>>9374
A following dream was about the dog I grew up with, coming up from the floor below. I could hear its paws on the permanent carpet and it barked happily. Then I saw it, but it stayed just below the gate that was by the top of the stairs. The gate was opened but there was a distance.

I felt a comfort inside as the connection was recreated, because this was about a specific event, where the dog died and it made me very sad. But the real reason was because the dog was part of my mind-state where I lived with my grandmother, and even after she wasn't there anymore, I was still in that emotional state while the dog was still there. It served as a connection to normality. When the dog died, I lost that connection. This dream recreated it by returning the dog.