I still have dreams about my ex, sometimes they're good and sometimes they're bad. What does that mean?

Dreams are an interesting thing. I belive that ideas manifest themselves in your dreams. They may not be actual signs of that particular event occurring in your dream, but more signs of something deeper. I often wonder how true this is, though, with the crazy dreams I tend to have. But in my experience, dreams about an ex either means I'm nostalgic and thinking about memories with him. Other times it means there's something in my current relationship that I'm missing that I had in him. Bad dreams about your ex could mean an unclosed chapter. Good dreams could mean you're feeling content with your path.

Dreams are way of processing the things that have been happening in our lives. Sometimes they can be fun and other times they can be nightmares. Journaling about the things that you are dreaming about can be very helpful. It can also help you figure out how you really feel about your ex.

They are just dreams coming from an unconsciousness part of your mind, they don't mean anything at all and have no value because the only reality of life is what you experience in an awakened state.

It means this person was a fixture in your life for a time and just because they now belong in the 'ex' category doesn't mean your subconscious is going to wipe them from your memory banks in the short term! It's also a sign that your break up is still relatively fresh; filling your time and brain with an activity that interests you will soon mean your brain is occupied with other things and those dreams will become few and far between.

ive had this happen before, sometimes theyre secretly still on your mind. once youre with someone for a while, and you break up, its hard to accept the new change. your conscious is still used to having them around.

It means that you're still somewhat emotionally invested. When someone ceases to matter to you completely, they don't feature in your conscious or subconscious thoughts regularly. If it does happen, it's extremely rare. In your case, the emotions you still harbour may be positive or negative (pain, anger, etc) or a mixture of both.

I dream all the time about my ex. I used to believe in dream symbols and hidden meanings, but nowadays I'm of the belief that dreams are just your brain taking bits and pieces from all your past experiences (whether you remember them happening or not) and making up scenarios. I think a common scientific explanation for dreams is that it is your brain trying to "make sense" of things that it found puzzling during your waking hours. Dreaming of your ex is understandable; they presumably were a big part of your life - that won't have gone unnoticed by your brain!

There are many, many theories about "what dreams mean". IMO and observation, dreams are simply about what is up for us. Sometimes they're about what is on our conscious minds, and they may just reflect simple events in our lives. Often they are about what's in our unconscious mind, that is, what is up for us but we don't really want to think about, so we have pushed those thoughts away. But that stuff is still there, just further down (i.e. in the subconscious). So dreaming about an ex just means that person is on our mind, even if we don't realize it. That is exactly as we would expect -- that person was important in our life, even if we have moved on, even if we would like to forget them (or not). So the good and the bad dreams about an ex, they just reflect all of our different feelings about that person.. Some memories are good, some are bad, but these memories are simply there. Reflecting on these dreams is good, it's how we learn what is deeper down in our subconscious mind. There's no big message to be learned IMO, just an understanding that our ex was important in our lives, and important things from the past continue to effect us, which is natural and okay.

I also have dreams like that. And it makes me miss him and our times together. But I think that it only means that your ex became a part of your life

Dreaming about your ex, regardless if it's bad or good dreams about him/her can also reflect on how you feel about him/her. Sometimes, it could be that you think of this person daily which can result in dreaming about them