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What are old friend dreams about?

This symbol is identified by words like good friend, good friends, old friends, etc.

Old friends in dreams is a relatively uncommon dream symbol, occuring in about 1.6% of dreams. That's about 1 out of every 65 dreams.

What are the major highlights of old friend dreams?

Old friends is an interconnected dream symbol. Having old friends in a dream changes the dream more than most other dream symbols.

Old friend dreams are very social

Dreams of old friends contain more characters than most other dream symbols. While dreams are often about other people and social relationships, dreams of old friends are especially related to having lots of characters. Other symbols that are like this include things, communicating, horses, dolls, actors, my children, bears, grandmothers, rabbits, and children.

How does the dream symbol of old friends affect the different aspects of a dream?

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Who is in old friends dreams?

Overall, dreams with old friends are much more related to characters in dreams. Specifically, dreams of old friends are much more related to close people and more related to romantic partners than dreams in general. They are much less related to animals, less related to insects, and less related to different roles.

Animals

much less than usual

Insects

less than usual

Different roles

less than usual

Fantastic beings

much less than usual

Distant people

the same as usual

Close people

much more than usual

Family

the same as usual

Romantic partners

more than usual
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What are the emotions in old friends dreams?

Overall, dreams with old friends are aren't really related to emotions in dreams. Specifically, dreams of old friends are more related to happiness, more related to sadness, and more related to embarrassment than dreams in general. They are less related to fear and less related to pain.

Happiness

more than usual

Sadness

more than usual

Grief and sorrow

the same as usual

Embarrassment

more than usual

Confusion

the same as usual

Fear

less than usual

Pain

less than usual

Hatred

more than usual

Fun

more than usual

Love

more than usual
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Who is in old friends dreams?

Overall, dreams with old friends are less related to places in dreams. Specifically, dreams of old friends are more related to human places than dreams in general. They are less related to natural places and less related to magical places.

Home

the same as usual

Work

the same as usual

Human places

more than usual

Transportation

the same as usual

Natural places

less than usual

Magical places

less than usual
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What happens in old friends dreams?

Overall, dreams with old friends are less related to events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of old friends are more related to sex than dreams in general. They are less related to aggressive interactions and less related to disasters.

Aggressive interactions

less than usual

Friendly interactions

the same as usual

Sex

more than usual

Disasters

less than usual
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How do old friends in dreams related to other dream phenomenon?

Overall, dreams with old friends are less related to dream events in dreams. Specifically, dreams of old friends are much more related to waking life than dreams in general. They are less related to nightmares, less related to recurring dreams, and less related to recurring nightmares.

Lucid dreams

the same as usual

Nightmares

less than usual

Recurring dreams

less than usual

Recurring nightmares

less than usual

Sleep paralysis

less than usual

Sleeping

less than usual

Waking life

much more than usual
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How do old friends in dreams related the senses?

Overall, dreams with old friends are less related to senses in dreams. Specifically, dreams of old friends are less related to hearing, less related to smelling, and less related to taste.

Hearing

less than usual

Smelling

less than usual

Taste

less than usual

Vision

less than usual

Touch

less than usual
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How can you make sense of old friends in dreams?

Old friend dreams are relatively uncommon. Among other things old friend dreams are positively interconnected and very social.

Do you think this is true for your dream of old friends? How might your dream of old friends be different?

All dreams have meaning

You can gain insight from thinking about any dream, no matter how strange. Only you, as the dreamer, have final say on what your dream may or may not mean. Each dream is unique.

Look for the differences

The DreamWell dictionary provides information on how each dream symbol appears in dreams in general. Finding how experience old friends in dreams can be a key to understanding its meaning.

Return to the feelings

Our emotions in dreams can help us understand its meaning. Pay attention to how you felt in the dream. Pay attention to how you feel about old friends in dreams. See how you feel about old friends now, in your waking life.

What are possible meanings for dreams of old friends?

Dreaming about an old friend in a dream can mean you miss the person, or the person recently crossed your mind. Sometimes a seemingly random thought or dream about a friend you have not spoken to in a while can indicate it’s a good time to get in touch.

However, the majority of dream characters represent something about you, and in the case of an old friend, dreams have many references to draw on to create symbolism. Dreams can be packed full of references to people you used to know, and figuring out the symbolism is tricky because a dream can use anything you associate with that person to create symbolism, such as personal qualities and traits, what the person means to you, and the time of life you shared together. So as with any symbol in a dream, begin by making associations, then ask yourself whether any of them fit the dream-story.

For example, in a dream about an old college friend holding a map in the passenger seat of a car driven by the dreamer, the old friend represents the help the dreamer needs with organizing a big project. The friend taught the dreamer a trick long ago for how to organize big projects, and the dreamer had forgotten it. See: Maps

An old friend appears in a dream as a guy who is working hard and being disciplined in order to be more successful. The old friend is someone the dreamer associates with success through hard work and discipline, and is used in the dream to refer to those qualities in himself.

An old friend shows up in a female’s dream when she is dealing with conflicted feelings about being too assertive and opinionated. She fears she will be perceived as acting too masculine. The old friend—an assertive, opinionated female—is someone she remembers as not caring what people think. Her presence is a way of reassuring the dreamer she is all right as long as she doesn’t care what people think of her.

An old friend shows up in a dream when the dreamer is trying to be more compassionate and engaged with people in his life, two qualities of that old friend.

An old friend appears when the dreamer is having financial difficulties. The friend is someone she knew when they were both poor and scraping to get by.

Dreaming about old friends can reference the time of life when you were close. It can be a way of saying that something started then that continues now: a thought pattern, a tendency, a circumstance. It can refer to something you did together, such as attend school or work together, or to a feeling you shared.

