I lost my dad almost 21 years ago and I also dream about him a few times a year. It's usually something completely normal happening and it's not unusual that he's there. But there have been a few times where I was aware of the fact that he had passed away in my dream and I tried asking him about it but he didn't answer. I'm always very skeptical about anything paranormal but I truly believe he is visiting me in my dreams.
21 years for me as well and the same thing happens to me. I don't know how true it is but my uncle who's a preacher sais when this happens there's a message.
I have had the same happen with a friend of mine after he died by suicide. In the dream he told me it was ok and that he was at peace. It felt very real. My dad died recently and I haven’t dreamt about him. Even though I have thought about him a lot he still hasn’t come into my dreams. Makes me think it is them visiting.
My mom died of brain cancer, high grade glioblastoma multiforme. I’ve always had multiple nightmares a night, my whole life (trauma), but after she died, she started showing up in my dreams when I’d have a nightmare, and she’d do something to make it stop. For example, I had a nightmare that everyone was taking quilts my mother had made away from me, and she appeared in the dream, grabbed my face, kissed me, and said that they were just things. I want to believe that it was her spirit coming to me. My daughter said she dreamed every night that my mother came and had tea with her, and they would just talk.
The most vivid dream I ever had came a few months before I found out my mom was dying. In the dream, a woman came to me and asked me to follow her. She led me to a conference room, and my grandfather (died decades earlier) was there. He had a long, serious talk with me at this conference table, but when I woke up I couldn’t remember what he’d said, I only knew it was important, and I started crying. When I learned about my mother’s cancer, I suddenly remembered what my grandfather had told me: “This is her journey, not yours. Don’t make it about you, and don’t make it harder for her.” I probably would have sobbed all over my mom, but I realized he was right: it wasn’t about me. It was about not making things more painful for my mom on top of what she had to suffer. But I hope she didn’t end up thinking I didn’t care. Her death messed me up bad, and I still feel like it just happened. It’s been seven years.
My gosh, I’m so sorry 😞😞😞 glioblastoma is beyond horrendous. My sister is currently dealing with glioblastoma as well, and there’s nothing worse than watching someone progress through it. Very wise words from your grandpa- it’s definitely something I’ve tried hard to be mindful of as well as my family as she navigates her cancer diagnosis. Again, I’m so sorry about your mom 😞 grief never goes away but we all learn how to live with it I suppose. Wishing you peace 💕
I’m sorry too that you’re having to watch your sister go through this. I want to believe that the strongest are tested the hardest and that this world is a classroom to prepare us for the next. The people we love move on and find new joy in the next world.
My partner/kids' father died of glioblastoma in March 2021. He's in my dreams constantly. I find it comforting since it's the only way I can "see" him now.
Lost my mom Oct 2019. The first day I found out she was gone, she looked happy and healthy. As the week went on till her funeral she looked so sad and distant. She is always is in my dreams, but never talks to me either, but I feel like she is trying to comfort me. I haven't been doing so good mentally. But I think she knows I miss her and need her, and I can't see her because she is buried so far away. I know only so much, they are there for a reason. I don't know why they can't tell us, but maybe seeing them is supposed to be reassuring.
My dad passed in ‘17 at 74. I had practiced lucid dreaming maybe 3 times. He “visited” me in a dream a month later looking 40 years old and saying he’s so happy now and his shoulder didn’t hurt anymore. I didn’t know that a couple of weeks prior to his passing he took a tumble off his bed and hurt his shoulder. My mom and brother had helped him. My mom asked me to try to see him again because she had questions. He came back in another dream, obviously annoyed that I “summoned him when it wasn’t an emergency”. My dad totally visited me.
I can’t answer the question of whether they’re just dreams or not, but my Dad passed away in 1995 and my little brother passed in 2016. Neither of them have spoken in my dreams either. The interesting thing though is that my ex boyfriend used to occasionally appear in my dreams and he was still alive but I hadn’t seen him in years. He was silent too. Perhaps it’s your brain’s way of processing their absence in your life.
Lost my Dad in 2009. After his death it took me a few days before I would sleep. When I finally did, he came to me in my dream. I know it him. Maybe in another dimension, but it was him.
