things you have never experienced irl

[sweetlilmiss]

Is it possible to do something in a dream that you have never experienced in real life? Like lets say you are a virgin and dont know how sex feels. how can you dream about it? Or if you were born without legs, could you walk in your dreams if you never felt what walking is?

[Funkyoshi]

Ummm...I've never LD'd before so someone may come along and tear my answer apart lol...but people fly in dreams without having flown in real life. I've heard it's awesome. If a person born without legs tried to walk, It would probably feel like what they assume it feels like, whatever that may be...

[12g951ad]

well i don't know but i know that blind people don't see in dreams they only hear

[Apopholis]

^ It depends whether they were born blind. If they were blinded in an accident, they can still see in dreams. Or so I've heard.

[arby]

You would live out your assumptions and what you think would happen. The good thing about this being, you think that this is 100% correct until you actually experience it then you're like "oh, that was wrong"

[12g951ad]

^ It depends whether they were born blind. If they were blinded in an accident, they can still see in dreams. Or so I've heard. Well you heard wrong those who were blinded in a accident loose their vision later in dreams as well

[Robot_Butler]

As long as you can imagine it, you can dream it. I am always amazed at how we can be surprised by our dream experiences. For example, I will eat a rock and comment, "That is not what I thought a rock would taste like." Why wouldn't my fantasy match my imagination? Do we have some deeper level of expectation going on that is out of our reach, even in dreams?

[no-Name]

Nice question. You assume. If you've ever seen or heard or even thought about something, your preconcieved notions will transfer to your dreams. If you wholeheartedly believe in something, chances are they aren't going to change in your dreams. Well you heard wrong those who were blinded in a accident loose their vision later in dreams as well Not always. Different scenarios for different people.

[Apopholis]

Well you heard wrong those who were blinded in a accident loose their vision later in dreams as well Ask a blind man, can they still imagine in picture form? How do we perceive life? Through our five senses. Smell, hearing, taste, touch, and sight. Dreams are LIFE, with your memories, and your imagination filling in the blanks where the senses are missing. An Example: Close your eyes, can you remember what you were just looking at? Can you picture it in you head? If your eyes are, in effect, closed forever, can you not still remember the sights you have seen? A blind man can too.

[Hukif]

Creation of new scenarions based on old ones, I say its possible.

[Falsn]

Yeah I think it's possible too to experience things that you haven't experienced before.

[Liberty]

Yes. Honestly, dream sex is so much better than the real thing.

[SirIssac]

I done lots of things in a dream that I haven't done in real life...thats when your imagination comes in

[IndigoGhost]

Is it possible to do something in a dream that you have never experienced in real life? Like lets say you are a virgin and dont know how sex feels. how can you dream about it? Or if you were born without legs, could you walk in your dreams if you never felt what walking is? Don't go around rapeing your DC's thats bad karma Yes. Honestly, dream sex is so much better than the real thing. Same goes for you, The ladies on DV are just too damn virtuous for some reason. ^.-

[reapsltd666]

what arby said is the best answer.

[IndigoGhost]

what arby said is the best answer. I agree.

[Licity]

If your eyes are, in effect, closed forever, can you not still remember the sights you have seen? A blind man can too. Eventually the visual areas of the brain will restructure themselves to handle input other than vision(because a blind man obviously isn't going to be getting anyway), which means that over time you will in fact forget things you have already seen.

[arby]

Eventually the visual areas of the brain will restructure themselves to handle input other than vision(because a blind man obviously isn't going to be getting anyway), which means that over time you will in fact forget things you have already seen. occipital lobe =/= memory storage for visual things. That has been shown to reside in the cortex. Visual processing will, indeed, take a hit from becoming blind but you won't forget what you know of what things look like through brain restructuring. Also, that restructuring is not complete (and i'd imagine if they were an active visual dreamer, it would slow the process down.)

[deXtrous]

Just picture sex like sticking your tool into a moist warm zucchini. That's the closest thing I can relate it to I guess And in case you're thinking, no, I've never done it!! Hah

[sweetlilmiss]

Just picture sex like sticking your tool into a moist warm zucchini. That's the closest thing I can relate it to I guess And in case you're thinking, no, I've never done it!! Hah haha I am a girl I dont think that would work

[bobdaduck]

I am amused at how positive people are being towards this, while the community responded so negatively to being able to dream up a new color. I'd say new colors are possible, but if you don't think it is, you just doomed yourself to never being able to find out. Dreams work on expectations, right?

[Robot_Butler]

I think there is a difference between dreaming about a new color versus dreaming about something you've never experienced before. Some things are easy to imagine, such as flying or sex. You can use memories from similar situations to exrapolate what it might feel like. Remember the feeling of the wind on your face from a rollercoaster or a fast bike ride, for example. Imagining a new color, seems impossible to imagine. You have no prior experience to draw on, and no mental framework to imagine what such a thing would look like. It is like imagining a new sense, or another dimension or reality.

[cloud9wannablucid]

I think dreaming up a new color would be very, very difficult, even for some of the smartest people, because it is rare for a person to have an original thought. While it may be new to them, it isn't new to/for someone else. Pure originality is hard to come by. Maybe it comes easier to certain people, like artists or scientists, but don't people typically base EVERYTHING on something that has already happened or was thought of? For instance, I began to wear my hair in spikes a few years ago. When I think back and how this style suits me, it is certainly far from original. I copied the "general" idea from someone on T.V. and adapted it to myself. While it was new to me, it wasn't new at all. I know this is a weak example, but I'm thinking on the spot. Work with me people!

[slash112]

I am amused at how positive people are being towards this, while the community responded so negatively to being able to dream up a new color. I'd say new colors are possible, but if you don't think it is, you just doomed yourself to never being able to find out. Dreams work on expectations, right? oh god not the "dreaming a new colour" debate. there was a thread on this not long ago, it was very long and in good depth, and i cant quite remember but i think we agreed that its impossible.

[mrdeano]

I am amused at how positive people are being towards this, while the community responded so negatively to being able to dream up a new color. I'd say new colors are possible, but if you don't think it is, you just doomed yourself to never being able to find out. Dreams work on expectations, right? Its impossible to dream a new colour.