12 Meanings When Dreaming Of Someone Dying Who Is Still Alive

Dreams about death are very common and, contrary to what many think, are seldom related to the death or possible future death of someone you know. They are mostly related to the anxieties you are currently experiencing in combination with the major associated changes.

To help you better understand their significance, I have put together a list of 12 meanings when dreaming of someone dying who is still alive. Hopefully, you will see that there is actually nothing to be scared of and that these kinds of dreams are perfectly normal.

12 Meanings When Dreaming Of Someone Dying Who Is Still Alive

So, let’s take a look at our first dream…

1. You Resist Change

Change in life is a normal part of it and all part of life’s journey. However, despite this natural process, it is incredible that some of us are still resistant to it. The fact is that, in many instances, changes can make us feel anxious, and some may even feel scared by them.

Dreams about death symbolize these times and often reflect changes in your personal life. These changes will probably be connected to the relationships of those closest to you. These are often within your romantic relationship, although they can be work-related too.

You should take time to consider the people in your life and how the dynamics of your interactions are developing. If you are happy with the way things are going, you should learn to embrace the new order and let go of the past.

If the changes in your relationships are not going in the kind of direction you wish for, then it might be time to take action. First, you need to assess exactly what is going on, and then you should develop a plan to get your personal or work relationships back on track.

2. Fear Of Desertion In A Relationship

You may have this dream if you are currently experiencing relationship difficulties with your romantic partner. If things are going badly, it is perfectly normal to experience high levels of anxiety and stress.

If things have got to a point where a split is imminent, or there has been a complete breakdown of communication, your fears are likely to be haunting your subconscious. The dream is a metaphor for the death of your relationship.

This fear of change can be very disturbing, and the fear of being abandoned can be brutal. It is best to ensure that wherever feasibly possible, a solid dialogue is opened in the relationship. It might not be possible to salvage the partnership, but it might make any potential breakup less traumatic on all fronts.

If this can be done, it may alleviate your transition to a new life and reduce any associated anxieties. Few people like change, but this is at least one way to try to ease and minimize the impact.

3. Changes In Relationships

Next, in my rundown of Meanings When Dreaming Of Someone Dying Who Is Still Alive, relationships live in a state of flux. They can get stronger, they can get weaker, and of course, they can die. However, this dream is not confined to the death or end of a relationship. It is more representative of a change in the status quo.

The person you are dreaming about is someone that you are not happy with as far as the dynamics of the relationship are concerned. The person in question could be a close family member, a spouse, a child, a colleague, or in fact, someone you don’t even know that well.

Although the dream could mean a deterioration in your relationship, that isn’t always the case. It could be that the changes are positive. It might be, for instance, that you are actually spending more time with that person in order to deepen the ties.

The dream is merely a sign that the old ways are no longer relevant, and you wish to take the relationship in a different direction. You should not be scared of the new changes and should embrace them as part of a better future. Moving forward, this will bring a means to enrich your life. 

4. Concern About The Person

If someone close to you is unwell, you will be naturally upset and worried about their well-being. Even if they are not necessarily critically ill, your anxieties will still surface in your dreams. These may manifest in dreams that depict their death. This is perfectly normal and is not an indication that they are likely to die. 

Alternatively, if they are in a terminal stage of illness, the dream is a way of processing what is going to happen to them. You are likely finding it very difficult to come to terms with any suffering they might feel and also at the prospect of losing them. It is natural to have these thoughts both in your conscious and unconscious. So, again, this kind of dream is common in these unfortunate circumstances.

Terminally ill people also dream about this quite frequently. For this group, it is slightly different because rather than dream about themselves, they will dream about it happening to someone else who is not actually ill. 

They consequently feel concerned for the person they are dreaming about and may have an irrational fear that something is going to happen to them. However, this is actually a projection of the fears they have over their own deaths and their final journey in life.

5. You Are Losing Control Of Yourself

You may be losing control of yourself when someone you don’t know dies. This will be a complete stranger and someone you have never had contact with in any shape or form in the past.

The dream reveals that we are beginning to lose a sense of who we are. It shows that we may be questioning our own identity, and we are either hiding aspects of our own personality or we are losing control of some part of our waking life. 

A dream like this is a prompt that we may need to reevaluate our life and who we are as a person. We may have become disconnected from ourselves and not be acting in a way that is the to our personal set of beliefs and morals.

It is time to truly assess our purpose in life and put an action plan in place to achieve it.

It is time hit the reset button.

6. You Are Fighting Against A Betrayal

A betrayal from someone is very hard to take and leaves a deep imprint on our psyche. It is, unfortunately, something we all have to face, no matter how hard we try to prevent it. No wonder then that a betrayal finds a way of presenting itself in our dreams.

Dreaming that this person is dead symbolizes the emotions and thought processes that the trust in this person is gone forever. In cases of a serious betrayal, we often hear the common phrase, ‘you are dead to me,’ and this is exactly what the dream is telling you.

Dealing with a betrayal is incredibly tough, and it takes a big mental toll. In many ways, it is similar to coping with a death, though obviously less intense, and consequently, a kind of mourning period is likely to be in place.

Overcoming a serious betrayal can take time. Because of this, the dream may reoccur for a while. However, eventually, you will learn to accept the situation, you will move on, and your dreams about this person will stop.

7. Putting Other People’s Needs First

If you are a giving person and someone who is constantly putting other people first, then you might experience this dream. When you dream of someone else dying, it is a symbol of something inside of you dying due to the burdens you take upon yourself for others. 

The dream shows you that you are ‘dying’ inside because you are not giving yourself any time to pursue your own wants and needs. It is likely that, at this point, you are feeling burnt out. You may just be functioning on autopilot and have begun to feel depressed and lost your love of life.