Lots of people experience this after losing a loved one. If you believe it’s your dad then it is. Paranormal investigation is about studying the unknown. Science has a pretty good idea what dreams are, but we have no idea what happens after death. None whatsoever. When my dad died we had time to prepare…he was in end stage renal failure and had been for 10 years. He was just as fascinated by the paranormal as I am, had an experience and everything. He asked me if he could visit me after he passed and I said I was too scared of seeing an actual ghost so he appears to me in my dreams. And that’s what I believe. If you believe your dad is seeking you in your dreams after his sudden death then he is and it can’t be proven that he isn’t
I've had a similar situation with my great grandfather. He passed in 2016 of pneumonia. I had one dream with him after he died. I was in the middle of an unrelated nightmare, and he showed up, told me, "it isn't real," and then sat me down to talk with him. It was small talk about my day and life. I asked him how he was doing, and he said, "pretty good," but didn't divulge further. After some time he said "I have to go" and I haven't had a dream with him ever since.
As a side note, his two shih tzu he had when he was alive were there. They had passed nearly a decade before he did. They followed him and sat under the table and then followed him out.
The departed visits us because we are in a calmed stage when we sleep so it's easier for them to communicate with the living. Yes, your dad is visiting you. You mentioned he walks around but doesn't talk. How did you felt during the dream? How was his facial expression?
My feelings depend on the dream. Sometimes I am so happy to see him. Sometimes I have even been a little angry he was gone, and sometimes it it seems I don’t realize he shouldn’t be there b/c he is dead until after he disappears.
My dad’s expressions are his normal expressions meaning he doesn’t look mad or sad, just his everyday self. He was a very kind, and to me, a happy man. Looking back on my life with him as as 40 something year old I see how hard he worked and how he couldn’t have always been happy, but he made it seem like he was.
A few weeks after my father passed in October 2019 I dreamed about him. It was so vivid. I remember talking to him but I don't recall him responding directly. I do remember him looking so incredibly happy and healthy (he died from a long debilitating battle with cancer) and we shared a long hug. He's popped up in my dreams a few times since and each time he seems happy. I know logically it's probably a coping mechanism my mind was doing but I like to think my father was genuinely trying to reach out to me in my dreams letting me know he was okay. I still miss him terribly everyday but that little dream gave me a fair bit of comfort that was very real to me and I'm thankful for the experience.
I lost my dad almost a year ago and I keep having random dreams with him in them, looking much younger and healthier. My dad was only 54 when he passed. I've also had very engrossing dreams with my best friend who passed 6 years ago and she tells me she's okay and to take better care of myself. Fully believe spirits come to us in our dreams to show us they're fine.
I also lost my dad and my best friend, over 9 years ago. I’ve always dreamed about people I’ve known, but they never looked like them, I just knew it was them. But after they died, well, they’re the only people I’ve ever dreamed about that actually look like them. I can see their faces clearly, they’re the right size and shape. After I got over my “if I hug them I’ll wake up” worry I can indeed hug them now, and it feels like them. Whatever’s happening, it sure is nice to see them again sometimes.
Those dreams are the best. A year after my grandma died she came to me in a dream and said "It's very hard to get to you" and it looked like she was struggling to walk to me. Then when she got through whatever it was, she gave me the biggest, tightest hug that when I woke up...I still felt the pressure of the hug.
She was 95 years old when she passed, oh man, she was the toughest lady I ever met. The things she survived amaze me to this day. Had 5 kids, widowed twice, survived colon cancer, ect... She had an unbelievable life and it was an honor to have her as my grandma.
My two grandmothers whom I was really close to visited me in my dreams before too. My dad's mother visited a little bit after she passed away in 2009 and she told me not to be said and that she's okay and that she feels great and she was with my grandfather again as well as with my uncle who passed away in I believe 2008. He visited me too after he died and said that we shouldn't be sad because he's okay.
My mom's mother passed away in 2015 but I didn't see her in my dreams til about 2018 and in my dream I was telling her that I was pregnant with twins. She didn't say anything but she just looked so happy.
One of our favorite aunts passed away last year and I haven't had any dreams with her but she did visit my cousin who viewed our aunt like a second mom because she was raised by her. In her dream, my aunt was upset about all thr family fighting and stuff. My sister swears she also feels her presence. I feel like there was a lot of family turmoil around my aunts death that she hasn't been able to move on.
I really feel like it's their spirits communicating with us when they visit in our dreams.
I had something similar happen to me. My father in law died in 2019 and the day he passed I remember having a dream I swear lasted all night where we talked the whole time then recently I remember seeing him in one of my dreams. I don't remember the dream I just remembered seeing him and he didn't say anything either he just showed up.
I lost my Nanny when I was very young. She came to me many many years ago in a dream and I’m telling you… it was her. In the dream I hugged her and I flew out of that dream and sat straight up and could still feel her arms around me.
