Physical Sensations in Dreams

[wakkedout]

I am new here, and have begun to practice recall (I think this is how you say it) to attain lucidity. No lucid dreams yet, but I have been keeping a journal, and am gaining greater clarity in remembering my dreams. I have begun to notice many physical sensations in my dreams, almost on a nightly basis. Last night I was fighting with a guy. He was throwing me about, and as usual in a dream, I didn't feel the physical pain or the blows. However, at one point, I was on the floor beneath him and I reached up and grabbed his crotch. Suddenly my hand was inside his pants and I felt his penis and testicles just as in real life. They felt warm and squishy (sorry guys, but this is all I can think of) when I grabbed hold. This was very distinct in the dream. I had another dream of eating a cinnamon-cherry donut. The taste of the cinnamon-cherry was very sharp, it was the most noticeable part of the dream. I could still taste it when I awoke. I dreamt my deceased dog was with me again, I was petting her. I felt her with my hand, she was solid and warm, she was physical and real. This is happening with sound, taste, touch, warmth, cold, vibrations, etc. Is this typical of dreaming, and am I just now noticing it because I am journaling my dreams, therefore paying closer attention? Thanks for your insight.

[MelodicRipple]

I couldn't tell you anything about the Lucid aspect to this question. However, as far as dream chronicling goes, I can say that yes, frequent practice improves one's memory when recalling dreams. But then everyone dreams differently. Maybe you are getting closer to developing your lucid experiences. Whatever the case, keep at it! And good luck!

[Brandon Heat]

Yes I noticed that as my lucid dreaming skills became greater and greater so did the vividness/realness of my dreams. I would experience temperature changes throughout the dream according to weather it was day or night, or what the weather was like. I could feel vibrations, hear music, all sounds, could feel different surfaces, what things were made of. Now it is to the point where my dreams are even more realistic than my waking life.

[wakkedout]

Well, I have yet to acquire lucid dreaming skills (I meant practicing reality checks, not recall, in my first post). I do notice different textures like hard or soft, sensations of hot and cold. I recently had a dream of an operation where I experienced split-second searing pain to the point it made me nauseous in my dream and upon awakening. That dream was pretty disgusting, actually.

[MelodicRipple]

Yes. I believe I know what you're talking about.

[Daniel33]

yep, I commonly have tactile sensations in my dreams. Especially sexual ones, so in regards to your particular scenario I think that's normal / common. Think about it, the more sexual a dream the more likely you'll "feel" it. Last night I had a dream I was running in a race, but didn't feel my legs hurt. Why? Probably because I wasn't thinking about it. But if I was having sex instead of running, you can bet I'd be paying attention to that. So knowing this, maybe you could try to attune the way you pay attention to things so that you can feel everything. In fact, I think I'll see what I might be able to do in that department myself. I'm more than willing to bet being able to feel things will aid in attaining lucidity. I'm sure someone on here has already done so, and will probably chime in with a link to a tutorial or post...

[Posquant]

Journaling helps. Recall leads to heightened experience. All senses will be automatically heightened, apart from conscience. Tactile. Aural. Visual. I had a taste of some cool "Dragon Candy" recently. A little girl had received it, and successfully opened the tricky packaging. Tasted something like a sour tart. A bit sweeter. And the citrus a bit more exotic... PQ

[Thatperson]

It's pretty much the same for me IRL and in the DreamWorld, but i suppose slightly mroe in the dreamworld, I think if we had perfect health we would be like we are in the dreamworld. I'm usually almost perfectly healthy in the dreamworld with sharp senses

[wakkedout]

Yeah, the journaling is helping a lot. I seem to zone in on these things more when I am writing them down, i.e., a conversation, taste, touch, etc. I have noticed my vision is getting much clearer with the journaling, but only in certain parts of a dream.

[Canway66]

I have been wondering for a while now if there was a term for the sensation of actually feeling things in a dream. Last night I was kissing someone and felt their mouth. This happens a lot but seems to only happen with people who I have a strong emotional connection to in real life. I have also felt my deceased father hugging me. For many years now I have also had a strange thing happen where I am asleep but not dreaming and I can feel something touching me or pulling me off the bed. There have been times when this has actually felt like I was being molested, if you will, by an invisible entity of some kind. I cant see or hear them only feel them. Anyone else experience this? I used to joke that a ghost thats been following me for years comes in to my room at night to make love to me.

[ToboiLOL]

Me too. I'm a 16 year old virgin girl. I've had no sexual or romantic experiences, yet I once "dreamt" that... how should I put it... i was having anal sex. The sensation felt so real, and I saw nothing. No face. I was disturbed for a long time and told no one about it. Before that, I had also "dreamt" that someone's hands were around my throat. Again, I don't know who it was, it was as if my eyes were closed within my dream... just darkness. These sensations felt REAL. I know for SURE that no one touched me while I was asleep. I still think that some kind of horny perverted ghost is haunting my room.

[Djaxup]

I had a nightmare as a teenager that was super vivid and every sense was strongly involved. I felt the rattling of the train, the loud noises inside it... when I stopped and went outside into a nocturnal desert area i felt cold, I smoked inside the dream (non smoker IRL, never smoked actually, just tasted twice or so) and the sensation of warm smoke inside my lungs was totally startling. A large bird warned me to take cover, so "he" doesn't see me, and that frightened me to no end. That guy was driving a large truck and he squished me against a taxi laying on it's side. The pain was horrific and I woke up and felt that pain in my side for several minutes after waking. That was really frightening. It scared the shit out of me...