Sometimes I can't tell the difference between what's real and what isn't

[Phiirso]

I dream a lot. I have ever since I was a kid and the older I've became, the more vivid my dreams have gotten. When I dream, I'm aware that I'm dreaming and they are almost always some sort of a nightmare, meaning death is the conclusion to the majority of them. I die, I wake up. I got over the fear aspect of it a long time ago, and now I either just become a passenger on the journey, meaning I just watch the events unfold, or I try to actively play one of the roles which brings out a bit more surrealism from me.

The problem is that within this past year, whenever I wake up, it takes me a while to differentiate between what is real and what isn't. It usually was for a few seconds before but it could be up to a full minute or more now. I went to a doctor a while ago and he told me that it may be due to increased stress and that I take it easy for a while. I took his advice and things went back to normal for a bit, but this project that I'm working on has increased those stress levels up again, and the disorienting factor has returned.

What is scarier however is that sometimes during the day, I can't tell the difference between if I'm dreaming or not not just when I wake up anymore. Which brings me back to how my dreams end majority of the time, in my death. I have sight, smell and hearing in the dream world. Taste and touch are the two senses that aren't there and it's the absence of these two that I can quickly lock on to that I'm dreaming because the world's seem virtually identical sometimes.

It's the question of what is real and what isn't in these moments that is a bit terrifying because it feels like I'm trapped somewhere I'm not supposed to be.

 

[sambuusi]

nigga that's a whole damn essay this late at night
are you lucid dreaming? i've never had dreams as vivid as yours
usually i barely have dreams and it usually is realistic but there's always something off about it which makes me realize it's not real
if something really bad happens in my dream, i'm able to wake myself up
if your dreams are always nightmares, maybe read Qur'aan and don't forget your evening and sleeping du'aa if you don't already

 

[Awdalia Rising]

It’s too early in the morning for all of this dawg

 

[Phiirso]

nigga that's a whole damn essay this late at night
are you lucid dreaming? i've never had dreams as vivid as yours
usually i barely have dreams and it usually is realistic but there's always something off about it which makes me realize it's not real
if something really bad happens in my dream, i'm able to wake myself up
if your dreams are always nightmares, maybe read Qur'aan and don't forget your evening and sleeping du'aa if you don't already

yeah it's lucid dreaming but you right, I should go pray and make du'a, but that needs to come from the heart to be effective

It’s too early in the morning for all of this dawg

I can't sleep sxb so this is for you

 

[Figo]

Lmao this is what lockdown is doing to people.

Ngl sometimes I hate when I wake up and realize I was dreaming especially if the dream was A1.


I feel like this can be thread where we share our dreams and nightmares.

I’m sure a lot of y’all have been xooged in your nightmares. I know some of y’all don’t like to admit it.

 

[SOULSEARCHING]

My dreams have been coming true, I read that this is one of the signs of the world ending. I won't share my dreams as it's unacceptable in Islam. But they're really scary.

 

[Figo]

My dreams have been coming true, I read that this is one of the signs of the world ending. I won't share my dreams as it's unacceptable in Islam. But they're really scary.

Bad dreams shouldn’t be shared but it’s ok to share good dreams with others.

 

[SOULSEARCHING]

Bad dreams shouldn’t be shared but it’s ok to share good dreams with others.

You can only share good dreams with family. I've only had one nightmare in my life.

 

[Phiirso]

Bad dreams shouldn’t be shared but it’s ok to share good dreams with others.

Why shouldn't bad dreams be shared?

 

[Nak Muay]

I dream a lot. I have ever since I was a kid and the older I've became, the more vivid my dreams have gotten. When I dream, I'm aware that I'm dreaming and they are almost always some sort of a nightmare, meaning death is the conclusion to the majority of them. I die, I wake up. I got over the fear aspect of it a long time ago, and now I either just become a passenger on the journey, meaning I just watch the events unfold, or I try to actively play one of the roles which brings out a bit more surrealism from me.

The problem is that within this past year, whenever I wake up, it takes me a while to differentiate between what is real and what isn't. It usually was for a few seconds before but it could be up to a full minute or more now. I went to a doctor a while ago and he told me that it may be due to increased stress and that I take it easy for a while. I took his advice and things went back to normal for a bit, but this project that I'm working on has increased those stress levels up again, and the disorienting factor has returned.

What is scarier however is that sometimes during the day, I can't tell the difference between if I'm dreaming or not not just when I wake up anymore. Which brings me back to how my dreams end majority of the time, in my death. I have sight, smell and hearing in the dream world. Taste and touch are the two senses that aren't there and it's the absence of these two that I can quickly lock on to that I'm dreaming because the world's seem virtually identical sometimes.

It's the question of what is real and what isn't in these moments that is a bit terrifying because it feels like I'm trapped somewhere I'm not supposed to be.

It might be something called depersonalisation/derealisation, it's a dissociative disorder. Mine was triggered by smoking too much and having a panic attack and stress. It'll pass saxib, did for me as well.

 

[Phiirso]

It might be something called depersonalisation/derealisation, it's a dissociative disorder. Mine was triggered by smoking too much and having a panic attack and stress. It'll pass saxib, did for me as well.

bro I smoked enough to fill a couple of mountains up, but it's been like over a year since

 

[Yahya]

Sleep talking and nightmares are linked to stress. Just found out I've been sleep talking recently. Really awkward shit.

 

[Parailia somalensis]

Cut down on the cannabis.

 

[Phiirso]

Cut down on the cannabis.

I did. I haven't smoked in over a year.

 

[Nak Muay]

bro I smoked enough to fill a couple of mountains up, but it's been like over a year since

Might be stress or a myriad of other things.Try working out, it helped A LOT. It makes you focus on a specific action instead of just focusing on the sensation of feeling derealized. Try breathing techniques as well, like the Wim Hof method.

 

[Phiirso]

Might be stress or a myriad of other things.Try working out, it helped A LOT. It makes you focus on a specific action instead of just focusing on the sensation of feeling derealized. Try breathing techniques as well, like the Wim Hof method.

I meditate and this has definitely helped with it because I slow down my mind when I feel the sensation coming but yeah It's just a weird thing to experience. I learned it's hereditary and pretty sure I got it from my mother.

Our minds f*ck with us all the time. You know in your vision, there is a blind spot that you have? But your mind just blends it in as part of the background so you don't realize the blindspot.