Loewnberg previously told Well+Good that cheating dreams (which often occur with an ex) can happen when you're spending an inordinate or increased amount of time with a partner, and crave a novel situation. You crave a change in your current situation "Usually is not so much about your ex, but about what they represent." -Lauri Loewenberg, certified dream analyst 2. " brutally honest with you and try to show you what's going on in your heart and your mind so you can make better decisions while you're awake." But Loewenberg suggests to think less literally: "Usually is not so much about your ex, but about what they represent." Of course, this representation can be a whole plethora of things, so working to analyze each dream, which Loewenberg calls our "second brain" may be trying to tell you is key. A big misconception is that dreaming about your ex signifies you want that person back in your life after all, why else would your subconscious keep visualizing them. They represent something you want (but that something isn't automatically to get back togetherĪccording to Loewenberg, it's best to not read too far into it. ![]() Below, Loewenberg outlines possible reasons as to why you keep dreaming about an ex, and analyzes the meaning of popular dreams during which it happens.Ģ reasons you may keep dreaming about an ex anyway 1. "The context of the dream makes a big difference in what it means," Loewenberg says. But the meaning of any of these dreams to be teased out from them likely doesn't have much to do with your ex, specifically. And in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, plenty of people have noted that they've had dreams wherein they cheat on partner, sometimes with an ex. It can happen whether you're currently in a happy relationship (as I am) or not. "Dreaming about your ex is super common," says Lauri Loewenberg, author and certified dream analyst. So I went straight to a dream expert to answer the all too common question: Why do I keep dreaming about my ex?įirst things first: I'm definitely not alone in this slumber-induced phenomenon. Certain themes and locations recur in my nighttime adventures (I dream about being trapped in a mall, being on airplane that's on the highway, and about going to Disney World all the time), but one of the most common and emotionally confusing situations is when I dream about certain people from my past. ![]() I remember many of my dreams, and they're often quite weird, to say the least.
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