Who said you can't feel pain in dreams? As far as I know, you can feel anything in a dream that you can feel in real life, which is good news and bad news I suppose. A lot of us are just reckless enough not to worry about pain. |
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First, I’d like to say that I’m new here so please don’t hate me if I write something stupid or in the wrong place. Also, English is not my native language so don’t hate me if I spell something wrong. I would be very grateful if someone could read this and tell me what I did wrong, because I’m kind of freaked out right now. |
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Last edited by Insikt; 12-03-2011 at 12:08 AM.
Who said you can't feel pain in dreams? As far as I know, you can feel anything in a dream that you can feel in real life, which is good news and bad news I suppose. A lot of us are just reckless enough not to worry about pain. |
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I read somewhere that you can’t get hurt in your dreams. Now I realize they probably meant that you won’t have any wounds left when you wake up, not that you can’t be wounded. That explains it! Is there any way to avoid pain in the dreams anyway? Even though it’s not real it feels real. I’m not a big fan on pain. |
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Last edited by Insikt; 12-03-2011 at 02:12 AM.
In dreams,lucid or otherwise, we can feel everything we feel in waking life - unfortunately including pain.Fortunately, none of it is real - it's all just in your head. |
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Dreams are real, to your brain. That means your brain will interpret sensorial input as real input, and not internal input. In simple words, in a world you can feel the sun in your skin, and so can you feel a knife in your arm. This is real, just like real life, because there are the same electrical signals. Just the source is different. |
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I'm going to be afraid to be afraid tonight! |
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If your in a dream and you never wake up, its called a coma. Or maybe your dead and in heaven, depending on your beliefs |
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It is true that people die in their sleep, but it is generally due to a heart attack, blood clot or something similar, people don't just die - especially at a young age. I guess what Im trying to say is, if you are healthy you have absolutely nothing to worry about. be confident in your waking life and that wil transfer to your dreams. Happy dreaming! |
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Wait - I'm not sure I understand. Do you believe that when you're dreaming you actually leave your physical body? |
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If I want to wake up I usually ignore my dream body and try to roll around and move my physical body. Another method is to kill yourself in a dream, but it's not always pleasant. You really have nothing to fear though because your physical body is always with you, so you never have to search for it. |
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Previously known as Lucidis.
No… that’s not what I meant. It’s so hard to explain.. |
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Last edited by Insikt; 12-04-2011 at 10:41 AM.
Thank you, I’ll keep that in mind. Are there any statistics of witch state of sleep people are most likely to die in? |
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It's hard for me to explain how to feel your real body. If you can feel it, then you just need to focus on lifting your arms and legs to wake up. You will know it's your real body if it feels like someone is holding down. |
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Previously known as Lucidis.
I'm not sure the human mind is capable of sustaining REM sleep for more than an hour or so at a time. There are biological mechanisms controlling this, it isn't just the dream itself. Eventually the body will wake itself up. Now, there seems to be a subjectivity about time within a dream, so it may seem much longer than this. There are people in this forum that have had dreams lasting for "days", but they always wake up. |
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Ah - thank you for explaining. Now I understand. And I also understand your being afraid after that terrifying experience you described in your 1st post above. Anyone would be scared after that!! |
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Here is what I want you try at first. Have you ever tried meditation? I think this might help all those feelings you have been experiencing. |
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I have read some journals now, and it was very interesting. Everyone seemed to enjoy their dreams so much. I get that, it was an amazing experience to fly at the beginning of my dream. What I don’t understand is how you all can be so fearless. Haven’t you ever felt trapped or worried that you won’t find your way back once it’s time to wake up? |
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I haven’t seen inception myself, but a friend of mine have. He talked a lot about it, something that you can enter other people’s dreams and make them tell you their secrets and stuff like that. So your right, it has probably influenced my feelings about dreams. |
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Last edited by Insikt; 12-04-2011 at 08:21 PM.
** Oops! I was responding to the post just before your last one! |
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My thoughts based on your problems and what others have said. |
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My Lucid Dreaming Articles/Tutorials:
Mindfulness - An Alternative Approach to ADA
Intent in Lucid Dreaming; Break that Dry-Spell, Escape the Technique Rut
Always, no sometimes think it's me,
But you know I know when it's a dream
I think I know I mean a yes
But it's all wrong
That is I think I disagree
-John Lennon
I don’t know if I trust that alarm system. People sometimes enter my room while I’m sleeping and that doesn’t wake me up. How could my sleeping body possibly tell a friendly person from a unfriendly? Also, I find it very difficult to wake up in the morning. I have four alarm clocks and I still oversleep sometimes. You’re right about that it’s unlikely that anything will happen to me just because I’m asleep. But still, I can't get the fact that it can happen out of my head. |
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Ok. That doesn’t sound too bad. I’ll defiantly try it. |
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I may be new here.. But I'm going to kind of go against the other opinions here. Forget lucid dreaming for now, you're having some incredibly irrational paranoia that is not normal. Dreams can not kill you. Yes, people die in their sleep- from other causes. There is always a reason for death, but not dreams. I'd talk to someone else other than a forum for now about your fears. If they don't dissipate shortly, a doctor could always prescribe something to help you sleep. |
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