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When was the last time a dream made you feel genuinely happy, and what was it about? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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About 3 years ago I dreamt that I was in a downtown Chicago office interviewing for a fancy new job. For whatever reason my mom came along for the interview and was patiently waiting for me in the office lobby. About half way through the interview it began to dawn on me that my mom passed away over a decade ago. This realization effectively transformed my dream into a lucid one. I quickly ditched the interview, grabbed my mom, and we spent the rest of the day enjoying downtown Chicago. I took her out for tea, caught her up on my life, and we made the absolute most of the little time we had together.

The memories from this dream are as vivid as the memories from my real life and I treasure them dearly.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The ones that make me happy are when passed family members or pets stop by for a visit. I remember having one dream where my grandmother, (who passed in February), interrupted one of my dreams and I got to finally give her a hug goodbye. For a while my dog Skipper, a skipperkey, would show up and talk to me. She was blind and fearful in her last years so it was quite relaxing to know she was alright.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The ones that make me happy are when passed family members or pets stop by for a visit.

Those kinds of dreams make me really sad. I'm always so happy in the dream thinking I was wrong that they were gone and then when I wake up and realize it was just a dream... it's hard.

Not sure if OP was talking about in the dream or not. For me at least, how I feel about it would be completely opposite.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Me too. I had a (nonlucid) dream similar to OP’s, but I have siblings and we fought about time with our mother in the dream. I woke up crying and feeling guilty for not having shared better.