Dream Within a Dream

[SuperSonicFan]

So a couple of nights ago I had this interesting situation where I went to sleep from within a dream and had a dream there as well. Then I awoke from that dream back into the previous dream and recognized it from the dream. Has this ever happened to you? Here is the dream... Spoiler for Two Layers Down and One Hell of a Nightmare: Awareness - 8 / 10 Control - 10 / 10 Although this dream was not lucid I posessed amazing control during it. The most interesting part however was the fact that during the dream, I went to sleep and had another dream within that one! (Maybe it's because I finally had a chance to watch 'Inception'?) Anyways here is what happened... The first thing I remember is that I was at a friends house having a sleepover. We were all piled in the living room getting snacks and making a fort out of blankets and stuff getting ready to watch a scary movie. Now, normally I am the type of person who could watch a horror movie all by myself at night and be perfectly fine, let alone have a nightmare about it, but in this dream, there was something errie about the whole situation. I remember once we finally got our fort set up we began the movie. I was really scared of something for some reason and took a spot next to the wall so I had my back against something solid as we watched the movie. It was just plain creepy. The lighting was very disturbing and all the color seemed drained from the room. Well, about half way through the movie, I becam tired and fell asleep. Now, I entered another dream, even more dark and disturbing than the previous one... So I am still in the same house, and awake to a blood curdling scream. It was like having a false awakening during a dream. I was still in the second layer dream, just dreaming about waking back up to the sleepover. Anyways, it is early dawn and I hear this scream and am frozen with fear. I hear some creature let out its own high pitched scream as it finishes chomping down on its victim. I look around and only see two of my friends, while the third one is gone. I instantly knew what had happened to him. Then, out of the hallway, the same alien type creature from the movie we had been watching came dashing out at us. You know that old saying about how you don't have to outrun the bear, just the guy next to you? Well, I shoved one of my friends down and ran for it. The creature rushed over and scooped him up in its jaws like he was a piece of beef jerkey. It began tearing him to shreds and I could hear and see everything in detail. I started to run for the door and then the creature dropped its meal and went into the attic. I was terrified. It could drop down through the cieling any second and get the two of us remaining. I motioned for my remaining friend to go and try to make it to the door. With his first step the creature came swooping down out of the attic for just a split second and grabbed him. I stood there and was paralyzed with fear. Maybe it hunted by movement? If I stayed there maybe it wouldn't see me? But I still had a chance for the doow while it devoured its latest victim. What to do?!?!?! Suddenly, a severed head dropped through the ceiling. I was screwed. I had missed my chance to escape and now had to stand there and hope it couldn't see me if I didn't move. The creature burst down from the ceiling and stood right in front of me. I was amazed. It was looking right at me and didn't see me!! As long as I didn't move I was safe. Then, the creature let out a breath ever so slight, that it was just enough to cause me to need to cough. I tried to hold it in, for if I moved, I was dead. Then... I just couldn't hold it and coughed. The creature lunged for me and I suddenly awoke back into the slumber party dream. I awoke and it was morning. My friends were all there and there was no monster chasing us. I got up and told them the dream. They were all pretty speechless that I could commit such an act of treachery as pushing them down to get eaten, but I reassured them it was just a dream. I told them it was a bad idea to fall asleep half way through a horror movie and we decided to watch an action movie next time. Then we all got up and went to the kitchen for a bowl of cereal. Finally back in reality, I awoke and it was about 4:30 in the morning. I was exhausted I guess from the nightmare, but still started the alarm, in hopes of having a lucid. (although incubating my last dream was probably not the best idea in this case). Anyways, by the time it had gone off once I simply got up and shut it off I was so tired. Guess a Dr. Pepper at 10:30 right before bed is a bad thing. Note to self : Next time parents tell you they are going to throw away all that old pop unless someone drinks it, just let them throw it away. Well, tonight I did my regular routine however and am planning on having a nice lucid with no soda pop to interrupt. Just wondering if anything like this has ever happened to you because personally I think it was kinda cool. See ya!

[roman67]

Oh! That’s great. I haven’t experienced the dream within a dream. Sounds interesting.

