Miller wrote: “To dream of being insane, forebodes disastrous results to some newly undertaken work, or ill health may work sad changes in your prospects.”
The historical account
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Gustavus Hindman Miller
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What’s in a Dream · Gutenberg #926; bibliography identifies the 1901 original and subsequent reprints
Insane · Heading 1053; source lines 12181–12190 · Text transcription
Original source (English)
To dream of being insane, forebodes disastrous results to some newly undertaken work, or ill health may work sad changes in your prospects.
To see others insane, denotes disagreeable contact with suffering and appeals from the poverty-stricken. The utmost care should be taken of the health after this dream.
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