I know im going to get hammer that doesnt bother me im interested to know people opinions on this, but you could be answering this question now in a dream so how do we know when we are awake and when we are dreaming :D
2007-03-15 12:48:54 · 19 answers · asked by ? 7 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
AAAHHHHH!!!! i was thinkin bout it and i dont no how 2 answer u...this ? reminds me bout the matrix lol.....the only thing i can think of is how do we dream we r dreamin? or staying alive(food,water bathroom, having kids)
2007-03-15 13:00:33 · answer #1 · answered by Laur 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are several tests:
*Get a piece of paper and write a word on it. Then look away. When you look at it again, and it is different, you are dreaming.
*Light switches usually don't work in dreams.
*Look in a mirror. If you look weird, you are dreaming.
*Try reading a book. If the text is all weird, you are not awake.
*Stuff tastes weird. Paper will taste like chicken, etc.
*People act weird.
Pinching yourself is one of the less reliable tests, since it can still hurt in the more vivid dreams.
These tests are used in testing if you are dreaming, so you can go into lucid dreaming, where you can control your dreams and are aware you are dreaming.
Hope it helps!
2007-03-15 19:57:13 · answer #2 · answered by greenbunny45 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know when I'm awake when the DSL bill comes from Verizon about the middle of the month and I have to shell out forty dollars. I know I am awake.
2007-03-15 21:42:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i;m awake now and i know it because why would i dream i was in constant agony, sat at a computer and answering dumb questions on yahoo answers.
if i were dreaming i'd be dremaing of spending time and doing things i love such as being fith family and old friends who i lost contact with years ago.
2007-03-15 20:07:42 · answer #4 · answered by thebestnamesarealreadytaken0909 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To many different noises humming of the fridge,slight ringing in my ears and other intricate noises and a feeling of tiredness, a sense of time and just far to much detail around me, you don't get that in dreams not even in lucid dreams.
2007-03-15 20:00:39 · answer #5 · answered by SAR13 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Often but not every time when im dreaming i no that its just a dream and if its a nightmare i can usually wake myself up.
2007-03-16 03:16:06 · answer #6 · answered by Stu pid 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you see yourself in front of you and you are doing something, you are in a dream state. If you can ponder your dream/wake state, I guess you are wide awake.
2007-03-15 20:53:53 · answer #7 · answered by Divad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To dream you have to be sleep to be sleep means you are not awake or unaware. We are completely aware(at least I am) that we are answering this question therefore we are awake, therfore we are not sleep, therefore we are not dreaming.
2007-03-15 20:05:24 · answer #8 · answered by ms.l_thoms 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe its all a dream within a dream in a dream.
2007-03-15 19:58:36 · answer #9 · answered by eccie83 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think right now, going to school, and living the college life is a fantasy...it won't end until I go out in the real world
2007-03-15 19:55:14 · answer #10 · answered by OnAJourney 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
when im dreaming, im not answering questions....
though once, after an 18hour session playing RAC rally many years ago, i fell asleep to racing down wauchope hill... i'd close my eyes, and there i was, racing... we got the poor old subaru to do 203mph... griz said they werent as fast a F1 cars... and we had to prove him wrong...
we dont experience our dream state, we just remember it...
2007-03-15 19:59:38 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