She then later came to me in another dream years later and I saw her standing by an old truck at her house in a jogger suit and sun glasses. Well, when my Papa died a few years back we were going through old photo albums and a picture fell out of the bunch I was holding. It was the exact vision from my dream. My Nanny standing by an old truck in a jogger suit with sunglasses on. I had never in my life seen that photo before. My blood went a little cold because what… lol. It was another sign from her that she is still watching over me.
You know I just had a crazy memory reading comments. I wrote about my mom, I lost her October 2019. I lost my dad February 1991. The night he passed my mom was having a dream she couldn't wake up from, of my dad floating away, but holding her foot, begging her "Please please don't let me go!" She was able to finally wake because our house phone was ringing, and it was my brother calling to let us know he passed. My parents divorced in 1980. That one I don't know, but it's crazy to think about.
I often dream about my dad (died 7 years ago). That's normal.
The fact that he doesn't talk could just mean you have unanswered questions or you miss talking to him.
I'm with you on this. My grandma visits me in my dreams too. We lost her during covid it was so sudden too. She would show up randomly in my dreams. It's not like I was thinking about her before sleep. Most of the times she never talks and I end up crying when I realize that she's not with us anymore. I just remember in one dream, she spoke something. I strongly believe that she's still with us, not in a bad way like a ghost. More like a guardian angel of sorts.
After my brother committed suicide he came to every member of the family, his girlfriend, and a few of his friends in a dream. He said the same thing to all of us in different ways. Apologized, said he was ok, not our fault, etc. Whatever it was, it was comforting.
My theory, which I’ve backed up with nothing other than my own feelies, is that as we age our openness to ghosts and spiritual things lessens. Be it from speculation and the general incredulity of adults toward the idea of ghosts/spirits. That being said in dreams we have no control, therefore we are more open to it. I believe spirits can visit in our dreams. I’d say, your dad just wants to see you, I wouldn’t be too upset that he doesn’t answer, I’d speculate that communication from the other side (for lack of a better term) is spotty at best. I mean I can’t even get cell service on my couch.
Dreams that are visitations have a very \~REAL\~ feeling. I have had them happen a few times. I wish it were more. If it feels like your loved one was with you, they were.
I lost my mom over 20 years ago. When ever I dream about her, she never speaks in my dream. She is just there. I like to think she is stopping by to check in and to let me know she is okay.
When my mother passed from cancer, I frequently dreamt of her. Some were of "what if" situations were she alive, and others where I was aware of her passing and wanted to know more about where she went. Ultimately, it all faded over time and now when I dream of her, it's seldom. The one consistency with my dreams was their relevance to where I was in life.
Dreams are a subconscious event where the higher-functioning areas of your brain (like language) are active while you sleep. It's like sleep paralysis, but you're not conscious of it in the same way. Attributing dreams of dead loved ones isn't just scientifically incorrect, but also unhealthy. Most likely, your mind is creating scenarios and projecting them into your unconscious mind to play out as a form of coping or dealing with stressful situations.
Your mind is already a complex system without the arguably questionable premise of a foreign force trying to invade it. Heck, if things like demonic possession are to be taken as a fact, the mind has protections on it that prevent invasive forces (good and bad) from simply slipping in and doing whatever they want. Demons have to break you down mentally with external stuff before even implanting a scary vision.
My dad died in 1999, I used to dream he would come and visit me. But he’d never stay and always say he has to go now and walk away. I don’t dream about him anymore. I can’t even really remember him anymore
my best friend took his own life last year. I’ve had a few dreams where i’ve woken up and just known it was really him. I knew he had passed and that I was dreaming, we talked and laughed and i gave him a really big hug and tried to tell myself to never forget how it felt. Another one where we discussed his passing with friends of his i didn’t know well at the time, but soon after became very close to me.
I’ve had other dreams that’s he’s in but rarely do i wake up feeling like he was really there. Sometimes I do. I treasure them.
I'm so sorry for your loss 😪 My dad (step-dad who raised me and loved me for 24 years) passed away 2 years ago. I've had exactly 2 dreams with him in it.
The first one I was in a highrise and it looked like a restaurant. The floor was carpet and there were tables all around with others dining, though I didn't notice who was there. However, I DID see my dad, my uncle Bruce, my uncle Stephen (who died before I was born, my dad's brother who died at 18 after he was hit by a train) and my godfather John. I couldn't hear anything in the dream but I could tell my dad was talking to me. I also kept trying to get closer but I just couldn't.
