach your dreams. Dream dictionaries like this one are only a supplement, and if you want to fully utilize the potential of your dreams, you should start at a different place.
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The deceased as a symbol of contact. Many people experience – a short time after someone close to them has passed away, for example – that the (deceased) person in question appear in their dreams. Psychologically this is often seen as a way of coping with grief, and whether you experience the dream as a real interaction with the deceased or if you’d rather see it as a beneficial process for you at this moment, well, then dreams about this (deceased) person might symbolize that you are saying goodbye. For this reason, it could take a while after a person has died before you might start to have these “goodbye-dreams”. People are different, so it is very individual how long it takes to accept someone’s death, if it is possible to accept at all.
The deceased may also be a commentary on how you live your life – if he/she was still alive, what would they say? What would grandmother/grandfather/my sister (i.e. the deceased) say to me in my current situation, if he/she was still here?
Dream dictionaries are a very helpful tool when interpreting dreams. However, generally learning how to approach your dreams, will give you a better foundation for understanding them. My online course “Unlock your DREAMlife” teaches you how to much better utilize – recall and understand – your dreams.
Also read: Why I no longer interpret dreams for free
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NOTE: Sometimes dream interpretation is difficult. The most important thing is that a given interpretation of a dream is only correct, if the person who had the dream feels moved by that particular interpretation – that it fits into their life.
I dreamed about a very good friend that had passed away two years prior. In this dream, which was vivid, he cut down a tree with an unusual chain saw and then we were loading his chain saw he asked if I still had the “pass through” that he had loaned me. He wanted his “pass through” if I could find it.
Linda dreaming about cleaning/handling feces means you are disgusted by something in your awaken life. Almost to the point of embarrassment. You figured it out yourself, though. You’re right…it related to how you feel about your husband. Handle those feels of indignation or hopefully you already have because this post is old.
hiya guys. had a dream which was kind of like being in a horror movie. you could basically make a choice to chew this bone in order to pass through this woman (corpse looking) I think she was a ghost and her name was Natalia. there was also a woman called Anabelle (I haven’t watched the horror movie). I woke up before I could figure out why I was passing through. can anyone tell me haha
I want to know why I keep having bad dreams about my deceased boyfriend when he treated me like a queen?
I dreamed of a deceased lover she passed years ago now i am dreaming of her alibe with jer ypunger son
.what is going on it is so real.
I dream of all the people I have looked after as a nurse and also my family that have passed, it is becoming more frequent now why ,,,
I had a very very interesting but bad dream and I cannot get my mind off it. It was where I was mainly watching the Dream kind of like a movie before my eyes. Lots of violence, mainly over countries and their religious beliefs. Buildings and every place was being attacked and there were only few people fighting for us. There was also a foreign trade island surrounded with dead corpses of people who were persecuted mainly and people who couldn’t afford to live , even children. The bodies covered the grounds and were all rotting and grey some still barely alive. You had to walk on them to get from place to place. I’m not sure what this all means but I’m very curious.
Dreamt that my husband admitted to having multiple affairs and marriages and I replied by saying to him
How could he do this to me
I will never forgive him
non foreboding dreams of men I have had a relationship with.ie estranged husband, s/o also.
I’ve been thinking about a person who has been deceased for 11 months now literally haven’t stopped thinking about this person he comes into my dreams and just shows me what life could’ve been it’s weird.. but it makes me happy idk .. but I plan on visiting g his burial site for the first time. I want to see how I’m going to feel .
There was this girl I told her I like her, she told me she have a boyfriend. I used to see her a lot of times in the poker room and in the casino as well. I dreamt of her one time. From what I know and read, you dream of something that you always think about. But that’s not always the case with my dreams. Anyways, in my dream it was like she was kidnapped. In real life, she seemed to have money or have some business. Then in the dream, she said she was dead left in some places, just like Las Vegas killing style. After that dream, I never saw her again. I think I heard someone who plays poker died. Maybe she died, trying to tell me to stop looking for her. Maybe she just move away. What does this dream meant?
(note, my husband isn’t able to be around at this time), so in my dream….. he & I were together, just bought an old big house. We were scared because it was haunted (I’ve always been sensitive in every house I lived in until my current home). We upstairs in a huge bedroom, ours, but hadn’t gotten bed or any furniture up there. We saw the couple (ghosts) out our bedroom window, they were married couple. We befriended them. They showed how the husband died by hitting his head after a trip & fall as he was mourning his wife’s death. Then once they were walking hand in hand up the stairs, but the man’s limbs, esp legs kept breaking & falling off, almost like they were plastic or wood . it was crazy weird dream.. I am lost & confused but also a little shook up, as the dream was so vivid & no matter how many times I woke, my dream would continue when I fell back asleep
I dreamt about defecating in a bucket in front of a married couple while they were in bed going to sleep. I felt awkward but it appeared there was no place else to do this.. I then had to dispose of it and the found myself walking through a corporate environment looking for a toilet to flush it.. I found a parenting room which I quickly went into to an flushed it down only to be told by a women with dark blond hair I should not have done that as baby poo is different to adult poo and it won’t breakdown. I was quite obstinate and went ahead and flushed. She was quite right it resurfaced. I had to then try to remove it with my hands, I was able to retrieve one stool successfully but there was more! There was another woman who was quite supportive close by but like a blurr, the authoritarian type was quite distinctive in the dream. I then woke up and felt quizzy at the thought of the dream.. hence visiting this sight. Yes I have been filled with negative thoughts for years. Not quite sure if the source is my husbands depression or personality disorder and feeling the need to think of my life and what I have left of it!
Hi Linda,
And thank you for your comment, Apologies for my late reply, but I receive many comments every day, and I simply cannot keep up with them. That is also why I have decided to no longer do interpretations for free. Instead I offer the following options: http://www.michaelrolsen.com/dreamcoaching. Best regards – Michael