Venting I wish I could just dream for ever

[Sadbanana]

I would say my dreams are the only place where I'm happy anymore. For some reason video games or movies no longer make me feel anything. But in the dreams I can still feel things. Sure sometimes I dream about being bullied or feeling inadequate, but other times I have a really good time. If only I could stay in them, I would no longer want to die.

 

[liquid jen]

I feel the same. You could try practicing lucid dreaming and learning various other techniques. I'm not anywhere near an expert on this, but I love dreaming and researching things like that. Supposedly through things such as time dilation and false memories you really can make your dreams last a (seemingly) really long time. It'll take a while to get any of the skills better, but it could be worth it. I know it's not the same as forever though.

 

[Sadbanana]

I feel the same. You could try practicing lucid dreaming and learning various other techniques. I'm not anywhere near an expert on this, but I love dreaming and researching things like that. Supposedly through things such as time dilation and false memories you really can make your dreams last a (seemingly) really long time. It'll take a while to get any of the skills better, but it could be worth it. I know it's not the same as forever though.

I also researched a lot about this, but I find it extremely hard to do. Everytime I realize I'm dreaming I wake up almost immediately.

 

[Kadaver]

I don't dream often but I always wish I was asleep because when I'm asleep I don't feel so damn shitty. It's the only real break I get from my life

 

[rainieday06]

I would say my dreams are the only place where I'm happy anymore. For some reason video games or movies no longer make me feel anything. But in the dreams I can still feel things. Sure sometimes I dream about being bullied or feeling inadequate, but other times I have a really good time. If only I could stay in them, I would no longer want to die.

i have very vivid dreams....and i know exactly how you feel. I wish i could just go to sleep and stay asleep forever. Or wake up in one of my dreams timelines. idk...something. But then i wake up....and realize it was only a dream and i have to deal with the world again....and i totally hate it.

 

[LaVieEnRose]

I had three distinct dreams last night and they were all superior to my present reality. It was almost traumatic waking up each time from them. And so it is each night.

 

[Sadbanana]

i have very vivid dreams....and i know exactly how you feel. I wish i could just go to sleep and stay asleep forever. Or wake up in one of my dreams timelines. idk...something. But then i wake up....and realize it was only a dream and i have to deal with the world again....and i totally hate it.

Exactly, I wish this life was just a dream. And dreams were the reality.

 

[Markisloggingout]

In my good dreams I'm who I want to be

 

[Pfysch]

I had three distinct dreams last night and they were all superior to my present reality. It was almost traumatic waking up each time from them. And so it is each night.

I've had incredibly vivid dreams for around 8 years straight, it feels like this every time. They've always felt "realer than real" in the way people describe psychedelic drugs. I've used psychedelics though, and those experiences never even came close to a fraction of the vividness, depth, and intensity of my dreams. Waking up from one feels like an entire reality collapsing, for better or, usually, worse.

At times I'm convinced that this world is definitely the fake one, or at least a miniscule one of many. Logically, I know that my dreams are a result of brain chemistry...but after years and years of experiences that are realer than real, the dissonance is killing me. I don't know what to believe.