What does it mean to dream about crush?
A crush often stands for longing, possibility, or a quality you are drawn to, rather than a literal sign about whether the feeling is returned.
Four ways to read it
Each reading below comes from a named tradition and a cited source, so you can see where it came from and decide what fits your dream.
Freud
Freud would read a crush as the open expression of a desire that waking life keeps in check. He would ask what wish the figure lets the dreamer enjoy in disguise.
After Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams (Brill trans., 1913), public domain.Jung
Jung might see a crush as a carrier of the anima or animus, an inner image of love projected onto a real person. The qualities you long for in them are often qualities seeking life in you.
Jungian concept (our summary).Modern
Continuity ties a crush to waking attraction, hope, or preoccupation with the person. The dream usually reflects the strength of the feeling rather than predicting its outcome.
Continuity hypothesis (our summary).Mythological
The longed-for one runs through myth as the object of desire that drives the lover to daring and to grief. The figure tends to embody yearning and the gap between wish and possession.
Rosmerta Publishing editorial synthesis (after Bulfinch; Brewer).