The Deep Meanings Behind Dreaming of Losing Family Connections

Dreams hold a profound significance in our lives, often serving as reflections of our subconscious thoughts, emotions, and worries. When one dreams of losing contact with family, it can elicit feelings of distress and confusion. Family represents our foundational support system, and any perceived disconnection can translate to feelings of isolation and fear.

Such dreams may arise during times of anxiety or significant life changes, tapping into our underlying emotions about our family dynamics and relationships. These dreams can lead to valuable insights about our feelings regarding closeness and separation. They may also serve as a call to action, urging us to evaluate our relationships and engage in open communication with our loved ones.

By exploring these dreams through the lens of spirituality and emotional awareness, we gain a deeper understanding of the messages behind them.

• Dreams about losing contact with family symbolize inner fears or anxieties regarding relationships.
• These dreams may reflect feelings of disconnection in your waking life or an actual rift in your family bonds.
• Understanding these dreams can aid in addressing your emotional needs and improving family ties.

Symbols

• detachment
  • Abstinence:
  • Asceticism:
  • Banishment:

    (Banishment; Chasing away; Dismissal; Driving away; Eviction; Exile; Expel) Expulsion in a dream means imprisonment. It also means es¬ tablishing the superiority of the one who gives the order and the proof of the subject’s guilt. If one is exiled from his homeland in a dream, it means that he may enter a jail.

    If one is expelled from paradise in a dream, it means that he may experience poverty. If one evicts a man of knowledge or screams at him, or bewilders him in a dream, it means that he will face an extraordinary misfortune and confront a threatening and a cruel enemy. If a religious and a pious looking person is evicted or driven away from a place in a dream, it means that he is failing to fulfill his religious vow, or it could mean that he is avoiding to remain in the company of true pious people, ascetics, people of knowledge and noble ones.

    Expulsion in a dream also could denote misbehavior or ill conduct on the part of the evictor.

• disconnection
  • Banishment:

    (Banishment; Chasing away; Dismissal; Driving away; Eviction; Exile; Expel) Expulsion in a dream means imprisonment. It also means es¬ tablishing the superiority of the one who gives the order and the proof of the subject’s guilt. If one is exiled from his homeland in a dream, it means that he may enter a jail.

    If one is expelled from paradise in a dream, it means that he may experience poverty. If one evicts a man of knowledge or screams at him, or bewilders him in a dream, it means that he will face an extraordinary misfortune and confront a threatening and a cruel enemy. If a religious and a pious looking person is evicted or driven away from a place in a dream, it means that he is failing to fulfill his religious vow, or it could mean that he is avoiding to remain in the company of true pious people, ascetics, people of knowledge and noble ones.

    Expulsion in a dream also could denote misbehavior or ill conduct on the part of the evictor.

  • Dismissal:

    (Banishment; Chasing away; Dismissal; Driving away; Eviction; Exile; Expel) Expulsion in a dream means imprisonment. It also means es¬ tablishing the superiority of the one who gives the order and the proof of the subject’s guilt. If one is exiled from his homeland in a dream, it means that he may enter a jail.

    If one is expelled from paradise in a dream, it means that he may experience poverty. If one evicts a man of knowledge or screams at him, or bewilders him in a dream, it means that he will face an extraordinary misfortune and confront a threatening and a cruel enemy. If a religious and a pious looking person is evicted or driven away from a place in a dream, it means that he is failing to fulfill his religious vow, or it could mean that he is avoiding to remain in the company of true pious people, ascetics, people of knowledge and noble ones.

    Expulsion in a dream also could denote misbehavior or ill conduct on the part of the evictor.

  • Chasing away:

    (Banishment; Chasing away; Dismissal; Driving away; Eviction; Exile; Expel) Expulsion in a dream means imprisonment. It also means es¬ tablishing the superiority of the one who gives the order and the proof of the subject’s guilt. If one is exiled from his homeland in a dream, it means that he may enter a jail.

