Have you ever dreamed of those who have passed on?

[BikeWriter]

If so, is it pleasant or disturbing? Inquiring minds want to know!

[Crazy Guggenheim]

1. Sometimes it's nice and sometimes it's not. 50/50.

[BikeWriter]

7. The reason I asked is...

last night I "saw" my Brother we lost several years ago. I don't know how he "communicated" with me, but I felt he was telling me he had not been hurt and could never be hurt. It was somehow comforting.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

11. Glad to know that.

[BikeWriter]

15. It may have been my subconcious reaction...

to the dangers of the hurricane.

[miss_kitty]

2. Yes. Sometimes it's comforting

(like when my mom visits) and sometimes it's disturbing (when it's my best friend from high school who turned out to be a pathological liar and a sociopath)

[BikeWriter]

10. I'm so sorry some of our dreams are disturbing, Dear...

All those I've had with Family members have been pleasant and most of the others.

[Ladyhawk]

3. It's always nasty when I dream about my father.

I have recurring dreams about him and they are freaky.

[BikeWriter]

12. I'm sorry, Ladyhawk. I'm sure that is rough. :-(

[skygazer]

4. I have

I used to dream about my mom a lot and that was both pleasant and disturbing. Pleasant because the dreams themselves were so ordinary and comfortable - disturbing because I'd wake up to the realization that it wasn't real.

I still dream about dead friends (I have far more dead friends than I do live ones), relatives and even pets. Sometimes it's just really nice - other times it's bittersweet.

[BikeWriter]

16. I think we'll find most of us have these sort of dreams...

Here's wishing you more live friends!

[Floogeldy]

5. Yes. My Mom and Dad.

They are generally confusing or frustrating, but also generate pleasant feelings.

[BikeWriter]

17. Good, I'm glad you have some pleasant feelings from them...

There have been some I've had that were nonsensical, too.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Hello to my dear BikeWriter.....

I have not dreamed such dreams...

But my husband has.....Both his parents and his brother are gone now..

It seems to me that his dreams are not unpleasant...he's just around them, and they are doing stuff together.....

No nightmares for him, AFAIK.....


:shrug:

[BikeWriter]

19. That's the way my dreams of family are, Peggy.

The nightmares about war are all bad, unfortunately.

[phylny]

27. My dreams of my mother are like that, too.

In fact, invariably in the dream, I'll think, "Well, hell, she's had breast cancer for such a long time, I guess the chemo is keeping it all at bay, because she's still alive." In fact, she died 17 years ago.

:loveya:

[Nikia]

8. I have dreamed about my grandfather several times in the part year

The dreams vary quite a bit. Some are pleasant. Some are disturbing. Unfortunately even when I wake up from the ones that are pleasant, I feel sad because I remember that he is dead.

[BikeWriter]

20. I'm sorry, Nikia. Yes, their absence...

does seem more intense for a while after "seeing" them.

[Tallison]

9. Only about those who die suddenly/accidently

And the dreams are actually very pleasant, kind of a medium in which my subconscious or whatever the hell has the opportunity to integrate reality with the ideal it held out. I love those dreams. I can't help but feel like something lives on in them.

[BikeWriter]

21. Those are the ones who generally appear as ghosts, too.

Do you see any correlation there?

[Tallison]

34. I don't know, as I have NEVER SEEN A GHOST

but hope to solicit the attention of one.

That's what they say, though...

[Meatwad]

13. All the time.

And I even dream of those who have passed that I never met.

Weird, eh? Makes you wonder if there is some kind of afterlife...

[BikeWriter]

22. Weird, yes. That's a mystery that may remain unexplained.

It is fascinating though.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

14. I've dreamed about my mother several times

I wake up missing her acutely, but it's nice to be able to "see" her at all. I've dreamed about my dad a couple of times, with the same feeling, and my sister only once (strangely).

[BikeWriter]

23. I feel much the same way, DTBK. It's so very realistic...

when I see them!

[Left_Winger]

18. Sometimes my mother visits me in my dreams

They are usually in strange locations which I can't identify; sometimes she just calls out my name. I've also had dreams about my former pets.

These dreams are not disturbing, just strange.

[BikeWriter]

24. My Family usually have some sort of message...

It may not relate to anything that's happening at the time, though.

[scarlet_owl]

25. I dream about my great-grandmother all the time.

The dreams are always very comforting and pleasant.

[Lady President]

26. Disturbing, but the loss is recent

I dream quite often about my father who died 2 months ago. Unfortunately, in the dreams he is the last stages of his life when he was so sick and in so much pain. I think it might be my subconscious trying to remind me that it's better that he's not suffering.

I do believe that as I begin to better accept his death that I'll remember him during our normal happy times.

[samplegirl]

28. I would welcome

any dream that include my Father or Mother.

[hippywife]

29. I was very close to my grandmother.

She died 10 years ago and I have had dreams about her that are so real that I wake up crying and feeling her in the room and around me for a really long time through the day.

The only reason I classify them as disturbing is because I miss her so very much that they upset me. The dreams themselves are not disturbing. It was the hardest loss to date in my life.

[Terran]

30. Other: one very vivid dream of my father

and yes, it was pleasant, to say the least.

[El Fuego]

31. My father, just last night

Funny you should post that...I was talking about it a few minutes ago.

[bertha katzenengel]

32. I frequently dream of my mother, dead for over 30 years.

In my dreams, she has neither aged nor changed one whit. I, OTOH, have aged, grown, changed - and my mother can't understand why I don't cower and do her bidding.

[Left Is Write]

33. Yes, but I can't answer whether it is disturbing or pleasant.

I think the overall vibe I get is pleasant, but don't have any specific dream details to call upon.

[Groggy]

35. I have very vivid dreams of my Mom

She passed away 2 years ago. She holds me in my dreams..they are so real. I could swear she was communicating with me. I suppose someone could say its just wishful thinking but....the dreams are so darn REAL. when I wake up I can remember the softness of what she was wearing and remember what she felt like. I've only had those particular dreams probably less than a handful of times. In fact, the last one was just last week.

It is very pleasant and comforting.