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Dreaming of Death

Dreaming of Death

I’ve always been preoccupied by death. As a child I worried a lot about dying in the night. I worried about being suffocated or split in two by a speeding train...

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Caroline Bobby
Feb 18, 2024
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I’ve always been preoccupied by death. As a child I worried a lot about dying in the night. I worried about being suffocated or split in two by a speeding train. The psychotherapist I grew up to become has some thoughts about those fantasies, but that’s another riff.

It hasn’t been the easiest journey to reach what I call ‘the fields of kindness’. It has…

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