From sex with your ex to dreaming about sex with your best friend and more dreams about sex, here's what your sex dreams might be trying to tell you. SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM 7 Sex Dreams’ Meanings, According to a Dream Expert You just had a sex dream that left you waking up in a night sweat—the good kind. Except, now that you’re awake, you have serious questions. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT You may be wondering why on earth your steamy dream involved an old flame you haven’t thought about in literal years or why you were sharing a bed with someone you aren’t sexually attracted to in real life. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Before you start jumping to conclusions, sex dreams aren’t always literal. “Dreams speak in a symbolic language, not a literal language,” says Lauri Loewenberg, a certified dream analyst. “Sex in a dream is not about the physical act o

Three dream experts fill you in on what your subconscious is really trying to tell you. You’re falling. Your teeth fall out. You're constantly 10 minutes late to your big work presentation. We’ve all had those dreams that've made us wake up in a full panic, only to realize they’re, well, just dreams. But what do they actually mean—and why do we still think about them after we wake up? SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM 14 Common Dreams and What They Really Mean "For vivid dreamers, our body can often experience what is happening in the dream," says Eliza Boquin, a licensed psychotherapist, sex therapist, and owner of The Flow & Ease Healing Center. "As we begin to transition back into a state of alertness, it can take a few moments or even hours to get fully grounded into the present moment." ADVERTISEMENT Turns out, dreams do matter. “Dreams are your subconscious