2006-12-22 06:00:48 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I've had daydreams, wherein I'm still paying attention to a teacher in class (was back in highschool) and yet there's weird stuff going on. Very different from that, I've had something like a dream where my surroundings changed in a flash. It was jarring, and obviously not "right" (whereas most dreams aren't so obviously bizarre, or so directly contrasted with an immediate reality). And, it also flashed back and forth a couple times before it ended. Freaked the heck out of me, whatever it was.
2006-12-22 18:47:52 · answer #1 · answered by Atropis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would depend how you're defining "dreamed".
Dictionary.com lists several definitions for "dreamed". Some definitions specifically state "dreamed" to refer to an action occurring "while asleep", "in sleep" or "during sleep". Clearly, based only on these definitions, one could not dream while fully awake, for that would be contradictory.
However, there are many other definitions of "dreamed" for which being asleep is not a requirement. "Daydreaming", "imagining", "hoping for", "seeing visions", or "hallucinating" could all also be expressed as "dreaming". And in these cases, it would actually be assumed that you were fully awake while they occurred.
If your question pertains more to the psychological aspect of believing that your mind does or has experienced something akin to "REM Sleep" even while fully awake, I have no idea. I suppose it's possible.
2006-12-22 14:40:51 · answer #2 · answered by pooge0287 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps, an Out of Body Experience?
2006-12-22 14:08:13 · answer #3 · answered by Sweetharttt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's more of a daydream.....happens when you are in a mundane task and tend to be in a hypnotic state and your mind just drifts til you leave the state
2006-12-22 14:08:33 · answer #4 · answered by texas_shammer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you've made a lucid dream don't worry it happens to a lot of people!So what did you see?
2006-12-22 14:09:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Lucid Dreaming" it's called. You are lucky, most people have trouble with this.
2006-12-22 14:05:49 · answer #6 · answered by Bugmän 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that would be more like a vision. or maybe just a daydream
2006-12-22 14:03:21 · answer #7 · answered by M T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
possibly a vision, some people are like that.
2006-12-22 14:05:59 · answer #8 · answered by JAMI E 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure it usually happens when you have alot of things on your mind and your minds trying to process it all.
2006-12-22 14:07:34 · answer #9 · answered by onyx maiden 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That would be called daydreaming, which I frequently do!!!
2006-12-22 14:24:02 · answer #10 · answered by Ashley 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