does anyone feel life could be a dream?

[wildflowers1996]

I mean this question literally

 

[divinemistress36]

Yes, life doesnt seem real

 

[CantDoIt]

Yeah kinda I think it might be

 

[JustAnx]

If it was, i wonder what actual awakeness might feel like…

 

[PlannedforPeru]

Yeah, I had this weird experience this morning where I was in my head while doing something and completely forgot what my body was doing for the past 5 minutes (driving). I tried to recall but I could only remember before me being in my head and then fast forward like shboom to after getting out of my head, absolutely no recollection of the middle. It was a very dreamlike non-lucid experience. Either way, interesting post, really struck my Chords.

 

[LunarLight]

don't think so - at least not the dreams we dream at night

 

[depthss]

i wouldnt say dream, but i dont think its real

 

[CantDoIt]

What do you all think this is?

 

[wildflowers1996]

What do you all think this is?

it feels like a kind of nightmare

 

[ThisIsMe1357]

You immediately reminded of a certain Twilight Zone episode called Dreams for Sale...or a Black Mirror's episode called San Junipero.

Who knows what life and reality actually are. This is certainly one of the possibilities, even though then I wonder what the life outside of that dream is like and why I am dreaming, that is, whether I am just asleep or whether I asked to have a dream of this kind willingly because of something real life related.

 

[everydaythesame]

Life is a living nightmare, I'm yet to experience a dreams.

 

[EvisceratedJester]

Sometimes I go through life feeling like everything could be a dream and at any moment I could wake up from it and find myself lying in a hospital bed. It all started when I was younger, after watching a video that was talking about how we perceive the world around us via our brains, which means that we have trust that our perceptions and judgements of the world around us are true, since for all you know your entire world just be a product of your mind. Of course, I'm aware that it's unlikely that all of this is just one big dream. Still, the thought gets to me a lot sometimes. Several months back, I remember going through this sort of "episode" as a result of these thoughts and it led me to kind of spiral a bit and I nearly attempted to ctb on impulse as a result.

I also find myself often questioning reality while high on shrooms, though I don't feel distressed whenever I do it while tripping. I feel more intrigued. I think part of why I don't get too stressed out during those times is because I find myself more comfortable with the reality I'm in when high (though I do still usually have a lot of criticisms towards the state of modern society). When I question this, it feels more theoretical in nature rather than like I'm having a sort of existential crisis. I think part of why I question it so much while tripping is partly due to the slight loss of self I go through while I'm in that state. The barrier between me and my environment, the one that allows me to feel like an entity that is completely separate from the world around me, becomes weakened and I feel more connected with my surroundings (probably due to their effects on the DMN). It feels like I'm walking around in a sort of dreamlike state, so it makes sense that everything around me doesn't feel as "real" anymore.

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

If it is a dream then I should be able to do whatever I want without consequence.

Unfortunately maybe we're actually all just trapped in someone else's dream. I guess it depends on who's getting away with everything the most.

 

[KillingPain267]

 

[pthnrdnojvsc]

Life is a living nightmare, I'm yet to experience a dreams.

I agree , life is a living nightmare.

can't believe they need to see a reason to leave a nightmare , hell. and that so many praise being in prison

"oh he's just insane for wanting to suicide / leave life" .

 

[J&L383]

I mean this question literally

I wish life was the dream and the dream was life. Most of my dreams are better.

 

[divinemistress36]

I wish life was the dream and the dream was life. Most of my dreams are better.

Same I'm always happy and going adventures in dreams

 

[ctb2soble]

Life here is a nightmare. I'm nearly convinced Earth is the real Hell and most people have a sadistic crabs in the bucket mentality which is why they are so pro life.

 

[mysteryboy]

It is more of a nightmare than anything

 

[Forever Sleep]

Not really. My dreams are just plain weird. Even the very worse things in dreams don't seem to affect me- I've been shot in the head, been in all sorts of terrifying situations and emerged unscathed.

Reality seems all too real to me. If I do my job badly, I run the risk of losing it. If I eat too much junk food, I gain huge amounts of weight. If I don't clean, the place becomes disgusting. If I don't exercise, I feel like shit. If I miss the deadline for paying bills or returning a tax return, I get fined. If I don't pay the fine, presumably I get sued. Life is pretty predictable and crammed full of obligations compared to my dreams.

 

[lv-nii]

quite possibly. I've even come to think that if I ctb. When I wake up, I'll be in some sort of test room, like some sort of sci-fi movie (lol what).

 

[iloveeetreeeess1]

if life is a dream its a pretty egregious, terrible, disgusting, malevolent, scary, horrifying, putrid, gross, dream