The present article briefly reviews the literature on dreaming in eating disordered patients. Findings which were reported so far are an increased occurrence of the food and eating theme, body distortion and the death theme, all of which were nonhomogeneous. Content analysis was carried out in order to compare dreams of 29 patients (anorexia nervosa and bu-limia nervosa) with age and sex-matched controls. Anorexics dreams revealed a pattern of food rejection, relationshiplessness and a rejection of the feminine role whereas bulimics showed an increased amount of food and eating dreams in general and their dreams were more negatively toned. The findings are discussed in light of the continuity hypothesis which entails that waking life is reflected in dreams. In the present case, different waking-life symptomatologies are reflected in the dreams of the two eating disordered groups anorexia and bulimia nervosa. These findings also indicate that dreams may have a potential benefit not only in the diagnosis of eating disorders but also in its therapy.