Dreams and sound

[Fisherdec]

Looking back at the dreams I've had. I can't really remember "hearing" sound. IN most of my dreams its almost as if I already know what the people are saying. I can't actually ever remember what the sounds are. I'm a very auditory person so this is interesting to me. I remember the visuals very clearly when I awake but I can never bring myself to actually sit and remember word for word what people say in my dreams. Does anyone else ever notice this?

[panta-rei]

Yea, many people have this in their dreams. I've had it a few times, but not noticably. If you sit and focus on what they said when you wake up, you might get more sound in your dreams, which is nice. Otherwise... Maybe you could us silence as a dreamsign.

[Fisherdec]

Its interesting because I remember thinking I heard things in my dream but once I sit and think about it I don't really. I believe that maybe its impossible for my mind to artificially create sound in my dream for some reason so it comes out in my dreams more as a thought. I dunno though wish I could understand it more because my dreams are never silent it's more of an artificial sound much like the sound in your mind you hear when you think of music.

[Zhaylin]

Seeing how you're a lucid dreamer, you may be able to retrain yourself to actually hear the words. When you think in sound, do you hear your own voice or the voice of the other person? When you recall music, do you hear each person in the band and each instrument or only the melody or your own voice singing the words? And when you speak with other people, do you pay attention to their mouths saying the words or do you look elsewhere? But ultimately, all sounds in our dreams are "artificial". Perhaps by determining your listening skills you could figure out how to make sound seem more real in your dreams. If you're a passive listener, perhaps focusing on the saying of the words ccould help? Or play speech therapist with yourself in a mirror. Watch how your lips, teeth and tongue move. Do the people in your dreams move their mouth when they speak or is it instant brain to brain communication? But then again, it may simply be the way you naturally dream. If you weren't a lucid dreamer, I would think it would be nearly impossible to change the nature of your dreams. For me, I "hear" every sound from every source perfectly. But my most frequent dream style is to dream in 3rd person and I'm often not even myself and the dream characters are often people I've never actually met or seen. With very few exceptions, I'm not a lucid dreamer, so I just accept my dreams as I get them BTW, WELCOME to Dreamviews!

[Tarsier]

are you talking about regular dreams or lucid dreams? in lucids i hear every sound crystal clear like it is happening right in my ears, the sense is better than it is in real life.

[Techno]

Sometimes I have dreams where things are inaudible. However, I can still know what people are saying, and can perceive the affects of sound as if they exist, but I don't actually hear them. It's very strange, but like Delphinus suggested, it can be used as a dream sign. Perhaps use earplugs, because they seem to convey more of the "lack of sound, but you know it's still there" sensation rather than just pure silence. Anyway, hope that helps. Good luck to you, Fisherdec, and happy lucids!

[vusiliyk]

last night i had a dream and for a part of it i was playing some song on my lsptop and is was one of the coolest songs (no words) i ever heard. to bad it wasnt real

[Zman135]

I've never experienced an inaudible dream but I have had dreams without any scents, but I still know what it smells like.

[Fisherdec]

Thank you everyone for the input and tips/advice. Answering some things you pointed out Zhaylin. I am a musician and I hear every sound in a song and I can single out many things in a cacophony of noise as well as rewite music from memory. This is why this is so strange to me. In my dreams however, It doesn't feel like an odd silence or uncomfortable. Its almost as if the lack of sound is unoticeable to me. Danicu I think may be experiencing the same kind of feeling I get. I'm just not as clear cut certain about if I'm hearing the sound or not with as much confidence as seeing the visualizations of my dreams.

[Captain Frapo]

I have a really difficult problem in trying to remember what DCs have said to me that I've felt were important, I haven't been able to hear them correctly. There have been numerous times, even when lucid, that I've asked a DC to repeat themselves, a very specific phrase, and I have the worst time trying to retain it. But that might be a little different than hearing sound. I don't typically NOT hear sound, or voices, but I guess sound has always been the strongest when there's been sounds in my room while I sleep, whether it's my cat yowling, or a roommate yelling, or the Tv or Radio.

[Ruther]

sweet

[Liberty]

I've had those dreams too. Sometimes I communicate telepathicly with indiviuals in my dreams and other times I do hear people talking and noises around me. I know this for sure because I've have several karaoke dreams and sometimes I focus on people's mouth to see if they're actually talking.

[Spores]

Funny thing, one night I had a dream with a really vivid awesome song in it. Definitely Flying Lotus style music, it was so cool. Couldn't ever find it IRL ofcourse, but maybe it was an awesome creation of my mind. It was right after I had to tip someone a cd (an IRL existing cd to someone that I know IRL) when I woke up I ripped the cd and sent it too the guy and he was almost crying, so beautiful he thought it was. He was like:"Can you have those dreams more often please?" But I don't hear music very often in dreams, just once in a while. Last night I heard music that I think absolutely sucks IRL (was at a frat party, figures) but I wasn't actually bothered by it one bit. I'm also a big music fan, good hearing, composing/writing songs. Would like to try practicing guitar once I get the hang of LDing