A dream with sexual content involving someone who is not your partner is a nightmare scenario. But a leading neurosurgeon says you can get a good night's sleep because it doesn't mean your relationship is in jeopardy.
Doctor Rahul Jandial qualifies this fact in his new book "This is why you dream", emphasizing that such sexual dreams are surprisingly common and do not indicate a desire to cheat.
"Dreams of betrayal are unlikely to be a signal that we want to cheat or fear being betrayed," he writes. "Cheating in a dream may simply be a sign of normal sexual curiosity and arousal, rather than a desire to leave the relationship."
However, the neurologist says that the way we react to such dreams when we wake up shows the current state of our relationship. In unhealthy relationships, says the neurosurgeon, dreams of betrayal can lead to "reduced feelings of love and intimacy in the following days," but in healthy relationships, they have "no effect at all." "What really matters is not telling our erotic dreams to our partner, but the way we react," he continues.
Jandial says that sex dreams involving an ex-partner are also quite common, so it doesn't mean you subconsciously want to revisit the story. The neurologist Jandial writes that about 1 in 12 of all dreams contain sexual images, but these are not indicators of your real relationships or the people you are separated from.
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Source: New York Post
