Constant dreams of someone who is dead

[Columbus]

I keep having dreams of someone I know who has passed way a year ago. I feel like I have gotten over it by now but I keep on having dreams with him in it even when I havent been thinking about him much at all recently. And it might sound silly but when I wake up from a dream where hes in it I feel so depressed even though I know its just a dream and I see him happy in it. Its a horrible feeling to wake up and to know it wasn't real, it drives me crazy waking up in the morning after having those kinds of dreams. How can I make them stop?

[Hollywood]

On a regular basis, I dream about both of my late grandmothers. It reminds me that they're gone, but it also brings them back to life in my mind. I wake up feeling like I just saw them again. I never dream of them when they were dying, only when they were happy and healthy.

To answer your question, there's not really much you can do. This kind of thing happens when you lose somebody. It's a process that can stretch out over a long period of time. Maybe going to a therapist would get these thoughts out of your mind so that they don't come out in your dreams?

[1_21Guns]

As Hollywood said the main way of tackling this would be some sort of therapy to try and settle down the feelings you're having. Sleep allows your subconscious to run wild and sometimes that will mean that things pop up that haven't crossed your mind in a long time but that doesn't mean you have to dwell on it. Someone passing away is always sad and painful but they wouldn't want you to be sad now, depending on what you believe you could even say it's that person dropping in on you to make sure you're okay and reminding you that everything will be fine. If you don't want to see a therapist just try not to over think the dream, try not to let it make you feel depressed and try and smile about it instead :hug3:

[ksdnfkfr]

My dad says his late mom is in his dreams all the time
and she passed away five years ago. I think he has just
gotten accustomed to it. And I dream about my grandma
too. She's always fixing something nice for me to eat :)
I would like it if I lived on in someone's dreams
as long as it was not troubling for them.

[drmindfreak]

I dont think there's something you can do, just learn to deal with it. I still dream about my mom and it's been more than a year already. When I wake up, the first seconds I feel so happy and calm, but then immediately I feel like crap and I cry because everything has been a dream again and it's just torture.

Maybe telling it to the shrink helps, I don't know, I haven't been able to tell it to anybody yet (apart from my eldest brother) and I don't know if I ever would be because it's too much pain for me.

I guess it will eventually stop, just give it time.

[Wallflowers]

I have nightmares about my late best friend every night. I got used to it a while back, but it still depresses me a ton to see her. I can't do anything to stop them, but if I eat before I go to sleep, they're better. Weird, I know.