Take this as a serious warning that you need to refocus on your own life. It is a wonderful quality to be so compassionate and that you put other people’s needs before your own. However, even angels need time at some point to take care of their wings.

For the sake of yourself, as well as those around you, it is important to take time for yourself. This will help to re-energize you and prevent you from totally burning out. Don’t think of this as selfish because it will ultimately be in everyone’s best interest.

8. Anticipation Of The End Of A Relationship

Dreaming of a romantic partner dying shows that there is trouble in your relationship. Things are probably so bad that you anticipate a parting of waves in the near future. For whatever reason, the connection you previously enjoyed is being constantly eroded to the point of no return.

Deep down, you recognize that it is highly improbable that you will be able to salvage the situation. It’s likely that you are already highly invested in the relationship. Consequently, the prospect of it ending will be very much top of mind and dominate much of your waking life.

You know that the choices you make now will have a huge impact on the rest of your life. Therefore, this is likely to be causing you a huge amount of stress and anxiety. The dream indicates that if you continue on your current path, the result will be a parting of the waves.

Your future action plan will very much depend on how much you want to stay with this person.

9. Profound Changes In Your Life

Dreams about death and dying are frequently about major changes occurring in your life. Major events that are likely to result in these dreams are things like divorce, getting married, developing a serious illness, getting a new job, or maybe even moving house. As you can see, the events are often positive, and so a dream about death should not instantly be feared or seen as something negative.

So, why do we get dreams about death, even for happy events and changes in our lives?

That is because positive changes can still evoke high levels of stress and anxiety. In fact, moving house and getting married are two of the most stressful events we can ever experience. 

So, regardless of the cause of our anxieties, these kinds of major events may result in us dreaming about our own death, or the death of someone else, as a form of marker to draw a line under the previous norm. It is a way of helping our brain reset so that we can fully commit to our new path and purpose.

10. Fear Of Your Own Mortality

Coming to grips with your own mortality isn’t an easier thing. It is something that we often don’t even think about until we reach our 40s. However, eventually, it is a fact that we ultimately all have to come to terms with. The process is very difficult to navigate, and as part of this, we may dream about the death of someone else as a substitute for our own inevitable demise.

It could be that your death is a symptom of you not being able to accept your own mortality or alternatively that you are naturally anxious or scared about it. If you are not especially religious, these sorts of feelings could be even more pronounced.

If you are not dealing with these anxieties in your waking life and they are occurring in your dreams, then it is time to make a plan. You need to face this head-on, and one of the best ways is by sharing your fears with people who have already experienced the same emotions. 

If you are religious, talking to a religious head or leader may help.

11. You Feel Jealous

Coming to the end of my Meanings When Dreaming Of Someone Dying Who Is Still Alive, envy is a powerful and rather unattractive emotion that can often creep into our dreams. If we feel overly jealous of someone in our waking life, it can make us feel that we wish they were dead so that we do not have to feel envious. In this situation, you are then free to take their place and enjoy all the benefits that you feel are so attractive.

Feeling like this is unhealthy and highly destructive to your personality. Being envious of people will only lead to more negative feelings and possibly depression. It can also drive people away from you and cause social isolation.

Sadly, with social media becoming ever more present, these kinds of feelings are becoming increasingly common. Having this dream doesn’t mean that you are a bad person, but it is a pointer that you may need to carefully review the kind of content you routinely consume. 

Take the dream as a warning that you need to get these feelings under control.

12. A Major Milestone in Your Child’s Life

Dreaming about a child dying is possibly one of the most harrowing dreams you can have. In fact, a dream isn’t what I would call it. A nightmare is a more appropriate description. Sadly, because of the obvious emotional attachments to our children, it is a dream that we parents have to endure all too often. As a parent, I can tell you I’ve had this one more than a few times. I can also tell you that it was before the advent of the internet, and I hadn’t a clue what it meant, which made it all the more harrowing.

The obvious worry is that your child is going to become seriously ill and possibly die. You start to watch over them incessantly, and thus your anxieties increase until the dream stops. For any parents currently experiencing this dream, I genuinely hope you read this to put your minds at rest.

So, what does it actually mean?

Children grow very quickly and consequently sprint through a series of developmental and social changes. As they reach each major milestone, the dream represents the death of an old part of their life as well as the beginning of a new part.

The dream of your child’s death is a symbolic end to the last stage of their development. It is your brain subconsciously trying to help you let go of the past in order to better embrace the new and exciting era of your child’s life.

You need to learn to enjoy each chapter in your child’s life. Stop worrying about the dream and your child’s future. Just strap in and enjoy the most exciting and short-lived ride of your little one’s life.

It will be fun!

The meaning of other dreams…

Dreams can often be open to a lot of different interpretations. There are, however, certain symbols that help us understand what our subconscious is attempting to tell us. So, check out our other dream guides to the Dreams About Turtle Meaning, the different Elephant Dream Meaning interpretations, the Crying Dream Meaning, as well as the Swimming Pool Dream Meaning.

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12 Meanings When Dreaming Of Someone Dying Who Is Still Alive – Final Thoughts

So, there you have it. I hope you now fully understand what it means when you dream about someone dying who is still alive, and I have helped to clear up any confusion and also helped to dispel any unwarranted fears. Just remember that as scary as these dreams can be, they are not a predictor of imminent death.

Dreams are most often a mechanism for our minds to deal with what is going on in our waking life. In fact, these dreams can often serve as useful tools. That’s because they can tell us of something we might otherwise have missed and thus allow us to take action for a better future.

Sweet dreams.

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