[Mancon]

Hi First of all, you should know it is impossible to have a dream within a dream. It was all the same dream. All that happened was you went to "sleep" in the dream and when you opened your eyes you were at a different dream scene. It might have felt like a dream within a dream but it wasn't. Awesome you got lucid though

[SuperSonicFan]

Hi First of all, you should know it is impossible to have a dream within a dream. It was all the same dream. All that happened was you went to "sleep" in the dream and when you opened your eyes you were at a different dream scene. It might have felt like a dream within a dream but it wasn't. Awesome you got lucid though Darn, there went a bunch of stuff I wanted to try after watching "Inception". Well, it stilll really fellt like it beause I was in one dream scene and went to sleep, then I guess the scene changed and then when I 'woke back up' it was back to the first dream scene. My brain is a sneaky little fellow I guess.

[n00bf0rlyf3]

If you were to go into another dream in your dream which is impossible it would be so unstable and unclear.

[Raiden]

Yeah a couple of times. I remember entering a lucid state in a dream, but was going through a crappy period in my life and i thought to myself well im thinking about what happened for days now, sure as hell not going to think about while im dreaming. So i just went to sleep on purpose in my dream, faded out but still aware, just at a low level to where you lose control.

[SuperSonicFan]

Well, I recently had another experience that was similar to this. I guess since it is impossible, could someone give me the science behind why, or what exactly is going on? I am actually really curious now about the science behind it all. Here is the dream though... Spoiler for The Impossible Strikes Again!: Awareness - 8 / 10 Control - 9 / 10 So the last time I had a dream that felt as if there was a dream within a dream, I made a thread about it and was repeatedly told that this was physically impossible. However, it seems to of happened again! The first thing I remember is that some of the people from my shared dreaming group I recently joined were with me and we were all at this nice hotel place. We all decided to try and have a shared dream, and went out by the pool and all went to sleep. I then remember seeming to have another dream after falling asleep by the pool. I walked around for a while and coming to the place our group is thinking about meeting, and eventually ran into one of the people from my group! We exchanged a password just to be sure we had actually met in the dream, and then I woke back up. I was now back at the pool and everyone else was getting up too. I went over to the person who I had given the code to in the dream and asked them if they knew what I had told them. Turns out they DID!!! I don't remember what the code was, but in the dream I remember they repeated it perfectly and presto... shared dream! After amazing everyone with this, I think is when I woke back up into real life. Overall I have to say, that was a VERY COOL dream. I don't know why everyone keeps saying it is impossible to have a dream within a dream, because this seems to be the second time now. maybe the scene just changed or something to fool me into thinking it was a dream within a dream, but whatever it was, that is what it seemed like. I am now really excited to attempt the shared dream with my group, and to get an explaination of this whole 'dream within a dream' thing. See ya .

[Batch]

Personally, I think it is nothing more than the way you choose to phrase it. If you wake up from one dream into another dream, and want to consider it a dream within a dream, I don't think anybody can contradict you. It is something completely within your mind, nobody else can get in there to see it ... how can they tell you it is impossible to have a dream within a dream? Maybe if we ever get to a point where it is somehow possible to record a dream, but until then .... (Wonder if we ever will find a way to record dreams? Would be very, very cool!)

[SuperSonicFan]

Maybe if we ever get to a point where it is somehow possible to record a dream, but until then .... (Wonder if we ever will find a way to record dreams? Would be very, very cool!) Ya that would be pretty awesome, although I would be worried about other people seeing some of the stuff I do in my dreams. 0_0. lol just kidding. Glad someone finally didn't get on just to tell me how impossible it was.

[bobberski]

I had a dream within a dream too! Sorta. It was like 5 years ago. Before, a lot of my dreams were in 3rd person view So I saw myself fall asleep from behind and the scene suddenly changed to... I actually can't remember since it was 5 years ago...

[SuperSonicFan]

So I saw myself fall asleep from behind and the scene suddenly changed to... I actually can't remember since it was 5 years ago... Lol. Still pretty interesting to see yourself fall asleep from the dream. I have also had those ones that are in third person view. They are very strange if you ask me.