Psychic dreams apparently occur (according to my research on the subject) when we receive information within dreams that later becomes reality. Psychic dreams can be telepathic or precognitive.

In the 19th century Sigmund Freud became interested in the significance of dreams and their interpretation. He believed that dreams were a form of wish fulfilment, usually stemming from repressed sexual desires (surprise surprise).

Carl Jung influenced the study of dream interpretation with his theory on the collective unconscious, he maintained that we all have access to an inherited knowledge and awareness which is communicated through universal images, common to all cultures.

What are your thoughts on psychic dreams?

Have you experienced any?

Last night I dreamed about living in a castle with my family and the king. I warned them all that the river and canal that went by each side of the castle would flood and destroy everything in its path. Nobody believed me, but it did happen and we had to swim for it.

Anyhow when I finally got out of the water all I was interested in was losing my purse and bank card, even though my daughter had disappeared under the water.

My daughter has just turned 16 and has left school. This morning she brought my mail up, as I was still in bed, and I had a letter from the inland revenue (from Her Majasty) about my working tax credits, they have ended which will hit my 'purse' hard. Is this a psychic dream? Coincidence? My subconcious perhaps?

I had a dream that I was over at my ex's parents' house and He and his new wife came in. He took me outside and told me that he was going to die of kidney failure soon and there was nothing that could be done. I thought this was strange when i woke because even when we were together I had never had a dream about him. I also had not talked to him in about 3 years. I was extremely sad and told my mother and my husband about the dream. The following afternoon my mother came over and told me that my ex had died in a car wreck that morning.

I have had a few occurances like this before where I just knew things. My grandmother had psychic dreams all the time before she died. This was kinda strange because it didn't happen exactly as in the dream, but the outcome was the same.

I believe that one can have symbolism in their dreams. Kinda like different forms of Psychic dreams. Some that just come right out and tell you what is going to happen and some that you may have to figure out on your own. I hope you find your answers. Keep a dream journal.

I can't quite remember all of the details, but I had a bizarre dream last night of being in a American cinema called the Odeon, when bombs started going off and as I ran for the exit, I noticed CIA agents also exiting the building, who were acting strange. I just made it to the exit and then heard from someone that bombs had been going off all throughout the country in other cinemas and then I woke up. Weird dream.

I personally believe that most dreams are simply the brains way of storing and cataloguing information accumulated throughout the day. Basically the brain uses dreams to store away information in the form of images. For example I had been reading conspiracy articles on ATS. My friend mentioned he was going to the Odeon cinema to watch batman dark knight and during the dream, my brain simply puts all the information I've have read throughout the day into a story, which is then stored as images for easier recall of information.

Originally posted by kindred
I personally believe that most dreams are simply the brains way of storing and cataloguing information accumulated throughout the day. Basically the brain uses dreams to store away information in the form of images. For example I had been reading conspiracy articles on ATS. My friend mentioned he was going to the Odeon cinema to watch batman dark knight and during the dream, my brain simply puts all the information I've have read throughout the day into a story, which is then stored as images for easier recall of information.

Great explanation. Thank you.