 Photo Courtesy of www.whitegadget.com If you ask a psychologist what they think of dreams their logical and rational opinion will differ from the opinions of a spiritual person. Dreams are incredible insights that bridge the gap of communication between the spirit and the material world. But, there is a noticeable difference between a regular dream and a visitation dream.
What is a visitation dream? A visitation dream is a hyper-intensive dream where a deceased soul or loved one visits you in the dream. People who experience a visitation dream claim the dream’s intensity feels real and can remember vivid details. Some may disregard the dream as nothing special, but those who are open and not fearful of the experience can find answers, closure or insight to that soul or their life. Why do visitations happen in a dream? Visitations occur in our sleeping state because the five senses and ego are at rest. This allows us to tap into our sixth sense and intuition in order to allow for these communications to happen. In the waking state, many people disconnect to their spirit and block receiving intuitive information. Plus, most people who cannot define their relationship with the “Source” would “freak out” and are not open to hearing messages or seeing visuals. Why do these dreams occur? These dreams occur for various reasons and at any time. Visitation dreams occur for several reasons such as: -A loved one recently past. They “show up” in the dream to notify the living being that his or her soul is okay. -A soul needs closure and needs to communicate their feelings to answer or resolve something that happened during their physical life. -A soul visits you to inform you of a problem or clue to living a better life. Often when we are lost in life the spirit world shows up to direct us to the “right” path. Or the soul is there to provide comfort and love during a rough time to assure you that everything will be okay. -A soul may visit just to visit. If they’ve been on your mind a soul may pop up to show their presence or strengthen your memories of them. This also occurs for those who are grieving. The soul wants you to know that they are okay. What do I do after the dream? Depending on your level of comfort, it is important to write down the dream. This is beneficial when looking back at your spiritual growth. The second is to analyze the dream. Were there key insights or assurances to questions you’ve had? Can your mind rest knowing that your loved one is okay? Humans are complex beings and our layers of emotions get jumbled with the ego. Being open to visitations during the sleeping state progresses you to having signs and signals from past loved one during the waking state. Some souls visit to show you that there is life after death where others return as a spirit guide. The answer is within you and your intuition. Only you can interpret the meaning of the dream and their presence. If you’d like to share your visitation dream, please do so in the comment box. Click here to read about two intense and vivid visitation dreams that I have had about my late uncle.
52 Comments
Lin
9/24/2016 12:18:39 am
A very close friend of mine passed away about 5 months ago. I had the most vivid dream I've ever had where she came to hug me a couple of days after she very suddenly and unexpectedly died, then another vivid dream a few days after the funeral. Again, comforting and reassuring. Then nothing until today where I had such a vivid dream again of her. The last 2 had been in places we always saw each other,and had left me waking feeling peaceful and warm. This one was somewhere I couldn't place - it felt part graveyard, part garden, part playground. I knew I was welcome to come any time with my children although she didn't ever say it. She adored my 2 toddlers. She seemed sad, and when I moved towards her she started crying. When I went to comfort her I was filled with such a feeling of loss and missing someone. I initially thought her father had passed away then as soon as my brain clicked she was the one that had passed, the dream stopped abruptly and left me feeling so sad. Any thoughts on what this meant?
Hi Lin,
Lin
9/28/2016 03:00:09 pm
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. We lived next door to each other, and she had a genetic problem which meant she was in more and more pain and struggling more with mobility as the years went by even though she was only in her 40s. She had been feeling particularly down as she's recently lost 2 extended family members and another had recently been given a terminal diagnosis. So we only usually popped to each others houses or chatted over the fence. Her children are teenagers. I know her parents and part of me worried afterwards that it was a warning that her father needed help. Maybe that's why I felt such a sadness and thought straight away of him. Her and her family are very religious but what if she is stuck. She knew I am much more open minded and accepting of all possibilities rather than a defined path after death. Maybe that's why she came to me instead of her family. I really don't know. I just know it left me feeling shaky and unable to interact properly all morning, the feelings were so intense.
