Thread: i felt PAIN in my dream

This seems to explain it nicely.

Who said pain is a reality check? It's not, since you can feel pain the dream... just as you experienced now.

Yep, you can feel pain in a dream. It's also possible to not feel pain in a dream. If something caused pain in one dream that doesn't mean it will also cause pain in another. You just learned a lesson on the strange, relative nature of dreams.

@madmonkey ah ya

@liitlezoe oh but pinching the skin is one of the reality check right if it is hurts (PAIN)you are in real world else you are in dream , same concept that im tried to say above

Originally Posted by karthik

@liitlezoe oh but pinching the skin is one of the reality check right if it is hurts (PAIN)you are in real world else you are in dream , same concept that im tried to say above

No. That's a misconception spread by movies.

You might feel pain in the dream when you pinch yourself or you might not. It's not reliable.

@dms111 thnx bro

Originally Posted by littlezoe

No. That's a misconception spread by movies.

You might feel pain in the dream when you pinch yourself or you might not. It's not reliable.

oh :O you mean it is unstable right but few months back i saw top ten reality check in that skin pinching was at a 1st position after that i tried to follow the same ,even i succeeded once by using this as a reality check

Pinching yourself is an awful RC.

Would you mind linking to the resource you read, so we can see what other "information" you learned from it?

I've been punched in the back of the head, flung into a metal beam by a bungee chord and injected with AIDs at a concert, all in me dreams.

Hurt every time.

Originally Posted by karthik

oh :O you mean it is unstable right but few months back i saw top ten reality check in that skin pinching was at a 1st position after that i tried to follow the same ,even i succeeded once by using this as a reality check

You should on use reality checks that are as reliable as possible. Pinching yourself is extremely unreliable. Stick with ones that are proven to be more reliable like plugging your noes and trying to breath through it.

BTW instead of double posting edit your previous post.

I always get pain in my dreams but it's always ten times worse than what it would be in real life, damn dreams lol

i remember once I felt like I got shot in the back of the head in a dream and the pain was enough to wake me up, and it was still there for a little after waking.

Originally Posted by MadMonkey

You should on use reality checks that are as reliable as possible. Pinching yourself is extremely unreliable. Stick with ones that are proven to be more reliable like plugging your noes and trying to breath through it.

BTW instead of double posting edit your previous post.

Noseplug failed me once in a dream and I continued walking in my FA.

Originally Posted by karthik

yesterday i had a dream,in that someone pulled my finger hardly and i yelled it really hurts ..after woke up i realize how can i felt pain in my dream because i heard most of the people told the pain is the one of the reality check ,but in my dream i felt pain how it is possible...i am in big confusion......

Uhm, scents can be reality checks, since your body keeps your nose on the lookout in the real world to smell danger of some kinds. Not sure about pain though 'cause I've had the same thing, I got stabbed actually. Bloody scary... O.O

Originally Posted by Carrot

Noseplug failed me once in a dream and I continued walking in my FA.

Every RC CAN fail The difference is that some will fail more and those are unrealiable.

Originally Posted by littlezoe

Every RC CAN fail The difference is that some will fail more and those are unrealiable.

Mirrors had not failed me yet. But it's so hard to chance upon a mirror in a non-lucid. But the moment I noticed a mirror when I become lucid I creep out and the lucid becomes unstable. Irony.

Originally Posted by Carrot

Mirrors had not failed me yet. But it's so hard to chance upon a mirror in a non-lucid. But the moment I noticed a mirror when I become lucid I creep out and the lucid becomes unstable. Irony.

Mirrors are reliable as well, but there can be times when they fail, it's just rare, like with most good RCs.
Just because something didn't work for you once, that doesn't mean it's unreliable. You have to use them more to experience their usefulness.

Originally Posted by littlezoe

Mirrors are reliable as well, but there can be times when they fail, it's just rare, like with most good RCs.
Just because something didn't work for you once, that doesn't mean it's unreliable. You have to use them more to experience their usefulness.

Mirrors always somehow end up badly for me in dreams. In some dreams, I could be in the bathroom or something, then walk out and quickly peek my head in the mirror again to see a monster (assuming it's "bloody Mary") and shit. I used to have dreams where I would run down the hallways of wherever I lived really fast and quickly glance at the mirror. I would basically always see a face in the mirror as if it was always there and I was fast enough to catch it before it went away.

I wish I could have a normal mirror dream

lol, you fail a little bit of pain? xD

Like everyone said above, it's completely normal to feel pain in a dream. But I'm not sure if it can be classified as 'pain', because anyone who has a bit of experience will know that it doesn't 'hurt', it's more of a jolting experience, as if you got electrocuted at the area.

Originally Posted by Extremador

Mirrors always somehow end up badly for me in dreams. In some dreams, I could be in the bathroom or something, then walk out and quickly peek my head in the mirror again to see a monster (assuming it's "bloody Mary") and shit. I used to have dreams where I would run down the hallways of wherever I lived really fast and quickly glance at the mirror. I would basically always see a face in the mirror as if it was always there and I was fast enough to catch it before it went away.

I wish I could have a normal mirror dream

That is because you expect mirrors to be scary.

Trust me, mirrors are fine. Have all the fun you want.

If you expect something to be scary, it will be scary in a dream. So don't be afraid and it will be fine.

I have felt pain a few times. 1st time - I got hit in the head by a ball. 2nd time - Has vanished from my head.. D'oh

Mirrors are not for looking. They are for entering.

Originally Posted by Max ツ

Like everyone said above, it's completely normal to feel pain in a dream. But I'm not sure if it can be classified as 'pain', because anyone who has a bit of experience will know that it doesn't 'hurt', it's more of a jolting experience, as if you got electrocuted at the area.

I would definitely classify it as pain. Pain in my dreams can sometimes feel like uber intense bee stings. Piercing, unrelenting, sickening. I wake up with the pain still lingering and feeling sick to my stomach. Both the lingering pain and nausea fade quickly, though. It's probably gone in 5 seconds. This type of pain is very rare for me but it has happened a few times.

Originally Posted by dms111

Mirrors are not for looking. They are for entering.



I would definitely classify it as pain. Pain in my dreams can sometimes feel like uber intense bee stings. Piercing, unrelenting, sickening. I wake up with the pain still lingering and feeling sick to my stomach. Both the lingering pain and nausea fade quickly, though. It's probably gone in 5 seconds. This type of pain is very rare for me but it has happened a few times.

I dunno, I have felt a considerable amount of pain both in real life and in dreams and have sometimes gotten the same wounds. Even in a high quality LD, it just doesn't seem . . . real.

There's something about it I can't describe. Pain while awake is different, it's real, and it's much more intense.

Maybe our brains can't replicate pain that well. But then why shouldn't it, it can replicate almost every other feeling. =.=