Have you ever dreamed of someone who has died and wondered whether they are actually communicating with you?
These are something special that I call visitation dreams, and I've experienced them my whole life since I was a very young girl.
Today I thought I would explain these types of dreams and help you understand them better. I also want to assure you that you are NOT crazy if you find yourself talking to dead people in your dreams.
It is perfectly normal, but it's not something most people share or talk about that often.
So, if you're looking for help in understanding dreams about a passed on friend or family member or other loved one, today I hope that my 30+ years of experiences will help you understand what's going on.
First: What is a Visitation Dream?
A visitation dream is best described as a dream experience where you truly do feel as if you have communicated with a deceased loved one.
Typically these are passed on friends and family members who you were close with - but it can also even be acquaintances or even non-human loved ones, such as a pet dog or cat!
Many of us will experience both visitation dreams and release dreams at some point in our lives, and both are completely normal. While the Visitation ones aren't ones we talk about very often, they usually are the ones that leave a lasting impression and memory in our lives.
Release Dreams Vs. Visitation Dreams
There are many different reasons why we may dream of someone who has passed away. Sometimes, our dreams are release dreams, where we are simply just processing our own feelings of grief or sadness when we lose a loved one.
These types of dreams are release dreams, which are different from true visitation dreams.
We experience different types of dreams. Release dreams help us process and understand the different feelings and emotions we are currently dealing with in life. They can help us to let go of past feelings we may be holding onto.
In a release dream, you are often processing your own feelings and emotions. Some of these dreams can be quite confusing! These are the types of dreams where nothing seems to make logical sense. You can be driving a car one minute and flying to the moon the next.
Sometimes they can even be scary in some ways, especially if the feelings you are releasing and working with are ones of fear, worry, or sadness.
Many times, dreaming of a person who has passed on can simply be a release dream in which your feelings about the person come to your conscious awareness. You may have a dream about a person as a natural part of dealing with the emotions involved when you are experiencing grief.
The dream may also be one in which you are simply remembering the good things about a person, or our subconscious way of expressing our love/sorrow for a person.
Can Deceased Loved Ones Really Communicate Through Dreams?
Are visitation dreams real? Can the dead really talk to us through dreams?
I have had many different visitation dreams in my life, and yes, I do believe they are real. However, there have also been times when I have dreamed about passed on relatives when they were NOT visitation dreams.
When you dream of someone who is passed, it is important to look at the context of the dream and identify whether you felt a real connection or whether you were simply exploring your own emotions and feelings.
Naturally, it is impossible for us to prove much about the afterlife. However, there is enough evidence to support the belief that yes, loved ones can communicate with us through our dreams. If you read through the hundreds of comments at the end of this post, you will see many more examples of visitation dreams!
For many of us, proof is not necessary. The dreams themselves are enough "proof" we could ever need, even if it is not something we could share or show to others.
A Few Examples of Visitation Dreams
One of the best ways to understand a visitation dream is to show some examples.
Example 1: Dream of My Grandma When She Passed On
My first visitation dream was when I was six or seven years old. I don't really remember all the details of the dream (it has been over two decades since the dream now!) - but I do remember my grandmother coming to me, telling me she loved me, and saying Good-bye. She didn't actually say the words good-bye, but I knew in the dream that was why she was there.
I woke up, knowing she was gone. Sure enough a few minutes later my mother called the house to let us know what I already knew from my dream.
Visitation dreams are very common in these instances. Often times our loved ones wish to say good-bye to us before they cross over into the spirit realms.
Example 2: Messages From Spirits on the Telephone
Another visitation dream happened when I was 12 and involves my other grandmother, who called me on the telephone.
In the dream, she left a message on the answering machine in the dream (yes, we still had answering machines back then!). She was very clearly leaving me a message!
Since then, I have noticed the telephone has been a very popular dream symbol for spirits trying to communicate, especially passed on loved ones.
I've had many dreams of phone conversations with my passed on family members and friends!
Example 3: Conversation With My Aunt & Messages for the Family
More recently, I had an interesting visitation dream with one of my aunts who passed away. We were sitting at a kitchen table, and she looked good - much younger, vibrant and healthy - how I remembered her when I was a young child.
We had an interesting conversation, where she explained how her physical body was just too tired to keep going in this world.
We talked about the day she died and how sad it was for her to leave her kids and grandchildren behind. Our family had been through a lot of losses, and so she mentioned feeling sad that she was also leaving my dad and the other siblings behind.
However, she told me that she knew her body would not keep up. She was trying to do a lot more in the physical world than that tired old body could handle. She could do a lot more by watching over for her loved ones "on the other side" so to speak.
Of course, she then laughed and said, now don't give anybody any ideas - nobody better be doing anything dangerous or dying anytime soon! We don't need any extra work around here!
7 Signs & Characteristics of Visitation Dreams
In the examples of these dreams I have shared, you will notice that some of these have very distinct characteristics.
In every visitation dream, there have always been some very clear characteristics of the dream for me to know it was truly a visitation dream and not just a release dream.
Understanding the common signs of a visitation dream will help you better be able to identify whether you are truly communicating with the spirit of a passed on family member or whether your dream may simply be a release dream of processing thoughts and emotions.
1. The Person Will Seem Happy & Healthy
If the person in your dream seems sick, injured, angry or upset, it is more likely this is NOT a true visitation dream. In these cases, this is usually a reflection of our own feelings of grief.
Losing a loved one is never easy. There are a lot of emotions and thoughts we have to process. Sometimes in our dreams we may surface up feelings of regret, guilt, sadness or even anger as we work through the healing of grief.
In visitation dreams, it is common for the person to seem younger and healthier. If the person was ill before their passing, you will notice in the dream they do not look sick. This is because illness does not carry over with us through death.
