People dreams
People in dreams are usually functions before they are people. A mother carries nurture and judgment; a stranger carries a trait you don't allow yourself. The exception is grief, where the dream stops being symbolic and simply gives you the person.
Ex-Partners
Not about them. Almost always about the version of you that existed then.
🫥Being Cheated On
One of the most distressing dreams, and one of the least literal.
👩Mothers
Care, obligation, and the voice that installed your standards.
👨Fathers
Authority, approval, and what you're still trying to earn.
👵Grandmothers
Unconditional warmth — or the family's oldest stories.
🧒Children
Vulnerability, potential, or the version of you that still needs things.
👤Strangers
Usually a part of you wearing someone else's face.
👥Crowds
The social field, and whether you're in it or watching it.
👯Twins
The self that took the other path.
🧑💼Bosses
Power, and how much of it you've handed over.
🕯️Relatives Who Have Died
Among the most common and least frightening dreams reported.
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