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I Keep Having the Same Dream Over and Over: What Does It Mean?

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by Richard Wilkerson, Dream Educator

 
Question: I keep having this same dream over and over. I'm in my house and trying to dial my friend's telephone number and can't. What does it mean?

Thanks for sharing your dream. We all seem to have trouble with mechanical things working in our dreams and share your frustration. Recurrent dreams can commonly continue for years and can be approached as any other dream. That is: I can look in my dream for parallels between the dream and my thoughts, feelings, behavior and motives. Attention to recurrent dreams has sometimes helped me to move on an issue that I've been struggling with for years.

If it were my dream, I might ask myself the following questions:

 
  1. What are some of the main unique qualities of the friend I am trying to call (Friendly, Responsible, Wild...)?
  2. Would I like to contact these qualities in myself?
  3. How does my friend bring out these qualities in me?

About the Author:

Richard Wilkerson is general editor for The Internet Dream E-zine, Electric Dreams, and director of DreamGate, the Internet Communications and Dream Education Center. He writes the Cyberphile column for the Association for the Study of Dreams Newsletter.

Originally published 2/19/98
Revised 04/28/2009 by Marlene M. Maheu, Ph.D.

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Rose
Posted on Sat, 03/13/2010 - 15:37

i also keep having a dream about this guy and its always about him and i dont know what it means and i need help what does it mean???

Charley
Posted on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 12:14

I keep having the same dream 4 times now, of my boyfriend cheating on me with my best friend. I always wake up crying, its really horrible.

Lizzie Vearnals
Posted on Tue, 01/12/2010 - 16:54

i keep having the same dream that im in a shop, and then im trapped, i found that that the reason why i am dreaming of being trapped is because i may be feeling restricted, but i have no idea that i keep dreamin about being in a shop, and also seeing celebraties or about to make love to them or kiss them or even just flirt with them, it confuses me why i keep dreaming this.