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Studies of the elderly suggest that as people age their dreams continue to change in ways that reflect their changing lives and circumstances.
The elderly often dream of losing all their resources - money, property, the ability to take care of themselves - or of getting lost and not knowing how to get back home, fears mirroring real - life anxieties.
One fairly common characteristic is that in dreams as in their waking lives the aged behave less aggressively than younger persons and are more inclined toward passivity and introspection. These traits
are not universally evident, however. Older women, who can be more assertive than older men in waking life, may also behave less passively in dreams.
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