I was told that your brain treats a dream as reality, meaning if you die in a dream, your brain reacts as it would if you really did die, causing you to die or sustain brain damage. Is this true?
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i have no idea but whenever i come close to dying in a dream, i wake up (really scared, but still ok....)
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When someone dies, they do not die spiritually, they are there in your dreams at the moment to let you know that they are there to support you and to let you know that all is ok. So stop worrying and realise that you are lucky that they are so loving and supportive. Look further into the dream, they are probably giving you some advise about your health too and how to take care of yourself. Tonight, when you dream of them, try to write down everything they say and you will find your answers. (((Hugs))) Get well soon.
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Some comfort for you..... No matter how amazing life is here, it is nothing compared to how wonderfuly awesome heaven will be.\n\nMy christian friend believes Dejavu is God way of telling you that your in the right place at the right time. And dreaming you will die doesn't mean anything. My mom dreamt for years she was shot to death, and she's still here.\n\nAnd what scares you more, being dead, or how you will die? Im not afraid of being dead, I know heaven is more than I can ever imagine, but I am afraid of how and when I will die. For that, I give it to God, trusting his perfect plan for my life, and his will, is better than my own, and with trust comes comfort. Good Luck to you.
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One scientific theory is that dreams are what happens when neurons in your brain make connections (or "fire up") to store long-term memory.  As there is no other time to make these connections during the day, this happens at night.\n\nDreams are important because they help us store our long-term memory.\n\nIf we stop dreaming, (atleast in the case of deliberately staying awake) you start to hallucinate after awhile (ever heard of the guy who stayed in Wal-mart for a science project without sleeping for 40 something hours?  He was kicked out because he was hallucinating).  In the case of insomnia, you'll probably get more stressed out and won't remember things as much.\n\nAs to waking up right as we get to the good part, it's because we never get to the good part in our everyday activities that are being stored as long-term memories, which means the dreams can never get to the good part, right?
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I can sometimes do that.  If I'm dreaming and know I'm dreaming, I'll lower my inhibitions a bit and just let myself go because I know it's "not real".  (i.e., if it's a "happy" dream and I want to go through with it because I know there won't be any consequences because it's "just a dream")\nAnd I have woken up from a dream and wanted to go back to resume my dream.  Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.  If I am not "fully awake" and I focus on the dream and where I was, I can resume it.  If I wake up fully and try to go back to sleep to resume it, it doesn't usually work...\n\nInteresting question...
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Dreams ARE often a result of something physical. but sometimes the aura of a dream won't leave you and you get the feeling that it is somehow prophetic. I don't claim to be an interpreter of dreams, but sometimes think maybe the Lord has given me that  gift. I only think that the people in your "pit" are all the people you will encounter in life. It is your job to "process" whatever these people have to offer you. There is no with-holding on their part or malice or shame on yours. It is simply a dream telling you to accept life, use it, and make the most of everything you've been given! You are in control of what you do with what you are handed.\n                                   God Bless You!!
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I have often thought about where I was when my parents were children. I didn't exist, but it didn't bother me because I can't remember. Have you ever been knocked out, or fainted? You wake up with no recollection at first. Death is just long term blackout. People can wake from a 10 year coma and to them it was a day. In death you don't wake up.\nDeath will return us from whence we came...nowhere...\nWhat the f uck is shaggy on?
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Everyone must have dreams, or they can literally die. No joke, I'm a sleep technologist. Like the person before me answered, you simply are not remembering your dreams.  Usually when you wake up during a dream, or right after a dream, you can remember it if you try. After a few weeks of trying to remember your dreams, it becomes much easier. Have no fear... you are normal!!  :D
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a dream is just a thought process. \nWe dont have to be asllep to dream. We even dream sometimes when we are awake...Our Brain goes on a thought spree..\nand makes us believe what ever it thinks. Thats why dreams feel so real sometimes...
