Why We Dream About Past Loves
The New York Times
And what the dreams can teach us about our own yearnings, then and now.
If you’ve slept, perchance you have dreamed about an ex and woken up wondering, “What was that all about?”
The good news for chronic analyzers: An intense dream about a person you cared about months or even decades ago doesn’t mean you’re secretly pining for them. Deirdre Barrett, a dream researcher at Harvard University and the author of “Pandemic Dreams” and “The Committee of Sleep,” who has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, said that a number of factors can spark a dream about an ex-partner.
“Triggers can include an anniversary of a death or a breakup or a divorce decree,” she said. “But dreams can also be a reaction to how we feel about our present relationships.”
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