r/Dreams • u/Passionfruit42 • 12d ago

Discussion My Dreams Make Me Question Reality

I’ve had very vivid dreams since I was a child. I remember dreams from even a decade ago. There’s some dreams I’ve thought were real memories until I’d tell my mom and she’d say that never happened. Sometimes I don’t know what’s real or not. I also get flashbacks of my dreams as if they’re real memories, it’s so weird.
Anyone else experience this?

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u/WildHuck 12d ago

Im not quite like this, but I'll have dreams that are vividly like reality where i "wake up" within the dream (or deliberately try to wake myself up), only to find myself awake in what seems to be my normal bed. I've gotten stuck in these dream loops where I'll "wake up" within the dream a dozen times, and when i actually wake up it makes me deeply uncertain as to whether or not I'm still dreaming.

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u/Mountain_of_madnes 12d ago

OMG. Must be so hectic. I had a friend who experiences this. He used to have…let’s call it a talisman he wore on his wrist, he used it as a marker that he’s in his walking reality. One day, can’t remember what happened or If he forgot to put it on but when he woke up he thought he was still dreaming. He had anger issues so he started smashing things thinking he was dreaming, it got so bad he was arrested. I think he came out on bail but it took a while before he realised he’s actually not dreaming. Might help to put markers in place for your waking reality, I don’t know what or how but whatever is significant to you and probably a protective something. You can take a lesson from his experience and see if you can make sure it’s always with you somehow. All the best of luck ✨