{"id":35693,"date":"2025-07-30T17:57:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/close-friends-2\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T17:57:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:57:11","slug":"close-friends-2","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/close-friends-2\/","title":{"rendered":"close friends?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Jen\u2014<\/p>\n

I\u2019m very sorry to learn about Chrystal\u2019s passing. It is always hard to leave a good friend behind.<\/p>\n

When the dead come to visit us in our dreams, we often ask them how they could possibly be alive again, when we know that they are dead? The dead often explain that they didn\u2019t really die. They just went away for a while, and now they are back.<\/p>\n

In your dream Chrystal informs you that she didn\u2019t really die either. She decided to hide for a while, so she could find out who her \u201creal\u201d friends are. Instead of being happy to see your old friend though, you soon begin to feel like you are haunted by a ghost. Chrystal won\u2019t let you out of the car, and at one point you even walk into a bathroom full of blood. (Did Chrystal die in a bathroom?)<\/p>\n

Chrystal next challenges you to prove your friendship. At one point she even tells you that you have to \u201ccome with her,\u201d and that \u201cyou\u2019re not getting out.\u201d Distrusting this uncomfortable vision, you refuse to go.<\/p>\n

Often when our friends die suddenly, and at a young age, those of us who are left behind feel a weird touch of \u201csurvivor guilt.\u201d Why did we live, we ask, when our best friend died? Should we have died instead of our friend? Is it fair for us to go on living, when our best friend doesn\u2019t have the same option?<\/p>\n

I am sure this dream spooked you, Jen. In it, Chrystal acts like an unfriendly ghost, and as you say, it was \u201cfreaky.\u201d I encourage you to recognize, however, that this dream isn\u2019t about Chrystal coming back. To the contrary, it\u2019s really a reflection of yourself wrestling with the difficult questions posed by Chrystal\u2019s death. Is it fair for you to go on living? Should you come and join her – so that you two still are together? Indeed, what would a \u201creal\u201d friend do?<\/p>\n

While Chrystal\u2019s life had a sad ending, I am sure that, as a \u201creal friend,\u201d she only wants happiness and success in your own life. Accordingly, I believe you (and your boyfriend) are wise to distrust this distorted image of friendship that appears in your dream.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s the message? It\u2019s time to let go of these old ideals of friendship, and to let go of your guilt about Chrystal\u2019s death. Real friends celebrate each others success, and wouldn\u2019t deny anyone an hour of life in the sun.<\/span><\/p>\n

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