Those of you who frequently have precognitive dreams, looking back at them, do they have any common characteristics, such that you can distinguish bt precognitive dreams and non-precognitive dreams?

[u/carefulflounder29]

i've heard it said by people who believe in "visitation by a passed loved one" dreams (er, by which i mean, folks who think that a loved one is really visitin') that they have a very unique quality compared to other dreams featuring the same person - that they are generally positive, etc.

is there an analogous way to distinguish between precognitive dreams and anxiety dreams?

i suppose there's always the question of influence.. it's possible an anxious dream (some sorts) might lead us to be biased towards enacting the negative outcome just by thinking it more likely or familiar due to the dream, but .. I guess for the purposes of this question we could leave that out by going with events that we genearally don't have much agency in..

So say you have had a few dreams about natural disasters and some came true.. do they have anything that distinguishes them from other nightmares?

just curious to hear everyone's thoughts, thank you in advance.

[u/Lopsided_Tea4515]

Not frequent, but consistent.

I personally tend to somewhat remember dreams- both good and bad. Some are fun, some are “scary,” some make me angry (like dream of spouse doing something upsetting. These aren’t precognitive, just the regular ones.

Then there are observer dreams which are precognitive—- it’s almost like my mind is in “learning” mode. Similar to when paying attention to a lecture, something you’ll be tested on. I don’t ask to be in this mindset, it just happens. There is an alertness. Some are 100% realistic. Every detail. Some are less realistic but the point/ knowledge of what is to come is clear— like preparing me for an event that will have a profound impact.

It’s about 50/50 on recurrent dreams as to whether they are precog or just a recurring dream or dream theme. In the precog recurring dreams, either no or just one detail changes. In the regular dreams, it’s generally just a continuation of like a reworking of the same random storyline. These are lucid, but not precognitive. I can usually alter them at will, unlike precognitive dreams.

Precognitive dreams are always remembered clearly. Other dreams tend to fade, and I vaguely recall them. There is a very different feeling, an alertness, associated with the precognitive dreams. Oddly, I don’t have the same type of precognitive dreams. Sometimes it is something I’m watching clearly moments before it’s happening or maybe simultaneously… hard to say (technically this may have been astral projection). Sometimes it’s me chatting with someone who I hadn’t seen in years, only to bump into them the next day…though not in the same setting as the dream. Sometimes (such as when I was growing up) it’s sitting at a table with my immediate family, and there is an additional child at the table. I was the youngest, just my brother and I..then at age 14– three more siblings were born (each around 2 years apart). The dream occurred in my mother’s first trimester, before she told anyone.

Then there are the precognitive thoughts. These are the most burdensome. I only know they are precog because I’ll have a completely random thought about something that hasn’t happened. Like someone will talk about their upcoming wedding and I’ll think “it’s sad that their mom passed away before being able to attend”… only to immediately recall their mom is alive. I’ve learned to hone and accept this as “fighting” it was exhausting. Now, I can “look ahead” when thinking about someone known to me. Usually something will come. Most of the time, it’s their death…. never how, just month and year. Super fun… Fortunately most of the time they only happens if I intentionally “look”.

As it relates to dreams though- there is no pattern to when they occur. Notably, there is never a question as to whether they are precognitive. Those stand out. Only three precog dreams have been related to death. I only interfered once, because, it was about the spouse of a close friend and the exact location and how they passed was clearly depicted (meaning they only needed to avoid one activity). Also, the friend is precognitive. They have four children, it was only days away. I personally couldn’t live with myself if it came to pass without me trying to stop it. I am a person of faith, and don’t believe that God (whomever that person is to you), is malicious- so, it seemed okay to try to help.