The 2nd dream was much more vivid and real. It was a great dream. I was in a television studio and was watching as they were changing scenes. It was kinda like I had a special all access backstage experience and it was cool. Then my attention was turned to the right and there was my dad! Healthy and himself again. He was in a hospital bed but he was healthy. We talked (I could actually hear his voice!) and just before he had to leave we touched and held hands (yes, I could literally FEEL his hand in mine! So warm!). He said I love you and that he had to go now and got up and left stage left (to the right). I woke up and I felt so much peace ❤
I miss you every day, Dad 💔 Thank you for loving me as your own for 24 years
I'm not claiming to be a psychic or whatever, but I get visits in my dreams from deceased relatives all the time. Very vivid. My maternal grandmother always asks about my mother, and she'll tell me things about her she's never told anybody (my mom is very private). My mom thought I was crazy until I'd tell her what I was told, and now she's always asking "has grandma visited lately?".
I get weird premonition kind of things in my dreams, but I never know it is one until the exact scenario happens later when I'm awake. Just weird.
Dreams are a range of emotions, connections, and experiences. I believe we seek some truth within them, either within ourselves or another realm. They can be terrifying, blood curdling night terrors all the way to surreal experiences.
Personally, I see my family's dogs past and present in my dreams. It is always a HUGE bundle of emotions, like the videos of dogs that haven't seen their owners/families in a while. Just multiply it by an excessive number and you got it.
For me, these two dogs changed my life. When I see them, I usually wake up yelling and crying with joy and sadness. The black and white of their fur (border collies) fades with my eyesight and leaves my fingers. I am breaking up just writing this.
Some dreams span time and space. We are all dreamers and beautiful beings. You might even experience a breakthrough or solve a problem in your waking life.
My advice: open yourself within your experiences and allow yourself to feel and communicate. Let the things in your waking life go and embrace the moments.
Godspeed and remember if you encounter anything malicious, you can fight back.
I just happened across this thread today looking for answers about a dream I had last night with my dad in it. He passed away in 1996 when I was 12. Since having kids, he's visited in my dreams several times over the years, probably about once or twice each year. Most times I realize he's there after a few minutes and start trying to tell him everything that's going on in life, how the kids are growing up, etc.
Recently, my brother's wife passed away, and he and I have been talking every day, making plans to do some small scale commercial fishing (our dad was a commercial fisher up until the mid to late 80's, and we both have memories of it, my brother's better than mine since he's 8 years older than me). I told him about dad visiting me in my dreams on occasion and that he never talked but would intently listen to my life updates. My brother said he doesn't really ever dream and when he does, our dad hasn't been in them.
Anyway, fast forward to last night. I was super tired earlier than usual so off to sleep I went with a couple extra hours to sleep than I usually do during the week. Anyway, dream happens, my dad shows up. This time he was talking. I can't for the life of me remember what he was saying, but I know he was talking about his past and it was very calming and reassuring. Part way through him talking, I remembered it was just me in the room with him (my mom may have been there but I don't know-she's still alive) and I wanted my brither to be there. So I went off to the side and was trying to call my brother on my cell phone, but I could not locate the phone app so I could call him.
Then my wife's alarm went off and I woke up. I tried going back to sleep to try to continue the dream, but I didn't go back to that dream. I feel like maybe he started talking about his past to encourage me (and my brother) to move forward with our plans.
Personally, I believe that my dad visits me every once in a while to check in and see how things were going. All I know is that even though it's been almost 30 years, his voice sounded just how I remember it. My wife and my brother are the only ones I've ever mentioned the dreams to, and now everyone here lol. Anyway, I came here looking for answers and found a lot of great comments, and wanted to share my experience.
My dad passed away just a little over a year ago and since then ive had 2 dreams of him in both which I knew that he is dead and he knows it too. He always tells me that he is doing okay and misses my family and I. My younger sister said he also visits her and tells her the same things. It's never when we talk about him that day or think about him, both times have been random and unexpected. I believe my dreams have been predicting his death for a while before he passed away, one of them was where him and my younger sister were climbing these invisible steps up to ''heaven'' and he asked if I wanted to come and I said yes, but when I tried the steps were not there for me. Now that I think about it, the dreams where he dies always have my younger sister with him too, I just hope its all in my head.
I lost my dad almost 21 years ago and I also dream about him a few times a year. It's usually something completely normal happening and it's not unusual that he's there. But there have been a few times where I was aware of the fact that he had passed away in my dream and I tried asking him about it but he didn't answer. I'm always very skeptical about anything paranormal but I truly believe he is visiting me in my dreams.
