To dream of betrayal can symbolically reveal much more about your inner self than about another person. Therefore, one should not necessarily understand betrayal as something that occurs between individuals. It can also occur between organizations and institutions.

See below for more details to help you better understand what it means to dream of betrayal and even help you make decisions in your life.

What is treason?

First of all, let's talk about betrayal. The truth is that, in nature, the idea of betrayal does not exist. It is an absolutely human construction and is mostly understood as infidelity, disloyalty, or breaking off a commitment previously made.

However, betrayal is very much linked to the notion of possession, which is strongly accepted in our society loaded with rigid and culturally predefined values.

Betrayal can be motivated by several factors, such as dissatisfaction, a fragile bond, the difficulty of withdrawing from the relationship or making a new commitment at the expense of the current relationship, revenge, immaturity, etc.

In any case, betrayal is always felt in a very negative way, since it is not naturalized in our culture, which is not the case in all cultures or all relationships, such as open relationships or polyamory.

Look at both sides of the situation

Betrayal says more about how this relationship has shaped up than a true villain/victim affair, although this feeling and this type of accusation is quite common.

Both the betrayer and the betrayed participate in this configuration and, in many cases, both suffer, on the one hand from guilt and confrontation with their own choice, and on the other from the feeling of loss and deceit.

When a betrayal occurs, it is not simply an individual matter of the one who betrayed, but a configuration of the relationship that is validated by both.

Often, a third element in a relationship can be just the catalyst for transforming the relationship and making it more intimate and truer. In other circumstances, however, it can be the catalyst for ending the relationship for good.

The pain of this experience can be a path to individual growth for those involved, or it can be tragic.

Is dreaming about betrayal bad?

In our culture, we are led to believe that every betrayal must be punished, avenged, which incurs many crimes of passion and hastily destroyed relationships.

Symbolically, betrayal says more about the inability to clearly express desire or the lack of it than a purposeful and conscious action. From this understanding, we can think about betrayal in a dream, since the dream always refers to the dreamer himself.

It would be mistaken to think that a dream about betrayal necessarily reveals to the dreamer a real, concrete betrayal on the part of the partner.

It is worth remembering that betrayal does not necessarily occur between individuals, but can also occur between organizations and institutions.

How to understand the meaning of your dream

Step One: Questions to ask yourself about the dream

• How does this betrayal happen?
• With whom does the betrayal occur?
• How does the dreamer feel when he becomes aware of this act in the dream?

Step Two: What is happening in your real life

• Do I override my own desire for the sake of other people?
• Can I be clear in my relationships in order to express my needs?
• Do I commit myself to my own development or do I betray myself, acting against my principles?
• Do I establish authentic relationships or do I trap myself in destructive experiences that undermine my purpose in life?
• In what ways do I betray myself? With attitudes that distance me from what is meaningful and important to me?

What does it mean to dream of betrayal?

The meaning of dreaming about cheating is not necessarily good or bad. As I said at the beginning of this text, dreaming about cheating on a boyfriend or any kind of relationship can say a lot more about yourself than about someone else. Below, see some of these meanings.

To dream of any kind of betrayal

To dream of a betrayal may indicate that the dreamer has been subjecting himself to experiences that go against his own needs and desires.

To dream of a husband's betrayal

What it means to dream of a husband cheating, to dream of a boyfriend cheating, to dream of a spouse cheating, or whatever type of relationship, man or woman, can demonstrate a contact with darker and less conscious aspects of oneself.

The emotions related to this symbol in the dream are important for your understanding.