A question for dreamfags and sciencecells

1  2019-12-29 by aduketsavar

I realized that in my dreams I never got beaten up, killed, harmed etc. Whenever I'm in danger I switch to semi-lucid mode and somehow save my ass. For example, if some group wants to kill me/hurt me I think (not "think" exactly) I can beat them up and voila! I can beat the shit out of a whole 10 people. Or I can save myself from very risky situations (like jumping off from one building to another).

I have never encountered an exception to this. Is this normal or common? How do you response to danger in your dreams? What is the scientific explanation for this? I have a few guesses but let me hear you.

6 comments

1  SnapshillBot 2019-12-29

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1  Curbside_dental 2019-12-29

I dream of eternity. Imagine falling through rain, except never hitting the ground.

Hope that helps.

1  Chapo_Landlords 2019-12-29

I always freeze up at danger in my dreams and find myself unable to move or react

1  The_Great_I_Am_Not 2019-12-29

For example, if some group wants to kill me/hurt me I think (not "think" exactly) I can beat them up and voila! I can beat the shit out of a whole 10 people.

This sounds awfully violent to me. If you have real control, you could just will it out of existence without touching it.

Sounds like too much trouble to me.

1  AI_WAIFU 2019-12-29

I get eaten alive by sharks every night in my dreams. I don't know why.

1  DeweaponizedAutism 2019-12-29

I have the same lucidity escape mechanism type thing with my dreams. Occasionally it fails though, and results in a genuinely disturbing experience. It is more likely to happen when using or coming off of drugs, and seems related to the chance of experiencing sleep paralysis which I sometimes get.

I've had some very mindfucky dreams involving lucidity over the years. It's a gift and a curse. Sometimes it's like having an authentic inception/matrix type of experience, while other times it is just pure inescapable paranoid psychotic horror.