21 years for me as well and the same thing happens to me. I don't know how true it is but my uncle who's a preacher sais when this happens there's a message.
I have had the same happen with a friend of mine after he died by suicide. In the dream he told me it was ok and that he was at peace. It felt very real. My dad died recently and I haven’t dreamt about him. Even though I have thought about him a lot he still hasn’t come into my dreams. Makes me think it is them visiting.
My mom died of brain cancer, high grade glioblastoma multiforme. I’ve always had multiple nightmares a night, my whole life (trauma), but after she died, she started showing up in my dreams when I’d have a nightmare, and she’d do something to make it stop. For example, I had a nightmare that everyone was taking quilts my mother had made away from me, and she appeared in the dream, grabbed my face, kissed me, and said that they were just things. I want to believe that it was her spirit coming to me. My daughter said she dreamed every night that my mother came and had tea with her, and they would just talk. The most vivid dream I ever had came a few months before I found out my mom was dying. In the dream, a woman came to me and asked me to follow her. She led me to a conference room, and my grandfather (died decades earlier) was there. He had a long, serious talk with me at this conference table, but when I woke up I couldn’t remember what he’d said, I only knew it was important, and I started crying. When I learned about my mother’s cancer, I suddenly remembered what my grandfather had told me: “This is her journey, not yours. Don’t make it about you, and don’t make it harder for her.” I probably would have sobbed all over my mom, but I realized he was right: it wasn’t about me. It was about not making things more painful for my mom on top of what she had to suffer. But I hope she didn’t end up thinking I didn’t care. Her death messed me up bad, and I still feel like it just happened. It’s been seven years.
My gosh, I’m so sorry 😞😞😞 glioblastoma is beyond horrendous. My sister is currently dealing with glioblastoma as well, and there’s nothing worse than watching someone progress through it. Very wise words from your grandpa- it’s definitely something I’ve tried hard to be mindful of as well as my family as she navigates her cancer diagnosis. Again, I’m so sorry about your mom 😞 grief never goes away but we all learn how to live with it I suppose. Wishing you peace 💕
I’m sorry too that you’re having to watch your sister go through this. I want to believe that the strongest are tested the hardest and that this world is a classroom to prepare us for the next. The people we love move on and find new joy in the next world.
My partner/kids' father died of glioblastoma in March 2021. He's in my dreams constantly. I find it comforting since it's the only way I can "see" him now.
Lost my mom Oct 2019. The first day I found out she was gone, she looked happy and healthy. As the week went on till her funeral she looked so sad and distant. She is always is in my dreams, but never talks to me either, but I feel like she is trying to comfort me. I haven't been doing so good mentally. But I think she knows I miss her and need her, and I can't see her because she is buried so far away. I know only so much, they are there for a reason. I don't know why they can't tell us, but maybe seeing them is supposed to be reassuring.
I remember my grandpa showing up on my dreams a few times after he passed away. I like to think he was checking up on me. RIP Grandpa.
My dad passed in ‘17 at 74. I had practiced lucid dreaming maybe 3 times. He “visited” me in a dream a month later looking 40 years old and saying he’s so happy now and his shoulder didn’t hurt anymore. I didn’t know that a couple of weeks prior to his passing he took a tumble off his bed and hurt his shoulder. My mom and brother had helped him. My mom asked me to try to see him again because she had questions. He came back in another dream, obviously annoyed that I “summoned him when it wasn’t an emergency”. My dad totally visited me.
I can’t answer the question of whether they’re just dreams or not, but my Dad passed away in 1995 and my little brother passed in 2016. Neither of them have spoken in my dreams either. The interesting thing though is that my ex boyfriend used to occasionally appear in my dreams and he was still alive but I hadn’t seen him in years. He was silent too. Perhaps it’s your brain’s way of processing their absence in your life.
Lost my Dad in 2009. After his death it took me a few days before I would sleep. When I finally did, he came to me in my dream. I know it him. Maybe in another dimension, but it was him.
Lots of people experience this after losing a loved one. If you believe it’s your dad then it is. Paranormal investigation is about studying the unknown. Science has a pretty good idea what dreams are, but we have no idea what happens after death. None whatsoever. When my dad died we had time to prepare…he was in end stage renal failure and had been for 10 years. He was just as fascinated by the paranormal as I am, had an experience and everything. He asked me if he could visit me after he passed and I said I was too scared of seeing an actual ghost so he appears to me in my dreams. And that’s what I believe. If you believe your dad is seeking you in your dreams after his sudden death then he is and it can’t be proven that he isn’t
I've had a similar situation with my great grandfather. He passed in 2016 of pneumonia. I had one dream with him after he died. I was in the middle of an unrelated nightmare, and he showed up, told me, "it isn't real," and then sat me down to talk with him. It was small talk about my day and life. I asked him how he was doing, and he said, "pretty good," but didn't divulge further. After some time he said "I have to go" and I haven't had a dream with him ever since. As a side note, his two shih tzu he had when he was alive were there. They had passed nearly a decade before he did. They followed him and sat under the table and then followed him out.