2. The Dream Will Have Logical Sequence
In most visitation dreams, the sequence events is very logical. You know those dreams where you are flying in one place and then driving a car and then in some weird room the next minute? Those are more characteristic of release dreams where you are processing different feelings and emotions.
In dreams of the deceased, it is more common that the sequence of events are very natural and logical. You know exactly how you get from A to B.
3. The Details of the Dream Are Very Vivid
If you have a very vivid dream where you remember fine details or even experience sensations of touch, smell, or sound it is very likely that it is indeed an actual visitation dream.
In most of my dreams, I can remember fine details of these more so than I would with ordinary dreams - and I'm already a very vivid dreamer!
In many ways, a visitation dream is every bit as vivid as a lucid dream. You will notice everything you felt and pick up on details that may not ordinarily be apparent in other dreams.
4. The Message is One of Love and Peace
Most often the message and feeling in the dream is one of love and peace. During a visitation dream, our loved ones most often simply want to communicate they love you.
They may have messages for others, or they may even want to clear up any unfinished business they may have on earth to make things right.
If you dream of a deceased person who is angry or yelling at you, this is more likely a symbol for your own feelings while you process the stages of grief. It's important to remember this if the dream is not a pleasant one.
5. Other Symbols in the Dream Relate to the Person or Communication
Symbols are the language of dreams. When we dream of a loved one, it's not uncommon for other symbols in the dream to be something we associate with them.
For example, in the dream with my aunt, we were sitting at the kitchen table because for me that was where we were very comfortable talking together in real life.
The telephone in many of my visitation dreams is an example of an obvious symbol for communication. In your dreams you may experience a radio, a television, a letter, or other signs and symbols that relate to exchanging a message.
6. You Don't Even Have to Say Words
It's not uncommon to have full conversations with loved ones who passed in our dreams, but it's also not necessarily required.
A few years ago I had a dream of a friend who passed away unexpectedly after a drug overdose. In the dream, I was walking down a path through the woods when I came to a clearing where my friend stood.
In the dream, we simply hugged and a huge washing sense of "everything we needed to say was not necessary to say" came over me. This dream confirmed it was not so much the communication, but the connection.
7. It Feels Real
If you have a visitation dream, you will have no questions of whether or not it was one. You will just feel it.
Of course, saying, "you will just feel it" sounds pretty vague! But if you wake up from the dream thinking, "I saw grandpa last night" or questioning "how did I talk to that person? they are dead?" - it's quite likely you had a very real connection with the person in the dream.
How to Be Open to Having Visitation Dreams
The next question that most people have about a visitation dream is wondering how they might be able to have one, or if it requires some sort of special psychic gift or ability.
The good news is, anyone can have a visitation dream - you do not necessarily need to have a natural ability to communicate with spirits. While it can be helpful to practice your intuitive abilities, it is not required by any means.
If you are wondering how to have a visitation dream, there are some things you can do to help open yourself up to communicating with a loved one who has passed away.
This is called "programming your dreams" and it is a good habit to do at night anyways, even when you are not looking to have a visitation dream.
Here are three things you can do to have a visitation dream:
Practice Meditation Before Bed:
Meditation can greatly help you with calming your body and soul to help you be more open to receiving your dreams.
Guided meditation can help you get started with meditation if you have never tried it before. You can also just try some deep breathing exercises which will help relax your body and your mind.
Affirm You are Open to Communicating With the Person:
Sometimes you need to say affirmations that you want to see the person. This is because subconsciously you may be unsure or afraid of having such as dream.
Say to yourself, "I am open to dreaming about [insert person here] and would like to receive a message from them" or another similar affirmation.
It may take several attempts, but after several nights or weeks, this will increase your likelihood of dreaming about the person.
Keep a Dream Journal:
Getting in the habit of remembering and writing down your dreams will help you better understand the world of dreams. Keeping a dream journal is always a good idea - even if you do not always want to know the deeper meaning of dreams.
The simple of act of writing things down will make it easier for you to remember dreams and process any emotions and feelings you might have.
It can also help you clear through any other "energetic gunk" such as feelings of sadness or fear that might be standing in the way between you and a loved one trying to communicate with you.
Why Your Loved Ones May Not Appear in a Visitation Dream
Of course, it's important for us to cover that not all deceased family members or friends will appear in a dream. There are a lot of possible reasons for this - and it's not because there is anything "wrong" with you!
One of the things that is important to remember is our passed on loved ones have their own spiritual needs and goals. Some people who have died are not able to communicate through dreams - it's simply not a skill they have. It may not even be something they would have a conscious awareness of being possible - even when they are a spirit.
Others simply may not want to. Free will is not something that we only have on earth - it is something that we have as a universal law in any type of manifestation of conscious.
If someone you cared about deeply has passed on and you have not had a visitation dream, it's possible that the person has already crossed over very quickly and is absolutely "done" with the physical world in which we live. They are very likely already onto the next part of their own spiritual development journey.
This does not mean that they are "too busy" for you - but it may not have any true benefit to them or you to communicate with you. Sometimes those who have passed on are simply done with this life and this world - and so in that reasoning, it does not make any logical sense for them to come back.
There are also a lot of other variable factors that can affect whether or not the spirit of a deceased loved one might not be present. If you need to heal from a traumatic experience or are in need to move into the present moment and your current life, it may be that the communication from the person would not help you do these things.
It is not always beneficial for you to communicate with a passed on loved one - sometimes this is simply a clear sign that it is time to move forward and begin to heal from feelings of grief or loss.
Lastly, it's important to know that our passed on family or friends are not always necessarily good for giving us guidance.
Just because someone is in spirit form does not automatically make them a spirit guide or enlightened being.
