Thread: What'sup with not being able to read in dreams?

Can't you read in dreams? Us normal people can.. I have never had any problem with reading.
Dunno what's up with you man..

Seriously though (I was just kidding), why would you even NEED to read in dreams? You can read while awake, dude! I would rather fly off to somewhere, jump across rooftops, blow stuff up, or visit some ladies.. (ehem).
In fact, not being able to read can be a useful dreamsign. If you ever see some suspicious text, read it.. and you might realize you're dreaming

Originally Posted by Orior

..... why would you even NEED to read in dreams?

I've had this happen. It can be frustrating if what you want to read is interesting. I had a few dreams where I found and ancient tome that (supposedly) was full of occult knowledge. Trying to read it proved futile, as the characters just seemed to blur without blurring, hard to explain. Recently I had a dream where I needed to use a telephone but the numbers looked "foreign" with strange symbols in place of common numbers. I've plenty of dreams where store signs were legible, street signs, the interior of a car and the console on the dash, etc. It may be some mental thing where when you want to read something and really focus on it you don't have the power to, and maybe is metaphoric sign about how you view yourself?