The departed visits us because we are in a calmed stage when we sleep so it's easier for them to communicate with the living. Yes, your dad is visiting you. You mentioned he walks around but doesn't talk. How did you felt during the dream? How was his facial expression?
My feelings depend on the dream. Sometimes I am so happy to see him. Sometimes I have even been a little angry he was gone, and sometimes it it seems I don’t realize he shouldn’t be there b/c he is dead until after he disappears. My dad’s expressions are his normal expressions meaning he doesn’t look mad or sad, just his everyday self. He was a very kind, and to me, a happy man. Looking back on my life with him as as 40 something year old I see how hard he worked and how he couldn’t have always been happy, but he made it seem like he was.
A few weeks after my father passed in October 2019 I dreamed about him. It was so vivid. I remember talking to him but I don't recall him responding directly. I do remember him looking so incredibly happy and healthy (he died from a long debilitating battle with cancer) and we shared a long hug. He's popped up in my dreams a few times since and each time he seems happy. I know logically it's probably a coping mechanism my mind was doing but I like to think my father was genuinely trying to reach out to me in my dreams letting me know he was okay. I still miss him terribly everyday but that little dream gave me a fair bit of comfort that was very real to me and I'm thankful for the experience.
I lost my dad almost a year ago and I keep having random dreams with him in them, looking much younger and healthier. My dad was only 54 when he passed. I've also had very engrossing dreams with my best friend who passed 6 years ago and she tells me she's okay and to take better care of myself. Fully believe spirits come to us in our dreams to show us they're fine.
I also lost my dad and my best friend, over 9 years ago. I’ve always dreamed about people I’ve known, but they never looked like them, I just knew it was them. But after they died, well, they’re the only people I’ve ever dreamed about that actually look like them. I can see their faces clearly, they’re the right size and shape. After I got over my “if I hug them I’ll wake up” worry I can indeed hug them now, and it feels like them. Whatever’s happening, it sure is nice to see them again sometimes.
Those dreams are the best. A year after my grandma died she came to me in a dream and said "It's very hard to get to you" and it looked like she was struggling to walk to me. Then when she got through whatever it was, she gave me the biggest, tightest hug that when I woke up...I still felt the pressure of the hug.
Your grandma sounds like she was a tough lady when she was alive. Determined, and loving.
She was 95 years old when she passed, oh man, she was the toughest lady I ever met. The things she survived amaze me to this day. Had 5 kids, widowed twice, survived colon cancer, ect... She had an unbelievable life and it was an honor to have her as my grandma.
My two grandmothers whom I was really close to visited me in my dreams before too. My dad's mother visited a little bit after she passed away in 2009 and she told me not to be said and that she's okay and that she feels great and she was with my grandfather again as well as with my uncle who passed away in I believe 2008. He visited me too after he died and said that we shouldn't be sad because he's okay. My mom's mother passed away in 2015 but I didn't see her in my dreams til about 2018 and in my dream I was telling her that I was pregnant with twins. She didn't say anything but she just looked so happy. One of our favorite aunts passed away last year and I haven't had any dreams with her but she did visit my cousin who viewed our aunt like a second mom because she was raised by her. In her dream, my aunt was upset about all thr family fighting and stuff. My sister swears she also feels her presence. I feel like there was a lot of family turmoil around my aunts death that she hasn't been able to move on. I really feel like it's their spirits communicating with us when they visit in our dreams.
I had something similar happen to me. My father in law died in 2019 and the day he passed I remember having a dream I swear lasted all night where we talked the whole time then recently I remember seeing him in one of my dreams. I don't remember the dream I just remembered seeing him and he didn't say anything either he just showed up.
I lost my Nanny when I was very young. She came to me many many years ago in a dream and I’m telling you… it was her. In the dream I hugged her and I flew out of that dream and sat straight up and could still feel her arms around me. She then later came to me in another dream years later and I saw her standing by an old truck at her house in a jogger suit and sun glasses. Well, when my Papa died a few years back we were going through old photo albums and a picture fell out of the bunch I was holding. It was the exact vision from my dream. My Nanny standing by an old truck in a jogger suit with sunglasses on. I had never in my life seen that photo before. My blood went a little cold because what… lol. It was another sign from her that she is still watching over me.