Just like those of us who are in the physical world, there are many spirits who are still in their own phases of development of consciousness.
Other's Experiences with Visitation Dreams
Since the date of original publishing, we have received thousands of comments and messages from others who have shared their experiences about visitation dreams.
We have imported the majority of these original comments from the old website because it can truly be uplifting to read through these and certainly validates that the experiences of a visitation dream are real.
Please take a moment to read through the comments on this article, because it can truly be quite interesting to read! And, if you would like to share your experiences or dreams, we would of course love to hear from you in the comments!
Have you had a visitation dream? What was your experience? Share your thoughts in the comments section below!
I have had visitation dreams from a dear friend, and my father and mother. My friend called me on the phone in my dream to tell me she was fine and we talked for hours it seemed. This was about 6 months after she died. My Dad called me in a dream 2 weeks after he had died and his voice was so clear that I absolutely knew it was him-no doubt.I believe that he came through to me so soon after his death because he (and I) are fans of Sylvia Browne and have read her books and believe… Read more »
My Dad came to my dreams last night and we were talking on the phone and he said he was with my Granny ( she’s still alive) and that he was by her side while she was shopping, and that he would let me know when it’s her time to go and the he asked me what are my plans for the future etc… I asked him how was the other side but he didn’t say anything and knew it was my dad it’s been nearly 1 year since he passed away. Mis him everyday. LOVE YOU DAD
my dad passed away 6 years ago and he appeared in my dream last night I got the message he sent me he said he was fine but I steal got freaked out but he tried to say something as my nanny woke me up and I heard a little of it as I woke up he said I love you and I cried my eyes out
My ex husband passed away 9 months ago and I had a dream about him we were really good friends. We were sitting there just talking like we always did and he always said to me before he went to bed a poem in Norwegian and I heard him say the poem to me and i jumped up out of bed and was just starring out. I know he was there!
Wow! I had pretty much the same dream. My father passed away three months ago. He lives about 8 hours away and we had drifted apart for several years. He was admitted to the hospital the day before he passed and was asking for me. I dropped everything I was was doing, bought the airline tickets and was headed to the airport when I received a call from my sister telling me it was too late, he had passed. I sadly turned the car around and went home. I have a great deal of guilt for allowing us to drift… Read more »
Such a beautiful dream!
I recently had a visitation dream. My ex-girlfriend was killed in an auto accident in June. I hate to say ex-girlfriend because she really was the love of my life and my true soul mate. But we had a huge gap in our ages and it impacted the relationship greatly. About 5 nights ago I was sleeping and I had a dream that was “interrupted”. I was sitting at a table and I was pulled,,,, connected to,,, gotten the attention of. It is really hard to explain. I was an actual sensation that I felt and acknowledged hen it happen.… Read more »
I had a visiting dream 5 months to the day he passed in a auto accident I do believe he was by how happy he looked and it was so real I could touch him and feel his precense so clear that I do believe and cannot wait for another incounter
I too love these dreams, Feel so close to them
Mike P, I’ve been researching visitation dreams and the date of your post stood out, it was the same day my long time girlfriend died and I had just talked to her at 0430 am that Dec 12. I arrived home not 4 and one half hours later to find she had passed away. I have been troubled ever since for not being there when she needed me. I believe I’ve had at least two visitation dreams since. This morning’s dream was so real and I woke up felling more calm and happy. I believe there has to be something… Read more »
I had a visitation dream a few nights ago and I have been thinking about it ever since. A guy I had been seeing killed himself. I knew that he was going through depression and other issues so we weren’t really together at the time. The dream was so vivid I can still see it. I remember asking him why he did it, and I don’t think he gave me an answer, but I remember saying, “are you ok, you look ok and happy” and I remember him saying he was ok and he was happy. I remember giving him… Read more »
Aw, wow, I had a similar experience, my ex boyfriend also killed him self- with a shotgun, and in the visitation dream, I had dream that I had been working as a pathologist in a morgue, and my ex appeared- kind of child like- he thanked me for putting his face back together. Because he had blown it off with a shot gun. He kept telling me how he was thankful I helped him. The dream was black and white -and I was working on other deceased patients. This dream occurred on April 13 2016- he died seven years ago… Read more »
Wow that is very beautiful and shows you both are still very much connected still. Thanks for sharing such an intimate experience.
