When you are dreaming how do you wake up? If I am dreaming right now but think I am awake how do I wake up?

Question

supposedly the human brain is only using some small portion of itself; and the subconscious supposedly mostly unexplored so if you fall asleep with that kind of brain it makes sense you could create a whole complex world while sleeping, and stay asleep a long time

Answer 1

I used to ponder things like that from the time i was a small child... What you are referring to is actually a school of thought in philospophy.

Answer 2

What you are describing happened to me while I spent six weeks in a coma and on life support in 1998, two weeks of which I ran a 105.5 fever.

Everything was very real. I,
Traveled in space and time;
Road on the Orient Express, while reading a book;
Fought crime lords, repeatedly;
Had way too much sex;
Met leprechauns;
Drove my taxi with Kathy Lee in the back;
Donated millions to community projects;
Visited a cloning facility;
But, the strangest thing of all was that I volunteered for the HIV vaccination project. Why this was interesting is that two weeks after I woke up, they announced just such a program on the news, though it turned out to be a failure.

By the way, people don't just wake up and start talking and moving around. It took me over a week to communicate, and three months to learn how to walk and use my hands, though that may have been a result of the high fever.

Since then, my dreams are always very detailed, and I remember every detail. When I woke from the coma, I could not tell the difference between the dream and reality.

Answer 3

I am NOT asleep so you are not either. I am reading your question. Unless my answer part of the dream?

I agree. I also agree that dreams can be visiting past lives. I love the dreams I have. They are awesome.

Answer 4

You're not the first to contimplate this. Jump off a bridge if you think you're dreaming, if you start to fly, you are right. If you die, well...guess you'll be sleeping forever.

Answer 5

your brain is using only a smart part at the time and your body will wake itself unless you live on a lightless planet..come back to earth honey it is fun here..........we have libraries too.

Answer 6

Don't fight it. Just stay asleep. You will wake when it is time.

Answer 7

if u r dreamin rite nw.. pinch urself.. u ll definitely wake up!or kick ur self.. keep tryin hahahaa..... n if i am dreamin .. i fall off some place n wake up myself

Answer 8

just let your dream past by you because you never know if someone or something is telling you something u should know.

Answer 9

Go climb up on the roof, then jump off...you will know you aren't dreaming then I promise

Answer 10

take the green pill