Grief Dreams with Dr. Joshua Black
Life, Death & The Space Between with Dr. Amy Robbins
Dr. Amy Robbins
4.8 • 585 Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2021
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
“The research has shown there are ways to improve dream recall. Some people say each dream is an unopened letter. But not all dreams are meaningful; we get a lot of junk mail.”
– Dr. Josh Black, Grief Dream Researcher
Dr. Joshua Black is a researcher in grief dreams, with a special focus on dreams of the deceased. Josh is one of the leading researchers in this field. In his research, Josh examines why some bereaved individuals dream of the deceased while others do not, the experiences of people’s grief dreams and how grief dreams help with grief recovery.
This is my first interview on FiresideChat.com/amyrobbins. There were some technical hiccups, but we pulled it off!
Our topics today:
- How overwhelming grief following his dad’s sudden death – then a transformative grief dream experience - led him to grief support, and ultimately dream research.
- Categorizes the various types of grief dreams:
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- Dreaming of the deceased
- Imagery that reminds the dreamer of the deceased
- Other characters talking about the deceased
- Anticipatory grief dreams – where someone dreams of a death before it happens
- How a dreamer’s perspective differentiates a visitation from a dream.
- Dreams in general are more negative (which I never really thought about). But grief dreams tend to have a more positive bent. They can help the bereaved process the death of their loved one, or process their own experience of end of their own life.
- After the death of a loved one, the very high rates of grief dreams:
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- 86% of spouses
- 78% of pet owners
- 58% after a miscarriage
- 55% of children dream of the deceased parent
- How to quickly increase your own dream recall, supported by research.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Dr. Amy Robbins and welcome to Life, Death, and the Space Between podcast. |
| 0:08.4 | I'm a licensed clinical psychologist and medium. |
| 0:11.6 | And here we explore life, death, consciousness, and what it all means. |
| 0:17.1 | Today I have Dr. Joshua Black on the show. |
| 0:26.6 | Josh is a researcher in grief dreams with a special focus on dreams of the deceased. Josh is one of the leading researchers in this field. In his research, Dr. Black examines why some bereaved individuals dream with the dream of the deceased while others do not. |
| 0:41.0 | The experience of people's grief dreams and how grief dreams help with the grief recovery. |
| 0:47.6 | Welcome to the show, Josh. |
| 0:52.9 | A while back I had asked for your support through Patreon. |
| 0:57.5 | And I'm so grateful for those who reached out and supported me. |
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| 1:57.0 | And you're going to hear another podcast that's going to go into more depth later this |
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