A recurring dream is an important message that hasn't yet been delivered

Recurring dreams make most sense when you think that your unconscious has a message for you and the message is too important for it to drop just because you don't understand it.

So, a recurring dream contains an important message. One that is worth repeating over and over.

Recurring dreams are never identical

Before you look at them in detail, it usually seems that the recurring dreams are all the same. Not so! When you take them seriously e.g. write them down, you'll see variations.

If you were playing Charades and the other team couldn't understand you, you'd need to vary how you tried to communicate the word you wanted them to understand. The dream works like that also.

When did the recurring dream begin?

This might be a helpful clue.

If it ended, when did it end?

An English man had a recurring dream that he was about to score a goal. He would kick the ball but never found out whether he scored or not. On the night of his wedding he had the dream again, he saw the ball, kicked it, saw it go into the goal, shouted "Goal" and woke up his new wife.

Try and finish the dream 

The dream recurs because something is incomplete. Use the Complete The Dream technique to move the dream beyond it's usual ending:

If you are being chased, turn around and look at the people chasing you.

If you are stuck somewhere, use any kind of means, factual or fantasy, to get out of the situation.

If you are lost, bring a guide or an animal into the dream to show you the way (in the same way that it would happen in a myth or fairy story)

If you are frightened, find a way to overcome your fear. If you are on a bridge, fly!

If your life is threatened and you can't think of anything else to do  (and you may not wish to do this on your own) allow your dream-self to die. It will be reborn. This is not a physical death. Again: This is not for the faint hearted, you might not wish to do this on your own.