Have you ever had a dream in which one of your usual abilities (i.e. walking, talking and opening your eyes) were hindered. I had a dream a while ago and in it I was being chased by a man, in my own house, who wanted to kill me. I knew that I was dreaming but yet the dream felt real and I couldn't open my eyes or say anything. Yesterday my mom had a similar dream and she asked me if I thought that this is what a coma is like. I told her that I didn't know but that it was a good question. Tell me if you think this is what a coma is like and if you have had a dream like this before, if so describe it to me.
2007-03-18 04:52:59 · 5 answers · asked by lil_bit 4 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Machi you did not answer my question you must not have understood. I asked if you thought that a coma was an inability to do such things as think, speak, etc. I know what happens when a person is sleeping, what you have said is irrelevant to my question.
2007-03-18 05:07:23 · update #1
I was in a coma for two days a few years ago. I remember hearing and feeling what was going on around me. I could hear my family in the room, and feel the catheter they put in me. The one good thing was that it was a passive experience, I didn't have the ability to respond or even think of it. I remember the details, I just didn't have the ability to react.
2007-03-18 04:59:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
In medicine, a coma (from the Greek κῶμα koma, meaning deep sleep) is a profound state of unconsciousness. A comatose patient cannot be awakened, fails to respond normally to pain or light, does not have sleep-wake cycles, and does not take voluntary actions. Coma may result from a variety of conditions, including intoxication, metabolic abnormalities, central nervous system diseases, acute neurologic injuries such as stroke, and hypoxia. It may also be deliberately induced by pharmaceutical agents in order to preserve higher brain function following another form of brain trauma.
2007-03-18 07:10:27 · answer #2 · answered by No Name 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When your in a coma you dont have the need to want to speak or move so its like your sleeping the whole time. I have had one of those dreams plenty of times before where I couldn't move or speak. To me that was one of my worse dreams. It means that you are overwhelmed in life.
You may feel that you are unable to act to deal with a situation or inner problem. It is likely that your own attitudes and emotional baggage are making you unable to act. You may have fears or anxieties about a general or specific issue that are troubling you in more ways than you admit. For every problem, there is a solution. Keep a careful note of your dreams for the rest of this week for they may offer solutions to help you resolve your hidden anxieties.
2007-03-18 05:09:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not being able to move or speak is some of the characteristics of a coma, so your dream could give you an insite as to how it would feel.
2007-03-18 05:53:50 · answer #4 · answered by Midnight Butterfly 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
what you said is not a coma..
dreams happen when you're in between the sleep-wake cycle and/or the rapid eye movement cycle of sleeping. during this time, your body normally "switches off" to allow you a more realxed and restful sleep. since your unconscious mind works even when you're sleeping, you tend to get dreams during this most relaxed time of your sleep. while in between your dreams and your mind suddenly woke up and became conscious, your body takes some time to catch up to your mind, making you feel like you can't move..
2007-03-18 05:01:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