Recurrent Dreams Most people have dreams that recur throughout life or for periods of life. Such dreams may have the following purposes: 1, To compensate for a deficiency in conscious life. 2. To anticipate a change, transition, or spiritual transformation. 3. To assimilate a physical or psychological trauma (since shock is best absorbed by repetition). 4. To demonstrate normal anxiety about unpreparedness, lateness, loss of control, world disaster, immobility, or rescue fantasies.

