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[moonsson]

This odd little thing just happened and I thought I would share. 18 years ago my friend Dave took his own life. That was on my mind today but i went on with my day as i have for the past 18 years on this date. As I was sitting here reading I was over whelmed with the scent of Polo(his scent). I then heard some one move across the living room(odd

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[failuresofine]

My mother had this sort of thing happen with my uncle (her brother, obviously), although she claimed she actually saw him, as if he were a real live person standing right in front of her, speaking (though she said she could not hear him). He died very young (32) due to heart related issues and she didn't deal with it very well, and never fully recovered from it (plus she was the one who found him dead in his bed-- apparently he died in his sleep. I was 18 at the time

[moonsson]

Thanks for sharing this. I understand the stress of dealing with the aftermath(I helped his mom clean his apartment) so I think it makes this date a little more bitter. I did not see him but I could "feel" him if that makes sense.

[failuresofine]

I do understand the 'feel' part. I believe it has happened to me with my grandfather (my mother's father). He died in 1996, and for a few years after that I occasionally had the sense that he was there. It was so strong-- as in, I was absolutely certain he was present in some form-- that I'm fairly convinced it was real. Unfortunately, it stopped happening a long time ago. :\

I dream about my mother on a semi-regular basis, and sometimes they're very interesting dreams. We had a very rocky relationship up until a couple of years before her death, and my dreams almost come across as making up for 'lost time', such as the periods that we were basically estranged. Whether it's just my mind wanting it to work that way, or her actually 'communicating' in some form, I can't really say.

Heh, and that made me remember that she believed that when people die, they turn in to stars(like, the ones in the sky at night). I always thought that sounded fairly pleasant. I hope she is a star now.

[moonsson]

I hope your mom is a star too.

[somethinghpns]

Hello and thanks for sharing your experience. As a neurologist now and again I like to comment on these entries. It is not entirely uncommon that sensory areas in the brain are stimulated without external stimuli. In this event what you experience is not an "illusion," but an actual sensation. The area in the brain responsible for scent is closest to the area responsible for memory, which is why often scents are associated strongly with memory. In fact, often this sort of internal stimulation is termed an 'aura' (not to be confused with the lay term 'aura' - it is a specific medical term. You might consider this neurological explanation (also in terms of internal stimulation of other cortices, like sound and touch, etc). It is a more common and likely explanation after all.