Dreams actually knowing what will happen in real life?

poseidon · Aug 22, 2007, 01:36 AM

Hi,

Ordinarily I don't believe that dreams can foretell the future. If they do I am in BIG trouble (LoL)

However once, many years ago I had a dream about an event and this actually came true a few days later.

Whether this dream did foretell the future or it was simply one of the strangest coincidences, I don't know and probably never will.

Although I have had 1000s of dreams since, no others have come true, but I cannot say whether dreams are a psychic link to the future or not.

I do hope your sister's ankle was not actually broken and that she is well on the way to recovery.

Poseidon

Capuchin · Aug 22, 2007, 04:21 AM

Can you hear the stairs from where you are? I think that you heard your sister fall down the stairs, and you heard the conversation about her going to ER, and your brain just filled in the visuals for you.

kkimes · Sep 3, 2007, 08:25 PM

More than likely if the stairs are close by then your subconsious caught on to the activity going on around you, but all the same I won't dismiss that you might have an account of knowing through dreams... I've done it myself on more than one occasion, though usually with my own dreams it is usually when the same dream occurs more than once, and often a few months before any incident happens.

Clough · Sep 5, 2007, 12:20 AM

I do know that, a long time ago, I dreamt the solution to repairing a part on a piano that I was not able to figure out when I was awake. I believe that my mind was so intense on finding the solution, that it kept working on it when I was asleep. The solution to the problem that I had dreamt worked. In a way, that was knowing what would happen because of what I had dreamt.

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Can you hear the stairs from where you are? I think that you heard your sister fall down the stairs, and you heard the conversation about her going to ER, and your brain just filled in the visuals for you.

I very much agree with the answer above. I also would like to add the following:

Usually, there are logical explanations one can arrive at in the awake state that can be used to explain why you dream what you do. Sometimes, because of our concern for someone, we might interpret what we have dreamt to be an actual representation of what will happen in the near or far future. What we remember about the contents of our dreams can be so scattered that the interpretation of them is often left up to our imaginations when we are awake. We can therefore, because of the oftentimes foggy contents of our dreams and our wishful thinking, place them as some sort of sign or foretelling of the future.

nikki_22 · Sep 18, 2007, 03:33 PM

Yes, you could very well have had a prophetic dream. People usually have a very strong psychic link to their siblings. One way to see if your dreams have any bearing on real events is to keep a dream journal. Every time you wake up, write down any dreams you have had. Make sure to include not just the events, but any feelings etc. You had about the things in the dreams. Look back through your journal from time to time and see if anything has come true. Look for symbols in your dreams too. For example, deep water may mean a big personal issue, or a dream of an elementary school teacher could mean your childhood. Hope this helps!

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dave85333 · Mar 23, 2011, 11:33 PM

I had a dream of meeting a girl who I had never seen in my life on a bus, then a few months later I moved house, and the girl from that dream months ago turned out to be my new neighbor, this is a new place new person id never seen before apart from this dream a few months earlier, so please for those who believe we don't see are future explain how I was to see this girl in my dream who id never met before then months later meet her, when I saw her I froze and I had this weird feeling, and I was like what the hell, now I know I didn't meet her in real life on a bus and did in the dream but the girl alone is freaky. Please explain.

martinizing2 · Mar 24, 2011, 12:35 AM

I am not going to refute if dreams have meaning or can be predictive.

The facts are that the human brain is capable of making up memories.
It is a possibility that the girl you dreamed of is similar in appearance to the girl you met and your brain "pinned" her face , body, and whatever onto the girl you met.

That is one possible explanation ........of many.

dave85333 · Mar 25, 2011, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by martinizing2

I am not going to refute if dreams have meaning or can be predictive.

The facts are that the human brain is capable of making up memories.
It is a possibility that the girl you dreamed of is similar in appearance to the girl you met and your brain "pinned" her face , body, and whatever onto the girl you met.

That is one possible explanation ........of many.

It was the exact same girl cos id never met any one who looked like her before. Not in anyway, and I've dreamt things and theyve happened the exact same way I've dreamt them

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