Baby Old friend in dreams

An old friend appearing in a dream — someone you have not spoken to in years — is the dictionary's image of an earlier version of yourself wanting attention. Usually it is a strength or a feeling from that period that has gone underused.

If you wake remembering the friend, the dream is sometimes suggesting you reach out in real life. More often, though, it is asking you to remember the kind of person you were when you knew them — and to bring some of that into the version of yourself you live now.

Where you often see it. A friend you have not seen in many years. A school friend appearing at your adult kitchen table. The dream uses the old friend for a part of yourself from an earlier phase that wants attention.

What it is not. The dream's old friend is rarely a sign you should call them. The reading is about the version of you they once knew.

Related in the dictionary. Read old-friend with school, ex, and any scene where an earlier you is being met.