Reasons why you are dreaming about your ex

Gallery: 30 questions to ask your ex post-breakup (Espresso) Reasons why you're dreaming about your ex: 1. Even when a breakup is a good thing, we have to grieve the loss of the relationship and the person in our life. Our unconscious mind is always trying to work through unresolved issues, whether they're from childhood, previous relationships, or some other trauma we've experienced. In dreams, people, places, and things are often symbolic. A good question to ask yourself: what feelings or memories does the person make you connect with when you analyze the dream? This can provide a roadmap for you to better understand what he or sheis representing. Sometimes we dream about an ex because we don't feel at peace with how things ended. But before you reachto text your ex to get this 'closure', know this: We don’t need to actually speak to an ex in order to get what we need to feel resolved with the end of a relationship. On occasion, there are situations where someone is just very out of touch with their emotional process and are not over their ex (or even want that person back), and it showsup in their dreams. It’s important to look at why the relationship ended, what did not work for both people, and to figure out if itissomething that you really want. Keep in mind that people often idealize a relationship once it is over or feel lonely and desperate to get back with someone that is familiar. But they can provide enough information to help us to process the difficult things we need to work through. Any time you have a dream that you are looking to decipher, ask yourself a few questionsto get to the bottom of what it's really about.