# Has a dream ever helped you?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 24, 2006, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-dream-ever-helped-you/377701 "2006-10-24T14:11:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![StuffLikeThatThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@StuffLikeThatThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuffLikeThatThere)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-dream-ever-helped-you/377701/21 "2006-10-25T19:53:15Z")

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When my dad died, there was something between us. Not major, but enough that it bothered me. For years afterward, I had semi-frequent dreams that he was in the room with me, but wouldn’t speak to me, no matter how much I begged. I always woke up crying.

Finally, years after he had died, I had another dream about him, and while he still didn’t say anything to me, he walked up and hugged me long and hard.

I never had another of the distressing dreams again.

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