This is some deep AF spiritual stuff, and I'm super here for it. What I had imagined as the ultimate separation was in fact the end of separation.' Dang, dude. To die was to instantly realize my union with all that I love. Also, Seth Gilligan, Ph.D, at the University of Pennsylvania wrote about his own death dream on Psychology Today, and stated, 'I choose to believe that my dream of dying reflected something true about the nature of life, and of death. 'These dreams may represent a method to cope with that fear, and the reality of it.' It's better to live with acceptance rather than constant fear, so this makes sense. 'Many people tend to live with some anxiety about death,' explained Psychic Library. positive? And there's a lot of evidence to support that dreaming about your own death can help you live a more fulfilled life of acceptance. If dreams really are a road to your unconscious, then what does it say about your mind when you experience your own death within it? Is it an omen? A prophecy? A sign that something's wrong? As a sucker for all metaphysical arts and pseudo-sciences ever, I know there's got to be some heavy dream interpretation around having a dream experience of passing through the great, unknowable, final frontier.Īpparently, many people report the experience of dying in a dream being surprisingly. Sigmund Freud referred to dreams as the “royal road to the unconscious” - and while I'm more of a Jungian myself, I can def appreciate Dr. So yeah, maybe you won't actually die (still not totally convinced, but maybe), but that still doesn't explain exactly what dreams about dying mean.

That said, after scouring the internet, I've discovered an abundance of people who apparently lived through a death dream to tell about it. Please tell me I'm not the only person who has heard the superstition that if you die in your dreams, you die IRL, too? I don't know why I'd ever give this concept any credence - especially considering I've literally never heard of this actually happening to anyone - but for some reason, superstition persists.

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