Thread: When Reality is Dream Like

Just be happy you are back, we could all rationalize left and right about how it is or isn't a dream, how we could never know, how we could definitely know, etc. I'm happy for you man, happiness is what we all strive for anyway, what does it matter what the answer to the question is if you're better off this way? Be happy and continue to inspire happiness in others, leading by example.

^^this Sounds like you just got a second life--use it as wisely as you can.

To me at least...some unlikely things happened to me since I started to recover. Sometimes I seriously
wonder whether I have recovered, or if I am really dreaming all of this up while in a coma.

But I guess this is all real and I have the doctors to thank and also God.

Don't you dream every night, still? Can't you tell the difference between these dreams that happen when you are asleep and this experience that happens when you are not? I am sure you can see this difference.

Living in a life that is so amazing it is dreamlike and unbelievable has no drawbacks. You can enjoy the show with no worries.

I can assure you this is not a dream, but if you doubt us, then, do just look around: if it is a dream, then, it has the odd property of being permanent and very stable. With this knowledge, then, you must live your life remembering that actions have consequences and that your past is persistant. If you truly think you are dreaming, then, try telekinesis, or telepathy. My guess it it won't work. You do have clear knowledge that this is not a dream. You don't need to worry about that question.

Happy recovery.

Thank you, Occipitalred, and all others who responded here! I still do not remember very many dreams, but I do
remember sometimes parts of them and so I guess I am continuing to dream.

But most all dreams that I do have...I seem to know at the time that they are dreams, but sometimes I do have some dreams that are
so realistic that at the time I am sure that it is reality. At least until I wake up and think on it!

I also feel guilty about people that had the same illness that I did, but didn't survive. Why did I live and they did not?
And even worse those who did survive, but were plagued with remaining symptoms so devastating for the rest of
their lives that they were probably worse off alive than dead.
It isn't fair, or at least it doesn't feel fair to me.

Can you all understand how I feel?

You seem on the right path in your art of lucid dreaming!

I understand why you would feel guilty, and that it's unfair. (although you are not guilty of the injustice). But that's the mystery of life.

Can you imagine that... "despite high infant mortality and rampant disease in past millennia, not one of your countless ancestors died childless"?

It's a chess game, many pieces will fall and others will remain to appreciate the sacrifice of others.

You are justified in your feeling of guilt (emotionally, not logically) but you might be happy the day that this emotion seed grows into a plant and blooms emotions of gratefulness for the chance you had and love/empathy for those who didn't make it. And I'm sure you've already smelt the aroma of it. Your situation is unique and more substantial because of that experience, but at the same time, we're all part of this survival game. So many people have died before us, and we are still here, not because we are more worthy, but simply because it is what was given to us.

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[Edit]. I have never had this happen to me. But my brother was a few hours near death, once. It brings tears to my eyes to just think that if we had waited to go to the clinic a few more hours (it was only a behavior change), he would be gone. In my position, I obviously feel no guilt that he is still here, only gratefulness, that we live in a place and time that could save him. And I do right now, will take 5 minutes (literally) or more to transfer this emotion to you, I am very happy, that you made it.

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Thank you, I think that you are close to understanding how I feel.
I was lucky in that I had a chance, after my recovery, for a time to help some
of those who were very ill or near death. It made me
very happy to help some, happier than I was from my own recovery!

And also I experienced how it felt to dream something that came true later.
That was interesting and I could see that there were real implications to that
happening.

Originally Posted by nightflick

And also I experienced how it felt to dream something that came true later.
That was interesting and I could see that there were real implications to that
happening.

Would you share with us this dream?

You may or may not be dreaming, but it doesn't matter because you were always just as likely to be dreaming as you are now. Your reality is not even necessarily real, so theres no point stressing about it. I could be real, or just a figment of your imagination, but is there really any difference? My answer would be no. Just enjoy your life and being alive, no matter how healthy you are life is short and you will find out the meaning of life (or lack thereof) when you die.

And I'm double posting because this is a different topic: I actually regularly get the same thing. I stand up, start to feel weird, and then entirely lose consciousness and collapse. Like one time I fell over and there was just this NEEEEEEEEEEE noise in my brain and I couldn't smell, taste, hear, feel, see, or anything. My feeling and proprioception was replaced with a fizzy sense like I was an amorphous body of soda. My logical thought was replaced with the NEEEEEEEEEEE. It faded away, and I was left laying on the floor, wondering what the hell happened. At first I didn't know where, who, what, or when I was. Then everything slowly came back. This happens all the time and never lasts more than 2-3 minutes. Supposedly it is genetic.

Edit: I don't think it is a serious condition though

First to Occipitalred,
Yes, I have had some dreams that came true, but they were usually not about things important to the rest of mankind!
Future or present events that I had no way of knowing are sometimes mentioned, but usually conerning things of
great personal interest to myself. One time I was told that a relative in the hospital was there because they had tried
to kill themselves. I had no clue why they were in the hospital, but the dream told me and it turned out to be true.
I am told that many others have had precognitive dreams much more interesting than mine, and I believe it.
But I am not going to convince anyone with my words alone. You have to discover it yourself. If there are
precognitive dreams then it is going to change the way that we see reality. And that is just for starters.

And Avian,
Yes, I am not going to stress out about whether or not I am dreaming up my reality while in a coma, or whether it
is completely genuine. Before my illness, I lived a somewhat predictable life, and now my present life seems
to be built on some very unusual happenings, but that is fine. I like this life more than the first and I want to
continue to enjoy it as long as i can.

Originally Posted by nightflick

You have to discover it yourself. If there are
precognitive dreams then it is going to change the way that we see reality. And that is just for starters.

I don't think we're all meant to discover these things for ourselves. Life has curious ways. I had a few precognitive dreams when I was younger and had an event that will always remind me that anything is possible, and how little I know about the world. But, now, it is no longer my turn to experience these things, maybe because I understood? I don't know.

Use your gift well. It doesn't come with responsibility, only with freedom. (I see it as a relationship). Oh wait, that sounds incorrect, then. By not having a responsibility, I mean, there is no ultimate goal that you have to accomplish with it. I have met people with similar gifts, and the "only" benefit, is that they can help their close ones move on, be with them, before the die. (I say that because the person I knew knew when people would die, so it allowed her to go to them.)

Originally Posted by nightflick

I like this life more than the first and I want to
continue to enjoy it as long as i can.

Best of luck!

What a pleasure it was to communicate with you, Occipitalred, and it sounds to me like you have had some
important interactions with fate, or whatever it is that we call it.
It is my experience that for those who are honest and true, as it sounds like you are, that everything works out
for you in the end.