8 Signs of Visitation Dreams and How to Interpret Them

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Andreea Vaduva, B.Sc. (Hons)

So-called visitation dreams or dreams in which we meet with our deceased friends or relatives could make us particularly nervous.

Some people claim that whenever visitation dreams occur, we will notice that the appearance of our deceased loved ones in our dream is not accidental.

The encounter with a deceased relative has a precise meaning. It can be a warning, news, or very important information for the person who dreams.

Psychics claim that if we have a seriously ill person in the family and a deceased relative speaks to us, the received message needs to be carefully considered as the spirit of a deceased person comes to convey a message.

Often, business people who are in financial trouble claim to receive a warning or a solution from their dead relatives or friends.

Also, spiritual people believe that those who have gone out into eternity may appear in the dream of the people they have loved in earthly life to help them escape tribulation.

Possible Interpretations

Dream interpretation from a religious perspective may stir you up. It suggests that the appearance of a deceased person in the dream means that s/he has not yet found peace. Moreover, religious books encourage additional rituals to satisfy the deceased’s desire.

From a psychological point of view, to dream of a deceased person can signify the end of one stage of your life. It can be “dead” feelings and interpersonal relationships that have been lost.

However, if the person you are dreaming of has recently died, you do not have to worry. It means that you still suffer, which is perfectly normal.

You may feel unmotivated, and you may feel as though you are not able to advance in life, no matter how hard you strive. So the deceased person in the dream can be part of you that you wish to leave behind.

Depending on the circumstances in which the deceased person appears in the dream, there are two further interpretations:

1) If the person participates in the action as if nothing had happened, but without having a leading role, then the dream is related to a latent sense of longing for the person, without causing you disturbing or intense feelings.

2) If the deceased person tries to advise you on something, it means that in real life, you need guidance, protection, and comfort. You may feel lonely and this is reflected in what you dream about. Such a dream, in which a spirit shows you the way, can be very refreshing in difficult times.

8 Signs of Visitation Dreams

Yet, it does not mean that dreaming of a person who has occupied an important place in your life is always an attempt at reconnection or a direct message from them. This is why there are a few characteristics of visitation dreams, according to psychics.

1. It Feels Real

Perhaps the most distinguishable characteristic of a visitation dream is that it feels vivid and real.

2. A Sensation of Comfort

When a loved person appears in our dream, you will wake up relaxed, reassured, and peaceful. If the dream makes you feel uncomfortable, worried, or scared, then it is unlikely that you have been visited by good spirits.

3. Clarity

The dream is not confusing. Whether the person communicates with you through words or actions, the message is clear. Symbolistic dreams that will leave you guessing are not visitation dreams.

4. Positive Behaviour

The person who visits our dreams is healthy, positive, calm, and never sad, sick, or injured. Furthermore, their behavior or message will not cause you distress.

5. The Deceased Person Appears Younger

Although this may not be a common characteristic, you may notice that the person visiting you appears younger than they looked when they passed away. This may mean that they felt at their best at a particular age.

6. Physical Experience

Since the dream feels real, every contact with the person will intensify the experience. For example, if you held hands, it is most likely that the feeling will be intense.

7. Sequences of the Dream

The action of the dream will not be made of pieces that you will have to connect in order to make sense of the spiritual message. The sequence of the events or words flow and follow an order.

8. Easy to Remember

Since the action, the message, and the overall experience feel real, it will be easier for you to remember and describe every aspect and sensation you experienced even in a few years’ time.

According to the spiritual perspective, the appearance of a deceased loved person in our dreams is a sign of love; that they are by our side, watching over us. You will certainly feel reassured and comfortable after they visit, even if it is for a brief moment.

If the dream makes you feel uncertain about the message or you experience fear, you could seek spiritual guidance from a priest or medium (depending on your beliefs) and find out how you can keep negative vibrational energy at a distance.

References:

  1. https://www.psychologytoday.com
  2. https://www.huffingtonpost.com

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  • I've had two dreams recently. The last was extremely intense and made me remember the other one I also had.

