Thread: Seeing people you've never met before in dreams?

I had a dream last night that really confused me and made me think alittle..im a senior in highschool now but In my dream I was older.. but not by much...probably just going to college. I was in a hotel room with this other girl. She was gorgeous with long blonde hair. I remember specifically that she was younger than me, but not by much. She swore to me that she wasn't "like that" (meaning she wasnt a lesbian) when I tried flirting with her. I don't know why we were together in a hotel room or why I was even there at all! But during my dream Im pretty sure I knee exactly why I was there and who she was... it probably wasn't an important detail and that's why I forgot.. but anyways it started storming and I'm not sure why the storm was so scary for me, in waking life Iove storms, but in the dream it frightened me.. but then the girl grabbed my hands and held me and promised that she'd keep me safe... the emotions I felt for her were so strong.. I felt nothing but love for her in that moment in my dream, then I remember myself saying to her "are you sure you aren't like that?" Ans she only smiled and held me even closer.. then I woke up. And now looking back on my dream I'm wondering how I can have such strong feelings for someone I've never even met.. does she exist? Is this dream something that's going to happen? Am I going to meet her in my near future? I feel such a connection with this girl in my dream its crazy.. I feel like I know her, but I've never met her.. and now I miss her and hope she's in my dream again!! This is the weirdest feeling I've ever had..

I'm new here, so sorry if I do something wrong, but I've been having these dreams about the exact same boy. The first two I cannot remember, but the one I had the night before last, I could genuinely see his features. He has jet black hair. Bangs straight across. And his hair is sort of long at the back. Not like a mullet, but it's longish. His nose is so cute. Really small, but not too small. And he has chocolate brown eyes. That dream the other night we were in the class I was in for eighth grade. He kept giving me jelly beans. Then we were at this town that I will not name. I picked him over my (so-called) boyfriend. And then I woke up.

The one I had last night was nothing to it. I was just in my biology class when I was going to public school, and the boy was sitting in the middle of the classroom. And he kept staring and smiling at me. That's all I can remember of that one.

What's the possibility that I'll meet this boy? Because I have the biggest feeling that he exists.

I once dreamed I met an elder man who was in his 60s at least. He was shorter than me and was balding and had white hair and I think was a bit fatter than I am, Overall. I was angry at him for honking a car horn while pulling out of a driveway so I walked over to the car he was driving in a rage and punched the car windshield, Damaging it. After that he said "This isn't my car" and I eventually said I'd have to pay for the windshield and I introduced myself and he said his name was Harry Banks.

Also, While web searching "Harry Banks Station Wagon" (He drove a 60s or 70s Wagon in the dream) I found this image which resembles the car I saw in the dream, Minus the alteration to the front left section:

http://artblart.files.wordpress.com/...pg?w=655&h=491

That seems like the same model of car in the photo, Too.

And on another subject, I once had a dream prior to attending Church one day and some of the things in the dream I believe tied in with the day.

I had another dream in which I saw people I didn't recognize, At least off the top of my head. There were many people in this one - Children and adults and younger teenagers. One of them talked to me but I didn't ask her what her name is.

I've heard the same thing about how everyone you see in your dreams, you've seen at some point in real life, even if it was just for an instant. I often see people in dreams that I don't recall knowing in my waking life, or I'll hang out with people I know but whom I've barely ever spoken to. The weird thing is that in the dream, I'll feel as if I know these people, even if I don't know what their names are or anything.

Originally Posted by Pegasis

I have dreams about seeing people that I never met, and sometimes when I am going to sleep I would see faces that I never saw before.

I do the same thing. have had a boyfriend in my dreams who I have never seen in my waking life. I have visited a family who I know well in my dream and have never met them in this life. Its a strange thing. I never can decipher the meaning.

I've also met strangers in my dreams, but I've never met any of them in RL before.

I've had it happen to me once before (so far). I saw this kid I didn't know in a dream and the next week I saw them in real life. I didn't ever meet them though but it sure scared the hell out of me.

Most of my dreams are populated by people I've never met before. I'm not sure I buy that every person you see in your dreams is someone you've seen IRL--I suspect that your mind creates a montage of faces for you in dreams. Just my opinion, I've read that elsewhere and it does make sense.