    If one is expelled from paradise in a dream, it means that he may experience poverty. If one evicts a man of knowledge or screams at him, or bewilders him in a dream, it means that he will face an extraordinary misfortune and confront a threatening and a cruel enemy. If a religious and a pious looking person is evicted or driven away from a place in a dream, it means that he is failing to fulfill his religious vow, or it could mean that he is avoiding to remain in the company of true pious people, ascetics, people of knowledge and noble ones.

    Expulsion in a dream also could denote misbehavior or ill conduct on the part of the evictor.

• kin
  • Regent:

    (God Almighty; Governor; Mayor; President; Royalty; Sultan) The true King is God Almighty. If the king is pleased with someone in a dream, it means that God Almighty is pleased with him, and if the king is angry with him in the dream, it means that God Almighty is displeased with him. If one sees the king frowning in a dream, it means that he fails to properly perform his prayers or show true religious devotion.

    If one sees him smiling in a dream, it means profits in one’s material as well as spiritual life. If one sees that God Almighty has appointed him as a king over a land, it means that he will receive such a regency, should he qualify. Later on, unrest will bring tyrants, or dictators to justice, while people of knowledge and piety will survive and regain their authority.

    If one sees himself as a calif or as an Imam in a dream and should he qualify, it means that he will receive such an honor, rank, trust and fame in the land, though his vice-regency will not become hereditary. However, it is a bad omen if he becomes a calif in the dream and does not qualify for such an appointment. In such a case, and by contrast, he will be humiliated and dispersed, and his own helpers will become his superiors, while his enemies will rejoice at his misfortune.

    If one sees himself as a king in a dream, though in reality he does not qualify, DICTIONARY OF DREAMS 241 it means that he may die quickly, and the same is true if a sick person sees himself turned into a king. If he is healthy, it means that someone in his family may die shortly. Seeing a king in a dream also denotes exposing hidden secrets.

    If a philosopher or a fortuneteller sees himself transformed into a king in a dream, then it denotes glad tidings should he not complain about it in his dream. If a slave sees himself becoming a king in a dream, it means that he will be set free. If one sees himself becoming one of the great kings of this world in a dream, it means that he will attain worldly success in his life, though it will be accompanied with religious failure.

    If the person is a natural con artist, it means that he will be captured and imprisoned. If a man sees himself awarded a knighthood that is suitable only for woman, then it means his death. If one sees the kingreprimandinghim in a dream, it means peace between them.

    If one sees himself arguing a case with knowledge and wisdom before a king in a dream, it means that he will win his case and receive what he came for. If one sees himself complaisant with the king about his case in the dream, it means that he will lose his case and the judgment will go the king’s way. If one sees himself walking with a king and rubbing shoulders with him in the dream, it means that he will oppose the king or disobey him.

    If he sees himself following the king in a dream, it means that he will pursue the king’s traditions during his lifetime or after his death. If one enters the king’s palace prostrating in a dream, it means that he will be appointed in a leadership position and receive the king’s pardon. If one sees himself mixing with the king’s harem, or sleeping with them and should there be signs of comfort, trueness, or wisdom in his act in the dream, it means that he will enter the king’s inner circles.

    Otherwise, should he in the dream fear the consequences of what is happening, or if he lacks trueness, or if he slanders them, or indulges in what is unlawful for him to do, then should he reach the king’s door, it means that he will triumph against his enemies inside that palace, and they can cause no harm to him. If in his dream, the king gives him a gift, it means that he will win victory and honor in his life to equal the value of that gift. If the king gives him a brocaded silk garment in the dream, it means that he will give him a wife from the royal family.

    If the king speaks to someone in a dream, it means honor, fame, wealth after poverty, release from jail, expansion of one’s business, or victory over one’s enemy. If an appointed governor sees himself looking into a mirror in a dream, it means that he will be dismissed from his post. If an appointed king sees someone who looks like him sitting in his throne in a dream, it means that he will beget a son.

    If he divorces his wife in a dream, it means that he will abdicate his throne. To see oneself sleeping with the king in the same bed and without a curtain between them, and if the king leaves the bed while one remains resting therein in the dream, it means that his mixing with the king will incur jealousy, or that he will inherit him. If one leaves the bed before the king, it means that he will escape from a great danger.