    I'll add my mother died of cancer when I was 12. She had palliative care in our home and passed here. I'm 30 years old now and have two girls of my own.

    Anyway, the first dream was quick but very overwhelming. It's like I was peering and being drawn into this wormhole.. I got toward the end and haze turned into clear vision and I thought, that's mum! I knew she was deceased and I panicked in the dream. I was so overwhelmed. I guess the dream disconeccted?

    Fast forward a couple nights ago.
    I was in the clouds or something ? Up high, misty and foggy? My mother again was apart of the mist. She gaze upon me with love in her eyes. No words. I was being drawn one with her and she put her hands out. I eventually got her hands. Again, it disconnected it's very overwhelming in the dream. This time I did get the hands. This time I was a little more brave I guess lol

    I understand I am obviously dreaming as mum is passed on and I become so overwhelmed and it's all super intense

    Anyway, they feel so strange and i cannot forget them.

    I

    I don't know what's going on. Even if it's nothing. It's nice to feel what it was like to gaze upon her.
    If she is visiting me, why does she not speak ?; it's still nice and her warmth and smile is very full of life.

  • Last Night I had a Visitation Dream . I illusion a ghost Don't know it's real or it's just a dream. I used to see human being with cut off head with Black shadow. I often had this type of visitation dreams. its already five times from now I illusion ghost. I feel afraid and I can't move my hands and legs nor I can speak on that time.

    • that sounds like sleep paralysis to me. This is caused when the person gains consciousness but the body cant move because it's still in a sort of sleeping state. Maybe do some research on sleep paralysis?

  • I just had a very vivid dream last night, my uncle who is deceased(he looked a lot younger and healthier) was to the right of me and my dad who is not deceased was to the left of me. We were riding down a road, my uncle then hands me what looked like smoke, but had the consistency of web. He wasn't speaking with his mouth, but told me to inhale that stuff. So I did. I wasn't worried that that stuff was bad, I got a peaceful filling. The windshield then becomes like a window or movie? Then I see a lot of my deceased relatives, some I felt I had to close my eyes on because it was so intense, i could feel them trying to communicate. I love dreams like this...I really miss all of my relatives that have passed away. I interpret it as them just visiting...I couldn't find a message.

  • The dreamer can be the guide. It might not be as you think. We are just mouses trying to figure out a way to understand the unknown. The labyrinth we don't see. And that might even not be true. Don't be simple. Life is huge.

    • My dream...I was with my deceased husband. He gave me 300.00 dollars and a folded piece of paper. He wanted me to go to a large building that was twenty blocks ahead of us. To get there he wanted me to go down the road we were on take a left, a right when I got to the buildings street and go to room 205. I told Dave it would be quicker to just keep going straight and then take a right being that the corner was in front of us. He gave me the go ahead look. He stayed on the road, buy I continued to head toward the building. I also noticed that all the homes and yards were pristine, buy no one was outside. I walked twenty blocks to get to the building. when, I went inside there was an elevator on the left hand side of me.The doors opened and it was an empty black void I was about to step forward when a black cylinder shape came up from the darkness the door opened, I noticed a person next to me and he stepped into the cylinder and sat on the gold metal bench. The door closed and the cylinder moved and the void made it impossible to see. Then another cylinder appeared, I got in. the door closed. I could feel I was moving but the cylinder had no buttons so I was confused on how I was going to get to the room.i also know at that moment I was moving down.When it stopped, I knew but didn't know how I knew that this was not the floor I wanted. on the third stop I got out cause I figured there must be a control panel to operate this better. When I looked to my left I saw the word offices in gold on the wall. I walked that way and then followed the hallway right left and right the room 205 was on my left. I opened the door, stepped in and was standing next to Dave again. Back where I started from. Dave smiled a half smile like try again. But I woke up because my calf muscles were cramping up. My hand was also still clutched like I was still holding what he gave me. even though my hand had nothing in it.

  • I was at the mental ward again in a straight jacket i could hear the rain i and the lights flickering i was surrounded by mirrors and its eyes were clawed out and puked out a heart covered in black
    what about dreams like this
    I have vivid nightmares i remember them more so then what is considered reality

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