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I dreamt with my dead girlfriend last night.
What are some books about being haunted by the ghosts of the past?

>> No.21473209

>>21473146
It'll only get worse until you confess to the police

>> No.21473212

Norwegian Wood

>> No.21473273

>>21473146
Wuthering Heights

>> No.21473289

>>21473209
I didn't kill her. She died in a car crash.

>> No.21473303
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>>21473146
don't know but in the spirit of the OP I offer you picrel

>> No.21473309

ghussy

>> No.21473313

>>21473212
agree

>> No.21473316

>>21473303
Do u think this cow is happy? Like do cows enjoy the beach in the same way we do?

>> No.21473327

>>21473316
She appreciates the cool water.

>> No.21473355

>>21473327
This makes me sad about factory farming.

>> No.21473392

The forgotten language. Not about ghosts but about dreams

>> No.21473399

>>21473146
My dad died 10 years ago and I still see him in my dreams. In the dreams I don’t seem to realize that he should be dead.

>> No.21473415

>>21473146
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M03PITFUO0
Frankenstein

>> No.21473442

>>21473399
Same with my grandma, but I often realize she's dead later and it makes me wake up.

>> No.21473456

Marx and Darwin refuted the notion of ghosts and proved qualia arises from material, I. E. brain matter and its impulses. Your girlfriend is not haunting you. You are consolidating memories and without such dreams you would in fact slowly forget she ever existed. If I delivered an electric shock to your temporal lobes and induced a grand mal seizure, you wouldn't have any recollection of the dream if administered in the correct time window.

>> No.21473475

>>21473399
I hate when I am aware that the person is supposed to be dead.

One time I had such a vivid dream it was like I had gone back and time and saw it again. And it was a really unremarkable memory within the dream. Just our living room, floor model tv and floral couch etc, and he came around the corner from the kitchen and sat on the couch, and he looked really sad.

>> No.21473484

>>21473399
>In the dreams I don’t seem to realize that he should be dead
yes. that's why it hurts

>> No.21473490

>>21473484
Reddit moment.

>> No.21473498

>>21473146
Walter de la Mare has a lot of stories like that.

>> No.21473503

>>21473490
you are an incel. how could you even know how this feels?

>> No.21473540

i dreamt of my old boxing gym last night.

>> No.21473767

>>21473316
Cows are really, really good at swimming. They're way better than black people.

>> No.21473939

>>21473146
I offer four novels here that might be of interest:

https://archived.moe/lit/thread/21357578/#q21358384

A man grieving for a dead woman is quite a common trope. I can't think of any good examples with the sexes reversed. (Let me know if you find one.)

>> No.21473949

>>21473146
The Year of Magical Thinking

>> No.21474018
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21474018

>>21473289
But still, if you'd never met her she'd still be alive. Face it.

In answer to your question: Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier

>> No.21474039

>>21474018
>But still, if you'd never met her she'd still be alive. Face it.
That's true. She was coming to my city from her college town to see me.
I know that you're just trolling me, trying to make me feel responsible for her death. I don't. I just miss her dearly.
And thanks for the rec
>>21473949
>>21473939
Thanks

>> No.21474042

>>21473456
>There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, / Than are dreamt of in your philosophy
You are a pedantic, materialist, sophomoric sophist.

>> No.21475864

>>21473767
are they better at swimming, too?

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>meet dead pet in dream
>wake up and he's gone

>> No.21476337

>>21473289
I'm very sorry, OP.
I hope you received some catharsis in your dream with her.

>> No.21476363

>>21473309
*hits you with newspaper*
NO! BAD!

>> No.21476378

>>21476309
Pretty sure my dog will be my spirit guide to the other side when i pass. He's sucha good boy.

>> No.21476393

>>21473146
is spanish or portuguese your first language?

Ive never heard any native english speaker say they "dreamt with" someone

>> No.21476421

>>21476393
Yeah, "soñar con".

>> No.21476526

>>21476309
I occasionally have dreams where my pet cat (who got hit by a car when I was 9) comes back. I think it's because she went missing for a few days before we heard she died, and even when we buried her I never got to see her. My subconscious still thinks she's coming back.

As for OP, I'm very sorry for your loss. It doesn't get better, but we can learn to live with it. I wish you the best.