    If one sees himself sleeping alone in the king’s bed in a dream, it means that he will marry a woman from the governing family, or that he may spend from his own money for the sake of a woman in that palace. If the bed is in the palace though unknown in the dream, it means that he will become a member of that government. If a king hears his subjects praising him in a dream, it means that he will show good qualities.

    If his subjects shower him with money in a dream, it means that they speak ill of him or cast blame at him. If they shower him with sugar in the dream, it means they speak nicely of him, and if they shower him with stones in the dream, it means that they will speak harshly of him. If one sees the people paying obeisance and bowing to him in a dream, it means that they will stand humbly before him.

    If they prostrate themselves before him in a dream, it means that they truly praise him. If a king sees himself following the opinion of a woman in a dream, it means that he will lose his 242 jLDI^I UUJUXlAll KJ kingdom or fall victim to depression, or that he will be thrown into jail. If he opposes her in the dream, it means that he will escape from a great danger.

    If a king sees himself walking in a dream when a common subject comes near him and whispers something in his ear, the commoner here represents the angel of death ‘Izrail, and it means that the king may die a sudden death. Eating from the hand of one’s servant in a dream represents the growing of one’s authority, increase of his business, knowledge, or wisdom. If a king sees himself preparing a banquet for guests in a dream, it means that his opponents will come to argue their case, though he will win over them.

    If he sees himself placing food on the table in a dream, it means that a messenger will come to see him concerning a dispute. If the food is sweet, then the problem will end nicely. If the food is greasy, then the problem will be a lasting one.

    Sour food then means steadfastness. Eating on the table of a just and a righteous king in a dream means blessings and honor. If the king is seen walking alone in the markets in a dream, it means that he is a humble, just, and a strong ruler.

    A sick king in a dream represents weakness in his faith and injustice toward his subjects. If the king is carried over people’s shoulders in a dream, it means lack of faith and lack of attendance to one’s religious obligations, or weakness in his ruling. If the king dies and does not get buried in a dream, it means that the king and his subjects are deviates.

    If he is buried and the people walk away from his grave in the dream, it means that one will pursue something of no benefit, unless God Almighty decrees otherwise. If one sees the king’s head transformed into a ram’s head in a dream, it means that the king is a just and a kind ruler. If his head is transformed into a dog’s head in the dream, then it represents his vile nature.

    If his chest turns into a stone in the dream, it means that his heart will become like a rock. If one sees his own hand turn into the king’s hand in a dream, it means that he will receive a leadingjob. If one sees the king flying with wings in a dream, it means that his authority will spread.

    If his fingers increase in shape or number in the dream, it means that his greed and injustice will manifest. Any dream about a deceased king will manifest in his successors or in his progeny.

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  • Acorn:

    (Acorn; Gull; Oak apples) In a dream, gullnuts represent an endowment or a growing capital investment.

• family
  • Maintenance:

    (Alimony; Maintenance) To provide support for one’s family and relatives in a dream mean prosperity, protection for one’s children and concern for one’s posterity. Whatever expenses one spends to support his family in a dream will be money he will receive in wakefulness. If one finds himself unwillingly giving family support or alimony to his wife in a dream, it means hypocrisy, or that he is nearing his death.

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  • Alimony:

    (Alimony; Maintenance) To provide support for one’s family and relatives in a dream mean prosperity, protection for one’s children and concern for one’s posterity. Whatever expenses one spends to support his family in a dream will be money he will receive in wakefulness. If one finds himself unwillingly giving family support or alimony to his wife in a dream, it means hypocrisy, or that he is nearing his death.

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  • Family:

    (Children; Family; Household) One’s dependents in a dream repre¬ sents richness.

• relatives
  • Family:

    (Children; Family; Household) One’s dependents in a dream repre¬ sents richness.

  • Children:

    (Children; Family; Household) One’s dependents in a dream repre¬ sents richness.

  • Household:

    (Children; Family; Household) One’s dependents in a dream repre¬ sents richness.