But yeah, I seldom dream of people I know outside of my parents--usually my DC are people I don't recognize.

~SilverWolf~

This is reasonably common in my dreams, concidering I do not have many friends irl at all, my mind has been known to 'create' some at times that have visited my house and i've hanged out with and stuff in my dreams.

Sometimes the friends haven't shown much personality, though. Then again, I have little irl friendship expirience outside of my childhood friends (for the current moment) so it may be my mind doesn't quite know how to 'create' a personality for them....


Its tough, being an aspie, being homeschooled all your life, not being in collage/having a job yet, and, seeming to only know how to socialize over the world wide web lol

Has anyone seen 'The Truman Show'? I had a dream exactly like that, I didn't appear in the dream, I was just the 'observer' seeing a lot of people I don't even know.

I've read on lots of different "fact" sites that the brain cannot invent faces and just pulls random faces you've seen fleetingly over the course of your life to use in your dream. Like a love interest in your dream could be a face you saw when you were ten at a grocery store with your mom.

However, the sites never actually link to any sources or studies done, so it all seems to be just hearsay. I'd love to see some actual studies done on the subject.

One person i dreamt about that i didn't 'know' in person was called....Sarah. She was a blond girl and actually looked a lot like this new friend i made in real life resently, actually! o-o;

Anyways, the whole dream was kinda interesting, I think it linked to one I had about pokemon the first movie and talking to a bunch of dreamers.....Also I told my mom about this person and then I learned from her about Saint Sarah, and maybe she went into a dream of mine and toke form as a girl with short blond hair o.O; (who looked NOTHING like how saint sarah is really ment to look lol)


I also used to see this little dark skinned girl who's favorite color was red in my dreams sometimes too. I still wonder if this one stop watch lady was her adult self.....my mom thinks she might be a spirit guide of mine as she said she's 'felt' her presence in the upstairs room with her one night a few years ago.

Its interesting.

You know, it's really weird because (textbook) psychology today will say that you can only dream about people you've seen - which means that yes, you would dream about people you know, but would also include all the random faces you see on a daily basis. I'm not sure what I feel about that - I mean, one theory for how dreams happen is that it's random electric activity when asleep XD so I wouldn't put too much stock into it. But I figure, if my brain can do such incredible things in dreams as we talk about here, and even waking I can imagine a face I've never known before, why can't our brains come up with people we don't know? I mean, heck, I come from a sadly undiverse town with lots of white people and not many black/asian/etc. people and even as a young child I had recurring dreams with a friend group of all different colors. Like a lot of people here, it's rare for me to meet people I DO know in my dreams

Originally Posted by Sierrala

You know, it's really weird because (textbook) psychology today will say that you can only dream about people you've seen - which means that yes, you would dream about people you know, but would also include all the random faces you see on a daily basis. I'm not sure what I feel about that - I mean, one theory for how dreams happen is that it's random electric activity when asleep XD so I wouldn't put too much stock into it. But I figure, if my brain can do such incredible things in dreams as we talk about here, and even waking I can imagine a face I've never known before, why can't our brains come up with people we don't know? I mean, heck, I come from a sadly undiverse town with lots of white people and not many black/asian/etc. people and even as a young child I had recurring dreams with a friend group of all different colors. Like a lot of people here, it's rare for me to meet people I DO know in my dreams

I'm starting to think that it's ridiculous to say "You only dream of people who you know or have seen in waking life"; I've met people in waking life that I never met before a given moment (And haven't most of us!), Why would I not be able to meet people in dreams who I've never even seen photographs of? It makes no sense. Try telling a man blind from birth what color is like and see how much he will express that he understands.

I’m new here, and created a profile just to post this since I think this is the right place for it.

I had a dream recently that was quite strong and also about someone I don’t know or have met (that I know of).

It was a girl I was dreaming about, and the dream has actually effected me.

I don’t remember so much about how she looked. Of course, she was attractive, which was the main reason why I went to talk to her in the dream. However, what I remember really strong is the personality and the chemistry between us. It was this funny, safe and mature challenging way between us, and basically I fell in love with this person. It was not a sexual dream, but more of a dream of love, basically. When I woke up, I had butterflies in my stomach and I basically felt extremely strong when I thought about this dream.

