Poll: your experiences with losing a loved one, sensing the dead, etc. etc?

Question

Hello!! So, I am writing a paper for a class (Anth 332, Shamanism and Healing) on people's experiences of losing a loved one, sensing the presence of those who have passed on, etc. etc. Please, answering even just ONE of these questions would help, as long as you don't mind possibly being quoted in a paper. Thank you soooooooo much!!!!!

1.Have you ever been close to someone who has died? If so, who? How close were you?
2.Have you ever felt a strong sense of the presence of someone who has died?
3.Have you ever had vivid memories of someone who has died?
4.Vivid dreams?
5.Do certain sights, sounds, smells, etc. bring back strong memories of a person?
6.Do certain places (specific or unspecific) give you a strong sense of the dead?
7.Have you ever felt the presence of a person/people that you did NOT personally know? (i.e. being in a place and sensing spirits of people who died long ago, sensing past unrest, etc. etc.)

Answer 1

I have lost a mother and a grandmother. My memories of my mother are like dreams where I know she is there but I can't see here. My grandmother I haved dreamed alot about. Seeing little crafts or crystal or glass remind me of her. She liked little things like that and used them as decorations around the house. I have a Bible that reminds me of her to. She was a Prayer warrior, and now that she is gone I don't feel the same anymore, there is definitely a difference in Spiritual walk with God, its like something is missing. Hers Prayers brought me many Blessings I know, I miss those.