DaveC426913
Valued Senior Member
Definitely.I wonder if we have different levels of consciousness in dreams.
I have dreams where I am just a passive observer and the dream drives itself.
I have dreams where I know what's going to happen, like a film I've seen before.
I have dreams where things happen that are a complete shock - as if an external author wrote them.
I have dreams where I can decide I don't want it to go that way ("AH! I'm falling!" Nope. Gonna take that in a different direction!)
And I have lucid dreams where I know I'm dreaming.
I even have episodes where I am half way between: aware I have slipped from fully-alert consciousness into a semi-conscious fugue, the state just before falling asleep.
I am awake enough to observe what is happening, but I know I'm not fully awake because I can't hold onto thoughts. I forget after a second or two. And I am aware that this is happening. This can last quite some time.
Wait. That's probably not what you meant...