Thread: Isn't it funny how we...?

How can you expect self-preservation instincts to work if you know you're immortal.

Exactly Bonsay, they dont get in the way becuase in our dreams, we are immortal w00t!

I actually never have, it's not a goal of mine. I can think of so many things I'd rather do in a lucid than kill myself and risk waking up!

I've done it in regular dreams. (both been killed, and offed myself.)

But I never did it in a lucid... I figured it isn't worth it, since I've experienced it in a non-lucid.

I can't say it's on my list either.

OK, well, regardless of whether it is or is not on your list, doesn't it seem like such an interesting thing as to why people sometimes write that down?

Another question:
If we, as in everybody, were immortal, would we constantly try to kill ourselves, even if life was going well and we were at the apex of what it had to offer us?

Im going to try NOT dieing. with all the crazy stuff im bound to do in a LD not dying would be an acomplishment.

Originally Posted by marcc

Another question:
If we, as in everybody, were immortal, would we constantly try to kill ourselves, even if life was going well and we were at the apex of what it had to offer us?

We'd probably try it once or twice just to see what it was like (assuming no pain as well as being immortal). I'm guessing that's why people want to try it in their dreams as well.

never crossed my mind.

I've never died in a non-lucid either. What's it like?does it make you wake into another dream?

Originally Posted by Bonsay

How can you expect self-preservation instincts to work if you know you're immortal.

That's irrelevant. Humans(/-men?) have loads of instincts that we don't need, and we know that we don't need them. That dosn't mean they turn off.

Originally Posted by Maeni

That's irrelevant. Humans(/-men?) have loads of instincts that we don't need, and we know that we don't need them. That dosn't mean they turn off.

I wasn't talking about needing self preservation instincts, but about them not being present. I'm sitting on a chair right now, without "feeling" anything and I see it the same way when jumping off of skyscrapers without any fear at all. And I'm not talking about committing dream suicide either. There must be a reason why they are not active. The only thing I can think of is the way information is processed, which is as "non-hazardous" in both of those cases.
You can still get frightened in dreams though. It all depends on your perception of the situation.

Alright, then I just misunderstood it, I agree with what you say now.


It's like stabbing yourself with a fake knife, I'm guessing.

Yes, exactly. Since there are no consequences in dreams, we can consider them as fake realities. Although they diserve more than that

I die almost every night, wheter it be LD or regular dream.

I wonder what would Freud say...

Originally Posted by Unelias

I wonder what would Freud say...

Tell me about your mother?

Originally Posted by Bonsay

The only thing I can think of is the way information is processed, which is as "non-hazardous" in both of those cases.

It probably has something to do with they "logic" part of your brain turning off.

Originally Posted by zildjohn01

It probably has something to do with they "logic" part of your brain turning off.

Does that make the death inaccurate, then?

Originally Posted by zildjohn01

It probably has something to do with they "logic" part of your brain turning off.

No, I don't think it does. It's got something to do with the fact that you're dreaming. There is nothing illogical about flying in a dream and neither is jumping of a skyscraper. If my "logic" part of the brain was turned off, I probably wouldn't have been lucid in the first place.

As Maeni said. It's like stabbing yourself with a fake knife.