• losing contact
  • Business loss:
  • Loss of tracks:

    (Absence; Becoming unknown; Loss of tracks) If one disappears from his house or from the country, and if his tracks could not be located in the dream, it means taking a long journey, turning out to be where he is suspected to be, getting married in that place, falling in love with an unknown person, falling sick in a foreign land, or it could mean death if the person is sick. However the disappearance of God’s loving people in a dream perhaps means thinking about one’s beloved, or being exposed to uncommon mysteries of the universe. If one disappears within the earth without going through a hole in his dream, and if he remains a long time therein until people think that he will never come out again in the dream, it means self-deception, arrogance and love for the world, and such a person will die in that pursuit as a consequence of adventuring with his own life.

  • Scission:

    (Amputation; Beheading; Cutting; Decapitation; Scission; Chopping off; Severing) Cutting off one’s hand in a dream signifies failure to perform one’s obligatory prayers or being devoid of any need or an income that eliminates the need to ask others for anything, or it could mean repentance from sin. If one’s hand and heels are cut off in a dream, it means corruption in one’s religious life or forsaking the spiritual circles, or it could mean being barren or being freed from the duty to raise children. Cutting off one’s nose or ear in a dream means a punishment for a crime, or it could mean poverty or missing someone’s news.

    Cutting off one’s tongue in a dream means invalidating one’s argument or proof, or it could mean preventing him from asking for anything. If one sees himself dismembered in a dream, then it means that he will undertake extensive travels, or that members of his family will disperse into different locations, or it could mean severing one’s blood ties or paying a penalty.

Practical Tips for Navigating Dreams of Family Disconnection

• Reflect on Your Current Family Relationships

  It's essential to take a moment to reflect on your current relationships with family members. Are there unresolved issues or feelings of distance? This dream might be prompting you to consider reaching out to family members you haven't spoken to in a while.

  You may want to evaluate how well you're communicating with them and if your interactions reflect your true feelings. Engage in family activities or check-ins to bridge any gaps. Sometimes, simply addressing these feelings can strengthen those vital ties and alleviate the emotions stirred by such dreams.

• Practice Emotional Vulnerability

  Dreams about losing family contact can highlight your fears of abandonment or miscommunication. Embrace emotional vulnerability by expressing your feelings openly to family members. This will not only help in healing any perceived rifts but also foster a deeper connection.

  By sharing your dreams and feelings, you invite your loved ones into a dialogue that enhances understanding. Remember that vulnerability invites empathy, which can cultivate stronger bonds and bring you closer to those you cherish.

• Seek Professional Guidance if Necessary

  When dreams evoke distress about family ties, consider seeking the help of a counselor or therapist. Professional guidance can provide you with tools to navigate complex family dynamics and address unresolved emotions. A therapist can help you understand the underlying issues behind your dreams and help you cultivate healthier relationships.

  This proactive approach can lead to personal growth and a better understanding of your family's emotional landscape.

FAQs

• What does it mean to dream about losing contact with family?

  Dreaming about losing contact with family often symbolizes feelings of disconnection or anxiety within your family dynamics. It may reflect fears of losing important relationships or signify actual rifts. Such dreams invite you to confront your emotional needs and examine the state of your family ties.

• Can these dreams represent something other than family issues?

  Yes, dreams of losing contact with family can sometimes symbolize broader themes of isolation, insecurity, or fear of abandonment unrelated to family. They might mirror feelings about other relationships or significant life events that cause you to feel vulnerable.

• How can I interpret recurring dreams about losing family contact?

  Recurring dreams often indicate unresolved issues or persistent anxieties. Consider journaling your feelings regarding your family relationships and situations that may be causing stress. Addressing these feelings in your waking life can help alleviate the recurrence of such dreams.

• Is there a spiritual message behind dreaming of losing family connections?

  From a spiritual perspective, such dreams can represent a call for healing and re-establishing true connections. They may encourage you to mend broken relationships, communicate openly, and seek forgiveness. Recognizing these dreams as spiritual messages can guide you toward emotional clarity.

• What should I do if my dream unsettles me?

  If your dream leaves you unsettled, take time to reflect on your emotions and consider discussing them with someone you trust. You may also find comfort in journaling your thoughts or speaking with a mental health professional to gain perspective on any underlying issues.

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