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:) Okay. From a strictly scientific standpoint. What does your brain operate on? Electrical energy. We have a scientific law which states; Energy can neither be created, nor destroyed. It can only be altered in form. Okay, the energy in our brains cannot be destroyed, upon the death of our physical bodies. Then what happens to it??? I think there's your Ghosts. Who we are changes form, but is not destroyed. We still exist. I guess maybe it's a science based definition of a soul?
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One mans sanity is anothers' madness\nIt could actually mean so many different things, from the end of one thing and the beginning of a new, like a relationship, career etc..\nIt could mean death= a separation from your heart -\n too but what do you "feel" when see the image. \nDreams are puzzles, and our feelings surrounding the dream are giving us directions to follow. They can be answers or revealing to our deepest and most private thoughts and desires or our fears and phobias. Like I said, the feeling surrounding the image often gives us the answers, oh.........and time. As time passes a dream that was more than a dream is either repeated (a message) or has images following what you saw (plays on your mind showing more while awake)\nWhat you are seeing can also mean "putting something to rest" so it isn't so much you the death is for, but circumstances or maybe even past issues getting laid to rest.......
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The primary purpose of dreams (REM sleep) in humans appears to be memory consolidation.  Humans who "lose" the ability to enter REM sleep due to certain medications or brain injury show no serious impairment of cognitive ability.\n\nMany people (particularly those in the Freudian tradition) try to attach special meaning to dreams.  The use of "dream dictionaries" to uncover the unconscious hidden meaning of dreams is a questionable therapeutic practice with little scientific justification.\n\nSome charlatans even claim that your dream images can predict the future.  As we are all free-willed beings, the future is unknowable until it becomes the present.\n\nHope this helps.
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I do believe that dreams have meanings but they are never straight forward. So just because someone who looks like the grim reaper is chopping ur head off it doesn't mean that your going to die! If you eat cheese before you go to bed that can have a massive efect on ur dreams so either stop doing that or check out these webiste's to find out what ur dreams mean!!
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You only dream about a decease person when you are real attached or close to this person, dream are subsoncious memories, you subconciously thought about this person from time to time without realizing this.\n\nDream can only be time when your subconcious mind will flashback.
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You're right, some dreams seem so "real". In a sense, they are real. Dream reality is a reality different from sensory (everyday, awake) reality. Certainly, we shouldn't pre-judge the reality of dreams and say, for instance, that they are not as real as sensory reality.\n\nWhether or not dreams have significance beyond the dream world depends on the culture. Some cultures cultivate the dream world--for example, the religion where the members take peyote as a sacrament--and find wisdom and significance there. America is  very materialistic culture given over to sensory and material realities and their acquisition, so dream realities are relatively ignored and downplayed. A culture with a less materialistic focus may see dreams as more significant.
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well, i do not know if people in coma feel the same way, but i have experienced such a thing too. i was in this speedboat which went out of my control, and i couldnt do anything to stop it...i knew i was dreaming and tried wakin up..i did..when the boat crashed into a big rock. i woke up just before i could have felt the pain. it was a wierd sensation, like i was floating above my body on the bed, desperately trying to break free, but my body kept pulling me back.
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You know when you are asleep and dreaming? You can do anything be anywhere or with anyone !? You can fly be on your own 1000 foot yacht, or have any woman (or man or whatever you like)...There are good dreams and terrifying dreams, nightmares where you fall off abridge or monsters are chasing you. Pretty much ANYTHING can happen in dreamland, right?\n\nWell LSD is a chemical that tricks the brain into thinking it is asleep and triggers the part of the brain that allows you to dream, but you are awake. This is a very very powerful and potentially dangerous situation. Imagine having the ability of to dream while you are walking around. You get hallucinations your brain plays tricks on you and you may have trouble distinguishing between reality. This is problematic when trying to accomplish such mundane tasks as crossing the street....\n\nTo answer the question, it may not have lasting effects but while you are under the influence the line between reality and not will be very fuzzy and perhaps invisible. This can get you hurt or allow you to have a terrible nightmare that you can't  awaken from since you ALREADY ARE AWAKE!\n\nThe other side of the coin is also true. You may have a beautiful experience. Most people can handle it, but then MAYBE NOT...................then don't look into the mirror.