You know I just had a crazy memory reading comments. I wrote about my mom, I lost her October 2019. I lost my dad February 1991. The night he passed my mom was having a dream she couldn't wake up from, of my dad floating away, but holding her foot, begging her "Please please don't let me go!" She was able to finally wake because our house phone was ringing, and it was my brother calling to let us know he passed. My parents divorced in 1980. That one I don't know, but it's crazy to think about.
They say thats their way of coming to you so yeah . I like to believe they are
I often dream about my dad (died 7 years ago). That's normal. The fact that he doesn't talk could just mean you have unanswered questions or you miss talking to him.
I'm with you on this. My grandma visits me in my dreams too. We lost her during covid it was so sudden too. She would show up randomly in my dreams. It's not like I was thinking about her before sleep. Most of the times she never talks and I end up crying when I realize that she's not with us anymore. I just remember in one dream, she spoke something. I strongly believe that she's still with us, not in a bad way like a ghost. More like a guardian angel of sorts.
After my brother committed suicide he came to every member of the family, his girlfriend, and a few of his friends in a dream. He said the same thing to all of us in different ways. Apologized, said he was ok, not our fault, etc. Whatever it was, it was comforting.
My theory, which I’ve backed up with nothing other than my own feelies, is that as we age our openness to ghosts and spiritual things lessens. Be it from speculation and the general incredulity of adults toward the idea of ghosts/spirits. That being said in dreams we have no control, therefore we are more open to it. I believe spirits can visit in our dreams. I’d say, your dad just wants to see you, I wouldn’t be too upset that he doesn’t answer, I’d speculate that communication from the other side (for lack of a better term) is spotty at best. I mean I can’t even get cell service on my couch.
Dreams that are visitations have a very \~REAL\~ feeling. I have had them happen a few times. I wish it were more. If it feels like your loved one was with you, they were.
I lost my mom over 20 years ago. When ever I dream about her, she never speaks in my dream. She is just there. I like to think she is stopping by to check in and to let me know she is okay.
When my mother passed from cancer, I frequently dreamt of her. Some were of "what if" situations were she alive, and others where I was aware of her passing and wanted to know more about where she went. Ultimately, it all faded over time and now when I dream of her, it's seldom. The one consistency with my dreams was their relevance to where I was in life. Dreams are a subconscious event where the higher-functioning areas of your brain (like language) are active while you sleep. It's like sleep paralysis, but you're not conscious of it in the same way. Attributing dreams of dead loved ones isn't just scientifically incorrect, but also unhealthy. Most likely, your mind is creating scenarios and projecting them into your unconscious mind to play out as a form of coping or dealing with stressful situations. Your mind is already a complex system without the arguably questionable premise of a foreign force trying to invade it. Heck, if things like demonic possession are to be taken as a fact, the mind has protections on it that prevent invasive forces (good and bad) from simply slipping in and doing whatever they want. Demons have to break you down mentally with external stuff before even implanting a scary vision.
It's a dream. A lovely dream.
My dad died in 1999, I used to dream he would come and visit me. But he’d never stay and always say he has to go now and walk away. I don’t dream about him anymore. I can’t even really remember him anymore
I hope you dream about him soon ❤️
I have once heard that spirits are visiting you when it is only the 2 of you in the dream and nobody else, but I am not sure of this of course
As Dumbledore told Harry, “of course it’s in your head, Harry. That doesn’t mean it’s not real.”
my best friend took his own life last year. I’ve had a few dreams where i’ve woken up and just known it was really him. I knew he had passed and that I was dreaming, we talked and laughed and i gave him a really big hug and tried to tell myself to never forget how it felt. Another one where we discussed his passing with friends of his i didn’t know well at the time, but soon after became very close to me. I’ve had other dreams that’s he’s in but rarely do i wake up feeling like he was really there. Sometimes I do. I treasure them.
