Take the experience of Aggie, which she recounted to researchers as part of a study of bereavement hallucinations. The experiences can provide spiritual and emotional strength and comfort, reduce feelings of isolation and give people encouragement during difficult tasks. Multiple studies have found that more than two thirds of the widowed find their hallucinations pleasant or helpful.
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It’s at the back! Andrey Popov/Shutterstock Grateful for the dead Usually at that hour Paul would have been at his electronic chessboard … His table was out of sight … but he greeted me in his familiar way “Hello! You’re back! Hi!” His voice was clear and strong and true … the speech was live and real. Marion, who had lost her husband, Paul, came home from work one day: In his book, Hallucinations, the late neurologist Oliver Sacks gives the following example.
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Between 30 and 60% of elderly widowed people experience so-called bereavement hallucinations. Sensing a deceased spouse is remarkably common. On the contrary, it is a perfectly normal and often helpful way of dealing with grief. While her remarks prompted ridicule in some quarters, seeing, hearing or sensing the presence of a deceased loved one is nothing to be ashamed of. What’s more, the Canadian singer said she still talks to René Angélil, who she was married to for 22 years, and can still hear him at times.
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Céline Dion recently revealed that she still senses the presence of her husband, even though he died from cancer in January 2016.