Quite often we see dreams. As in those magical visions that visit us during the time we sleep, that is, the mind remains subconscious. Sometimes they last only for a few seconds and sometimes stretch into minutes.
We see nightmares and sweet dreams. All of them constitute that which we're scared of, hopeful of, desire or detest. They might be reflective of thoughts thought during the day or things knocking on the head subconsciously.
Something funny about these visions is that you even begin to feel the emotions as you dream, because you feel like that main character in a role-playing 3D game. You can touch things and feel them. You can sweat and feel cold. You almost live your dreams. Almost.
What I wonder is, suppose you get this perfect dream. A dream where all your desires come true and you can feel the love of everyone around you. You do all that you ever wanted and rejoice in that happiness.
And then you wake up and realize that it never really happened. You felt all that happiness, you felt that satisfaction creep in, you felt it like you're living it. But you never really did.
Is that a cause for being sad, or should you be happy that you felt all that even if it was a dream?
Comments
It is indeed a sad thing if it is a dream.....and we were thinking that it is real but I still feel happy. It may not be real...but I got to enjoy like real....thats the thing which I love but I rarely get good dreams. Whenever this has happened to me ...I just try to sleep more and remember my precious dream to enjoy a tiny bit of it....this may sound funny....but when we get a perfect dream...we don't like to leave it just like that....Tell me, did this happen to u today?
made cooler by HeartStopper on December 13, 2003 12:03 PM
Dreams..hmm. A million definitions, a million views. But still no clues (hey, that's rhyming with the first line, lol).
If only we could control what we dreamt. But we can't. WHat are dreams anyway? a possible future? A glimpse of heaven? Or just what we hope to see in the future but which can't actually happen. Or maybe what we hope to see in the future, which may happen. Or is it the other way round. No one can say. The very topic is debatable. But I never feel its 3d, nor is it real. We're not seeing anytuhing while we dream. Just thinking maybe. Or do we see pictures? But are they colourful? What's the resolution like? lol. I'm just kidding. I think its just another one of those abmnormal and unexplainable mysteries.
made cooler by Rohit on December 13, 2003 12:05 PM
Yea HS, but whenever we try and expand that dream and try to live it a bit longer, it never works and we just end up sleeping wothout dreaming or dreaming about something else, or the alarm clock strikes or smething else happens which interrupts our dream... :D
made cooler by Rohit on December 13, 2003 12:09 PM
well, manier times it has happen with me.. because of less sleep.. when I dream.. it looks like a lot real dream for me.. manier times, when I am sleeping, in dream I always see that I am falling down from a bed and at that time.. I just keep my hand on my back.. and I gets wake up.. and I realize that it was a dream.. and ya like you said perfect dream.. I had 2 times perfect dream.. and it was really great dream.. I was like.. its actually not explainatry.. but when I get wake up from that dream.. I realize that it was just a dream.. I just laugh on my self.. and just give sympathy that ya it will come true soon.. just keep going.. and when this dream comes, you must check my face expressions.. smiling and sort of things on my face comes up.. I remember my mom told me about that.
made cooler by Dhaval Faria on December 13, 2003 12:19 PM
lol Dhaval. These kind of things can get very embarrasing. I sure hope no one finds me smiling while I'm asleep. I was over at my cousin's place for a sleepover last summer, when he said "no no lalalala lovely flowers and gardens...". lol he actyually murmered that in his sleep. I recorded it and he's become a joke since then. Hope that doesn't happen with me. Dreams are okay, but have ytou ever thought of sleep-walking? How does that happen? hmm, another mystery :D
made cooler by Rohit on December 13, 2003 12:24 PM
lol.. thats really funny Rohit.. yeah I know about the sleep-walking.. this is becasue of less sleep.. had seen it on Discovery, very interesting.. now because of my less sleep.. I am just worried abt the Sleep-Walking.. but just trying to cover my all sleep... in a 7-8 week or so.. when I cover my sleep.. at that day.. I sleep for whole day.. just a week before I had covered it.. well, sleep-walking is dangerous but more dangerous is Sleep-Disorder..
