I dream in 3rd person all the time. I also dream in 1st person all the time.
Dreaming in 3rd person is problematic for me, since, when I'm in 3rd-person, I am not aware of myself. Hence, I don't do a reality check, since I don't think "I should do a reality check" or "am I dreaming," since I don't have a sense of self. I think that my tendency toward dreaming in the 3rd person might be related to how... "theatrical," ... I am. I watch plenty of T.V., and I regularly attend the local anime club. And, of course, I play plenty of video games whenever I'm home, and the FPSs that I play may contribute to the 1st-person/3rd-person blurring.
Also, dreaming in the 2nd person is just a special case of dreaming in the 3rd person. Normally, the 2nd person refers to the speaker's speaking directly toward another individual or group of individuals, such as "You are wrong," or "I'm gon' keel you," or "You, my good sir, are an assonine hypocrite." So, to dream in the 2nd person, you would have to be the individual or group upon whom you are focused. Of course, these are different yous. Like, if you are dreaming in the 2nd person, you could be, say, your nemesis. Yet, if you are just your nemesis, then you're dreaming in the first person, and you've just manifested differently. However, even if there's a version of you elsewhere in, say, the same chamber, that doesn't mean that you are in the 2nd person; you could be in the first person, manifested differently, and there's a DC that just looks (and maybe even acts, thinks, etc.) a helluva lot like you. Indeed, it is basically impossible to actually determine whether you are dreaming in the 2nd person in any case, since even the most detailed knowledge of the situation is up to interpretation on the subject.
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