I had a dream about a friend that passed a couple of months ago in the dream he was sitting on a couch and I was sitting on a chair next to him then he was sitting there crying about his death and looked afraid don’t understand it
I’m not sure if I had a visitation dream or not? My Nan was in my dream with me and we were walking down the street talking and she told me I was going to find love soon with a German man. We continued walking and met up with another lady who said she predicted I would meet and fall in love with a German man soon and that my Nan was psychic and she also knew this would happen to me. Do you think this is a dream or a visitation? Another time I dreamt of my friend who… Read more »
This story touched me in so many ways ❤️
I WISH my dreams of my mom were happy. Whenever I see her, she’s sad. First, I’m always surprised to see her and in many dreams I’ve even said “why are you here, you died?” She never talks and doesn’t even look at me. She looks straight ahead and she’s sad and also a little shaded, if that makes sense (like she’s standing in the shade but no one else is). I’m trying to figure out what else is going on in these dreams when I see her, but the fact that she was in my dream clouds out my… Read more »
SJh It Sounds to me like Your Mother is in a dark place thats why she sad…and She wants You to Apologize to your In laws for her So She could cross over…She died with a unforgiving heart and thats why she sad…She wants You to Apologize to the In laws for her so she could be in Peace….God Bless…
I dreamt this morning that my loved one came to me. ( he passed 2.5 weeks ago) I felt him holding me, hugging me. I honestly felt him! I was crying when I pulled back and said “why are you here? You died” and just like that, he turned away and as he was leaving I wrapped my arms around his waist begging him not to leave me again…and just like that, he was gone. I having such a hard time getting past this grief. He was a father to me and my husband. His passing has left a void… Read more »
I had a similar dream about my uncle he passed after a short illness off lung cancer he was sat on the sofa as he always used to and I walked in to saying omg I’ve missed you so much and he said why I have been here all the time and hugged me I cry every time I think of it but I woke up in piece and I really do think he was coming to visit me to tell me he was fine
My sister died almost 5 yrs ago. She & I sorts of in on & off relationship. When we were in good term we talked 1-2 hours on the phone, but if we are in bad term,nwe won’t speak tk each other for months/year. Her daughter and I havevthe same odd relationship with my sister. So much hurts for me & my niece towards my sister. She decided t o get pregnant through IVF/twins at her age/50. During the course of her pregnancy, she decided NOT TO SPEAK WITH ME. She been like tgat to me over thebyears, i am… Read more »
I’ve had similar experiences… When my dad passed away when I was 6 years old, I woke up in the middle of the night hearing him whisper my name. Recently, I’ve become more aware of my dreams. Some where he’s playing hide and seek, one where he’s sitting at the end of my bed smiling, assuring me that he’s always there for me every step of the way (this dream felt so realistic, I felt his hugs), one where he’s outside my class waiting for me. Sometimes they’re good dreams, sometimes horrible. I haven’t seen him in 11 years now,… Read more »
Katie…Sometimes It could be a demon…I’am Not Trying to frighten You but Father God will Not let us have horrible dreams…be Careful If the dream is not send by God rebuke that dream in the Name of Jesus…Pray to Father God to give you a dream with your Father You Pick the day in silent that way only you and God know the day.
.God Bless…
I think i had that to i need answers forreal. Look i was in my dream and i was at my uncle house with all the family members over then all of a sudden my auntie who has died appeard on the couch but before all that i was getting in trouble in my dream by my oldest cousin and my mama cause i had told my cousin my age that i sneak over boys house .. N i did do dat in real life but after all tht we was in the living room sittin on my uncle couch… Read more »
A few days ago Monday night I had a dream about this woman I went out with 10 years ago. I haven’t had a dream about her in years. I don’t remember the dream, only that we were getting along well (we hadn’t always), and I did wake up feeling very good and happy. But tht unexpected dream made me wonder. So I looked her up, and found out that she’d passed away on Sunday, one day before the dream. Her family and friends had just set up a website… it was cancer. I’m somehow not freaked out about this… Read more »
I dream of my mom who pass away a year ago every night. feels so real as we was speaking. sometimes i dont remember them dreams or visits. but every single night i dream of her. and when i was 8 yrs old i had a visit from my dad the same exact night he pass away. we was sleeping and when we woke up form that dream visit we was looking for him and my brother sat us on his lap and told us he had to go. he had died that night and we saw exactly how it… Read more »
I always wonder when I hear people have these visits, why some have them all through life of a loved one, but others like you have had the experience of for awhile then you don’t see them anymore. There has to be a reason, but I haven’t been able to really understand why that happens. THen if that question did hurt my head enough I thought well why do people sometimes never have this experience.
I had a visitation dream. Recently my guy friend passed away. A few days ago at my school we had a memorial service for him. We had candles lit, and speech about how he influenced so many of our lives, the ballon things that you can have a message on them and light them and they fly away in the wind, and some chalk to write him a message on the ground. It was a sad night a lot of people crying. Anyways my dream consist of me being at school and we walked passed each other and I wanted… Read more »
I wish I could have a visitation with my boyfriend he just died June 21. I’m just scared that if he will be him and not an allusion of something evil making me think that its him. But I would great want him to come to me in my dreams gosh I miss him and will always love him. There will never be anyone that will ever replace him.
I think it will be an emotional but healing feeling for you for him to visit, I have been told a few things since my mom just passed away. If you think all the time about, please come see me please I need to know if you are ok. I was advised and then began studying about there is a period of stages that happen. We focus on our time, but that realm does not. When visitations happen the deceased have know idea how long they have been gone. I was also advised that because of the life review they… Read more »
I just had a dream last night. I truly believe it was a visitation from my Uncle Benny. He passed away 15 days ago. I am walking through a building which looks like a museum and suddenly just setting in a chair was my Uncle. He looked happy and healthy. As I got closer he put his arms out to me to hug me and I reached to him to hug him. I thought I was going to fall through him but instead he was as real as I am right now. I grabbed ahold of him and I cried… Read more »
My mom recently passed away . a day before they called me to tell me they found her on her couch passed away I was very ill and had been for two days could barely wake up or get out of bed and was having chest pains . the day before I had a dream I was walking ng down the steps where I lived and I saw a person sitting in the corner of the stairwell but everything was dark around them but I could barely make out her face. She looked up at me then I woke up… Read more »
yeah i ve had those too.. but this one was different. At first i was at my mom’s house and in the room with my dad.. he was laying on the bed.. and i was asking him if he was in pain and how he felt .. i told him he looked good. and i asked him if his arm still hurt (his dialysis arm) he just looked at me nodded and smiled. then I woke up (so i thought) and i was in my room in my bed and i saw him laying next to me and that’s when… Read more »
My mother in law died three years ago and now my father in law id in ICU having had three heart attacks. However, a couple of nights ago i had a dream that my mother in law came to mine and my partners house. She was a little younger then she was when she died, but i remember her sitting on the sofa and we asked why she had come back from the spirit world. She said she had come for clive my father in law. She looked so sereen and peaceful and quite. Me and my partner sat opisite… Read more »
Hello Is it possible for somebody to have a visitation dream for somebody else or some that that related to the their partner? I’m boyfriend of many years has described to me what sounds a lot like a visitation dream, a very real dream from my nan who died 10 months ago who he had only met once. Im a very deep sleeper who rarely remembers my dreams where as my partner is a regular dreamer. The visitation was my nan asking a question about a current sitttution that she didnt known anything about when she was alive as she… Read more »
I do think it is possible to have visitation dreams about someone else , my fiance hadnt seen or talked to his grandmother in years she lived in va and we live in ohio he never had a way to get to her he had only talked about her once to me about when he was little , I had a dream of her she came to me talked to me clear as can be and asked me to tell him that she loved him and good bye and then i woke up i didnt think anything of it till… Read more »
I had a question about all of this recently I had a dream of my great grandfather, he was a very loving man and my siblings and I alway loved having him around but a few days ago I had a dream about him it wasn’t bad or anything and when I woke up I had a feeling of ease and happiness! The only thing that was a little weird was that in my dream my 1 year old son had gone missing and as soon as I got up to look for him there was a knock on my… Read more »
YES, It is possible because I have had a visit from my husbands parents and I never met them. I have always had visits from my own family members, but never someone else’s. My husband is a deep sleeper and never remembers his dreams, but I usually do and I appreciate the visits.
