
Photo: Martin-DM/Getty Images/iStockphotoģ. What was the breakup like? Are you glad you’re out of it, or do you wish you were still in it? What are you holding onto from it? Are you holding onto hope? Are you holding onto anger? Are you holding onto guilt - did you do something to mess up the relationship? What is it about this recent relationship that your subconscious is trying to help you move on from?”

“You’re dreaming about this person because your subconscious is trying to help you get through the breakup. If you had any sort of dream about a recent ex… “Your subconscious is reminding you of what it can feel like, and giving you a gentle nudge to either get out there and find someone who can bring these feelings back to you, or do something to wake up these feelings within your current relationship.”Ģ. The ex, at this point, is no longer playing themselves in the dream - instead, they kind of embody what first love feels like: the excitement, the passion, the desire, being desired, always wanting to be together, bubbles, that wonderful feeling.”īecause your first love represents this feeling in your psyche, “they will tend to show up in your dreams when, for example, your current relationship has become routine, or when you’re in a dry spell and you haven’t been with someone in a while,” Loewenberg says. “This can be someone who was in your life 30, 40, or 50 years ago, but you still find yourself dreaming about this person. If you dreamed you were falling for your first love all over again… But, according to professional dream analyst and author Lauri Quinn Loewenberg, “Whatever’s going on in the dream is going to reflect not necessarily between you and your ex, but what’s going on with you.” Read along as Loewenberg explains possible meanings behind various dreams about an ex, and how they might relate to what’s happening in your life right now.ġ.

Waking up from a dream about an ex can be jarring.

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