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[LilacTree]

Okay . . . it's obvious something's happening to me when I take naps.

Yesterday, I did fall asleep at around 12 noon and awoke around 2 PM. I know I was awake because I deliberately looked at the clock, which I always do.

Within about 30 seconds of awakening, I heard my sister's voice, very loud and clear, say my name perfectly, the way she always said it. It seemed to come from the ceiling because I looked up and to my right.

There was no subsequent "wake-up," so I was obviously actually awake when I heard her voice. I did not imagine it and it was not part of a dream.

Yesterday was the day after the third anniversary of my beloved sister's death. She was a day late.

[ETA: My original post on naps is in the Health and Wellness forum, where I also posted this newest experience.]

[qbetzforreal]

Yes, Ford. I've heard my mom call to me.

[brii]

I've never had someone call my name. Occasionally I will experience a strange phenomena of hearing the doorbell ring or a telephone ringing.

I don't have an answer other than I'm sure she's been on your mind lately...

[tansy]

Like brii, I often wake up because I hear the phone ringing, only it isn't.

[stilltamn8r]

Right after my mom and dad died, my SO and I were sitting on the sofa in the living room, as we sat we both glanced into the kitchen and both saw a dish towel move horizontally off the kitchen table, all by itself, out into the air about a foot past the edge of the table, then drop straight to the floor. Neither could believe what we had seen..it wax very eerie.. And yes, I have heard them call my name.....

[kdgn]

I used to think it was my overly active imagination.

[beckyb1012]

My experience was one month after my younger sister's death in 2009. It was a dream, I was not awake but it was my sister in a long white dress with very long hair looking more beautiful than she ever did at any time in her 42 years on earth. She, myself and our brother were just twirling around holding hands in a circle laughing like little children. It was like the game ring around the rosy but we were old.

I woke up from that dream and realized all the pain and ugliness of cancer was forever gone for her and she was so happy and full of love and beauty. It was a precious time when I woke up reflecting our time that we just had together as siblings.

[kittymomNC]

Not with a person...but my pets have always been like people to me, they are my "furry children".

Anyone who has ever had animals who get to sleep on their beds knows exactly what it feels like when they jump onto the bed. Several years ago, I had a beloved cat that passed away at age 13. I had two other cats at the time.

A few nights after she died, I was just going to sleep and felt a cat jump on the bed - I was not asleep, and I knew it was one of my cats. I looked down to see which one, and there was no cat there. In the next few weeks, from time to time I would feel that same thing, I would look down and no cat. There were a couple of times when I was awakened from sleep - looked down to see which cat had gotten on the bed, and again, no cat. I just know in my heart that it was my baby getting on the bed with me, and I always hoped it was to let me know she was okay. It's bringing me to tears as I type, and it has been 7 years.....

I also had a little miniature poodle many years ago. She had a little plastic "treat bowl", and I had taught her to bring it to me when it was empty and she wanted a treat. She would drop it on the floor in front of me with a "bang". When she died, I was totally heartbroken. It was a year and a half after she passed away that we got another little poodle, she was a smaller version of the first one. I had put a little bowl for treats down for her, but I had never taught to her to bring it to me. One night the bowl was empty, she picked it up and brought it to me, and dropped it in front of me with a "bang"! I was dumbfounded! I had never taught her to do that, and she never did it again, ever....It may sound strange, but I felt that my first baby's spirit had somehow entered into my second one's body, and they were both there with me. It had a really profound effect on me, and I don't know how to explain it.

[SeaGal]

I was just talking to my husband about this a few weeks ago, I had this happen to me with my beloved cat I had to put down about 5 years ago. I rescued her very young, she always had respitory problems, so bad I called her hamburger nose, she finally succumb to it at age 13.

Anyway she was always my little cling on and when she didnt know where I was she let out the strangest howl. I was waking from a nap like I said a few weeks ago and in my fog I swear I heard her holler for me, it was so loud and clear it was kind of scarey.

I'm chuckling because I have tears running down my face right now recalling this incident, I have really mixed emotions about this, it makes me both happy and sad at the same time. I sure miss her...

[LilacTree]

On 8/14/2014 brii said:

I've never had someone call my name. Occasionally I will experience a strange phenomena of hearing the doorbell ring or a telephone ringing.

I don't have an answer other than I'm sure she's been on your mind lately...

I have experienced loud knocking as well. In fact, that went on for a couple of years, although it hasn't happened in quite some time.

You are right, she is on my mind, and I'm not spiritual, so I'm pretty sure it's my brain working overtime. But at the time it happened, I was a little shaken up. It wasn't only that she had said my name . . . it was so definitely her voice.