I’m really not shore what to think. My great grandfather just passed away yesterday and i never got a chance to say goodbye,I had a dream about him that night where he was all heeled from his problems before, and he told me that he loved me and gave me a hug and said good bye to me. Please someon give me answers I’m so confused!
he sent you his message when you never got to tell him goodeby instead of you saying goodebye he said it to you in your dream
My grandmother passed away in October at the age of 97. She was an amazing woman, and very loved by many friends and family. My Nanna and I shared a very special bond. I was her eldest granddaughter, and loved how much she enjoyed my company. My husband has been around our family for almost 13 years now, and my nanna loved to tease him about his facial hair. They developed a very special bond over the years, which made her death a very emotional time for the 2 of us. We bought our house on July 22, moved into… Read more »
I’ve had visitation dreams recently, which is what lead me to this site. I wasn’t aware there was a difference but now I can tell which dreams were visitation dreams and which ones were just remembering. Lately, in the last week alone, I’ve had two dreams of an ex that’s passed on. He was a best friend for many years when we were young kids, then we dated shortly and lost touch when I moved. I hadn’t talked to him for several years when he died and it was very shocking news. I felt a lot of anger over his… Read more »
i have read so many posts about animal and pet communication, I just recently lost my Rabbit called Obi,he was fine in the morning on Saturday then i found him slumped on the floor and he was struggling to breath and couldn’t lift his head , by the time i got him to the vet he passed away in my daughters arms just before the vet could get to him.Later that night i was on my sofa searching for answers on the internet i was on my own in the dark in tears, suddenly some of Obi’s fur floated in… Read more »
I think Obi was absolutely telling you he was with you. You will see him again!
I had a very vivid visitation dream last week and I’m still a bit shaken up by it. I’m in a house that in real life I don’t recognize but it doesn’t feel foreign in the dream. There is a tall brown-haired man in his late 30s/early 40s with me but I don’t know who he is or what our relationship is supposed to be. Suddenly I hear a knock at the front door, which is painted white and has a similar design as this door (http://www.historichouseparts.com/Images2/VED062411-09.JPG). The bottom is wood and the top is glass with wood outlining squares.… Read more »
I think she wants you to write that book. That was her stamp of approval.
I had a very similar dram
I’m just finding this site, but I hope you decided to publish the book. Also the man you didn’t recognize, is it possible that he was an ex boyfriend? I hope you found your answers, probably in the book.
I had a dream a friend of mines who passed away, came to me and we was riding in my car and i was crying telling him i miss him and he was my friend forever and i loved him, he replied saying he miss and love me to, i cnt remember our whole conversation but we den pulled to an atm machine and he step out the car i watched him walk to the atm machine den it wam lile he disappeared. Smh i dnt know what that message meant at all.
I had a very similar dream to yours. A very close friend of mine passed away a few months ago. Yesterday I was actually camping and that night I had a dream I was with him sat across a table in what seemed to be an outdoor seating area. I remember looking at his face and thinking about how clear everything was and how happy I was to look at his face again. I told him that I missed him and he replied ‘I miss you too’ in what sounded like a whisper, a whisper that felt very real.
I have had a dream similar to A in the sense that I am usually a deep sleeper and rarely remember my dreams . About 6 wks ago an old school friend who I hadn’t seen for yrs died of cancer . I was able to attend his funeral and have seen his wedding photos ( from wks before he died ) . Last night I am certain he visited me in my dream . But I do not feel assured or at peace as I feel he is still struggling with his passing . In my dream we were… Read more »
Maybe he wanted you to reach out to his wife.
I dreamed that I layed in my bed watching TV with my dead father.We held hands in a very natural and comfortable way. He told me he had to leave soon because his boyfriend was waiting for him. But he wasn’t gay, I am. He died before I came out of the closet.I think wanted give his approval.
Sorry to tell you Terri but you wasn’t holding hands with your father it was either a demon or satan…what he ment by telling you he needsvto go back to his boyfriend was waiting for him he’s trying to warn you satan is waiting for you if you stay living gay lifestyle…being gay is Not of God is of Satan….Your father is trying to warn you to change your ways Cause Satan is waiting for You….I Pray the Lord reveals the Truth to you Terri of the gay lifestyle in Jesus Name Amen……..