made cooler by Dhaval Faria on December 13, 2003 12:31 PM
"If you want to makes your dreams come true, dont overSleep"
made cooler by The Geek on December 13, 2003 4:58 PM
i read about a husband driving around the city, and killing his mom-in-law & pleading not guilty since he was sleep walking while he killed his mom-in-law and in some countries - sleepwalking can be used as a defence, and this guy won and got away for killing his mom-in-law cause he was sleeping!
made cooler by s_surdie on December 13, 2003 10:32 PM
Dreams are a realm wherein you safely remain insane and closest to your heart
made cooler by Linus on December 14, 2003 7:36 AM
Although it's true that dreams are a part of psychological affect of less sleep on our body. I personally feel that they represent the "TRUE" us. What we don't get to be in the real world, IS the real us in our dreams. Dreaming is essentil to achive and to inspire, So..i would say...no dreaming..no use of living...but surely u do need to make an effort to achive your dreams....and about dreamsn being good and bad, well they respond to what we desire..and sometimes...our TRUTH is so better, that we deserve our worst nightmares... :D
made cooler by Sarthak on December 14, 2003 12:48 PM
Wow, a day the internet goes down and I miss on such an interesting discussion! *pitying myself*
Kartik: Nope, didn't happen to me, just a thought. See, we're always waiting for the day when everything happens just the way we've always wanted it to. Why? Because we want to feel the happiness and satisfaction.
But if the same thing happens to us in a dream, where we do feel the same happiness and satisfaction, we end up feel bad that it wasn't true. Why do we hold the condition for realities when we desire something? Thats the question...
Rohit: I like your kidding.. resolution is a very interesting question.. would definitely notice next time I'm dreaming.. I think its like Johnny Quest (I am so obsessed with CN literally, although I dont watch it at all!) - everything happens, and you feel it all, but when you exit - you're back to real life.. with nothing of that world with you.
And about recording.. one day I was so friggin tired.. I was actually snoring while asleep - and my mom recorded it.. grrrr! :P What a confession!
Dhaval: LOL thats real funny - smiling in your dreams. Most people oughtta tease you if they see that begging you to tell them what you dreamt about! I read an excellent story called 'Pillow Talk' where this guy messes up while his wife is out of town and she comes back and finds out when he's talking in his sleep about it! What a mess! ;)
Kushagra: I like that.. where did you get it from?
S_Surdie: Sounds like a smart excuse. But how could he ever prove that he was in that particular state of mind, and how could the law approve of it - after all if he tried to kill, the woman must've reacted back and would've definitely shook him out of his sleep.. yet he could successfully kill? Wow!
Linus: But how fair is to limit your happiness to reality?
Sarthak:I agree, it is all about what we truly feel about the people and situations around us... our desires and detests! Surely, you have said the words right...
made cooler by Lime on December 14, 2003 2:37 PM
I read about it in the newspaper few years back, the guy also claimed to drove half way across the town - and his lawyer argued that his client was sleep walking - and they used sleepwalking as a defence and they won!
made cooler by S_Surdie on December 14, 2003 3:58 PM
S_Surdie: That really makes up for an amazing story - driving in sleep? The guy must be impeccable with directions.. I do think though that you do have some sort of consciousness while you're sleep walking.. you're not entirely unconscious of whats happening. After all your eyes are closed and you don't end up banging into things! What is that reflective of?
made cooler by Lime on December 14, 2003 4:06 PM
In UK:
Test case
The concept of non-insane automatism was previously tested in English courts in the case of a man called Burgess. The defendant had visited his neighbour, and she had fallen asleep on the sofa while watching videos. She awoke after being hit on the head to find the defendant standing over her, about to bring the video recorder down on her head. Shortly afterwards Burgess appeared to come to his senses, and showed great concern for what he had done.
He claimed he had gone to sleep, and only regained consciousness at the point at which he was holding the woman down on the floor. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity, and an order was made for the accused to be detained in a psychiatric hospital.
However, he argued on appeal that he was not suffering from a mental condition, but from non-insane automatism.
His argument was rejected.
Non-insane automatism is a legal term, rather than a term to describe a medical condition.
Essentially, automatism is defined legally as acting involuntarily.There are two types of the condition: insane automatism and non-insane automatism. Insane automatism is caused by a "disease of the mind", while non-insane automatism is linked to external factors.
made cooler by S_Surdie on December 14, 2003 6:45 PM