Why do i...?

Question

why do i sometimes dream of making love with one of my family members (i.e. father/mother/brother)?

Answer 1

This is often symbolic of wishing to be "closer" to your family member and is not based on sexual desire.

It could also represent that you are feeling "taken advantage of" in some way... being "raped" emotionally, not physically.

Or, if your Mom is sick, and you are being "everything" to your family, you may dream you are "standing in" for your Mom, even in bed!  

Yuck!  I know!  But, dreams are weird!

Fairelight

Answer 2

Incest dreams are fairly common.  Since you don't give your age it is difficult to say other than it could be a stage of life you are going through or there could be some type of sexual tension in your home life.  The unconscious will often bring these type things out in a dream.  Unless there is more information on the specific dreams and a little more about you, it would be difficult to say more.

Answer 3

Just because you are dreaming of making love to one of your family members doesn't actually mean incest.

The anima/animus self (which we may recognize as brother or sister, but which in actuality is a representation of ourselves) may be the object of our affections-in which case the presence of "incest" is simply a confirmation of self-respect or a sense of attraction toward a quality that we ourselves possess.

Other times, we may be recapitulating old experiences in light of new romantic interests. Many young children go through a time of articulating a desire to marry the opposite-gender parent. This is a natural expression of what Freud calls the Oedipus and Electra complex.