Should I contact someone based on a dream??

[nostawk]

Hi, I am a new member and am looking for advice or anyone who can relate to my story because I am unsure what to do. I had a dream where I was driving around my deceased grandmothers neighborhood with my mother and a girl named Kelly I went to high school with. We were driving in my aunts car. (also a motherly figure towards me) It was just after an intense thunderstorm and the sun was low in the sky. It was lighting up the edges of the clouds. They were golden tinged with light and all around we saw golden tinged rainbows. We then stopped at a bathroom in the current town I live in. Then I was sitting next to Kelly in church near the back of the room and her ex-boyfriend and his friend nervously looked around while we sat happily together. It was an extremely intense dream and I awoke in the middle of the night too amazed to sleep for some time. I have never had a dream like it before. I have always had feelings for Kelly but we were both quiet introspective people and never spoke in the past. I recently broke up with my girlfriend and surprisingly she broke up with her boyfriend at the same time. I want to contact her but I am somewhat unsure of how to go about it and I am afraid of what will happen. thoughts??

[Cacophony]

I think that sometimes it's really good to just follow your intuition. I think that sometimes our subconscious is trying to communicate with us on a very deep level. I say contact her, tell her about the dream. You could give her a call, write her a letter, etc. Hope it goes well! Feel free to pm me as well if you need any additional advice!

[nostawk]

Thank you. We have been known each other for a long time and share many interests. I am just not sure how it will come off to randomly contact her and be like, hey I had this epic dream about you.. I will just be honest and see what happens. I'm going to wait till tomorrow. Wish me well.

[Cacophony]

I think that's a great idea. I wish you the best of luck! One thing I've found is that usually when I tell people they were in my dream they are flattered and want to hear all about it.

[daeryk]

No, you shouldn't. This Kelly girl is just a symbol for an aspect of your own personality. She represents in you whatever stands out most about her.

[Cacophony]

I think it's perfectly acceptable to contact someone whom you've dreamed about. This happens to me quite frequently. I'll have a dream about someone who I haven't spoken to in a long time and call them up, ask how they've been and casually mention that I had a dream about them. They're usually excited and interested and want to know all about it. Actually, I've rekindled some old friendships this way. I don't think it's a bad idea. Obviously nostawk felt inclined to contact her otherwise they would not have posed the question on these forums. I think that a part of them probably feels they should. I say that they should go for it, and hope it turns out for the best.

[Cacophony]

I think it's perfectly acceptable to contact someone whom you've dreamed about. This happens to me quite frequently. I'll have a dream about someone who I haven't spoken to in a long time and call them up, ask how they've been and casually mention that I had a dream about them. They're usually excited and interested and want to know all about it. Actually, I've rekindled some old friendships this way. I don't think it's a bad idea. Obviously nostawk felt inclined to contact her otherwise they would not have posed the question on these forums. I think that a part of them probably feels they should. I say that they should go for it, and hope it turns out for the best.

[nostawk]

No, you shouldn't. This Kelly girl is just a symbol for an aspect of your own personality. She represents in you whatever stands out most about her. I think your right but symbols do have meaning and a Jungian could argue it comes from our collective unconscious. Maybe I won't contact her though, I dunno.

[dream2710]

your brains stores memory when you dream your brain looks at what memory to keep or trash i am guessing you might think about your aunt a lot and want to be in contact maybe?

[Oathkeeper]

I'd like to hear a little more about the dynamics of this relationship as it is right now. The way you imply "Contact her" leads me to believe you don't talk very often with each other. Together with you "are introspective and never spoke" but you've known each other for years gives me the impression you two are acquaintances but not friends? If you're not friends, I'd say contact her, but whether or not you tell her about the dream is up to you. The important thing here is to remember you want to be closer to her and anything you do to build up from an acquaintance is exactly that...even if the end result is simply a friendship. It's up to the two of you but I believe the best way to experience, or if you're lucky, appreciate something is to know that just because you're not where you want to be right now doesn't mean there's not something to gain or learn from. Growing as a person and developing or improving a friendship in the process is a good day in my book. Anyway, I hope I've helped in some way...I think you know when the time is right to tell her about this dream, even if it doesn't turn out to be right now.

[nostawk]

We are more acquaintances. We went to grade school and to the same college. I haven't talked to her in probably 4 years and even then it was only because we were around mutual friends. My aunt isn't really an important part of the dream. She is a somewhat motherly figure who gave me her old car and I drove it for a while. So naturally I drove it in the dream. Thanks for the replies. I'm just going to trust intuition and see how that works.

[Robot_Butler]

I think it is always a good idea to keep in touch with friends, even if you haven't talked in a while. It always makes my day when someone calls me out of the blue. Just don't be creepy about it, or expect to instantly be in love. Dreams can be very emotional. Real life is much more boring and practical.

[Oathkeeper]

Okay, as you can see by my status I'm a lurker, but I'll be around so post again if something else comes up.

[nostawk]

I sent her a message via Facebook. and tried to say whats up on AIM. I'll just leave it at that. If she wants to reply cool, if not oh well. I can at least stop thinking about it now. Thanks for all the replies. If anything changes I will post again.