How many people have Half dreams?

**Sassafrax** · 08-28-2011 11:14 PM

Hey everyone, just wondering how many people here have those dreams in which you are "awake" with your eyes closed, but you are dreaming. I have them all the time, though they aren't nearly as vivid as regular dreams.

**Burke** · 08-29-2011 12:21 AM

You mean like... Daydreaming? I do that sometimes, but not as much anymore since school ended

**Sassafrax** · 08-29-2011 01:53 AM

No, not really like daydreaming. It's quite literally dreaming while still being awake, but laying down with your eyes closed.

**Mancon** · 08-29-2011 01:55 AM

You mean you're dreaming but you can feel your real body?

**Erii** · 08-29-2011 01:55 AM

I do think that is daydreaming as well

**Puffin** · 08-29-2011 01:56 AM

I get them sometimes when I'm very relaxed; I can still feel my body but I'm not paying much attention to it. It's as if I'm watching a movie behind my eyelids in my mind's eye, but I can't quite pinpoint exactly what I'm watching, even though I have an idea. If I focus too hard on the "dream", I wake out of it. These dreams are not incubated by me on purpose, unlike daydreams.

**Sassafrax** · 08-29-2011 02:17 AM

Yeah puffin's got it. You're asleep but you feel your body and you react to itches and stuff. You kinda go in and out of it. It's like what happens right before you actually fall into a dream, only you're stuck in the middle, you know?

**Puffin** · 08-29-2011 02:19 AM

I wouldn't say stuck, but yep, it's definitely the in-between state for wakefulness and dreaming. A product of heightened self- and physical awareness, perhaps?

**Sassafrax** · 08-29-2011 02:23 AM

Perhaps. I dunno, i mean i've been STUCK in that state for hours once. Like i could wake up, but i couldn't get into a dream. I had my main DC try and help me into the dream while both of us were in the half dream, but we couldn't get there.

**Puffin** · 08-29-2011 02:29 AM

My guess is that you weren't in REM; it might be similar to how one can reach SP without being in REM, but they can't actually enter a dream.

That's all I've got, though.

**Sassafrax** · 08-29-2011 02:31 AM

That sounds likely. I think it's pretty cool that i could see my DC tho. and interact (not too much, or i'd wake up.)

**Ermac** · 08-29-2011 02:40 AM

I always get them, though i always spazz and wake up lol

**Sassafrax** · 08-29-2011 02:44 AM

You mean like your leg twitches? Or you get geeked cuz you're dreaming?

**Ermac** · 08-29-2011 02:44 AM

Originally Posted by Sassafrax

You mean like your leg twitches? Or you get geeked cuz you're dreaming?

Yea a random part of my body spazzes like i got shocked and i wake up like how the sneezing panda reacted

**Sassafrax** · 08-29-2011 02:46 AM

That's random. Yeah i get that too, i HATE it. Like in my half dream i trip on something and in real life i jump. Pisses me off more than anything. More than cops.

**Ermac** · 08-29-2011 02:52 AM

Originally Posted by Sassafrax

That's random. Yeah i get that too, i HATE it. Like in my half dream i trip on something and in real life i jump. Pisses me off more than anything. More than cops.

Whats wrong with cops?

Agree there are some "bad" cops though most are good

**Puffin** · 08-29-2011 02:56 AM

If they happen in a split second (and might also be accompanied by a falling or tripping sensation), they're called hypnic jerks. Everyone gets them once in a while, but poor sleep or an improper sleep schedule can contribute to having them more often.

It pisses me off when I get one.

**Darkmatters** · 08-29-2011 03:08 AM

Originally Posted by Sassafrax

That's random. Yeah i get that too, i HATE it. Like in my half dream i trip on something and in real life i jump. Pisses me off more than anything. More than cops.

Oh man!!! Yeah, that weird feeling you get like you're off-balance and then your whole body jerks to correct it!! I've gotten that a few times!! It always wakes me up. Sucks!!

**Sassafrax** · 08-29-2011 03:09 AM

Originally Posted by Ermac

Whats wrong with cops?

Agree there are some "bad" cops though most are good

Cops are my nemesis.

**Darkmatters** · 08-29-2011 03:17 AM

Originally Posted by Sassafrax

Cops are my nemesis.

Translation - I'm a criminal.

(Ok, before this gets all serious, I was totally joking!!!)

**Sassafrax** · 08-29-2011 03:23 AM

Originally Posted by Darkmatters

Translation - I'm a criminal.

(Ok, before this gets all serious, I was totally joking!!!)

lol it's in my profile, i don't mind. I also do graffiti.

**Darkmatters** · 08-29-2011 04:18 AM

LOL I know, I just saw that! I was like WTF!!??!!

And cops do suck.

**Ermac** · 08-29-2011 09:09 PM

Originally Posted by Darkmatters

LOL I know, I just saw that! I was like WTF!!??!!

And cops do suck.

You say that yet when you get in trouble the first thing you'll do is dial 911

that's kind of being a hypocrite am i right :p

and don't tell me if you got shot/stabbed/kidnapped w.e you won't call the cops

**Sassafrax** · 08-29-2011 09:25 PM

Of course i'd call the cops, make them actually earn their money that they get with our taxes, instead of wasting their fucking time on giving people $200 5-over speeding tickets or a $100 ticket for not changing your fucking adress on your ID.

Damn straight i'd call them and i'd expect excellent fucking service.