However, many people believe that dreaming of someone dying is a bad omen. It could be a premonition of the person dying in real life. Death dreams usually signify an end to something, whether it is a relationship or a career. So is this the same when we dream of someone dying?
Dreaming that a specific person is dying has particular meanings:
If you dreamed that your parents died, then you could be afraid in real life of losing them. If they are ill, then this makes sense that you would dream of them dying. Another reason is that you are taking up some position of responsibility. It could also mean that you are moving on from an immature lifestyle and settling into a more stable one.
Dreaming that a sibling is dying is a common sign that you are missing them or that you do not see them as much as you would like. It is also a sign that you could be jealous of them, either their lifestyle or their relationships. Dreaming that a partner is dying is often an indication that you are trying to deal with their death in real life.
Death dreams usually mean a change of some sort, as death signifies the end or a rebirth of something. Dreaming of someone dying means that this change or rebirth will happen soon if it has not already started. So you could be looking at a new career, finding a new love interest, or setting new career goals.
The most common reason for dreaming of someone dying is that you feel betrayed by them in real life. If you are sad about them dying, then this means you are also sad in real life. However, if you were happy or not bothered that they died, this means that this is their punishment for betraying you and you want revenge.
There are those that believe that the person who is dying possesses certain qualities that you subconsciously lack. Think about the relationship you have with this person, are you jealous of them in real life? Do you envy them and wish you were more like them? This dream could also mean that the qualities this person has are no longer useful for you and it is time to move on.
Think about your most important relationships in real life. Are you in danger of losing a special person? This could be that someone close to you is ill, or that you feel a partner is not in love with you anymore? This is quite a common dream and is simply your subconscious mind echoing what you are frightened of in real life.
Guilt feelings can lead to dreams about someone dying. If something terrible has happened and you think you did not do enough to help, then these types of dreams are your subconscious mind trying to deal with it.
You can even dream about someone dying if you were not actually involved in the event, but typically it will involve a close loved one.
This is a very subconscious cry for help. If someone in real life is controlling you to the point where you feel helpless, then dreaming about them dying is a passive way out for you.
Dreaming that they are dying doesn’t mean you want them dead, it is just that you need to escape from their controlling ways.
Fear of loss is often behind dreams of someone dying. When you value someone highly and you are afraid of losing them, this fear often gets transferred into your subconscious mind as dreaming. It is natural that you are afraid of losing the person you feel most strongly for.
This is probably the least likely reason for dreaming of someone dying. There have been reports, however, of women dreaming about seeing a person dying just before they got confirmation of their pregnancy. This could be a literal translation of death as a kind of rebirth.
Dreaming of someone dying does not mean that they will pass away in real life. It is more likely that there is a particular feeling of loss about that person. It could be that you are missing them more than usual and usually occur around important anniversaries. Use your dreams about dying to resolve any issues you have with that person and hopefully, they will stop naturally.
Dreaming of someone dying doesn’t have to mean a bad omen. It all depends on the context and situation you are in at that time.
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I had dream that i was a prostitute in my previous life. I even remember the name until i woke up, but for some reason i got scared and intentionally tried to forget it as days passed. 7yrs ago i dreamt seeing someone that exactly look like me in my bathroom smiling back at me.
I had a dream last night of someone I was once in love with dying and I was so hurt in my dreams months went by and anything that reminds me of him I would get weak and start crying. What could that mean?
ok, so I am a big marvel fan and I have a complex family life and I am thalassophobic (fear of ocean). so it started off as me and my family going to this small island, I dunno why, and I had to swim so quickly, bcs even in my dream I was scared of the ocean. so we got there and had fun for ages, I live in a dominant muslim country so I was with my friends too, who were either black or muslim (I think this is bcs I feel sad about what going on). and I am black and have a black family. so we had this boat to go back, and there were these other girls, I knew them, one girl I thought I liked but clearly not, one girl who I wasn't very fond on and I cant remember the other, but I knew them. they killed my family and friends and threw them in the ocean, the place I most fear. then they tried to kill me and I fell back, looking at the shapes of the people I love go, I tried to save them but I couldn't, I was going to accept that I was going and I could feel it, but I swam back up and kept it lowkey. I swam back with a friend who had survived. once we got home we hid bcs the girls who killed my family were there, but I ran out, with my mate to the next door neighbors to cry for help, they did try everything but I remember this so vividly, ppl I knew o didn't know walked by the window, and they were past relatioships. I walked out and saw all the marvel characters as well, but I wasn't happy, I was sad, I could see dead ppl but I couldn't tell them apart from alive, tony stark was there, spidey was there and I remember I saw chris evans walk by the opposite direction and I came up to him and said "are you alive or....?" but he just walked away mumbling to his self. I walked around and, I aw the iron spider suite, (spidey is my fav avenger so I think its bcs I look at my brother as such an amazing person), I could tell my brother was in there, but I watched him die earlier, I started running to him and I put my hands in his, he just kept walking whilst I kept up trying to get his attention "please, talk to me!" I shouted, I noticed everyone was walking in the same direction, I could never tell you where but there were loads of ppl, marvel characters, ppl I knew, ppl I didn't and dead souls. I kept screaming for my brother and I saw my sisters and I tried to get their attention, but everyone was in some kind of trans, they couldn't hear me, they were crying tho, like my sister was holding my other sisters hand and they were crying, I looked around but I couldn't find my mother. one thing I noticed is my father didn't die in the dream, he wasn't there. but I think I know why, my parents got divorced and its so complex, he rly wants to see him and I want to see him but yeah so that's probs why. and I woke up, looking around my room and I jumped out of bed, at like 10 something and rushed to my sisters room to wake her up. bcs I was scred they were actually gone. what can you tell me about that?
one thing tht happens regularly is I have bad dreams and they stay for weeks
I have been having bad dreams about my birth father dying every night when I go to sleep. It's a terrible feeling. Were very close and dreaming about him dying every night drives me crazy. I always wake up crying, shaking and can barely breathe. Having this nightmare everyday make me worry a lot and makes me think suicidal :/