Am I a dream or a delusion?

Answer 1

whatever you want to be

Answer 2

Would just like to point out a couple of things first. #1. Delusion is not the same as delusional. #2. The fact that you're typing on the Internet neither proves nor disproves, as we do quite normal things in our "dreams." Using the "sleep dream" concept, do we question the reality of the dream? Rarely, but sometimes we think--I really believe I'm dreaming! When we're "awake," do we question the reality? Rarely, but at times people truly wonder if they are dreaming. Are YOU a dream, or a delusion? Is life one or the other? Or, perhaps both? How would one know absolutely? There has been much research on this, most of which I consider nonsense & inconclusive. There are enough theories to make one feel "delusional" if taken seriously. I leave the answer up to you, my friend. Oh, & by the way, I didn't "see" in your question that you were asking about the perceptions of others--of you--which would be folly, indeed.

Answer 3

No . No. certainly no delusion.

Delusion is some unshakeable belief in somethig that is UNTRUE. You ( we) don`t fit in this .

Dream? May be. In the eastern philosophy the four stages of humans are described as .. Waking , Dream , deep sleep and another called Thuriya which has no English Translation.

When we are in the Dream stage we certainly think that what we are going through is real, so real. It is only when we wake up we seem to realise that afterall it was a dream. What if you ( we) have NOT woken up YET to realise that it is a dream. ? When would I know that I am not dreaming and I am in the waking stage? Difficult to say!

It is said that one`s ultimate aim is to reach the thuriya stage , to be in oneness with the creator, the all pervading thing, whatever it may be.

Answer 4

What does one do when one's delusions of grandeur aren't really delusional? Since I don't recall seeing you among the Aboriginal rock paintings, I'll assume you haven't been roaming the dream time. I don't know you well enough to include you in mine, and I'm pretty sure you're not likely in my sexual fantasies. That truly would be a delusion. I do not doubt your existence, if that's gratifying to you. What does that leave? Do you dream dreaming dreams of dreaming of being delusional? If so I believe you are truly deluded.
You're not George Bush, a nightmare the world wakes up to daily. Or a comic dream dancing around with Scooter Libby and Dick Cheney . Is government a delusion? Maybe one of these guys has you in a dream, filed in some GSI oubliette . One never knows about their fantasies.. Kinky, very kinky.

Answer 5

Depends if you are the dream of a delusion or the delusion of a dream. Maybe, I'm really not typing this. Maybe technology and the internet are all made up, and created within your own mind. For all I know, you could be in my head. The brain has limitless potential if trained.

Answer 6

Flutter by purr you're back again, so soon. oh well. If you ever think that you are a delusion, just go out and hurt someone, not physically, but verbally. And once you experience that person in pain as a result of your actions, then you will know whether or not your life is a dream or delusion. Feel go old buddy and as I keep telling you, enter this world each day in a state of awakening.

Answer 7

Dreams especially the good ones leave a warm feeling throughout the day and the delusions only disappoint. You for me, are an intriguing dream I came across accidently. And a recurrent one too, for you continue to intrigue with your knowledge. I only hope you remain a dream and not turn out to be a delusion......

Answer 8

I don't think your either, a dream or a delusion? If you are sitting there typing this then you are neither, only I don't know who you are isn't that right? How far are you willing to go to be a dream or a delusion? What would the difference in them be?

Answer 9

The mental states that constitute the "I" significantly differ from the mental states that constitute the dream and the delusion, although all these mental states can overlap. The "I" can dream of a delusion, and the "I" can be delusional in a dream, but these experiences do not suffice to make the "I" the dream or the delusion. Remember that the "I" is conscious, and therefore, it exists.

A few definitions are in order to avoid equivocation in the use of these terms and clearly examine the objects of your question about whether these objects can combine into the same object. "I," the individual's consciousness has a somewhat mysterious origin, although there is some extent of neuropsychological basis for consciousness. "I" is also one's personal identity-a set of mental states that connect to constitute one's sense of self. "A dream" is a set of mental states that are normally connected and experienced during the rapid eye movement stages of sleep, for example, dream in which the dreamer is a God or godly. "A delusion" is a set of mental states that are part of negative psychotic symptomatology, having an abnormal cognitive makeup, for example, a delusion of grandeur. A delusion consists of thoughts that are untrue given the individual's empirically knowable physical and social experiences.

Can one's personal identity be influenced by dreams? Only to the extent that the individual takes one's dreams seriously which is very small, and therefore unlikely. The "I" can dream about itself so much that the "I" is the dream? No. The "I" is awake most of the time, and thus it is more likely to be influenced by wakeful experiences than by dreams.

Can one's personal identity be influenced by delusions? Only to the extent that one is delusional (IF one is delusional), and the intensity of this influence depends on how long one has been delusional and the frequency of one's delusional episodes. Can the "I" have delusions about itself so much that the "I" is the delusion? No. Inevitably, even the most psychotic "I" has other experiences in order to at least take care of its basic physical and living necessities. The "I" would have to be self-absorbed enough to become itself a delusion such that the mental states that constitute one's sense of personal identity would completely overlap with(or collapse into) those mental states that constitute one's delusions. But such an "I" would die during its development; it would not survive long enough in its proto-stage to come into existence.

Can someone else dream of the personal identity s/he perceives is yours such that your personal identity is part of his/her dream? Yes. Does that make your personal identity a dream? No. Dreams regard only what is perceived, for example, the perceived personal identity, not what actually is the personal identity. Can someone else have a delusion about the personal identity s/he perceives is yours such that your perceived personal identity is part of his/her delusion? Yes. Does that make your personal identity a delusion? No. Delusions are faulty thoughts, that is, thoughts that do a poor job at reflecting what actually is, for example, one's actual personal identity.

The "I" exists, not only in a dream, and not only in a delusion, although dreams and delusions can be aspects of its existence.

Answer 10

You are more delusional than a dream to me.

This is because I only have one physical sense to explore you with and this is sight. So visually, I have concluded you are a man and you like to use the delusion of vampire-estic icons to represent you.

Dreams are hard (if not impossible) to control and you seem to be managable and very amusing. This makes you a pleasent delusion.

Answer 11

If you are a dream you cannot be a delusion, and if a delusion, not a dream. Nothing to worry about, you are just your old confused self, that's all. :-)