Why can't you think that you are dreaming already during asleep?

Philippines
December 17, 2008 9:53am CST
So hard right? Why dreams are like real when we are sleeping? We can't even see that it is a dream. In fact, it is like real when we are dreaming. Can you explain?
4 responses
@spalladino (17891)
• United States
17 Dec 08
You actually can become aware that you are dreaming...in my case it happens if I'm having a very scarey dream. I can tell myslef that it is only a dream and to wake up...and I will wake up. The reason we're not aware that a dream is a dream while we are experiencing it is the same reason why we can't remember a dream unless we take a moment to think about it once we wake up...dreams come from a different part of our brain than our general awareness comes from. This area of the brain is not linked to our memories or to our consciousness. If you think about a dream immediately after you wake up you move the images into your conscious mind where memories are stored but, otherwise, they are entirely a part of the subconscious mind.
• Philippines
17 Dec 08
I see. That's why. So what other factors may contribute to this dreams? Do dreams have connection on reality? What I mean is, do dreams predict the future or something like that?
• Philippines
18 Dec 08
Actually, there are a lot of times when I know that I am really dreaming and I have even tried to wake myself up. Weird, right? What I know about dreams is that they come from the subconscious and unconscious part of the brain. Nobody really knows what happens there but I have learned that in the unconscious are the memories that are totally regressed and cannot be recalled by will.
@dawon007 (184)
• India
18 Dec 08
According to what I have read from different books, we dream whenever we are having a deep sleep. In other words we dream almost every night Most often they are not remebered when we wake up and that is why we won't feel like we had a dream every day. But if we are woken up inbetween these dreams we will remember them. Most often we are woken up if we have a bad dream and so they are more remembered. But I still haven't read from anywhere why they appear real. Maybe because they are the same like our day dreams.
@skjilani (23)
• India
18 Dec 08
god has created creatures and he has given talent to express our feelings our if we r unable express them then we feel sophistical so to avoid our feelings v dream so that v cud have a sstisfaction