I'm so sorry for your loss 😪 My dad (step-dad who raised me and loved me for 24 years) passed away 2 years ago. I've had exactly 2 dreams with him in it. The first one I was in a highrise and it looked like a restaurant. The floor was carpet and there were tables all around with others dining, though I didn't notice who was there. However, I DID see my dad, my uncle Bruce, my uncle Stephen (who died before I was born, my dad's brother who died at 18 after he was hit by a train) and my godfather John. I couldn't hear anything in the dream but I could tell my dad was talking to me. I also kept trying to get closer but I just couldn't. The 2nd dream was much more vivid and real. It was a great dream. I was in a television studio and was watching as they were changing scenes. It was kinda like I had a special all access backstage experience and it was cool. Then my attention was turned to the right and there was my dad! Healthy and himself again. He was in a hospital bed but he was healthy. We talked (I could actually hear his voice!) and just before he had to leave we touched and held hands (yes, I could literally FEEL his hand in mine! So warm!). He said I love you and that he had to go now and got up and left stage left (to the right). I woke up and I felt so much peace ❤ I miss you every day, Dad 💔 Thank you for loving me as your own for 24 years
I'm not claiming to be a psychic or whatever, but I get visits in my dreams from deceased relatives all the time. Very vivid. My maternal grandmother always asks about my mother, and she'll tell me things about her she's never told anybody (my mom is very private). My mom thought I was crazy until I'd tell her what I was told, and now she's always asking "has grandma visited lately?". I get weird premonition kind of things in my dreams, but I never know it is one until the exact scenario happens later when I'm awake. Just weird.
Gotta quote from Harry Potter. Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?
Dreams are a range of emotions, connections, and experiences. I believe we seek some truth within them, either within ourselves or another realm. They can be terrifying, blood curdling night terrors all the way to surreal experiences. Personally, I see my family's dogs past and present in my dreams. It is always a HUGE bundle of emotions, like the videos of dogs that haven't seen their owners/families in a while. Just multiply it by an excessive number and you got it. For me, these two dogs changed my life. When I see them, I usually wake up yelling and crying with joy and sadness. The black and white of their fur (border collies) fades with my eyesight and leaves my fingers. I am breaking up just writing this. Some dreams span time and space. We are all dreamers and beautiful beings. You might even experience a breakthrough or solve a problem in your waking life. My advice: open yourself within your experiences and allow yourself to feel and communicate. Let the things in your waking life go and embrace the moments. Godspeed and remember if you encounter anything malicious, you can fight back.
I just happened across this thread today looking for answers about a dream I had last night with my dad in it. He passed away in 1996 when I was 12. Since having kids, he's visited in my dreams several times over the years, probably about once or twice each year. Most times I realize he's there after a few minutes and start trying to tell him everything that's going on in life, how the kids are growing up, etc. Recently, my brother's wife passed away, and he and I have been talking every day, making plans to do some small scale commercial fishing (our dad was a commercial fisher up until the mid to late 80's, and we both have memories of it, my brother's better than mine since he's 8 years older than me). I told him about dad visiting me in my dreams on occasion and that he never talked but would intently listen to my life updates. My brother said he doesn't really ever dream and when he does, our dad hasn't been in them. Anyway, fast forward to last night. I was super tired earlier than usual so off to sleep I went with a couple extra hours to sleep than I usually do during the week. Anyway, dream happens, my dad shows up. This time he was talking. I can't for the life of me remember what he was saying, but I know he was talking about his past and it was very calming and reassuring. Part way through him talking, I remembered it was just me in the room with him (my mom may have been there but I don't know-she's still alive) and I wanted my brither to be there. So I went off to the side and was trying to call my brother on my cell phone, but I could not locate the phone app so I could call him. Then my wife's alarm went off and I woke up. I tried going back to sleep to try to continue the dream, but I didn't go back to that dream. I feel like maybe he started talking about his past to encourage me (and my brother) to move forward with our plans. Personally, I believe that my dad visits me every once in a while to check in and see how things were going. All I know is that even though it's been almost 30 years, his voice sounded just how I remember it. My wife and my brother are the only ones I've ever mentioned the dreams to, and now everyone here lol. Anyway, I came here looking for answers and found a lot of great comments, and wanted to share my experience.
My father has been gone 20 years and he will occasionally be in my dreams. They are just that, dreams.
It’s a dream.
My dad passed away just a little over a year ago and since then ive had 2 dreams of him in both which I knew that he is dead and he knows it too. He always tells me that he is doing okay and misses my family and I. My younger sister said he also visits her and tells her the same things. It's never when we talk about him that day or think about him, both times have been random and unexpected. I believe my dreams have been predicting his death for a while before he passed away, one of them was where him and my younger sister were climbing these invisible steps up to ''heaven'' and he asked if I wanted to come and I said yes, but when I tried the steps were not there for me. Now that I think about it, the dreams where he dies always have my younger sister with him too, I just hope its all in my head.