Does everyone run very slow in their dreams?

[Rusty Shackleford]

Every time I am running in a dream it is like I am moving slower than a turtle and actually not really even going anywhere at all. I am usually getting chased by someone that is trying to kill me or harm me and I start to run and I my body feels like it ways a ton and I barely move and then the person trying to catch me is getting closer and closer very quickly then right as they are about to catch me I wake up sweating balls.

[werwun]

I have difficulty running as well. To the contrary, it feels as though my body weighs next to nothing and I simply can't get enough grip to propel me forward! If you are being chased by something you may need to face it at some point, either in waking life or in the dream state. (I say in waking life because it may be a subconscious manifestation of a problem you have in waking life)

[dasein]

My experience of running is usually the opposite: while dreaming, I'm able to run much faster than I'm even capable of while awake. I've even had a couple dreams where I was certain I was moving fast enough that a simple jump (or series of jumps) would get me flying, but alas, I awoke before taking to the sky.

[orofein]

I get this too. for example:The other night, I beat up a few pricks that were throwing nails at the tires of the bike I was riding, and one of them ran away so I chased him, but I couldn't run very fast and he got away. It kind of feels like I'm running in water- something is kind of holding me back... I get that feeling most of the time when I try to run in dreams.

[Delilah]

I just replied in another thread similar to this. If you didn't know, what you're probably feeling is sleep paralysis, which stops your body from moving in real life so you don't sleep-walk and hurt yourself while dreaming. A lot of people can feel this sleep paralysis in their dreams, and I'm one of them; I can't move very fast while running or fighting in dreams. Sometimes I get the rare dream where I can run super-fast, but those are really, really ... rare. People who know a decent amount of information about sleep paralysis in dreams (ie, not me) can probably help you find ways to over-come it. Usually I just realise I'm dreaming when I can't move fast and it just goes away, but my subconscious has gotten smarter and makes up crazy reasons for me moving so slow, like there being a lot of wind, or I'm walking through really thick, long grass. Damn sub-conscious, thwarting me when I found the perfect dream sign :@

[drewmandan]

I find that I am more aware of the real world while I'm dreaming when I'm stressed. If this is true, and assuming this is sleep paralysis (which it is), then if you de-stress yourself, the problem should go away in time.

[TheCosmicOctopus]

I have the same phenomenon in my dreams. However, that's a good thing in my opinion. Something like that is a good dream sign to signal that you're dreaming if you are doing anything with lucid dreaming.

[Flame_Ace]

I can't run very fast in my dreams either, and also I noticed that in most of my dreams I can't talk very well either, it always sounds like I'm just whispering. I think it's neat though like the above poster said; it helps me realize that I'm dreaming.

[one3rd]

Slow running is a dream sign for me. I'm at the point where slow running automatically make me lucid. From there I can make myself run normally, or on occassion slow everything else in the dream to my speed.

[mel_noah]

Normally I can't run fast at all - but only when I'm being chased! lol If running to get somewhere in my dream isn't a very important aspect of said dream then normally I can run, walk, and move quite well. I agree with the others that not being able to move fast is dream paralysis. It's there to help you. Or else you would be thrashing around the bed, which I do quite often. I can't tell you how many times I have awaken my dear fiancé' by hitting him with one limb or another. The other night I was fishing for silver fish in my mail box, and I kept hitting him with my arms when I would cast the rod back. lol

[Forsightings]

Heh - I can't run properly too - so I jump! For me its a lot easier as I propell myself along very far!

[Njd1990]

When I run in my dreams it is exhilarating...I'm not going at super human speed but I'm going fast and I can feel all of my momentum bounding with me lightly.

[ladoys]

If you run slow when being chased, it doesnt necessarily you run slow ALL the time, it might just be your mind playing out your worries. The same might happen if you needed to catch someone, but your mind does the opposite. This is how things normally work out for me.

[RetracingMySteps]

yes, i experience this very often in dreams. in times of danger, i'm weakened. can't run fast, or scream loud, or punch hard. very frustrating, losing your defenses just when you need them the most.

[Lëzen]

Heh - I can't run properly too - so I jump! For me its a lot easier as I propell myself along very far! I also find jumping is easier than running in dreams. I used jumping to escape a wampa ice beast one time...then, of course, I got a little too cocky, and he caught up with me.

[camera_man1231]

Yeah, so i kind of figured this out as a kid. The same thing happened to me in all of my nightmares, so for some reason, i just decided not to look at my feet or legs, and as a result i ran normally.

[Ozzi99]

I cant not because i go to slow just because everytime i try to take a step i fall over.

[Sylph]

Moving slow is a very rare ocurrence in my dreams, hardly ever happens. In fact, a lot of times I can move as good as an olympic athlete - running, jumping, fighting (and I don't even do martial arts IRL ). It's pretty cool.

[Kanano]

I used to have that a lot. I'd just start going super slow. I'd have to use rails and whatnot to move myself forward. I don't anymore though for some reason. In fact, I just had a dream where I kept doing really high running jumps. As for getting over it... I'm not really sure. You could always take a few minutes everyday and imagine yourself running fast in your mind. That's how I got over my nightmares, and not being able to control my dreams very well. Solidify it in your mind. Tell yourself you can run fast in dreams, give yourself a reason to run fast if you have to, or a way, like rockets on your feet. It worked for me.

[Deaf Cow]

You slowpokes! In most of my dreams, I'm really, really fast, or even teleport between locations.

[Meowth]

I'm like that alot. Except I was sort of floating out of my bed veeeery slowly to the floor, my dad was a werewolf and there were homicidal ghosts living in my desk, which I was then floating towards. It was one of those dreams where you think you're awake, but not. From a dream to another dream. I hate those...

[Sara[h]]

If someone or something is chasing me in my dreams I run abnormally fast at first but just as I am about to get away my body feels almost weightless and I cannot run fast enough but the people I am running from are running much faster than before.

[LobbyDonut]

I don't run in dreams anymore. Many years ago I used to have nightmares and I couldn't run properly. Eventually I adapted to flying instead. Much more efficient and fast!

[Serith]

A lot of the times when I've tried running away from things in dreams, I found myself to be paralyzed, and a lot of the times when I've had to catch something in a dream, I found I was running really slow. In other conditions, I usually run at an average speed, maybe slightly faster than I can run in real life. The only time I remember being able to run extremely fast was in a non-lucid dream where I was a former government super soldier or something like that, trying to escape form government agents. I was running really slow at first, but since I was about to be caught, I tried as hard as I could to run faster, and found I could run at superhuman speed.

[Gez]

Differs, sometimes it feels as if ive got concrete boots on, other times a can almost glide at 100mph. It's all to do with the situation.