Oneiro you make perfect sense! Yes everyone in my dream believes the dream is real even though i know that these people or characters were created my my mind and aren't even real. Seomtime I tell the people that I created them and they aren't real. Then the characters seem to get angry and defensive and often try to convince me that they are real. Forget the pinching yourself to see if you are dreaming because I always feel pain in my dreams. Oh and another "forget it" is that dreams are black and white. I have never had a dream in black and white. Does anyone else try to convince the people in their dreams that they aren't real and that this is all a dream? Does anyone else feel pain in their dreams? I guess I should make a new post with these questions.