– If he is still alive and takes part in the action without playing a major role, the dream is associated with a buried love for that person, which hurts, in addition to other highly unsettling or strong emotions.
– If the departed person plays a significant part in the dream action and you make an effort to assist him, it indicates that you feel as though you left something unresolved between you and him when he was still alive.
– If the departed attempts to give you advice about something, it indicates that you need direction, safety, and comfort in real life.
Perhaps your dreams are an expression of how helpless and alone you feel. A dream like this, in which a ghost directs you, maybe incredibly consoling.
Four types of similar dreams were classified in 1992 research on the subject. In the first, the deceased’s dreamer is shocked to see him alive. These dreams, sometimes known as “resurrection” dreams, made up 39% of the dreams of research participants. They involve a type of denial of a loved one’s passing.
