How do you tell the difference between dream and reality? - eviltoast
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    9 months ago

    Anecdotal, but I once dreamed an entire Wednesday. Got up went to work, a few hours in realised it was Wednesday all over again.

    I suspect that one’s mind can differentiate a dream from reality because dreams are not a simulation, they are not internally consistent or even generally comprehensible, while reality is.

    • BigFig@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      In the high stress times of college, on multiple occasions I dreamed my entire morning routine and walk to class, only to wake up and do it all again.

      One time I dreamed the whole thing, “woke up” and did it again, but THAT one was also a dream, woke up for real and did it all again a 3rd time.

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      9 months ago

      I once was stuck in a loop… for an entire year. It felt like a year too and waking up was something that made me happy.