Charles Johnson
5/21/2018 10:55:56 pm
What made me look into dream visitations is last night I had a dream .in this dream it was me my brother and my cousin we was walking towards a restroom. and I seen my sister which passed away around 10 years ago. when I seen her she looked real good like she was at peace .then I said I sure do love my sister and she looked at me and said back I sure do love my brother then we walked passed each other and we touched each other as we was walking pass each other. I felt her touch I felt it strongly in my heart.then in my dream I told my cousin that I know this is a dream but I just seen my sister. So I knew I was having a dream while I was dreaming. It felt so real and I felt so peaceful. I don't know wat it means but I know it was more then just a dream it had to be just on how everything happened in my dream and how I felt her touch
Elizabeth
9/29/2016 05:19:21 pm
Dreams can certainly be tough to analyze, but it sounds like you have some good insights as to why she reached out to you. These type of dreams can certainly stir our inner worlds and don't be afraid to reach out to the family even if its just to say hello. :)
PJ
8/1/2017 04:24:41 pm
My mother in law lost her husband October 20, 2017. She is unable to live alone which is why I am not living with her for the moment. She worries about her daughter who did something to her that I will not mention and she is hurt and cannot let it go. Of course, she is having a difficult time coming to accept that her quality of health is diminishing at 82 and want to try and do things she cannot do anymore, as well as wanting me to continue her way or habits of doing things around the house. She is so self absorbed with herself that she cannot see the sacrifices that are being made to her as an example me moving 900 miles away from my family a joint agreement between me and my husband to care for her.
Elizabeth
11/30/2017 06:40:21 pm
Wow, what an experience. It is very hard to say as intuition knows best, but it is possible you felt his presence prior to the dream. Something in the mid section could mean something "visceral" or in the gut. Not sure if that rings a bell? But being full in the midsection metaphorically may be something to ponder about.
Elizabeth
9/24/2018 05:23:50 pm
It def. seems like a vision dream and that your intuition picked up on something in the dream. Dreams fascinate me as I do believe its a mix of logical and spiritual notions. Its hard to say for sure, as these things can't be predictive but what your mother in law experienced is something authentic in terms of it being an experience. 1/15/2018 07:45:55 am
One danger of lucid dreaming is the possibility of lucid nightmares and false awakenings. I describe my own terrifying history of bad lucid experiences, and I explain why they happen.
Edel
2/12/2018 12:41:53 pm
I had the most real dream of my uncle whom passed away 2 years ago it was so so real. he met with my mum first, who was very close to him, and I was waving out the window saying I missed him, he said he knew that to me then my mum came back in and I said can I go out and I went out to him he came over to me and gave me a big hug and I swear I could feel it, I asked him was he ok and he said he was happy but he wasn't happy he came to me with funny eyes they were sticking out, I said you look fine, he had pasty skin, then I asked him what its like up there and he said it's fine and I said is there lots of people and said there is rivers of people, I asked him did he see his wife when he got up there and he said he did. He said that it was funny a policeman arrived in last night and you should have seen the cut of him and he was laughing.. I said to him when I go hopefully when I'm old will I be able to find you and he said if you want to, then he said He had another 20 years left and started laughing I said you were 81! Then his wife came briefly she looked beautiful and I got upset and she said not to be upset.. Then I woke up I got a fright. I cannot stop thinking about it all day and what it meant. I woke but felt so peaceful even though I was scared. Any advise?
Elizabeth
2/21/2018 09:20:33 am
WOW What an amazing dream and experience. I could be wrong as Im going on my intuition, but maybe this experience was "closing" some ends to your relationship like just being able to meet and see that he is okay assured the conclusion chapter of your relationship or soul connection could tie to an end.
