Strange experience at hospital

[Marm]

Yesterday evening I went to a place downtown with my cousin to get something to eat. After a hour or so I began to feel very sick, throwing up constantly, developing a high fever, and as my cousin rushed me to the emergency room I fainted. I remember lying down on a hammock between two large yew trees in a large grassy meadow. It was nice and sunny. I could smell the aroma of country air blowing. The place had a strange ethereal white glow to it, and as I caught this detail I started to ponder how I got there, but in vain. After a few moments, a young girl (about 14 years old) came over to where I was lying and sat on a large tree stump next to me. We talked about random stuff like my university life and how I should get a girlfriend (lol). She was very nice and I felt at home talking to her. Eventually I asked where I was.. Where am I and why am I here?" I asked. She responded "Nowhere you know. You're getting your stomach pumped as we speak; listen. Almost immediately I began hearing strange noises. There were sounds of machinery, gushing water and people talking on top of the things in the meadow, like a overlap of sounds. The last thing I remembered was saying to her "well I'm in safe hands". We both smiled as I looked back up into the clear blue sky. In retrospect I was probably dreaming but what I found really odd was that I could hear the sound of medical equipments and doctors talking in the background. Very interesting experience.

[gab]

Moved to Lucid experiences That's very interesting. But are you sure you were asleep? Sounds more like you were out of it. Either way, it was cool.

[Marm]

Thanks. I just remembered that I lost consciousness before he took me to hospital. Either I was dreaming or hallucinating. I'm pretty sure it was just a semi-lucid dream though.

[dutchraptor]

Wow that sounds incredible, was it serene?. Did you not notice any bad vibes or feelings throughout the dream? how long did it roughly last?

[Marm]

It was incredibly serene. I mean, only moments ago before I fainted I was still throwing up violently and feeling like I was going to die. The world did seem quite eerie and ethereal and I felt very light. As for the length, it went on for a while because I remembered having a long conversation with the little girl.

[Alyzarin]

You still hear things when you're asleep, even in normal dreams. You just normally go to sleep in quiet environments, or your brain blocks things out for you, but since you had your attention drawn to it it became clear. This is how you know to wake up when some loud noise happens near you when you're dreaming, your brain is still picking it up like normal. Anyway, it sounds like a very intense experience. I'm glad you're okay.

[Marm]

I see. So normally I wouldn't be able to hear stuff in the real world when I'm dreaming even if I want to?

[Alyzarin]

No, I said you DO hear things when you're asleep. If you're distracted enough you might not notice, but you should be able to hear it sometimes, especially if you wanted to. This is why it's not uncommon for things like phones ringing, TV shows or video games playing in the room you're sleeping in, and people calling your name to be integrated into dreams. Same with seeing, you just normally have your eyes closed.... That's why people use light and sound machines to send signals to themselves in dreams, if there's a light on the other side of your closed eyelids it usually gets incorporated into the dream too, and that can be used a RC. Your senses don't shut down 100% when you're dreaming, otherwise your body wouldn't know when to wake up in an emergency.

[Marm]

Sorry what I meant to ask was if I were to focus specifically on being able to hear real world sounds, would I be able to like I did yesterday night. But you just answered that