Dream analysis: 'I'm in my old boyfriend's house and there’s no one home'

Psychoanalyst Michael Murphy examines the deeper meaning of your dreams 

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Q. A boyfriend broke up with me 10 years ago, and I was very upset at the time. Three years later he got married and has since started a family. I also got married and now have a young child. I'm happy with my life, but I often have a version of this dream: I'm in my old boyfriend's house and there’s no one home. I walk around the different rooms, checking what has changed. Suddenly, I hear noises and realise he and his wife have returned. It dawns on me that I shouldn't be there. They’re shocked to see me - an uninvited visitor. I'm frightened by my strange behaviour.

A. The bottom line in your dream is that you’re checking on what has changed in the ten years since your boyfriend broke up with you. It might be a profitable exercise to compare and contrast life with your boyfriend back then and married life now.