Lisa
3/22/2018 06:37:03 pm
Yeasterday I was very upset about a friend of my family’s passing he passed about 8 months ago he was 16. So I was very upset yesterday I had taken a nap at 5pm and woke up at 7 then went to my and ended up going to bed again I know dream visitation is supposed to be remembered and clear but mine wasn’t completely but I remember the part I was supposed to. We were in my room and he was sitting on my couch looking into my eyes smiling he looked younger and healthier and he had shot him self so I knew he looked better because there was no mark. He had severe depression but he seemed happy. We had a conversation that I couldn’t hear I just saw up talking I was in front of him and there were little details in the dream that as I piece together start to create a story and maybe he was telling me why he committed suicide anyway i sleep on the side of my bed closest to the wall and there’s a whole other side empty. I woke up with a feeling that somebody was watching me I sat up and looked at my couch and nobody was there I didn’t write it down in time. I can’t get his imagine out of my head. I wasn’t sure it was a visitation dream. But the fact that I felt somebody there was odd and I think he came and sat on my couch and talked to me through image like he wanted me to see what happened. It’s a very odd thought but he was a smart and loving and talented kid i know he would give me something smart. But I’m struggling to know if it was a visit or not I hope it was I remember he was wearing a white shirt he loves white shirts. Can you help me out?
Elizabeth
4/6/2018 10:23:51 am
Wow, what an experience and in this situation I think you need to follow your intuition or feelings on this. His spirit or presence very well could have been with you that evening and sometimes suicide people don't ascend to the higher dimensions so maybe he's resolving some stuff w/ loved ones on the earth plane still?
Louisa
4/6/2018 12:15:26 am
I have had visitation dreams of people who have past but my regular visitor is very much alive. It is a visitation dream 100% can tell the difference. My question is do they know they are doing it? Thank you for reading and commenting. I do think it is possible for two souls to meet in the ethers. I am not an expert in this area but know it is possible and the other person may not be aware their soul is doing it. Sometimes our souls do things in the dream state to help "wake" us up but most people don't remember once in their waking state.
Dana
4/10/2018 06:51:58 pm
Hi
elizabeth kovar
4/11/2018 08:14:22 am
This is so powerful and exciting to hear as it "confirms" spiritual notions can be true. I think its a Native American belief that a deceased spirit can enter an animal. When my uncle passed, he loved hawks, my dad said a hawk sat in a tree looking into our kitchen window for at least a week. Whenever we'd hike we'd see a hawk fly overhead and say, "There's uncle Marty!"
Janice
4/25/2018 10:01:35 am
My husband passed away several years ago. We had the grandkids for the weekend and he left going to the store for some things and never returned. He collapsed in the parking lot. When we arrived at the hospital we we're placed in a room near the chapel and then told he did not survive. There were several incidents that followed after his death. My daughter had dreams of him telling her what songs he wanted at his funeral. He continued to visit her for several days. My grandson have a message pop up on his tv that said hi I love you Will. Scared him so bad. On my trip to the funeral home to bring his clothes to them a car would not let me pass. If I changed lanes it would also then slow down every time. After being frustrated with the car I decided to call the cops, so I look at the tag to get the tag number and break down in tears. The tag had Winn-Dixie as the tag number that was the parking lot where he collapsed. I stop and pull over to collect myself then notice the car was nowhere in sight. I get home and not sleeping very well I hear a loud sound like a faucet dripping. So I go in the bathroom and check everything there is no drip. I lie lack down and it gets louder so I turn the light on. There is a click on his dresser that was used for decoration only. No batteries were ever placed in it. The clock is tickinn very loud. I get up and leave the bedroom when my granddaughter comes home I ask her if she out batteries in the clock she said no she had not even been in my room. So I tell her about the click. She goes in the room to see and the clock is running backwards. She decides to record it, so we leave the room and later that night I go to bed and the clock is running the correct way again. The next morning I decide to check the clock and I open it to find no batteries inside and it is still running. During his service my grandson was reading a poem and kept noticing something out the side of his eye and it kept getting his attention, then my granddaughter did the eulogy and had the same happen to her. I decide to downsize and move to an apartment, one day while folding clothes my granddaughter that is 3 starts talking to the clock. She kept telling the clock she was being good and saying yes papa. I smell him off and on all the time and so do others that were close to him. He had never come to me in a dream before if he has I don't remember it. But I woke up this morning with him telling me that he was so far away he didn't think he would make it home. But he would see me soon. Can you please help me with all of the meanings to this?
