I’ve read that no one dreams of landing a real punch, which I assume means a plausible amount of tactile/kinesthetic input.
I’ve found my dream senses work about as well as my imagination and memory do—which is, admittedly, certainly a bit fuzzier than reality, but I have all my senses.
Admittedly, upon being told I “can’t” do something in my dreams (dream in color, read in a dream, observe fine detail), I’ll usually have a dream within a week that contradicts that assertion. My subconscious is ornery like that. It’s also annoying having learned that if I pinch myself in a dream, it does in fact hurt, which lead to one dream where I was utterly convinced it wasn’t a dream until after I woke up >.>
(Inexplicably, light switches never work in my dreams. This is the sole “sign you’re dreaming” that has actually worked for me)
Interesting, thank you! I don’t recall that information on the “pinch test” last time I read.
That said, the “look at ground” has never worked for me, and I realized “look at numbers/text” doesn’t work for me when I started doing comparison price shopping in my dreams. I’ll have to try the breath holding one, but, ahh, given it’s a very familiar sensation, I doubt that test will work for me either ^^;
I’ve found my dream senses work about as well as my imagination and memory do—which is, admittedly, certainly a bit fuzzier than reality, but I have all my senses.
Admittedly, upon being told I “can’t” do something in my dreams (dream in color, read in a dream, observe fine detail), I’ll usually have a dream within a week that contradicts that assertion. My subconscious is ornery like that. It’s also annoying having learned that if I pinch myself in a dream, it does in fact hurt, which lead to one dream where I was utterly convinced it wasn’t a dream until after I woke up >.>
(Inexplicably, light switches never work in my dreams. This is the sole “sign you’re dreaming” that has actually worked for me)
Mentioned in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_dream#Reality_testing , as well as the non-reliability of the pinch test.
Interesting, thank you! I don’t recall that information on the “pinch test” last time I read.
That said, the “look at ground” has never worked for me, and I realized “look at numbers/text” doesn’t work for me when I started doing comparison price shopping in my dreams. I’ll have to try the breath holding one, but, ahh, given it’s a very familiar sensation, I doubt that test will work for me either ^^;
One that worked for me was to check if I could see through my hands as if I had X-ray vision.