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funeral dreams

jasgall
jasgall
i am dreaming about death a lot. is this a symptom of PTSD or a "normal" subconcious reaction when you've suffered so much loss? i am re-experiencing past funerals as well as dreaming of future ones...confused, scared, help
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mujicaptsd
I've got PTSD from 3 kinds of trauma. Have had it for a long time. So I thought about death more than most--one way I got PTSD was from seeing death in combat. Besides the aspects that scared me & still give me flashbacks to live with, there were things I learned. So I became a hospital chaplain until my health gave out.

Now I teach a Death & Dying class to nursing students. Our main text is the classic, Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross's "On Death & Dying."

Glad you're here. Hope you can rescue something meaningful from those dreams. I still have mine from time to time, too. Still working on them.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Hi, i've been dreaming of funerals as well. I lost my parents a month apart and witnessed both of their deaths.

I think that thinking of death would be a part of PTSD, yes. I haven't been "right" since i lost my parents.

i told my husband earlier that if something happened to one of my kids, i could not bear going to their funeral.

It feels like my mind and body are screaming "I'VE HAD ENOUGH"!!!!!
deleted_user
deleted_user
I could not go to my mothers funeral. I was way to traumatized by her long illness. It is ok because no one judged me for it. I find the only thing that helps me is to pray and ask god and the angels to watch over me and keep me safe and remove all my pain. I visualize them protecting me, I feel them protecting me. Prayers coming your way.