Thread: What do you call a dream that continues after you wake up?

I once had a dream that I saw a man continuously falling in a bottomless pit. His screams were so unbearable to listen to (like fingernails on a chalkboard kind of terror) that I couldn't stand it. I realized it was Lucifer (in the future) when reading the account in Revelations about Lucifer being cast into a bottomless pit for 1000 years.

What is weird is that I woke up from this unpleasant dream and walked into another room to try to get away from the thing I just saw (to calm down). I was completely awake and had the lights on in another room. But, to my amazement I was still seeing and audibly hearing this vision. The screaming of Lucifer's torment was audible in my ears. I finally prayed to God to take this away and it stopped. Note: I had no sympathy for Lucifer and his torment. It was just an unpleasant sight and thing to hear. Very strange experience. What would you call this? This was not a drug induced hallucination (I don't do drugs or even drink alcohol).

You had a hallucination..it happens alot after a person first wakes up, but sometimes it can last a few minutes.

Either it was a false awakening, or you were still very tired and hallucinating (you don't need drugs to hallucinate *cough* dreams *cough*) Either way, I don't think this god fellow would be able to change the chemical content and electrical currents in your brain. Next time this happens, drink some milk. It has placyborhytinal in it which inhibits hallucinations for a couple of hours.

Is this type of forum comprised of mostly athiests or are there others who believe in a creator as I do? The above comment brought this question. I'm not criticizing anyone's lack of belief in a being greater than themselves, just asking a question.

I'd actually say it's split down the middle.

If half of the members here are athiests then that is quite a large percentage compared with the world's percentage of athiests which is about 2.5%. Why is a forum about dreams made up so much by athiests? Interesting.

I'm Christian, and most of the members, i would say are not atheist, just this forum has many beliefs. LDs have nothing to do with religion unless you want them to.

Originally Posted by Eddy

If half of the members here are athiests then that is quite a large percentage compared with the world's percentage of athiests which is about 2.5%. Why is a forum about dreams made up so much by athiests? Interesting.

Because the educated learn to question. We have access to the internet, meaning we are fairly well off, and have access to education.

Also, why do you have no sympathy for Lucifer? Were you not taught to love your enemies? And if evil didn't exist before Lucifer, and everything comes from God, then God made Lucifer evil. It is ironic that a country which prides itself on its glorious revolution would feel not the slightest sympathy, or even understanding for a man who dared to question.

Originally Posted by Eddy

What would you call this?

I've had a handful of these. I usually just call it "residual imagery/audio." I had one, in particular, where I was dreaming that there were a bunch of people outside my bedroom window, looking to jump me. Even after I woke up and sat up in bed, I was hearing them talking and snickering outside my window, for a few more seconds. I just kinda sat there staring at my window until the sound faded away, and I finally got the courage to step out of bed.

Originally Posted by Eddy

If half of the members here are athiests then that is quite a large percentage compared with the world's percentage of athiests which is about 2.5%. Why is a forum about dreams made up so much by athiests? Interesting.

Because this forum is also comprised of many 'scientifically-minded' people. That is not to say that the 'scientifically-minded' are inherently atheists, but I believe that there are more atheists who adhere to the scientific method of analyzing the world around them, than there are people of faith who do the same.

There are plenty of religious people around here, though.

To get into Lucid drreaming in the first place requires an artistic and open mind..those two things often lead to someone being an atheist or at least agnostic. As for myself, i see no reason to believe in any gods. I do, however, believe science is the future of humanity, not religion.

i mean, personally, i don't see any reason not to believe in god. That is all you have to do to get into heaven (if you believe in it) i mean, to me it is worth it, but really, it is up to you. there is always the question of if my religion is right, and some people don't believe any of them, and that is their choice, as long as we don't try to push our religions on each other, it is all good. The only "bad" religion is that which harms others. Just don't get offended when someone doesn't believe what you do.

false awakening, if you were still in a dream. If you actually were awake, it could have been a hallucination.

There's a thread about this elsewhere on the forum which contains an article about various stages of consciousness, microsleeps, and how when people first wake...they can still basically be in a dreaming-like state for awhile and experience such things. The lines between sleep and wake are becoming more and more blurred.

You were not blessed with a disturbing and seemingly pointless religious vision that only prayers to God could manage to make go away.

Originally Posted by Aquanina

There's a thread about this elsewhere on the forum which contains an article about various stages of consciousness, microsleeps, and how when people first wake...they can still basically be in a dreaming-like state for awhile and experience such things. The lines between sleep and wake are becoming more and more blurred.

You were not blessed with a disturbing and seemingly pointless religious vision that only prayers to God could manage to make go away.

It certainly wasn't a pleasant experience, but it did make an impact. Maybe that was the point, to see someone that many believe has caused such trouble for mankind be trapped in a pit. I was awake for a while, actually out of my bed and walking and then sitting down and the experience continued for a while.

I know someone who prayed and fasted for 40 days (drinking only water) to get reality of God. They asked God to let them see an angel. Sometime toward the end of the 40 days an angel appeared to them in their house. The man was not sleeping. They were simply wide awake and saw the angel appear. It frightened the man so much to see such a bright holy being that he prayed to God to take it away. The angel vanished instantly. BTW, my friend told me the angel did not have wings, had hair down to his shoulders and had pure eyes of love and peace. But, the experience frightened him so much he wanted it to go away.

My experience, since I was coming out of sleep, I believe as others (after reading some unbiased comments) that it was just hallucinatory. I don't believe it was a true vision. But, it must have had some importance for it to have the impact that it did. I asked a minister about it and they also did not confirm it as a vision, but an experience of worth.

I didn't mean any offense, I just meant that praying will have almost no effect on alleviating nightmares.
Oh, and about Dreamviews being an open minded forum, open minded people generally lean towards atheism and agnosticism. We are open to new ideas, such as scientific discoveries, as opposed to religion which only follows a 2000 year old book. For a visual representation, click the afro

Originally Posted by Conkt

I didn't mean any offense, I just meant that praying will have almost no effect on alleviating nightmares.

Speak for yourself my friend. It worked for me.

Originally Posted by Conkt

Oh, and about Dreamviews being an open minded forum, open minded people generally lean towards atheism and agnosticism. We are open to new ideas, such as scientific discoveries, as opposed to religion which only follows a 2000year old book.

I can't think of a more open minded person as one who uses pure faith to believe in someone they've never seen before. As far as science, I've studied botany and biology and was headed into that field knowing full well all of Darwin's studies. Many don't realize the first mention of any evolutionary idea was in Genesis. It plainly states fish of the sea and fowl of the air both came from the sea. The big difference is whether the current race of Homo sapiens had any connection to pre-historic man (the 'caveman' as some would say). I know a Christian minister who believes (based on current science) that current mankind is indeed a new species and that there is no 'missing link' only similarities. And, that of course the earth is VERY old and there's a great gap of time between the first and second verse of Genesis. There are other passages that refer to a civilization before the earth's ice age or 'void' mentioned in Genesis 1:2. Many mistakenly think the Bible says the earth is only 6000 years old, but they don't realize it doesn't say that anywhere, but only focuses on this new civilization with man created in God's image. The creatures of prehistoric times, many theologians believe, did not have souls. They were entirely different.

Forgive us for getting off topic. Conkt and I couldn't resist.

I don't understand how it double posted my comment so I removed the second one.