Does What You Do In Your Dreams Feel Real?

**LucidShaun** · 08-06-2010 11:24 PM

Does it feel like it is real life?

If it does because you can make it better than real life do you want to stay asleep because being in that dream is better than life?

**PatrickLB** · 08-07-2010 12:59 AM

Chances are that no, since it IS a dream so if you end up finding that your dream is better then real life you'll mostly just stop remembering it's a dream then wake up as usual, and I think you also have limited time in your dreams, you can't just dream forever.

**Elucive** · 08-07-2010 04:56 AM

I don't know about the wanting to stay asleep part, but yes it does feel like real life. Especially when your dream recall is really good.

**Amethyst Star** · 08-07-2010 05:07 AM

What I do in my dreams definitely feels real, and sometimes even moreso than reality since I'm within my own mind and not having to take outside stimuli into consideration. That feeling of "real-ness" is what keeps us from becoming lucid in the first place.

As far as wanting to stay in dreams, I think we all feel that to some degree or another. I mean, who wouldn't want to spend more time in a place where they controlled what was going on and where they could create a place entirely designed to suit their desires? I feel, though, that most people understand that life isn't always about dreaming (in the sense of being asleep) and we must all wake and live life in the Real. To me, because time spent in dreams seems so much more infrequent and because of the good and bad times I have had in the waking world, I can appreciate my dreams for what they are as well as better appreciate what I have when I wake up.

As Dumbledore said in HP1, "It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."

**LucidShaun** · 08-07-2010 09:47 AM

I can see where you huys are coming from and since i joined i have had 3 dream that is in my DJ but only 1 that i can remember later that day and was long enough to think about as a story and that seemed so real and yet i forgot to RC. It was was obvious it was a dream as i am no jet pilot lmfao. So yeah it must have felt real enough to keep me from noticing something was up.

**liquidSamurai** · 08-07-2010 01:05 PM

most of my dreams are very real. I feel every sensation and emotion there is to feel. Sometimes my senses or emotions are more vivd or intense than in waking reality. Many times things seem so real I don't realize I'm dreaming. Something is usually bizarre about the dream though. I never have dreams that are like real life where I'm just sitting down doing some mundane task, having a conversation, working, or watching TV. Something is always "off", or it looks slightly hazy, or the scale of things is way off, besides whatever bizarre of exaggerated situation is taking place.

**LucidShaun** · 08-07-2010 05:15 PM

Yea i know doing normal everyday things in a dream would be so boring, i just started here and in my DJ there is nothing boring like that yet lmfao

**Hukif** · 08-08-2010 02:41 AM

It feels real yes, but wanting to stay in the dream forever? No.

**MadMonkey** · 08-08-2010 02:58 AM

Dreams can feel even more real than waking life. Even if it didn't you probably wouldn't realize it was a dream unless you are a lucid dreamer because we are like programed to not realize it.

**SupaCoopa** · 08-08-2010 04:18 AM

Ah lucid dreaming. Another way to break a rule our body sets for us. To bad our body sets these limits in the first place. Like having limitless power in dreams but programming you not to realize it's a dream. Or incredible strength that can only activate in dangerous situations. The way I feel is that the human body can do a lot more than what most people think but our body puts limits the what it lets us do with it.

If humans can break all the rules our bodies set for us than amazing things good or bad could happen.

**ReachingForTheDream** · 08-08-2010 06:43 AM

Unfortunately, for me, dreams don't feel that real

Yes, they feel great, but I always feel this sort of detachment... almost like I'm not really in it, but watching it from a screen or something. I wish it felt more immersive.

**Smushy** · 08-10-2010 09:26 AM

Tell me (anyone): Are lucid dreams easier to make feel more realistic with practice?

**Reinhardt** · 08-10-2010 09:57 AM

I think this thread belongs in the newbie zone but anyways, from practice you can obviously make your dreams feel more vivid and real. But most of the time you only realize it was a dream till you woke up or became lucid, so yes dreams can get very real.

**SupaCoopa** · 08-10-2010 06:15 PM

Almost to real. Like last night I had a non lucid dream that seemingly lasted 1 and a half weeks and nothing was out of place or unrealistic.

**Raspberry** · 08-10-2010 06:50 PM

They kind of vary for me. I've not had many, but I had one that lasted a few seconds but was totally clear and real feeling.

I don't think I'd like to stay in dreams. I'd start to take the power for granted and it wouldn't be fun anymore... And anyway, life is fun too! Sometimes

**Sloth Face** · 08-11-2010 11:43 PM

The feeling during the lucid dream is very real for me. I can touch the walls and they are solid. Food is very tasty and smells are very real. It's pretty crazy how the brain can create sensations like that! I think the feeling of elation after a lucid dream is just...incredible.