Is dream interpretation a sin?

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I used to have 2 books about dream meanings. Each time I dreamed something unusual I looked it up in the books, and it told me more about myself, it also revealed a part of my future, and sometimes it really happened. Then I found out fortune-telling was against God’s will, then i threw my books out as they sometimes revealed the future.

But last night, my mother had a horrible nightmare. She’s dreamed that I commited suicide, jumping by a window. And my death was reavealed to her by dead people (her grand-father and her godmother). Then she’d see herself in front of my computer and she’d see the word “memorial” appear on the screen. Which is scarry because she doesnt speak english. And when she told me she had seen the word “memorial” she told me she didn’t even have a clue what it meant.

When she woke up she felt nauseous and had stomach cramps from the terror. I got terrorized too. Like I threw my books out I went on some dream interpretation sites and tried looking up “suicide” just to reassure myself but I haven’t found much and i’m still terrorized. Is that a sin?

Why has my mother dreamed that???
 
Once one believes that dreams can be prophetic, those prophecies become self-fulfilling. In addition, the subconscious can put together subtle warnings from real life as to what could happen. Dreams can be very informative about what we really feel and think. It is worthwhile to be tuned into them, for understanding ourselves. I do my best work in the morning, and I think the subconscious content of my dreams help my creativity.

Your mother’s dream might be an indication of her concern for you-- for example, if she is worried that you are having problems with depression, or are in denial about some problems in your life. I would suggest that you do an examination of conscience. Make sure that you take a good look at your mother’s concerns.

Don’t get into superstition. Be rational.

As for very bad dreams and stomach cramps, I get both when diverticulitis strikes. (Infections in small pouches in the intestines)
 
Whose authority was used in writing the dream interpretation books?

Which authors are right and which are wrong?

Why do multiple anti-Christian groups rely on dream interpretation?

Why should daily life be influenced and controlled by nightly dream interpretation?

How does dream interpretation (and the supposed forecasting of your future from dreams) affect your personal reliance and attachment to God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit?

In your heart and thoughts, is dream interpretation displacing God’s presence?
 
not if you simply use your own dreams as a suggestion of what is going on in your waking life and use the simple images of the dream to help you resolve issues that troubled your sleep. For someone already undergoing psychotherapy for instance it can be helpful in listening to what your own brain is trying to process.

If you mean using dreams as a means of gaining supernatural knowledge in violation of the first commandment, yes it is definitely sinful and dangerous, and using dream guides of any form that claim to have supernatural knowledge is likewise dangerous. Remember the conditions for sin, grave matter, check, full knowledge and full free will consent, don’t know of the last two are present in your case, which is why you bring this matter to your priest in confession. If you are feeling “terrorized” by your experience there is almost certainly some evil influence at work in what you have been doing, and you are falling into superstitious practices. See your priest for the assurance and pastoral care you need.
 
This is my opinion from what I know so feel free to check with your priest about what I say.

Interpreting dreams to predict the future - definitely sinful

Inerpreting dreams to find out about someone else — sinful as well. IE Your mother using HER dream to intepret YOU is wrong

Interpreting dreams to learn about yourself done appropriately is OK. IE if your mother needs to talk about her dream to find out about herself it is OK. I think she needs to talk to someone other than you about why she is so scared something will happen to you. Perhaps she is having troubl accepting you are growing up and she is no longer needed as much in your life. Perhaps she is insecure about somethings in her life and she is putting too much dependance on you. Perhaps she misses the dead people in her dream. However, to put this on you and make you concerned about yourself was not fair to you

CM
 
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