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June 1, 2007

Strange But True!

Q. It was the first time he could remember having such totally pictureless dreams, his “crying dreams” he called them, going on and on with nothing happening except a profound sobbing. Then he would awaken puzzled. The dreams recurred, without giving him a clue, until...

A. This actually happened to one of the column coauthors. Then their father died at age 75, and soon thereafter the crying dreams stopped. The dreamer had been close to Dad, whose heart attack at age 72 underscored his increasing fragility. Apparently the dreams had been a form of preparatory grieving for the father during his obvious decline. Perhaps for the son to actually picture his ill father dying in a dream would have been too traumatic, so his subconscious just stuck to the coming tearfulness of the farewell. Then once the grief process had run its course, the enigmatic dreams suddenly ended.


 
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