sense of movement in dreams

**Nightingale42** · 04-18-2013 02:57 AM

At some point i was playing around in dreams, daydreams, that lovely state before sleep where daydreaming becomes unusually vivid and even when remembering what something felt like - and i noticed that no mater what i was doing, be it standing on a beach with the water lapping at my feet, swinging in a swing set, running, swimming etc, the basic sensation feels the same. there might have been other sensory details thrown in, but mostly its just that same sensation. i was just wondering if anyone else had noticed this.

is it simply a construction of memory?

**Cacophony** · 04-18-2013 10:08 PM

This depends mostly on your dream recall. If you build up your ability to recall your dreams with more clarity, you will be able to recall the sensations you felt within the dream.

For instance, if you have decent dream recall, you'll be able to remember what happened in your dreams, but won't remember what it actually felt like. It's amazing - when your dream recall is strengthened, you also gain the ability to recall what it felt like to be in your dream. Dreams can seem as real in memory as what you did yesterday. It's pretty cool stuff

**Nightingale42** · 04-18-2013 11:21 PM

thats... not anything like what i was saying...? i'm saying even the memory of an action (non-dream related) created this sensation. i'm guessing i'm not explaining it well, but i don't know how else to.