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

I still have dreams about my ex, too, on occasion. When you love someone and they were such an important and significant part of your life, your brain will continue to process thoughts of them even as time goes on. The same way something will remind you of them during the day, sometimes good, sometimes bad, you will find the same things happens in your dreams. It is good to acknowledge those dreams, thoughts, feelings, and emotions. You could talk to a trust friend about them or journal about them. If they are bothering you, reach out to a therapist. Once we love someone they will always be in our hearts, but you can and will learn to thrive as you move forward. Best wishes!

What I've learned about dream interpretation from my own experience, meditation and (internet) research is that they can be useful but it's important not to look into them too literally. This might be especially comforting if your actions within dreams don't seem appropriate for the subjects of them. What I do think you can examine is the 'feelings' of dreams. I've had dreams where I'm overly affectionate or aggressive towards certain people that I would never confront in that manner while I'm awake but it was an extrapolated gauge of how I felt towards them. For example if I'm started to get to know someone really well in waking life I may have dreams about kissing or sleeping with them while feeling wildly in love even if our real relationship is purely platonic. In the same way if you've made peace with a relationship that has foregone or you're trying to mend one that is broken then I would not be surprised if you had very affectionate or physical dreams about someone whether an ex friend or ex lover. Hopefully this is useful and not too cryptic haha but dreams are a little cryptic. Hope you find peace with this.

I believe that having dreams about an ex can have several different meanings, but there is definitely no set meaning to a dream about an ex. As exes are a big part of our lives, it makes complete sense to have dreams about them, whether they are good or bad. I think the important thing to consider is how the dream makes you feel. It can be overwhelming to have these types of dreams, as I still have dreams about people I dated years ago and wake up confused. I try to interpret my relationship with that person now, rather than dwell on what a dream may mean!

Dreaming is our subconscious' way of surfacing our deeper thoughts and feelings. But other times, they can just be an accumulation of different ideas strung together. They could mean something, they could mean nothing so relevant, but they're there. I think what matters it allows your mind to explore these things, so we can place our feelings and thoughts about something better. You know how after a really vivid dream, you have a better sense of where you stand on something, or you realize how important something is to you? And then other times, the dream is a weird comic book story. On a different perspective altogether, I think we never really stop loving someone. Knowing that, it doesn't mean we have to get back to them, but it's important to acknowledge that they came into your life for a reason. Or make you entered their lives for a reason. They become part of who we are, and we can't just shake that off. Our minds know that, I think, and so it expresses these overflows through dreams.