There is a boy I went to school with and I keep on having the same dream about him. The dream varies, but the main theme of it is that I am trying to make amends with him and trying to be his friend. I haven't seen him for 5 years however, so it it a bit strange that I am having this dream nearly every night. I hardly ever consciously think about him. I think I understand the dream though...Basically, when we were kids I used to bully him and put him down quite a lot. In my class I was like the little angelic teachers' pet and he was the bad boy, always getting in trouble etc. He had a very low self esteem and because I was being bullied at home and in school, he was the one who I projected all my insecurities on. Now I am older I realize this and know that the reason I bullied him was because I saw things about him that I hated in myself. I previously took it at face value, thinking I should get in touch with this guy and say sorry or something. But we're obviously much older now and people move on. So now I think that in the dream he is just the representation of a part of me which I still have to accept and love. The trouble is that I keep on having the dream even though it seems to be resolved each night. I wish I could learn from my dreams the first time instead of constantly having to go through the same drama every night. Another thing I have just realized is that this dream happens more when I have been spending time with people my age. I often feel quite excluded and dumbed down in group situations. I suppose I feel very much like he must have felt when I was excluding him when we were in school.