It’s common to dream about old friends when you miss the feeling of closeness and camaraderie—you don’t have that sort of friend in your life anymore.

When you dream about an old friend, begin the decoding process by asking yourself what the person reminds you of—it’s often portrayed in the dream or found in your feelings.

Of course, an old friend in a dream can be used symbolically, the same as other friend-characters. The person is used to tell a story about you and your life. See: Friends

See also: Childhood homes, Friends

This interpretation is from ""The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings" and is provided by J.M. DeBord aka "RadOwl". He is the author of several acclaimed books about dreaming, the host of The Dreams That Shape Us podcast, and is a moderator of r/Dreams, one of the largest dream sharing communities on the internet.

Examples of dreams of old friends

Read some real dream reports of old friend dreams.. These real life dream reports come from the moderated dream sharing communities of Reddit including r/Dreams, r/Nightmares, r/DreamInterpretation, or r/thisdreamihad. Please note that some of these may contain graphic, sexual, or violent images and text. Use the source link for each dream to view and join the discussion of each one.

Intense eye-contact in dream with a girl I used to know

There's a girl I used to speak to who I liked very much and she felt similar. Though for a reason I'll explain soon we knew we could never be together. I still think of her often, but she seems to be on my mind now a lot more now that I'm home from university and I know she's close by in my home town. I think of her a lot lately, everyday if you want the truth. Though I don't think she thinks of me as much as I her.

I had a dream in which we sat on a park bench table, her on one side, me on the other. There were lots of people around, the bench/table was full. Her ex-boyfriend and who is also my old friend sat next to me. I tried to avoid looking at her throughout the whole dream and she seemed to also be avoiding looking at me, though I caught her glance a few times. Then I saw her outright staring at me. It was crazy. I gave up attempting not to look at her and looked back up and I see she's staring at me like no-one's ever stared at me before. The most intense stare I've ever seen. I couldn't decipher her expression. I don't know if it was sympathy for the hard times she knew I went through, whether it was a look of longing for me, whether it was the look when you get when someone wants to fuck you. It was just an expression of pure intense emotion like I'd never seen before. I dreamt this about a week ago and can't stop thinking about it. I can't describe it properly with words. It was crazy. and it's been on my mind a hell of a lot.

After that, a huge crowd of people who she knows and people I don't like took me away. One guy grabbed me by the arm real hard and took me away across the field to somewhere. That's all I remember.

There's no point me talking to her because whatever we had is gone, it's a lost cause and I know she won't feel the same now. Maybe it's just a dream and means nothing. But I just can't stop thinking about that stare. It felt too real.

What do you think?

There's a girl I used to speak to who I liked very much and she felt similar. Though for a reason I'll explain soon we knew we could never be together. I still...

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Had a dream about my GF

I had this terrible dream my gf and I weren’t together. She’s my first everything and I’m her first too. Been together 2.3 years, and never had sex with anybody else.

Anyway, we weren’t together in the dream and me and some friends went somewhere and I met there another good friend I haven’t seen in a decade and we hit it off and were excited and stuff until he had to go.

Then I met my gf in the same place and it was kinda quiet and not as flowing as it’s supposed to be. But she told me how she and my friend from a decade ago are meeting here and she’s looking for him. (They never met irl).

I asked her why they’re meeting and she said they’re FWB. And he called her and started fucking dirty talking to her right in front of me.

My heart legit broke and I left, and she didn’t even pursue me like she would do irl, and it offended me even more. I started crying BIG TIME in the dream and legit couldn’t stop. The emotions were so god damn intense I’m still impacted until now and I woke up an hour ago, she sent me a good morning text but I can’t even open it.

I have never felt something as strong as I have felt in the dream. When I woke up I literally jumped in relief. It was so tough for my “dream me.”

I had this terrible dream my gf and I weren’t together. She’s my first everything and I’m her first too. Been together 2.3 years, and never had sex with anybody...

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I had a dream about a friend of mine and I told her and she is very mad at me

I had a random dream about a good friend of mine. We are long time friends and I am also friends with her husband. In the dream we are naked and lovers and there was a strong feeling. I mentioned it to my friend casually at a bbq before the virus and she isn’t talking to me. I also got some nasty texts from her husband. I think this is all not fair because it’s just a dream and not like I did something.

I had a random dream about a good friend of mine. We are long time friends and I am also friends with her husband. In the dream we are naked and lovers and...

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Weird Dream About Boats and Barges. What does it mean?

A previous ex was in my dream (we remain good friends and he's been a huge help in my life) and we were on some barge like thing but there's a ton of people on it (weird I know because barges don't usually carry people) then somehow we kind of stop and my ex is trying to signal people to this other weird barge looking thing but nobody wanted to go because it was unstable...so somehow I decide to go by myself but it's like this weird paddle boat thing attached to the barge and the barge is going and I'm on this little paddle boat shakily attached to the barge and I'm just riding the waters. I get soaked in water and maybe almost drown but I'm doing okay rocking and paddling away. Nobody is helping me but myself even though my paddle boat thing is attached to the barge full of people. The water is clear almost like pool water. When I almost drowned I swallowed some of it and it felt really good. Chlorinated but tasty. Fucking weird.

So what does this mean?

A previous ex was in my dream (we remain good friends and he's been a huge help in my life) and we were on some barge like thing but there's a ton of people on...

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I had a dream last night that I was at an outdoor social gathering at night

and I saw some old friend from high school and I was looking for a ride home and one of the said “you gotta get the hell outta here” the dream didn’t feel serious or like a nightmare but I got nowhere on google plz help

and I saw some old friend from high school and I was looking for a ride home and one of the said “you gotta get the hell outta here” the dream didn’t feel...

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