Have you ever dreamed of a loved one who had died?

Question

I did and was later told it was actually the person trying to let you know they were ok.
And there were many.
Can anyone verify their own similar dreams of loved ones who have passed away?

Answer 1

Yes it's happened to me four different times in my life. Two with people I was close to, and twice with pets I dearly loved who died. I actually really do believe that in each and every case I had a treasured moment of communication with them...that they were letting me know they love me, and that they are o.k. Because of this, I no longer fear death (like I did when I was younger). I believe in my heart that life goes on after we pass on from this world. Our existence continues. I feel comforted now to know that the loving bonds we form during our lifetimes are never- ending...they live on. I know I'll be united with them again someday. These experiences were very spiritual (though I am not and never really have been what one would consider "religious")- but this taught me that I could believe in something higher than myself. I have faith now, where I didn't have it before. Truly, it may seem silly to some, but those dreams were real experiences, to me. And they were life-altering experiences. A psychologist might speculate that these kinds of dreams come from a deep, internal desire for comfort and closure...a need that we all have sometimes. But anyone who's ever had a dream like this knows that it's something more. Why? Because of the way it profoundly changes our perspective of life and death. The gratifying magnitude of the emotions that result from this are felt more deeply than what could be expected from "just another dream." They stick with you forever. Science cannot explain that! Consider yourself lucky to have had this kind of experience. Doesn't it bring comfort (and happiness) to your heart and spirit?

Answer 2

Many times I've dreamed of loved ones who have died. They feel so real and close to me in my dreams. I can hear their voice and look into their eyes and feel their love for me. The dreams are gifts, wherever they come from.

I'm not sure how a person could verify the dreams. You are sound asleep and have no warning when they will occur. Maybe a scientist could figure out a way to record the "brain waves" or something? I do talk to my husband about the dreams the next morning.

Answer 3

I dreamt about my mother a lot in the first couple of years after she passed away (1999), and I still do from time to time. These dreams usually occur when I am under some kind of emotional stress or enduring some sort of conflict...it helps to think that she is looking out for me and is "there" when I need her the most.

Answer 4

According to Dreamcrowd:

To see the dead in your dream, forewarns that you are being influenced by negative people and are hanging around the wrong crowd. You may suffer material loss. This dream may also be a way for you to resolve your feelings with those who have passed on. If you dream of a person who has died a long time ago, then it suggests that a current situation or relationship in you life resembles the quality of that deceased person. The dream may depict how you need to let this situation or relationship die and end it. To see and talk with your dead parents in your dreams, represents your fears of losing them or your way of coping with the loss. You may want that last opportunity to say your final good-byes to them. To see your dead sibling, relative, or friend alive in your dream, indicates that you miss them and are trying to relive your old experiences you had with them. In trying to keep up with the pace of your daily waking life, you dreams may serve as your only outlet in coping and coming to terms with the loss of a loved one. See also: Die

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Answer 5

I dreamt about my beloved dog soon after she died(Feb.07) and still dream about her to this day. I was so tired of crying over her loss and missing her so much that I prayed and begged God to take away my pain. That night I had a dream that she came into the bathroom while I was bathing. In the dream I knew she was dead but she looked alive and well, she came up to me as she always had. She let me pet her from her head down her back and to her tail, it was so vivid. I remember the feeling of her coat and then I felt her ears. Her ears were so soft and soothing to my heart and for that moment I did not feel pain. She then, without looking at me walked out of the bathroom and I knew that she was forever gone. It was almost like she was saying goodbye, because the night she died she would not look at me while she slipped away... I don't think she wanted me to be there and watch her die because she knew that it would be too painful for me. Sometimes I ask myself if she did that because she didn't want me to be in pain or if she was sad that her time was up with me. Even now as I sit and write this I am crying hysterically. So an answer to your question...yes, I have had dreams of loved ones who have passed. I am not quite sure why, or the reason behind them, because mine are very vivid and painful, so painful that it seems like torture. Now that I sit here and proof read this I think that I need to let go. Not of her and the precious memories of her, let go of the guilt. I feel like I could have controlled her life span. Did feeding her too much human food kill her? Did I not excercise her enough? What could I have done to ensure that she lived longer? Or is it simply that she was here to teach me a lesson about love? That maybe unconditional love does exist. Maybe because I hadn't experienced unconditional love, (and to be honest I really didn't believe it even existed) that she was here to introduce it to me.

Answer 6

Shortly after my mother passed away I dreamed that me, my brother, and her were all in her car. I was driving, and I was telling them about the VW Jetta I wanted to buy. And she kept telling me the vin number. Only the vin number wasn't actually a number it was a bible verse. When I woke up from the dream I went straight to my bible and looked it up. And basically the passage was about not worrying those who have passed because they were in a better place. No doubt in my mind that my mom was just letting me know she was ok.

Answer 7

Most definetly. I dreamt of my Mum who had died about 20 years before and she was smiling at me. Then about six months later we lost our Dad. The dream had stayed with me and I just came to the conclusion that she was letting me know it's okay. About a year after I dreamt my dad was standing at the foot of my bed with a sad look on his face and holding out his hand like he was sorry. The next day I found out my son had leukemia. I truly believe that they were signs of comfort.

Answer 8

Yes......

The reason we are contacted by those who have passed this way is because of that "place".......

I call it that place but it is actually called the "kingdom of God".... (Luke 17:21).......Christ says the kingdom of God is within you....... and so, we dream....

Thing is, we cannot cross into that "side" just as they cannot cross from there into this life.......

BUT....... Because it is the kingdom of God, and we are forced into it nightly, we enter that place when we slumber..... How we take it for granted......

We enter it because underneath or rather, behind this mound of flesh which we are inside, is that spirit or rather, the image of God....... It is not the soul... It is spirit..... It is the image of God and so we can see them who have entered that place after life....... and it is real.....

At least until all our "stories" are compiled......

Those who are there, are familiar to us and we can speak with them..... But, because we are still alive, we cannot stay there.... and they cannot come with us..... But, they come when we need them..... I believe God sends them to us because we need some kind of reassurance... or instruction... they guide us when sent.......

My grandmother came to me after being deceased 8 years..... I hardly knew her, but she was my favorite person in the world..... even above my own mother..... But, when she came to me, she told me something that was very significant and it mattered because it was something I needed to know....

The number 3 is unity..... It is a message when the same thing is done or said 3 times..... Keep it in mind......

The purpose is found in Revelation 20:12...... We all have a part of an anthology called His-story......... None of us are insignificant in the words that lead to the end of it.......


Your sister,
ginger,
((dream interpreter for over 20 years))

Answer 9

when you dream of a loved one that has died and they talk to you in your dreams that a good Oman. or something is going to happen. just like my mom she came to me in my dream and was crying and i asked her why she said i will know in a year,strange enough a year later my daughter got pregnant by an older man . so sometimes good things happen and sometimes not so good...... good luck

Answer 10

Yes, my grandmother. She passed away in 2004. In my dream, she was hugging me three times.