Shannon
5/16/2018 01:54:15 am
Late last year I had a dream about a friend and I having a bbq on a beach. (We were very close but he had moved away and we hadn't spoken for almost 2 years). He was saying something to me but I couldn't remember what he'd said when I woke up. I felt strange about it and it confused me throughout the day. The whole day just felt strange but in a really calm or peaceful way. The following day I found out he had died the day before I had the dream. I wish I'd remembered what he had said. Is this a common kind of dream to have? Before you know they have passed?
Charles Johnson
5/21/2018 11:06:55 pm
I had a dream last night in this dream I was with my cousin and my brother. We was walking towards the restroom .then I seen my sister she passed away about 10 years and she looked real good like she was at peace.then I said I sure do love my sister and she looked at me and said back I sure do love my brother. Then we walked passed each other and we touched each other as we walked passed each other . It felt so real I felt her touch and I had such a peaceful feeling in my heart. Then I told my cousin that I know that this is a dream but I just seen my sister I told him this in my dream. So I knew that I was dreaming while I was dreaming And wen I woke up I knew this wasn't a regular dream. So that's why I looked up dream visitations and now I know that that had to be a dream visitation
Elizabeth
9/24/2018 05:17:01 pm
Yes what you experienced is a visitation.
KC
7/22/2018 09:27:12 am
My mother passed away this April after a decade-long battle with dementia. The past few years were especially difficult as she lost the ability to speak, to recognize loved ones, and finally, the ability to walk.
Elizabeth
9/24/2018 05:31:38 pm
This def. is quit an experience. My mom and I had to unplug my grandmother and that was horrifying as the body fought so hard to stay alive.
Tammy
7/30/2018 08:52:44 pm
Hi
Elizabeth
9/24/2018 05:39:23 pm
This is a tough one to investigate. I do think children are more intuitive, open and receptive and maybe he was reaching out to her as children have a way of being that adults do not have.
Tammy
5/27/2019 09:27:03 pm
I just wanted to update where things are at.
Elizabeth
9/24/2018 05:35:40 pm
Wow what an experience. I wonder if there is a deep soul bond or lessons / karma you too experienced. I know some of these "karmic" lessons include a deep and fond love but somehow life doesn't make it work - drugs, cheating, abuse etc. Its like a beautiful love that is not realistic.
Jocelyn DeVault
9/17/2018 02:04:06 pm
A friend of mine had a sudden, unexpected passing last May. I hadn't had any dreams about him until two nights ago when he "visited" me. I dreamt he called me on what seemed like a phone (the way I interpreted it, it could have been telepathic but I heard his voice clearly). After what I think was a hello, I said "You're dead." He then very clearly said in a resigned but sort of surprised voice "I'm dead...I died." He started talking in the rambling voice I remembered during his life, but the sudden realization that I was talking to a dead person overwhelmed me and the dream ended. I felt like he seemed at peace and I wasn't afraid of him. When I woke up in the morning the visitation instantly and clearly popped into my head. I could tell I had had other dreams but they were foggy and I couldn't remember the details at all. I can still picture his voice and the way he sounded so vividly it was like he was alive. I only wish my shock hadn't taken over so I could have heard what he had to say.
Elizabeth
9/24/2018 05:20:35 pm
Thank you for sharing this. I do find it amazing how vivd these dreams stick in our brains.
Andrew
9/22/2018 05:20:19 pm
Hello! I am almost 100% certain I had a visitation dream last night.
Elizabeth
9/24/2018 05:18:35 pm
Ive been seeing those numbers too! I would say your intuition and your "contract" w/ your brother is right. If he said he would mess w/ you and you feel like he is, then well, he is.
Natasha
10/2/2018 08:39:09 am
I had a visitation dream when I was 12 (am now 18). A close family friend had passed from years of declining ill health & i remember all of my family crying but I did not.
Elizabeth
5/27/2019 09:28:44 am
This is interesting. First the transition from something misty to something more "pure" in the sense of light and white is fascinating and the stairs in general seem like you understand from your intuition that it could be the stairway to heaven, which you probably could not enter. But I do think what you experience is legit in the sense of the interaction and him seeing the brother.
