Certain dreams, called resolution dreams, often come true. A person resolves when awake to do, or believes he ought to do a certain thing, and finds a dream corresponding to this occurring nightly until the action has been carried out. The resolve may have been a transient one; the dream is like those founded on thoughts, "If this were so," "If I did that," etc. The dream eradicates all ifs, buts, doubts, misgivings; it deals with realities.

An amusing dream of this nature has been recorded in Dr. Brill's Psychanalysis. A chronic alcoholic disliked his wife's dog because he thought the dog received too much attention. He dreamed often that the dog was run over, taken away by the dog catcher. One day, during his wife's absence, he disposed of the animal. On her return the wife, on learning of the dog's disappearance, said: "Poor Fido. John dreamed only last week that he (the dog) was caught by the dog catchers and now the dream has come true."