I have a rather unusual problem i think ><

Trev i honestly havent come across any books and definitely not the internet.
Idk examples of having trouble with reality is just its been so long and its so realistic to such a degree i sometimes find it difficult to be sure whats reality anymore, i start doubting if my memorys are real and if reality is just a dream, and i gave up on theraphists lmfao. this would be my only quirk i suppose, and none of them know anything about it so it'd just be a waste of money.

Also i um, besides not being sure how to really start a dream journal, am not really sure what to record, i spent the whole dream just relaxing on a beach under a tree by the shoreline listening to the waves and thinking. but if im actually active and moving about, i mean, a single dream might take me a couple hours to write down.

I seriously think some of the things I mentioned before (well maybe not the call of duty thing) have a chance of working. Another idea might be to just hypnotise yourself (yes hypno therapy is real) into a deeper and more relaxing state of sleep. I was also reading a tutorial earlier on dream guides. Supposedly everyone has a dream guide and they know a lot more than you do yourself. Tutorial here: http://www.dreamviews.com/f14/findin...e-3-1-a-32145/ My idea is you could still find your dream guide even if your dreams are realistic. After you find your dream guide you could ask him/her/it to help you. Starting to run out of ideas. :|

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Also i um, besides not being sure how to really start a dream journal, am not really sure what to record, i spent the whole dream just relaxing on a beach under a tree by the shoreline listening to the waves and thinking. but if im actually active and moving about, i mean, a single dream might take me a couple hours to write down.

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Just record the noteworthy stuff. If you spend the whole dream just relaxing on the beach, write that. You don't have to record every minute of it.

You seem lucky. You must believe your stronger than the dream. If you doubt it the dream will beat you bloody into the ground. Dreams are hard to control sometimes. You dreams are so vivid and you memory storage so strong that the dream feels very realistic and you cant convince your self fully it is a dream. I would love dreams that realistic.

By beat you into the ground I mean wont let you control it. So don't hide thinking a magic base ball bat will suddenly appear and hit you.
lol

Well, if you aren't just making it up (we do get a lot of that on here so I'm highly skeptical)...then maybe it's some kind of mental disorder, like a split personality...except that you experience split realities.

I'd have to ask these questions before I even started to come to some conclusions. They may seem strange at first but I have my reasons.

1. Do you eat there?
2. When did you have your last haircut there?
3. How many friends do you have there?
4. How much do you own there, do you have a house or at least a purse?
5. Have you ever seen a TV and what was on it?
6. Is the grass on lawns and in parks unnaturally perfect?
7. How many planes fly over head usually?
8. Have you seen your reflection, what do you look like, face clothes, hair, shoes?

Answer these, then I will have an opinion.

i have had an experience like this, my recurrent dream involves me and some friends exploring a haunted mansion, it happens at random and recently ended with me going in a tunnel of some kind

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Well, if you aren't just making it up (we do get a lot of that on here so I'm highly skeptical)...then maybe it's some kind of mental disorder, like a split personality...except that you experience split realities.

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Is this really something that can happen? I am new to all of this type of stuff.

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Is this really something that can happen? I am new to all of this type of stuff.

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Well we know that people can experience a form of alternate realities if they have dissociative identity disorder. Ever seen Fight Club or Identity? However I have no idea if someone could have a disorder where they actually believe they have two lives, one in reality and one in the dream world. It's an interesting thought though. It doesn't seem like it would be an identity disorder though, because the person is the same in both realities...whereas with an identity disorder the person is a different person in each reality and doesn't realize they are one in the same. I don't really know too much about it either though. :P

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I'd have to ask these questions before I even started to come to some conclusions. They may seem strange at first but I have my reasons.

1. Do you eat there?
2. When did you have your last haircut there?
3. How many friends do you have there?
4. How much do you own there, do you have a house or at least a purse?
5. Have you ever seen a TV and what was on it?
6. Is the grass on lawns and in parks unnaturally perfect?
7. How many planes fly over head usually?
8. Have you seen your reflection, what do you look like, face clothes, hair, shoes?

Answer these, then I will have an opinion.