You are sick and demented to believe those comments! I feel sorry that you mask your homophobic ideas as religious! I would examine your path to heaven not anyone else’s.
some might think its crazy but last night i dreamed Paul Walker and the dream was so real and i actually felt everything.i still have the chills on my back.in my dream i was with my husband in a hotel and we were looking for a room,then he suddenly dissapeard and i went looking for him,i was so upset couse he left me alone.i couldnt find him inside and i went outside.outside there was Paul with other 2 or 3 guys next to a metal chain fence and they were all looking at me.Paul was standing up dressed with a… Read more »
i have many vivid dreams and sometimes i have dreams that will happen after a month or a week.some call it deja vu.
but i never dream the lottery numbers:)))))))
every time i dream my brother(he died 14 years ago) something bad happens.its like he is warning me through my dreams.i know it sounds weird but it is true.and once i was soooooo upset and crying and i felt like a warm hand on my back and suddely i felt good ,i just stopped crying and i knew everything was going to be ok and it was.i just couldnt believe.
hi i think i may have had my dad come to me in a dream last nite but not sure if it was real. he just turned round and give me the biggest smile u could get and he looked younger but really happy and i said in the dream arnt u dead and he said yes.. he then said something about 2 weeks but dont no wot it was thats the first time in 15 years i have ever dreamed about my dad… he looked so loving and very bright we was both happy in the dream x
I actually had two visitation dreams: The first dream: When I was younger (in the second grade), I dreamt that I was at a cook-out at my grandparent’s house. I was outside in the backyard when my Grandmother asked me to tell my cousins, who were inside the house, that it was time to eat. So, I headed upstairs through the back door, walked through the kitchen and passed the bathroom. As I was walking past the bathroom, the light was on and there was my Grandfather shaving himself. I proceeded to walk past the bathroom, through the dining room… Read more »
If have dreamt of my long passed grandfather,I speak to him only and ask him how is it possible you are here and he has just smiled, never spoken out to me. Is this some kind of message?
Throughout my life, I have had premonition dreams about death that all came to fruition, as well as visitation dreams from the deceased. Just last night, I dreamt about my ex-husband who recently passed from cancer. We had not spoken for about 17 years. Although he was very much a part of our child’s life, there was no closure on how our marriage ended. He lived and died with no remorse for how he had abused me in our marriage. As good as he was to our daughter, he and I had unresolved issues. This visitation dream changed everything. He… Read more »
I have had loads of dream visitations and they are doubt one of the most strangest and surreal experiences I have ever had. Every time I think about my experiences I get a warm glow and a feeling of awe.
I went to see my grandmother, I took my baby sisters son with me to meet her. We had to walk up alot of stairs like we were walking to heaven. When we got there she was there so beautiful and smiling. I started talking and looking a the most beautiful material like silk. I looked her in her eyes and said oh mama I fogot why I came that I wanted her to me my nephew she said he was find and going to be alright, but that she had to go now. I remember saying I have to… Read more »
i dreamed about my son’s father i sat in a car and watched him run around and around he seemed confused or in a hurry around some blue apartments i don’t think he knew i was there because he never looked at me but for some reason i waited and watched as if he was going to get in the car but i never honked i woke up about 3 am i sat up thinking what was that all about weird i thought to myself and went to bed later i found out later he was shot and found dead… Read more »
My Mother passed away suddenly, two months ago. I had my first dream about her a few nights ago. I’m not sure if it was a “visitation dream” however, in my dream, my Mother was alive and sitting in a chair (in the hospital, where she died), and I saw her hand and I held her hand. I was relieved to know she was “alive”. The dream seemed very “vivid” to me, as I remember every detail. Was this a “visitation” dream? Was she letting me know that she is okay?
I would say so. Sorry for your loss. Take heart that she is always with you. It seems like they appear during abnormally tough times or because you can’t stop thinking about her
I dreamed my mom was alive sitting on my bed and told me a grassshopper helped her dig out. And then my dead grandma showed up and said the same thing happened to her. A few years later she can I dreamed my mom said a grasshopper helped her dig out that I overreacted. And a few years later she whispered in my ear about my son I could feel her breath. What she said was how is that card under the sink going to do my son any good under the sink. So I looked it wasn’t there but… Read more »
Let me start off by saying I am a teenager. I am very close with my next-door neighbors, their whole family taking me in as one of their own. A family member of theirs passed away a tad bit over a year ago at the age of 19. I haven’t seen him in YEARS, but just the other night I had a dream about him. In my dream, I was over at my neighbors house getting ready for an event (my neighbor does hair & makeup). As I was leaving, I walked out the front and saw “him” in the… Read more »
Thanks for this guide! What you said about the visitaion dream is so true, it really feels as if that person is there, and its a much clearer dream than even a lucid dream. I dreamt of my dad shortly after he passed. Actually I had two, but the first dream I just was taking in the details of him because he looked ao well and that is how I wanted to remember him, not as the sick man he was at the end. The second dream was much more amazing. I asked him “how do I know its really… Read more »
I would agree. The link you posted to that door was historic house parts! Sounds like a big message to me.
Our brother-in-law and my husband’s business partner passed away about 4 months within 3 weeks of being diagnosed with Cancer. My husband has had several dreams however the most recent one was the longest and most clear. My husband was in his office at work and our brother-in-law walks in and my husband is shocked to see him. He tells him he died and was cremated but my brother-in-law insists that it wasn’t him and when asked where he’s been all these months just answers he’s been away. He asks to be brought up to speed on what’s been going… Read more »
My mother passed 9 months ago. I am sharing with my dad and siblings the dreams we have had of her. This article hits on all the points. It’s amazing. I haven’t heard from her in a few months. Thanks for sharing about the meditation and such. I am going to try that!
