Have you ever had this strange feeling before?

[Cyn]

Is this thread real?

Only in your mind.

[Plow]

The fact that on several occasions I have kept the real world eye open while my dream world eye finally awoke/opened(I guess after trying hard to awake) along with my body awakening completely leads me to believe it's 100% real.

Also I've seen another post about it on the internet but could not really find facts of what the phenomenon is. Was curious if anyone experienced it here on BG or was educated on the subject.

It only happens when I nap mid day, and before said nap, I just lay down on the couch with sleeping intent.

I can't find the original post on a dreamforum but I found this new one. One eye(Closed) in dream, one eye (Open) in reality! [Archive] - Dreamviews lucid dreaming forums

Interesting.

Check this out: Continual-Activation Theory of Dreaming

This theory essentially posits that the systems of working memory must stay active or they will fail, and therefore when the activity of either (the conscious or non-conscious) falls below a certain threshold, it triggers something (loosely termed the continual-activation mechanism, for now) to create a new stream of information for it.

This would imply that you were "below" the threshold for conscious and unconscious activities at the same time.

Unfortunately, I really should be able to think what the term would be for this, but I can't atm. I feel dumb. (hopefully it's the liquor >.>)


Edit: fuck I said this wrong:
"This would imply that you were "below" the threshold for conscious and unconscious activities at the same time."

What I should have said was it implies you were both above and below the threshold at the same time.

[brisk]

Lol at people getting it after running. It ALWAYS happens to me after finishing, or the last couple meters of a 300H/400M race.

[Blck]

Yes i've had the same experience too. Anywhere, anytime, its like I can ALMOST answer the age-old question "why are we here?".

Its like i feel so close to that answer, then my mind starts to realize that im close and bumps me out XD

Its weird but i like that feeling, its surreal and it kinda amazes me, weird stuff :3

[Kilhart]

One time I was high and trying to sleep and I ended up figuring out the meaning of life. Then I opened my eyes and saw on the clock that 2 minutes had passed.

My meaning to life was: "Life is its own going-away party."

Just thought I'd share.

[Lee]

Thanks Plow.

The theory you linked sounds like it could be it, but it would be great if some type of exact study came about on the real eye/dream eye thing. The tough part is, I don't even know how one could study it. Since it's so random and I have no idea how it's induced (other than midday 1-3 hr naps), I guess one would have to hook oneself up to a machine that would track brain activity to actually get a firm grip on what the hell is going on in the brain.

It's actually really reassuring knowing other people on the internet posted about it. It's so wild to see real life in one eye and a dream in the other at the same time that even when I know it's real, it just seems like it can't be possible.

[thebearofscience]

I find out the most incredible things high.
I thought of, what if God was in the fifth dimension; like, he is literally the fifth dimension, and he's looking down at us in the fourth dimension. Us now, but including time. Like, he sees the beginning of us, and the end of us, so it's just like he's looking/reading a book. Knowing when people will be born, when they will die, when events will happen, shit like that.

[Cyn]

I find out the most incredible things high.
I thought of, what if God was in the fifth dimension; like, he is literally the fifth dimension, and he's looking down at us in the fourth dimension. Us now, but including time. Like, he sees the beginning of us, and the end of us, so it's just like he's looking/reading a book. Knowing when people will be born, when they will die, when events will happen, shit like that.

It's called Christianity.

[Plow]

Thanks Plow.

np man, happy to at least try to help

It would be awesome if some of the other psych guys and gals would get involved here, a psychology version of the LHC thread would be awesome. Especially cuz my focus is really on practical application towards sociology and political interaction, I'm certain some of them are way more knowledgeable than me on these more personal aspects.

I will do some research and try to clarify as best I can though, when it's not 1:30 on a Friday night and I haven't been drinking lol...

The theory you linked sounds like it could be it, but it would be great if some type of exact study came about on the real eye/dream eye thing. The tough part is, I don't even know how one could study it. Since it's so random and I have no idea how it's induced (other than midday 1-3 hr naps), I guess one would have to hook oneself up to a machine that would track brain activity to actually get a firm grip on what the hell is going on in the brain.

It's actually really reassuring knowing other people on the internet posted about it. It's so wild to see real life in one eye and a dream in the other at the same time that even when I know it's real, it just seems like it can't be possible.

The idea of dreaming with one eye open and conscious is pretty common, literal occurrences not so much heh. I'm pretty sure I can get a hold of some good information though, I'll get back to ya.

[Omniyoji]

Thanks for helping out Plow and for being concerned of my well-being. I'll be sure to check out your links this weekend.


P.S.
You other dudes should lay off the stuff...

[Ruiner]

One time I was high and trying to sleep and I ended up figuring out the meaning of life. Then I opened my eyes and saw on the clock that 2 minutes had passed.

My meaning to life was: "Life is its own going-away party."

Just thought I'd share.

