Thread: Dreaming of people you have not met

Has anyone had recurring characters in dreams that you have never met?

There is one specific girl that I will occasionally dream of on a semi-regular basis who I've never crossed paths with. When I wake up, I'm left with an "in-love" sort of feeling that some of you have described in a previous post. The odd thing about these dreams, are that this feeling only comes about with that specific girl. Even though I can't remember any identifying details about her, such as appearance, name, etc. I always know when it occurs, as if my dreaming mind has access to that information, while I do not.

Many people have recurring characters in their dreams that they have never met before. It could be someone you saw somewhere outside but never met or someone your mind just created randomly. If you believe in dream sharing it could be someone real that you haven't met but...I wouldn't know how to tell.Also, maybe the feelings only come with that specific girl because you favor her above the rest. Whether it be just her appearance or her personality and appearance that makes you feel that way about her.

With how many people you see in an average week I'd say it's pretty impossible to say whether you were using the image of someone you saw but didn't consciously remember or inventing an entirely new person. The only way I could see this being possible is for a hermit or a small tribe where you only ever see people you're familiar with, but I'm not sure we have many people in that situation here.

Yeah, I know. XD But I didn't mean figuring it out by just appearance.

Originally Posted by DawnEye11

Yeah, I know. XD Lol But I didn't mean figuring it out by just appearance.

were you referring to me?

No. ^^' haha

You're mind usually doesnt make up faces. Any face, and every single person that you have seen before in your life, can be seen in your dreams. Your dreaming mind remembers these, and they are filed into your brain as Tacit knowledge- stuff you know, but dont know that you know. So, every single person that you've ever seen before in real life, can be seen in your dreams. As for this girl, and being a recurrent DC, maybe your love for her when you first saw her in the dream is what keeps her coming back. I know that when I have a deep passion for something, it will keep showing up in my dreams. I've experienced this once with a girl I was in love with, and I still do see her in my dreams, usually once a week. That's all I got man, hope it helped

Originally Posted by OneUpBoy71

You're mind usually doesnt make up faces. Any face, and every single person that you have seen before in your life, can be seen in your dreams. Your dreaming mind remembers these, and they are filed into your brain as Tacit knowledge- stuff you know, but dont know that you know. So, every single person that you've ever seen before in real life, can be seen in your dreams. As for this girl, and being a recurrent DC, maybe your love for her when you first saw her in the dream is what keeps her coming back. I know that when I have a deep passion for something, it will keep showing up in my dreams. I've experienced this once with a girl I was in love with, and I still do see her in my dreams, usually once a week. That's all I got man, hope it helped

I'm not sure, because of their faces could get mixed. Sometimes I get DC's which look like they are hybrids of some people I know. On the other hand, I don't trust the accuracy of my memory starting from the point that not even I look the same in front of a dream mirror, why should any unknown person who I barely saw in my WL?

Originally Posted by Box77

I'm not sure, because of their faces could get mixed. Sometimes I get DC's which look like they are hybrids of some people I know. On the other hand, I don't trust the accuracy of my memory starting from the point that not even I look the same in front of a dream mirror, why should any unknown person who I barely saw in my WL?

I dont know man, I got it from Stephen LaBerge's EWOLD. Supposedly its supported scientifically, but I have to say, it seems completely possible that your brain could mix peoples faces together as well. Our mind is a powerful thing.

Originally Posted by OneUpBoy71

I dont know man, I got it from Stephen LaBerge's EWOLD. Supposedly its supported scientifically, but I have to say, it seems completely possible that your brain could mix peoples faces together as well. Our mind is a powerful thing.

I have definitely experienced composite DCs. Also, time-elapsed DCs and so forth. I find it difficult to believe that the mind cannot create faces it has never seen before, or at least alter a face enough to make it seem like a different face? Also, if the mind cannot create new faces, how the heck did that get proven? I have heard this often, and wonder if it is just one of those circulated urban myths.

*Going to Google*

Originally Posted by ThreeCat

I have definitely experienced composite DCs. Also, time-elapsed DCs and so forth. I find it difficult to believe that the mind cannot create faces it has never seen before, or at least alter a face enough to make it seem like a different face? Also, if the mind cannot create new faces, how the heck did that get proven? I have heard this often, and wonder if it is just one of those circulated urban myths.

*Going to Google*

Oh of course, based off of all the faces you have ever seen in your entire life, I am sure that your mind could play around with them and change them and such. I wasn't dissing that. I was just coming from the perspective of LaBerge and his views on it in general. Tell me if you dfind anything about it man, I'd like to get some more insight on this as well

Wow I step away for a few hours and get a ton of replies, must be something that happens to a lot of people. The biggest thing I struggle with is that I'm currently in a committed relationship that has been rough lately, and this other girl has been popping up in my dreams a lot, makes me wonder if there is meaning behind it.

Originally Posted by schusteb

Wow I step away for a few hours and get a ton of replies, must be something that happens to a lot of people. The biggest thing I struggle with is that I'm currently in a committed relationship that has been rough lately, and this other girl has been popping up in my dreams a lot, makes me wonder if there is meaning behind it.

Ahhh yes, that plays a role as well. Whenever something is going on in your life and it is important to you, it tends to pass over into your dreams fairly quick. You can take advantage of that and use it as an approach for Lucid Dreaming in general. Back to that girl, if you've been thinking over that relationship and the other girl alot, that will create day residue which will in turn pass over into your dreams as well.

No problem. I'm looking into it online, and I can't even find an originator of the idea. Where are you finding LaBerge's quote? Can you give me a page number in EWOLD?

I did find this at Psychology today:

Males rarely report knowing the identity of their sexual partners in dreams and do not report actually looking at the face of their partners even if they believe they are familiar.

Which is not at all

Originally Posted by ThreeCat

No problem. I'm looking into it online, and I can't even find an originator of the idea. Where are you finding LaBerge's quote? Can you give me a page number in EWOLD?

I did find this at Psychology today:



Which is not at all

Yea, I was just reading up in EWOLD and found that he really doesn't mention it lol. My fault guys, but he does talk about Tacit knowledge. I kind of just put "the seeing of peoples faces" into the whole generalization of tacit knowledge because of the way LaBerge explains it. Anyways man its on page 210, check it out its all about tacit knowledge, pretty interesting.

Originally Posted by OneUpBoy71

Yea, I was just reading up in EWOLD and found that he really doesn't mention it lol. My fault guys, but he does talk about Tacit knowledge. I kind of just put "the seeing of peoples faces" into the whole generalization of tacit knowledge because of the way LaBerge explains it. Anyways man its on page 210, check it out its all about tacit knowledge, pretty interesting.

I've done that before! No worries, thanks for clearing up the misunderstanding. I will look back at tacit knowledge!

It's more likely that the wealth of faces we experience throughout our lives allows us to build an excellent model for re-creating them.

Our general preconceptions alone tell us enough information to probably be able to construct a fairly human face.

Originally Posted by dutchraptor

It's more likely that the wealth of faces we experience throughout our lives allows us to build an excellent model for re-creating them.

This explains a lot about me then!

Now I know why I always fail to summon a beautiful woman in my dream world. I'd need some sort of dream photo editor to make them look hot, sexy and gorgeous.