I’ve had two dreams that have stuck with me. I’m glad to give them a name now, because I’ve always felt that they weren’t just dreams. They were indeed visitations. The first one was just all black and my grandmother’s face appeared and came very close to my face and she said, “Remember…cling to the Holy Family.” She was a very faith-filled woman, so it made total sense for her to say this. I immediately woke up and I remember feeling as if I had actually heard her voice, felt her whisper, close to my ear. That entire day, I… Read more »
Your visitational dream totally directs your message to be beautifully understanding and clear of day for what message was being brought forth to you: 1. Dream was totally about your marriage problems 2. You and your husband in the ocean battling rough tides/waves represents you cant break threw them tides unless you 1st know how to take the rough patches away and toss them from your marriage. Therefore you were being told no matter how much you try how hard you try if you do not fix the patch your marriage will sail. Also could be telling you that your… Read more »
For the second time since may (when i lost my dad) i have had a dream where he was alive and we just hug and hug and cry for ages until i wake up, i always feel peaceful after i wake up though, i never feel scared, could this be a visitation dream, i hope so i miss him so much xx
My father committed suicide almost five years ago, and I’ve never really come to peace with his death. I have accepted that he is no longer here, but to fully accept that someone who projected himself as this happy, laughing, wonderful person is no longer here is difficult. He killed himself after he and his second wife divorced, and she invited a new man to live in the house where they had lived together (which was his house, but he was letting her stay there until she picked up the pieces of her life, because she was a recovering alcoholic… Read more »
I had a vision of my father when I was dying, and I had a vivid dream about my son that was so vivid I woke up crying and called my son and told him to stay away from anyone who wanted to do him harm and make sure not to get i to any trouble with the police. My dream was so vivid it was the third dream like this I had about my son who is still alive, the first two came true so I warned him this time. So far this dream has not came true and… Read more »
I think I had my first ever visitation dream two nights ago. My father just passed away on March 4, 2014 following an extended illness for which we had to call in a compassionate care team and according to his wishes make him comfortable and allow him to slip off into a better world. About a week ago, I visited his grave and I asked him to give me a sign to let me know we did the right thing and he is in a much better place and where he wanted to be free from the pain and agony… Read more »
I too have had several visitaions from my Dad, Grandmother and of a friend who died very recently. With my Grandma…well first of all it was October 1991 and I was to return to my Aunts’ house where my grandma was living. She told me that she would not be there when I returned for thanksgiving(she died Nov. 11). I still went to my Aunt’s house to pack up my grandma’s things and I always slept in the same room as she. The windows are long and with a thin shade over them. In the middle of the night I… Read more »
Last night i dreamt that an old friend who died on my sons birthday near 4 years ago… He was so in love with this one girl when he was alive. And since dying his brother has recently had a baby. Anyway my dream felt so real, he was with me standing in aroom with another male. He just appeared saying heres my photo. Its next to hers (pointing at a pic of his girlfriend) i just looked as if to say your gone??? But i never said the words. I spoke away to him and he pointed to the… Read more »
I’d never heard of visitation dreams before, but when I told my daughter what I experienced early this morning, she sent me this website. Unbelievable! I walked into a room and my darling husband, who passed away exactly 3 months earlier, was sitting in his chair, smiling and looking healthy. I asked him “What are you doing here? How wonderful to see you!” Went to sit on his knee, kissed the side of his neck, and hugged around his body. His face looked a bit thin and his body felt thinner than usual, but it was all so real and… Read more »
I had a dream the other day (although I was awake!). It terrfies me, I woke up at -6.15 and looked at the clock. I then saw a line of people walking past my bed. I noticed the third one down was my late husband and as he reached me I lent out to grab him but my hand just went through his body. He walked over to me and said, come with me. I said no and he repeated it, I again said no. I didn’t move, but he then walked around the bed and got in next to… Read more »
I had dreamed of someone I knew she was my grandma but not by blood. There was a personal problem so my mother separated from her son And I haven’t seen her in about 8 years or so till I found out last year that she died of cancer.after she had passed away . I dreamed of her about three times.In my dream I am in her house we are sitting beside each other am on the couch she is in her chair that she used to sit in everyday. Well she is there sitting upward but her head in… Read more »
After reading these comments, I realize now that I, too, had a visitation last night from my best friend who passed. It will be nine years in June. In this visitation, I was standing still while a crowd of people I did not know, is coming toward me. In the middle, was my friend, as beautiful as ever, before she got sick, smiling wearing her crisp white blouse and sporting her long red hair, just the way she always did. I yelled out her name, she came to me, we hugged so tight, I didn’t want to let go, and… Read more »
I sat watching my TV, I saw my Mother who had passed a year before stood near my armchair .. I was so shocked I got up to hug her, I asked her over and over ”How have you got here’ She told me my Father was here too.. I hung tightly onto her crying ,like a four year old child .. She told me’ don’t cry everything is okay, my Father was sat in a car outside my home, he looked so well and happy .. I asked him how have you managed to come to see me, he… Read more »
I dreamt I was in a room and as I turned round my mum suddenly materialised in front of me. I felt really happy as she passed 9 years ago. I gave her a big hug and thought to myself how nice it was to hear her voice again. The only part of the conversation I can remember though is I asked her how dad was if she had seen him. I felt excited and expected her to tell me they were together but her voice sounded resigned and she said no she wasn’t with him and hadnt seen him… Read more »
My dear life long friend lost a mental battle he had been fighting for years. Unfortunately, he took his life to release those inner voices and no one ever really understood how much pain he was in, but I always had and never judged him for it. I was only 18 when my friend took his life, and everyone critisized how selfish it is to decide when it was “right” to pass away. I am 23 now, and I, for some strange reason, never cared and was never angry at him for what he did. Of course I was devastated… Read more »
i had a dream of my grand parents, who are dead ryt now.
In that dream i was crying to meet them and was asking god to please help me in meeting my grandparents. After a while the visited me n we realy enjoyed.
