Thread: How do you see in dreams?

Well, how do you? When you answer this, also say how you remeber thngs. I see in non-lucid dreams (as well as memories) as if i'm in a movie, or viewing a 3-d model. When i become lucid, however, I see through my eyes, sortof how I see really old memories (from when I was 4 or 5)

Usually in my dreams i see with my own two eyes, its pretty rare for me to see myself in 3rd person. And in the sole lucid dream i had i was also seeing with my eyes.
And about how I remember things - in a matter of fact in some of my memories I can remember seeing stuff both through my eyes and 3rd person which is a bit odd

It varies back and forth for me...But most of the time it's like I'm a spectator...Which is weird lol.

Interesting... I can see some meories through my eyes too, I just have to move my vantage point to the inside of my head. I tell you, It's Quite strange, seeing you memories as if they were a movie. I guess I was born to amke movies, or something. Anyway, any imput from other people is apriciated.

There's another thread on this, although it's somewhat short.

My answer there was:

Mostly in third person, but rarely in 3rd person.

Occasionally I've had dreams where I'm not part of them at all (no one knows I'm there, and I'm floating somewhere above all the action.) But those have always been in non-lucids.

I also have strange dreams occasionally where everything is unrealistic; it can be black and white, or cartoon-y looking, or like everything is made out of clay.

As for remembering them, I see everything from the same perspective in which the dream occurred. I can remember exactly the angle, and how it looked [most of the time]. Even little things. Even if it happened back in my childhood. My memories of dreams are mostly visual.

I always see with my own two eyes, but when I become lucid, colors sometimes become strange, almost psychedelic. When I know I'm starting to lose my lucidity, the world often becomes blurry, and focusing my eyes on an object until it becomes crystal-clear has helped me maintain my lucidity.

In dreams, I usually have trouble remembering things from the waking world, and I can't distinguish between "real" memories and "dream" memories. It stays this way for a moment after I wake up, and there comes a slow realization as I lie in bed that what happened in my dream wasn't real. Sometimes it's a relief; sometimes a disappointment.

I find that in a lot of my dreams, I am watching myself do things, but still controlling them. So I guess 3rd person viewing would be how I see in the majority of my dreams. Rarely, I see in 1st person.

Mine goes back and forth from 1st to 3rd, but usually 1st

Originally Posted by TheLight

And about how I remember things - in a matter of fact in some of my memories I can remember seeing stuff both through my eyes and 3rd person which is a bit odd

Not odd at all. Many people remember old childhood memories in 3rd person. Usually general things like walking around a childhood house is remembered in 1st person, but remembering big events for many people is can often be 3rd.

Originally Posted by acatalephobic

I also have strange dreams occasionally where everything is unrealistic; it can be black and white, or cartoon-y looking, or like everything is made out of clay.

That sounds really cool. Sometimes I wish my dreams would be less realistic. I think it would be neat to have cartoonish dreams.

Originally Posted by lovelyrita

I always see with my own two eyes, but when I become lucid, colors sometimes become strange, almost psychedelic. When I know I'm starting to lose my lucidity, the world often becomes blurry, and focusing my eyes on an object until it becomes crystal-clear has helped me maintain my lucidity.

In dreams, I usually have trouble remembering things from the waking world, and I can't distinguish between "real" memories and "dream" memories. It stays this way for a moment after I wake up, and there comes a slow realization as I lie in bed that what happened in my dream wasn't real. Sometimes it's a relief; sometimes a disappointment.

Whenever I become lucid my eyesight comes into focus like I just took off a pair of bad glasses that blur everything. Sometimes its a bummer because it's actually harder for me to do crazy things like flying in lucid dreams than in non-lucid because it seems so much more realistic. When I lose lucidity its like those bad glasses come back lol.

Remembering things from the real world comes easy to me. When I become lucid almost every time I get the mental image of my body in bed. I can usually bring up the main events of the day from the real world. It can be such a bummer when you have a great dream and you wake up and for a few surreal seconds you still think that great dream is reality and then it hits you.

I always see as the protagonist of the dream. Whether or not it is always me is a different question.

Originally Posted by Polilla

I always see as the protagonist of the dream. Whether or not it is always me is a different question.

I see my dreams in first person, I recall them in third.

Originally Posted by hellohihello

I see my dreams in first person, I recall them in third.

If you recall your dreams in 3rd person than how do you know you see them in 1st?

In my dreams, i generally switch between first and third person view.

For instance, there was this one dream where i was in first person and when i saw an important object in the dream i switched to third person, and the camera was fixed on that object.

Originally Posted by hellohihello

I see my dreams in first person, I recall them in third.

Originally Posted by Beyond Reality

If you recall your dreams in 3rd person than how do you know you see them in 1st?

Haha.

Originally Posted by Beyond Reality

If you recall your dreams in 3rd person than how do you know you see them in 1st?

"Oh so I do dream in first person" I've said that in a lucid.. countless

That's a really fascinating question! Come to think of it, I don't really remember how I 'see' things in dreams. I don't remember actually 'seeing' anything, but I do see things and perceive things. My dreams are just like waking life, except that they are more absurd.

Interseting. I had a very vivid LD last night, and I realize that I do see in 1st person a lot more then i think.

im allways looking trought my eyes, never seen myself in third or some other view while dreaming. Doesnt matter if i am lucid or not.. but after waking up, i somehow know how i looked, and how the whole picture looked from 3rd view, even when i draw a sketch from the dream it is ofc from 3rd view.

I had another Ld last night (yes!) and I actually controled a minor charecter for a few seconds, adn was able to control said charecter. so, I've seen in second prson now.

I also experience first and third person perspective, but there is another one that I haven't seen anyone mention yet. Its like a third person view, but I am completely detached from any of the characters, and sometimes there are no characters at all, just a scene. In these cases, I have no body and am only experiencing the dreamscape. I guess this still counts as 'third person' but I also have dreams in which I control a character but I 'see' the whole thing from outside the body, which is what I normally consider to be a third person perspective.