merricat
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I hope, especially seeing as it's only my second post here, that I ain't going to make to big a fool of myself by admitting that I was relieved and pleasantly surprised to see this thread!
I too tend to dream of the dead, but not necessarily people I have known. I can't really describe how I 'know' this, but the dreams have a certain....flavour, a difference to what I might consider more run of the mill, ordinary dreams.
In the dreams I often ask the person if they are dead and I am told yes. One of them was my maternal grandmother as a teen, which was a pretty interesting conversation - for me!- But not, perhaps, all that fascinating to someone else.
The most potent began when I moved into an end terraced house form the early 1900's about 7 yrs ago. The same night I moved in I had a dream that three children stood at the top of the stairs smiling at me. They introduced themselves and proceeded to tell me that they would 'look after me'. One said he has been killed by a 'dray' and another died whilst suffering illness in the back bedroom. The eldest girl (about 9 yrs old) was most conversational. She was quite a clever soul and liked to tease me about stuff. Over a series of around 8 dreams whilst I lived there (tenancy only lasted 6 months) the kids appeared just like my company, and actually said goodbye when I had to leave.
Oddly I never felt any presence in the house, or felt a fear of them. Although in real life i would have to admit that the idea of seeing ghosts terrifies me.
A few others over the years involve souls which are kind of enigmatic, but many implying or suggesting reincarnation, one guy even mad at me for taking the 'body' he had wanted when I was born. Don't ask!
Not sure what to make of them, but it is possible my own desires and concepts get in there too, but I am still left with a true sense of knowing when I have talked with the dead.
Interestingly, the one about my maternal grandmother had her appear with long black curls and an old style romany bandana scarf thing around her head. Only much later did I discover from my aunt that she actually did dress like this as a young girl.
There you go.
There are more so I shall relate them as I recall them.
I too tend to dream of the dead, but not necessarily people I have known. I can't really describe how I 'know' this, but the dreams have a certain....flavour, a difference to what I might consider more run of the mill, ordinary dreams.
In the dreams I often ask the person if they are dead and I am told yes. One of them was my maternal grandmother as a teen, which was a pretty interesting conversation - for me!- But not, perhaps, all that fascinating to someone else.
The most potent began when I moved into an end terraced house form the early 1900's about 7 yrs ago. The same night I moved in I had a dream that three children stood at the top of the stairs smiling at me. They introduced themselves and proceeded to tell me that they would 'look after me'. One said he has been killed by a 'dray' and another died whilst suffering illness in the back bedroom. The eldest girl (about 9 yrs old) was most conversational. She was quite a clever soul and liked to tease me about stuff. Over a series of around 8 dreams whilst I lived there (tenancy only lasted 6 months) the kids appeared just like my company, and actually said goodbye when I had to leave.
Oddly I never felt any presence in the house, or felt a fear of them. Although in real life i would have to admit that the idea of seeing ghosts terrifies me.
A few others over the years involve souls which are kind of enigmatic, but many implying or suggesting reincarnation, one guy even mad at me for taking the 'body' he had wanted when I was born. Don't ask!
Not sure what to make of them, but it is possible my own desires and concepts get in there too, but I am still left with a true sense of knowing when I have talked with the dead.
Interestingly, the one about my maternal grandmother had her appear with long black curls and an old style romany bandana scarf thing around her head. Only much later did I discover from my aunt that she actually did dress like this as a young girl.
There you go.
There are more so I shall relate them as I recall them.