We were at the dinner table over Christmas and the topic of dreams came up so i enlightened everyone to what a Lucid Dream was. A question was raised if you could feel pain in a dream.

I said i'm not sure but I could certainly test it next time I happen to have a lucid dream. As it happened i did have one maybe a day or two later. In the dream I was on a street and decided to run down it until i found something interesting to do when i remembered the conversation at dinner and decided to test it there and then.

I placed my hand on a small wall and picked up a conveniently placed slab of broken paving (funny how that happens). After thinking twice and double checking this was ok because i was dreaming, I proceeded to whack my hand with the slab. I felt the sensation of squashing my hand which felt uncomfortable but... no paid at all. Not even an ounce, just the sensation of impact.

So that's my thoughts on the situation. No you do not feel pain, only sensation of the impact, cut, fall etc but not the pain itself.

Anyone else got a view or managed to test it out?