Still miss them……………:(
I had a visitation dream of my husband I do believe. It took like 2 weeks for him to come to me in my dreams after his death. I was crying and crying when I seen him…i could not control myself, he grabbed me so tight as i was like yelling “WHY??? WHY???” and “WHAT HAPPENED???” He just held onto me say “Shhhh, everything is going to be okay I promise” he said it so effortlessly and calm…i then stopped crying but felt it in my throat and we went to his dads car, got in and started driving around.… Read more »
I had a very vivid dream of the father of a friend a few nights ago. I am searching the internet now to try to figure out how and why. My friend died 15 years ago. I was the funeral director and it was very difficult. I would see the family on occasion, never regularly. A few nights ago I had the most powerful dream. I woke up my partner to tell him because it was so strange. My friend who died was there but the person brining me places was his father – he was so happy. It was… Read more »
I used to have a boss (a lady) who I got on with extremely well. I was very upset when she was made redundant. She didn’t live nearby so we lost touch. some years later I had a dream about her. I didn’t think too much of it so can’t remember much detail, but it did make me think of the good old days. I said to my husband that it was strange that I should just dream about her. It wasn’t as if anyone at work had been talking about her. That night I went to bed, I dreamt… Read more »
I had three to four dreams with my deceased cusin.the first one was just a surprise that i could see him but by the rhird one i knew i was dreaming and actually told him that i was and that i was going to wake up he miled and just laughed.i had another dream last night and i told him again that he was dead and he stared at me like i was crazy .but i also see other family members there that are not dead.i could have up to two or three dreams and he would be in all… Read more »
When I was 16 a family friend died of cancer and I went to the funeral . As looked at her face it did not look like the same lady I new I didn’t even cry I was just in shock and that visual of her face wouldn’t leave my mind for three days I kept seeing her face . On the forth day I had a dream she was sitting in the park with my grandma and friends an I walked into the park and saw them I went up to all them and gave them a kiss like… Read more »
I commented above, but I ended up expanding upon my comment and blogging about it here: http://www.the67life.com/2014/04/18/visitation-dreams/
I only wish I could have them more often, and on command! If only I could end a crummy day saying, “Dad, will you come visit tonight?”
From what I have researched and read, it is not easy for spirits to visit us, even in our dreams, so I am always thankful when I do have a visitation dream!
i have been having dreams or vision for some time now . I dreamed that my aunt came to me and siad the dr. gave her 6 months to live. aunt was fine 6 month came it was my mother day before that happens i was seening in a dream a white casket and a small voice ask me where will we do the repass after the furnal she died less than a week not sick but she had complication from congesitve heart failure. dont understand
I have been searching for answers to questions that I have and I think I found them reading this site. Thank you so much!! My fiancee passed away 5 weeks ago and I struggle very much with his death and the loss. I have had more questions than answers. Thanks again
Just had my 3rd visitation dream… This is the response I sent to my brother after having a visitation dream last night and being greeted to an email delivered to me the next day (TODAY) saying my grandmother would have been 90 years old today. My brother calls me boogie… Seriously? This is HIGHLY FREAKY. I literally had a dream last night that Jason, the kids, Mom and I were staying at Grandmom Jean’s house. I could hear her voice. J thought I was crazy, but mom heard her voice, too. Then the boys literally fall of the bed and… Read more »
Last night I dreamt of my grandfather. He died almost 2 years ago. It was the best dream I could have encountered. I’m not sure if it was indeed a visitation dream, but it gave me a sense of love. In the dream, I was with a friend who knew my grandfather, and we were walking along a fence. Then, I looked to see my grandfather and I grew so excited and joyful. It was the happiest I’ve been since his death. He showed me that my mom was around the corner listening to my friend and I, I feel… Read more »
A very close friend of mine that was also my boyfriend and considered my soul mate at one point of my life, passed about two years ago. The day he passed away I was in complete shock, couldn’t eat or anything. That night while I was asleep I felt him right next to me, i opened my eyes and saw him with long hair and everything was foggy yet i could see him perfectly, he kissed me goodbye. And ever since I still can’t believe he’s gone so I long to dream of him as much as I can so… Read more »
Hi, my father has recently passed on and I dreamt last night that he was burried in a mausoleum. It felt like he’s been there for awhile and that his decomposition did happen. I was in there with his body. It felt dark outside. I can’t figure out Why I was there since I went to his funeral where he was buried in the ground. Any way I noticed his stone and casket was open in the mausoleum like his casket had a stone box around his casket. Then all of a sudden he was out of the stone box… Read more »
A very close person to me and my husband his name is graham who we thought of as our Son that we never had and always said we were is second parents, committed suicide Nov 2013, ive had 4 very real dreams of him and in all the dreams he tell’s me that he is not dead he his still hear he looks so happy and well, i hold him and tell i love him i never ask why he did what he did. Is this Graham telling he’s ok ?,in the morning i feel so happy but then later… Read more »
There is a build-up to the event, a leaving party. It is as though the person is visiting several departments at a place of work. People are expressing sadness, anger, frustration . . . a range of emotions relating to unfinished business. Until ‘the leaver’ visits a room where there is only one other person. She expresses regret that she finished a relationship (40 years ago)where everything was wonderful; a passionate love affair. It is me that she is referring to and while she regrets, she is at peace. This was an incredibly vivid dream that awoke me at 4:30… Read more »
I had a visitation dream 2 nights ago. It felt as real as it could get. A little confusing but just so real. Everyone talks of people who have recently passed away… In my dream my grandfather who passed over 30 years ago came to me. I was taking a nap on a big comfortable bed and in walks my grandfather. He walked around the bed and sat in a chair and leaned over to me. In my head I knew it was quite out of place but when he started talking all I was saying to myself is THIS… Read more »