What does it mean when a deceased person appears in your dreams?
Signs of a Visitation Dream
But how can you distinguish a visitation dream from a simple dream? Psychologist Jennifer E. Shorter has identified four key elements:
The person appears healthy, sometimes younger or more radiant.
Often, they reassure us by saying they’re “fine” or “at peace.”
The message is perceived as telepathic, without necessarily using words.
The atmosphere of the dream is peaceful, orderly, at times almost luminous.
What if it were a message of indescribable love?
Although these dreams don’t demonstrate anything supernatural, they demonstrate something essential: our deep attachment. Seeing a deceased loved one in a dream can be a healing mechanism, a way for our unconscious to rewrite the bond, to close an unresolved conversation.
And perhaps, who knows, these dreams are also the reflection of a discreet presence, always there, somewhere, watching over us like an invisible breath.
Sometimes dreams are more than just a nighttime scenario. They are a precious link between our heart and the people we have loved.