This is unusual for me, since I basically has not been in love since 2007. I’ve got a lot of friends that kind of want to find the special someone right now, and many of them have succeeded in just that. I however, have not had that and I’ve more focused on my studying and to study abroad, taking another master’s degree.

However, this dream has really made me realize something quite sad, and that is that I had actually forgot how it felt to be in love.

This dream probably shows that there is a longing after this feeling and that I probably want it even though I don’t think about it day to day.
I’ve been very lucky with my genes and with the family I’ve been in. The only thing that was missing was this drive for finding someone out there and someone to share my life with. Today I walked outside in the sun and I started thinking about this made-up person and I caught myself walking with the biggest smile. I then thought to myself; I want to fall in love again; I want to have something that I can call my own family.

Ok so I had a dream like a month ago about this guy I liked, well I thought it was him. So in the dream my friends lead me blind folded to a park near by were theres this gazebo. Well they took off the blind fold off and there strode who I thought was the guy I loved, in a tux, that lives just out of my state and we have never been able to get to together. I walked up to him but his face was all a blur and all I could see was a pare of light blue eyes. He doesn't have blue eyes but I ignored it. I thanked my friends for setting it up and I noticed there was a girl there that I had never seen before. Well I went with him well my friends watched and cuddled with there boy friends near by, well the girl that I didn't know was talking and flirting with my friend Brad. Well the guy and had a small dinner and talked and danced. We sat down and I frowned, he asked me what what was wrong and I said that he was going to leave after this. I looked up at the blur of a face and blue eyes that shouldn't belong, and he laughed what sounded different to what it really sounded like. He then told me that he was going to be with me in the near future and that he would be going to my school. He then gave me a ring and put it on my finger, and he told me when he gave me that ring that I would know it was him. Well like a week ago I started school and during a class I turned around to see the girl that was in my dream, and I mean the EXACT GIRL! We became friends and we had Russian together so we went to class there was a guy in that class that I sat next to that said hi and I said hi back. And it was not until this last Friday when we where flirting and he laugh that I recognized him. He was the guy, the blur of a face that I danced with, from my dream. I started freaking out after class. But for curtain its him!

My NDs seem to invent new people pretty often. xD; Probably because I still don't have a lot of friends irl...yet. But I want them.

Reading this post is interesting because i am working on a new dream journaling system that has a social component. Dream journaling has been around since we were capable of reading and writing, but using a new system hooked into our social fabric it should be possible to meet people who are having the same dream as you are. I suppose it would be less about meeting a specific person about which you are dreaming and more about creating connections based around personas, emotions, images, and events with some commonly recurring component or sensation. Assuming there is some sustained use, it could even be possible to pattern the correspondences between people's dreamspaces and demonstrate to a certain group how similar some deep desire or dream becomes.

I'd say that half of the people in my dreams aren't "real". I dream a lot about people I know, but I also dream a lot about people I don't know.

Oh, and I've never met anyone in real life that I had seen in a dream before.

I've had similar dreams, I actually have dreams I'm which I'm this guys girlfriend (he's always my boyfriend, no one else), but I can never see his face! I know he's tall and had brown hair but for some reason when I want to see his face I can't, either he turn around or I have to look somewhere else..it's frustrating to say the least
He's not only in romantic dreams, but I any random dream..it's like he's deciding where he wants to show up..anyone else ever had this happen to them??

One time, in a lucid dream, I met a guy who was also a lucid dreamer (or so I believed while in the dream). He gave me a small piece of paper with a symbol on it that represented his name. It looked sort of like a stylized sea turtle.
In waking life, I searched the web, but didn't find anything like it.

Now that you mention that I remembered that the guy in my dream gave me a paper with the name "James" on it, dreams are an enigma sometimes. Thanks (:

I have had a similar dream. It used to be that I just saw the guy was taller than me and had dark brown hair. But recently. I have begun to see his face. I am happy with this person- yet have never met them or anyone who looks like them in RL. If it is pre cognative- I wish it would be the right time to meet this person