AP
12/6/2018 03:17:07 pm
I have dreams of people that have died and I’ve never seen them before, I know their names and how they died. They often chase me and I run away, they make me jump - lights will go out and when they come in they’re stood in front of my face, look into a mirror and they’re staring back at me etc. what does this mean and why are they trying to contact me?
Elizabeth
5/27/2019 09:22:04 am
I am not sure exactly why they are doing this, but it would be good to note whether these spirits come from the light or the dark. You don't want it to be like an eclipse where they are feeding off your light. A healer may be able to give more insight.
Steph
4/11/2019 06:13:54 pm
My husband recently passed away suddenly. My daughter and I both had a very similar dream were when we woke we knew we had felt him. We awoke to a feeling of warmth and comfort. In my dream he was dressed in his favourites and was standing outside our back door, I swung the door open and we embraced. We then strolled through the home, I was leaning into him. Although he didn’t physically speak in the dream we had a conversation that left me feeling at peace. The day he passed I came home and found him, it was a very traumatic experience. I continuously visualized that moment. After the dream occurred every time my mind would wonder to that thought I was unable to visualize. Then I had another dream. I was visiting him. We were cozied in on OUR couch but it was his home? I felt he was taking it easy, resting maybe? The entire house was all windows, floor to ceiling; with a beautiful scenery outside the windows. Beautiful is an understatement. It was vibrant, alive almost. There was water and trees. For some reason I can remember this perfectly but don’t recall looking out the windows in the dream. The home felt comforting and bright. I got the feeling that he lived there alone. I was cozied into his legs, We talked of his funeral, his friends, our children and then I got the sense that I had to go and woke up. This dream was soooooo Vivid. Although in the dream I did not explore the house it’s as though I know what it looks like inside. Again I woke feeling as though I had been with him. Warm comforting and calm.
Elizabeth
5/27/2019 09:25:40 am
Hi, thank you for sharing and these are powerful indeed. It sounds like the experience was warm and healing in general, esp. if you found him deceased in real life. Windows are well windows and they bring in the light and things can grow in a greenhouse per say, so maybe there is some symbolism there where that experience or the love grew for those momentary experiences in the spirit world. I know when I had dreams of my uncle I was in a place I've never been before. I think that is normal as dream states in my opinion or a mix of spirit + logic.
Ling
6/3/2019 08:02:47 am
It was the first time after my dad’s passing, 4 months ago, that I have a vivid dream about my father.
Antoni
11/9/2019 06:17:33 pm
My moms friend whom I was very close with passed away. He was very depressed due to a condition that began with him teeth. Rest his soul, he hung himself. Shortly after that, I started a relationship with a man who I fell quickly in love with. I have had 10-20 dreams of the man who passed, and every dream included the man I had been seeing. The last dream I had, he said goodbye to us and said he loved us. I never had a dream again. To me, for him to have seemed so fond of this man I had been dating made no sense. They had never met, and the man as great as he was, was not ready for commitment. 1 year later, I’m not longer with the guy. I’m having a hard time understanding why all those dreams took place. Why would he give me false hope? I’m now with someone else, who has given me everything I had ever hoped for from the last guy. I’m afraid to move forward with him in fear my destiny is tied to the last guy. Help!
Kimberly
1/18/2020 02:16:08 pm
My friend who I loved deeply died 13 yrs ago in a motorcycle accident. We were close as kids and had kissy kissy crushes on each other. I always thought one day we wound end up really dating but then lost contact and eventually i met my husband. Also, My brother died in a motorcycle accident 34 yrs ago. I had ankle reconstruction surgery 3 yrs ago & could not take pain meds due to allergic reaction, so only tylenol. The first night I attempted to sleep in my bed with my husband is when I had this visitation dream. I was in lots of pain , a bootcast & leg propped up. During the night i remember sitting up & my friend appeared before me as if it were so real. I was startled and happy and freaked out saying I thought u died. He leaned in and hugged me. Then I woke up ,it was dark, i sat up and was like what the hell was that. It was so real I actually thought someone had to be in the house I was pleasantly freaked out. I layed in bed feeling so good but freaked. As soon as I woke up in the morning I immediately started researching it. I never felt something so real in my life. It sticks with me as if it happened yesterday. I did not know what to make of it. Why would he come see me, it had been so long since we had seen each other. At his funeral looking at him in the casket I thought why why why...we never got the chance to reconnect. I was so heart broken. Maybe he came to me cuz I needed that comfort and to make me feel like I was going to be ok.. I dont know but I think about it all the time .
