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I tend to have very vivid dreams.Normally although there are people with me in these dreams I don't recognise them as people I know in real life.I reckon less than 5% of my dreams are about friends and family. Last Tuesday I had a very clear dream about my cousin Pauline and her husband, Jim. (I am close to these two and Jim is someone I call on when I need practical help). Jim was trying to retune my tv after the digital switchover, but was using his own remote control which was operated by thumbprint recognition! He couldn't get it to work and kept telling me that I had to help him.I said that I was the last person to help him with anything technical but he kept on and on asking me to help.Before the tv was retuned I woke up with a start. (As far as I am aware there was no noise or anything that might have woken me.)I chuckled to myself at the idea of me helping Jim in something like that and decided I must phone up and tell him about it later.I remember looking at the clock and it was about 6.15am. As it happpened I was busy and forgot to phone. The next day I received a e-mail from Pauline telling me that Jim had been rushed into hospital having had a stroke.When I was able to talk to her ,I realised that at exactly the time he had been asking me to help him in the dream ,that was when he was telling Pauline he felt dreadful and she was phoning for an ambulance. His stroke occurred at about 6.15 the same time as I had woken with such a start.
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Date submitted:Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:46:14 +0000Coincidence ID:6264