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Not answering these questions I have to reason that this is not a real condition.

Have you tried communicating with the projections in your dream? As in, had a deep conversation with one? What I would suggest is when you are in the dream, ask a person you trust about what is occuring. Be it a friend or family member, find someone that you think would give you a real answer from their heart.

The reason I suggest talking to someone in your dream is because it seems like you can't control the dream. So instead of trying to gain control, try to first learn about it. Who knows, your subconscious might give you the answer you're looking for if you dig deep down to find it.

This might sound selfish, and maybe it is a bit, but I am very interested in reading your dream journal entries. Also learning more about the dream world you've constructed. Is it a world like here? The same continents, the same technology, the same people? What goes on day to day? What sorts of things do you do in this world? Do you eat? Do you sleep? Are there things there that are different than here? What do they call their world in your dreams? Perhaps you should write a novel about this world. At the very least, I am interested in reading some entries.

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its just hard to keep a grasp on reality, theres some days i question what if this is a dream and the dream is reality.

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This is real life, the other place is a dream.

Glad I could clear that up for you. :]

This is indeed extremelly interesting, to the point that it seems almost too weird to be true.
Supposedly, the dream state wouldn't carry the same principles of functioning than the waking world. Most dream research suggests that there are specific mecanisms to the construction of dreams related to the subconscious.
So I can't help but think that maybe you actually do visit some sort of different reality. I know how that feels. There were two times that I fell asleep consciously, and I went through some sort of tunnel of light and woke up in a bed in some different room. That got me thinking if somehow my soul may exist in different parts, and at some times connect with those parts. It just felt different from any dream I've had.
Anyway, we'll never know! All you can do is make the most of each of your "worlds", and think that it's a great opportunity for you to explore a kind of experience most people don't have.

Skeptical that this is true.

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its just hard to keep a grasp on reality, theres some days i question what if this is a dream and the dream is reality.

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"... I'm afraid cuz I don't know if what I see is reality or just a dream.."

Reminded me of a song.

I'm jealous, I would love to fall in and out of my dream scape. Instead I'm surrounded by my mundane world.

It sounds like the biggest issue is the line between dream and reality, and if you say regular reality checks do nothing for you, you need a definite way of determining when you enter the dream, and keep the unreality of the experience in the forefront of your mind.

From there you can start to take greater control and if a DC bitchslaps you for thinking it's a dream, explain to him/her exactly why it is a dream, demonstrate it to them so that even they know that it's all nothing but a product of you sub-conscious.

Your greatest gift in this whole thing is that you have memory of your waking life, use it in your dream.

If you can't take control, I advise serious psychiatric help in case you do have some kind of dissociative disorder (you certainly don't want to confuse your waking life with a dream and set yourself on fire where it will definitely have corporeal consequences :/ )

I guess it's easy for me to say but, think of theese dreams as a huge possibility rather than something you wish to get rid of. Imagine what you could do in a world where nothing matters and where nothing you do has consequences. And sometimes the only way out.. is in ;)

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I guess it's easy for me to say but, think of theese dreams as a huge possibility rather than something you wish to get rid of. Imagine what you could do in a world where nothing matters and where nothing you do has consequences. And sometimes the only way out.. is in ;)

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In this situation, that isn't the best advice. If someone is having trouble distinguishing dream from reality, the last thing they want is someone telling them "Do whatever you want, go insane".

The best thing to do is to take control in anyway she can.

Can somebody lock this thread? Alysia has not been active for about a month.

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Can somebody lock this thread? Alysia has not been active for about a month.

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Inactivity isn't a reason to lock the thread, that's like saying all threads in the Newbie Zone that haven't been posted in for a month should be locked.

On topic, I can understand Alysia's problem, but I'm afraid I don't have any experience in the matter, so I can't give any advice :(.

ShockWave.

Yes but people keep posting. Causing the thread to go to the top of the page making MORE people post. Alysia isn't here so this is not helping anybody.

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Can somebody lock this thread? Alysia has not been active for about a month.

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This may be cause for concern.

This thread sucks but there is no rule for thread suckiness.
So everyone please be kind
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