Vision/sound ONLY dreams

**Stevehattan** · 12-11-2004 03:59 AM

Ever have dreams where it's like watching TV except the screen fills your entire field of vision and you have no body? I don't hear them mentioned often on the board (unless there's a term for them I don't know about), so I was wondering if they're very common. They are for me, I would say maybe about 10-20% of my dreams are of this type. In fact, I became lucid in one last night, but without a body I wasn't able to do much! It's sort of like being tied up and forced to watch a movie. Whenever I dream of playing video games/watching TV/being on the computer, the dream is almost always in this no-body, "full screen" format, as opposed to me sitting in a chair and doing those things. Is that unusual?

**TheUnknown** · 12-11-2004 07:23 AM

I've had that before. I've also had dreams with no visual, only sound (usually in the morning when struggling to keep focused and calm).

**Placebo** · 12-11-2004 10:27 AM

Yep - some people have it more than others
I have about 15% of my dreams consisting of 'movie dreams' (as I call them)
You're basically like the camera, without a cameraman

The wierdest I had was when I pointed out things to the characters in the dream, and they were like 'ok, thanks'
And then went back to the camera

Anyway, if you become lucid in a dream like that, my suggestion is to be creative and do something like this:
'Possess' a character, and then change appearance

Just a thought - I haven't tried that sort of thing personally, yet

**Amaru** · 12-11-2004 08:32 PM

I've had dreams like that and I also thought of them as Movie dreams... but my memories of them are really vague...

I remember tho having a dream of the battle of Troy (this prior to the movie) after reading Homer... The next morning I told my Greek literature classmates in college that someone should do a movie... go figure

**Truthbearer** · 12-11-2004 11:48 PM

Yeah....I am sure you were the one that inspired the production of that movie. Hollywood must have read your mind

**Amaru** · 12-12-2004 12:41 AM

And just where did I said that?

**Truthbearer** · 12-12-2004 12:51 AM

you didn't....but I am certain you thought it

**Amaru** · 12-12-2004 06:28 PM

Whatever bro... just keep imagining things...

**Scruffy** · 12-12-2004 10:52 PM

I have dreams like that occasionaly, probably about 5% of the time. More often than not, though, when I'm just watching a scene unfold, it's like I'm just a bystander; I'm there, but not a part of the action. Sometimes, I'm looking through the eyes of one of the characters, but someone else is moving, not me. If you become lucid as a disembodied spirit, I imagine there are a number of things you could do. Posess someone, like Placebo said, or maybe something. Manifest yourself as a visible spirit, like the Jedi ghosts in Star Wars, and walk around messing with people. Or, remain disembodied and find an interesting conversation or activity to watch your dream characters in.

**TheUnknown** · 12-12-2004 11:09 PM

Yes, i've tried to possess people unsucessfully.. but i have shapshifted before many times in dreams (i've been a hawk, many various different people.. and even once a women.. that was a strange dream).