We could see a talking chair, and it's okay. Nothing's strange in dreams. It's kind of like when you read a story with talking objects and you're like 'well they can't really talk' and someone says 'but it's a story' How does that make sense in dreams? Why do we accept everything so readily?
2007-07-30 16:23:02 · 12 answers · asked by sophia100 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Josh- I am confounded as to how this is relevent, but I will answer your question anyway. Your mom doesn't know how to check the oil herself, so she lets ur dad do it. Ur mom is on her way out and that is why she sits in the car and waits while ur dad checks the oil.
That's the simple answer to ur ridiculous question.
2007-07-30 16:37:55 · update #1
You have to practice. It only took a couple of nights of saying before I went to sleep, "Remember, that's not a real dog I'm only dreaming" before I ruined by dream life forever. Now I'm right there and I have to make the story up myself and since that's no fun knowing the ending, I just give up and don't dream at all at least consciously. Don't laugh, I knew someone who would daydream and end up in Timbuctoo. Actually literally across town a couple of days later, I think. If I could make it a couple of years, I might try that. Maybe the chair is a good conversationalist. That kind of chair is hard to find. If you want to get rid of it. I'll take it.
2007-07-30 16:32:27 · answer #1 · answered by hb12 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dreams are like hallucinations, even though they're not real we _think_ they are. When we're dreaming (or hallucinating), our reality filters get turned off. It could be that seeing the world in a rational manner takes some mental effort, and when we're asleep our part of the brain that keeps us rational goes off to rest.
Actually, I _have_ questioned things in my dreams. It's how I learned to dispel nightmares. When I was a teen I tried to get into lucid dreaming--being aware that you're dreaming and having control over your dreams. But I could never do it, because as soon as I realized I was dreaming, I woke up. (The hard part to lucid dreaming is NOT waking up when you realize you're dreaming.) But I used that "failure" to my advantage whenever I would have a nightmare. I would think, "This isn't real, this isn't happening, this is just a dream," and voila, I'd wake up rather than continuing the nightmare.
I never did learn how to lucid dream, but not being bothered by nightmares anymore is a plus. Also, I think being able to realize when your "reality" isn't real is a great way to exercise your rational thought processes, and will help you keep a cooler head in the real world.
2007-07-30 23:39:02 · answer #2 · answered by R[̲̅ə̲̅٨̲̅٥̲̅٦̲̅]ution 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because (usually) our minds are also a part of the dream; rather than the dream just being a part of our mind. When we awake, our mind is no longer a part of the dream, and we have more conscious control to question the environment which are minds are not completely a part of as in dreams.
2007-07-30 23:57:57 · answer #3 · answered by Source 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dreams are what you make up in your head. If you are creative, you are going to have much more vivid memories. My dreams are like little movies and when I relate my dreams, they make complete sense as little shows, but most of my friends whom have known me for a long time, tell me my dreams are getting stronger and more in depth in plot than of my youth where they were more scattered. Gee, that kind of sounds like life in general doesn't it? Youth are scattered and as one matures we do take control and have better self esteem. Or at least one should hope this is true.
2007-07-30 23:27:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aloha Sophia,
What you are describing is called Lucid Dreaming: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_dreaming It is where a person is "aware that he or she is dreaming while the dream is in progress. During lucid dreams, it is often possible to exert conscious control over the dream characters and environment, as well as to perform otherwise physically impossible feats."
2007-07-30 23:41:43 · answer #5 · answered by HawaiianBrian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who says I dont...I have tried and tried to practice lucid dreaming, so that I could try to control my dreams...That way, it could be like a hobby, and I would look foward to going to sleep so I could dream everynight. It takes practice, but I guess anyone could do it. I look foward to maybe one day controlling my dreams a little bit. I always wonder what things mean after I wake up however.....
2007-07-30 23:38:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we know its not real.
Ok, so the chair talked in my dream. I know that in reality chairs are not alive and don't even breathe.
2007-07-30 23:26:31 · answer #7 · answered by novagirl117 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We do. May be you dont question but I do. If I see a talking chair...what the hell? there is no way In my dream that I wont question that.
2007-07-30 23:29:11 · answer #8 · answered by CuriousG 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think that the part of your brain the interprets that kind of stuff is fast asleep.
2007-07-31 00:09:03 · answer #9 · answered by Fast Jeff 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not everybody sees things like you do.
2007-07-30 23:45:17 · answer #10 · answered by Dr Know It All 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