Someone from your past appearing in a dream. What does it mean?

[E-Squared]

I am sure that all of you have had this happen to you before. When you're asleep, someone who you knew in your past somehow appeared, even those whom you have not seen, talked to or even thought of in years. Just before I got up, I had thought of some girl who I had a class with. Now I didn't really know her that well. We spoke, and we were friendly enough, but I would not say that I was close with her. I saw her a while ago somewhere and I said hello to her, and she remembered me. We were friendly towards each other that day.

 

Now I don't know why she suddenly appeared. I found her on Facebook, but I didn't try messaging her or adding her.

 

Is this a common thing? I never understood this.

[jen1447]

Your brain had a cell stored on her somewhere that got jostled back up to the surface when you saw her. Not much reason to think anymore of it than that.

[CarrieT]

I dream about my past all the time; doesn't mean a thing...

[Davey L]

It quite often happens to me. I think maybe your brain is just kind of tidying up old files, so to speak. It can be strangely disturbing when someone from 20 or 30 years ago just pops up in a vivid dream unexpectedly.

[GoldieLox]

I dream about a few people from my past. It's those I had a close friendship with who subsequently ended up hurting me, and the friendship was broken off. We were very close. I do not think about them often, but I know they're still there somewhere in my subconscious.