One time when I was high I discovered that "good"ness is all relative. E.G. a billionaire fucking Angelina Jolie on a waverunner is just as happy as a homeless dude.

[thebearofscience]

No fucking shit dude. Life is how you make it brotha'.

[Muffins]

While we're sort of on the topic... I hate it when I'm driving and I forget if the pedal that my foot is currently pressing is the gas or brake. =(

I've had a combination of this and something similar to what's being talked about here way too often.

In my experiences, while I have no way to know for sure what causes it, I have an idea. I have these moments where if I'm somewhat sleep deprived, haven't eaten in awhile, and under stress/anxiety (such as being late for something or rushing some place) I get this tremendous feeling of a weight in my mind. At some point as I'm trying to fight that feeling and stay focused, it feels like my focus expands to include everything in my field of vision. It's almost like it's an overwhelming rush of visual information and my mind shuts off completely, unable to handle it all at once. It feels like time slows down and comes to a stop as I try to make sense of -everything- that was going on around me. My eyes stay open, my body stays completely stiff or repeating whatever simple motion I was performing in the seconds prior to "shut down" and I don't remember a thing of it happening. When I come to I feel extremely exhausted and often find it easy to fall asleep moments after regardless of time or place.

It's happened most often while driving or being a passenger where there's a lot of movement, and it's lead to a few accidents (no one injured, thankfully), but I do remember a situation where I had made something to eat while being fully aware an "episode" was about to happen (certain visual patterns/lighting triggers pangs of nausea). I managed to walk up a flight of stairs, into my room, and sit down, dropping nearly all the food I had made along the way. Doesn't last more than 15-30 seconds, but feels like an eternity.

Doctors and neurologists couldn't figure out wtf it is since it wasn't any kind of seizure. I still have nfc what it is. Pretty scary/weird though, especially in the moments before it happens.

[arus2001]

It's been a while since I've had any deja vu moments, but they kinda freak me out since the level detail in the dream I recall them from is uncanny. Naturally, after having said dreams, I think nothing of them since they're usually mundane, but later on when I re-experience them, you get some kind of, "Was it some kind of premonition?!" vibe going. Things have ranged from a specific conversation I had with my sister while making a peanut butter sandwich while wearing a bright orange shirt to just events that happen while playing FFXI, including chat log commentary.

When I was away for school like 7 years ago, something happened that I just couldn't really explain, either. Was walking between the dorm/apartment buildings, and there's a large field before you'd cross the street. Wasn't running, didn't feel stressed, or whatever, but I was just suddenly overwhelmed by... experiences that weren't mine, and I'd estimate them being at least 150 years old. This was probably one of the few times I actually felt my sense of smell was working exceptionally well since it seemed like I was picking up on various this and thats while just standing there and I was seeing the field, but not as it was in the now. I don't know how I would've looked to others because I was alone, but it was probably a good minute or two of not being myself. My imaginative side wants to be open to the possibility of past lives or even something like temporary possession, but my practical side just laughs it off as there being no soul, ghosts don't exist, etc.. I'd be curious to experience it again, but nobody ever believes me if I bring it up.

[Lebzile]

Honestly yes I have had this feeling, it's almost an unsettling feeling. I have it a lot actually and when it does happen I wish it would stop happening. It creeps me the fuck out tbh.

[Nuker]

sometimes i find myself completely lost, and repeating words, and after a while they make no sense to me, nothing does. then i regain my 'logical' thinking. just weird.

[Gunitsoldier]

Is this thread real?

Reality is wrong, dreams are for real.

Inbe4stereotypingthattomyname

[Kilhart]

Also, does anyone, while reading, all of a sudden look at the letters and feel like they're... "off" in some way? Sometimes it'll happen to me and I'll look at words like "school" and "some" (and sometimes even words like "the") and it'll almost feel like they're misspelled, even though I know they aren't.

[The_Fall_Of_Roy]

Alot of people do that

[Omniyoji]

Also, does anyone, while reading, all of a sudden look at the letters and feel like they're... "off" in some way? Sometimes it'll happen to me and I'll look at words like "school" and "some" (and sometimes even words like "the") and it'll almost feel like they're misspelled, even though I know they aren't.

That's jamais vu. It's like when you read or write down a certain word a lot and suddenly the word's weird to you. The pronunciation and spelling of it is wrong but you know for certain it is. That's happened to me to with the words: course, road, and coarse.

Chris Moulin, of Leeds University, asked 92 volunteers to write out "door" 30 times in 60 seconds. At the International Conference on Memory in Sydney last week he reported that 68 per cent of his guinea pigs showed symptoms of jamais vu, such as beginning to doubt that "door" was a real word. Dr Moulin believes that a similar brain fatigue underlies a phenomenon observed in some schizophrenia patients: that a familiar person has been replaced by an impostor. Dr Moulin suggests they could be suffering from chronic jamais vu.