Have you ever become infatuated with a dream character? This has happened to me quite a few times and it is really annoying. I have had dreams long long ago, before I wrote down my dreams, where i would fall in love with a dream character (sometimes based on people I know).

So I was doing a research project today and I came across a picture of some historical person, and instantly I felt completely heartbroken. Like, tears, depression, the works. It felt as if I knew this person my whole life and they walked out on me (which by the way has never happened to me in my short life so far). After much thought, I realized that this person looks a lot like somebody I used to know a few years back, but when I think about the person I knew, no romantic feelings were conjured. Then I remembered I once had a romantic dream about said person. I think I was infatuated with the historical picture because she looked like a dream character.

After about 10 minutes of being heartbroken, i looked at the picture again and felt nothing. In fact, the girl isn't even that cute. Now, I feel even worse, wishing I could still have such strong emotions towards anything. This has happened to me before and it is really pissing me off.

Has this ever happened to you? And a related question, do romantic feelings for dream characters stop when you are in a relationship?