Dreaming...

[azurelunatic]

Some people don't act in their dreams. They can't decide things, they don't exercise Will. It's odd, and scary, to think of a situation where you are observing yourself doing something without your Will and active decisions powering it.

I cannot remember any dreams I've had where I have not been in control of my own Self. Even when I have dreamed myself other people, I've still been self-aware, deciding. I may not have been in a situation to effect any change, and I'm rarely aware that I am dreaming when I am dreaming, but I know who I am, even if I'm not me, and I can affect the outcome of my dreams.

Comments

[sithjawa.livejournal.com]

Sometimes I have dreams where the dream is a 'story' I'm reading or a 'movie' I'm watching, so I'm outside it rather than being any of the characters. Then sometimes I'll jump around from character to character.

I tend to have less control in those dreams, because it's sort of like I'm 'possessing' characters, and they have to still fit into the story (since I'm still aware of the full story, having control of the characters would be allowing that character to 'cheat', maybe?). And I don't seem to have control over which characters I become.

When I lock myself into a role, I can pretty much always act consciously, though often based on knowledge and memories other than those normally accessible to me.

I must know on some level that I'm dreaming because sometimes knowledge will come that is from "another dream I had a week ago". After waking up, I always wonder whether or not I ever really had that other dream, since I don't remember having had the memory of having had it until I had the dream that referred to it.

Dreams implanting false memories is a creeeeepy idea.

really?

[votania.livejournal.com]

I've never heard of that. I've always thought that no matter dreaming or awake we've always had free will to do what it is our will to do. even if we are unconcious and don't really think that we are making the choice to do what it is we do in our dream. I think that real person we are deep down is always in control, and dreams are often a way for it to manifest. I've learned a great deal about myself from my dreams, I welcome the teacher...that is me :P

D.E.

[lizw.livejournal.com]

It's odd, and scary, to think of a situation where you are observing yourself doing something without your Will and active decisions powering it.

When I dream, it doesn't so much feel like I'm doing something without my will - more like I'm standing still and the world is flowing around me.