Ken
1/21/2023 02:22:50 pm
Kimberly, I had a similar experience. I also had the “Kissy Kissy” Young crush friendship when we were early teens. We parted ways and I never saw her again for decades. In 2014, I got the news that she had died at age 48. I didn’t think much of it because it had been so long since I saw her. 7 years later in July 2021, I saw her in a dream which was mind-blowing because it was so real. I am now convinced that we are soulmates. I believe that God arranges soulmate connections when we are young, and most of us blow it. When I saw her in the dream, the eye-contact was beyond anything possible in this life. It was like we were gazing into each other’s souls.
Mila
5/10/2020 10:13:04 pm
There is an experience recently that I have not been able to shake. Funny enough, it is not my own. It is my grandmother’s. My father passed away when I was six years old. I am now approaching 30. A week or two ago she shared with my mother and I that my dad had visited her. (She is very connected with her spiritual self and has experienced this many times.) He asked her about my mother, myself, and my two siblings. How our lives were, and how we were doing. Before he left her he asked for a photo of me. I am his eldest child, we had an incredible close bond. She shared the peace and clarity she felt when he was with her. Now, I could not help but wonder, why not I ? What are your thoughts on it? Are there things we do that keep the spirits of loved one at bay?
Bethany
1/23/2021 10:46:43 pm
I lost a good friend a year and a half ago suddenly and very unexpectedly. I dreamt about him a couple weeks ago. In my dream, we didnt talk or touch each other. He smiled at me and I felt an incredible peace.
Elizabeth
2/12/2021 01:01:02 am
My Mother passed away a month ago, her funeral was yesterday, it was snowing in the morning but sun was shining bright at the funeral.
LR
7/3/2021 05:52:03 am
Last night I had a dream, of my mother in law visiting me. It has been approx 2.5 years since she passed, we were very close and I miss her dearly. All this time I've been waiting to see her, for a sign, something. Since her passing continuously see the numbers 1111, bit last night I finally saw her! I was in a house I didn't recognize, with a man I didn't know.
M Russell
4/6/2022 04:12:06 am
I’ve had several very vivid dreams about my grandmother and father after they past. The first one I had about my grandmother was one where I am going about my day and see her sitting on a bench. I’m so happy to see her and often in my dream it’s not clear if I know they have actually passed. In all dreams, they never speak to me directly but I know what they are communicating (she told me that she was where she wanted to be and ok ). I had another dream about my father who was also with my aunt who passed. I hugged him and he conveyed how much he loved me. That dream and another I had were different in that I felt very strong and powerful changes in my body. It was a feeling I’ve never experienced and it was like our souls connected. After I woke up my body and mind felt different. I’m still trying to make sense of it.
Patricia
6/28/2023 09:29:13 pm
A friend of mine passed on 5/25/23. He was one of my best friends growing up. We shared a lot and always had meaningful, deep conversation. I loved him with my whole heart and wanted only the best for him. But due to unfortunate circumstances, I was unable to remain his friend. We lost contact and it broke my heart. I missed him. I still miss him. Exactly one month, to the date, after his passing, I believe I had a visitation dream from him.
Patricia
6/28/2023 09:37:44 pm
She spoke about him being in a place of perfection and that he understands and knows all things. That he knows why I made the decisions I made and that he's not angry with me. And that he has nothing but love for me.
Ken
6/29/2023 06:28:40 am
Wow, Patricia, there are many similarities to my visitation experience with my first girlfriend. Because of it, I'm now convinced that we were, and will always be soulmates. (Some might say, "Twin Flame", perhaps.)
Angel Castor
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