Punching people in dreams?

[NickisDank]

Ive had so many dreams when i get into fights with people, or acting in self defense; when i try to punch them it feels as if im trying to swing my arm through water. every time i hit somebody i dont feel the impact of a solid blow(feels like i hit basically nothing). This has happend to be all my life and im just curious, it seems when i try to act violante or even have to, i cant?

Has anyone else had this happen, im trying to not have this happen anymore and be able to actually win fights and help myself more so. It doesnt feel to good waking up from a dream which you lost a fight in due to the fact when you tried to fight, nothing works.

[Nomesb69]

Ive had so many dreams when i get into fights with people, or acting in self defense; when i try to punch them it feels as if im trying to swing my arm through water. every time i hit somebody i dont feel the impact of a solid blow(feels like i hit basically nothing). This has happend to be all my life and im just curious, it seems when i try to act violante or even have to, i cant?

Has anyone else had this happen, im trying to not have this happen anymore and be able to actually win fights and help myself more so. It doesnt feel to good waking up from a dream which you lost a fight in due to the fact when you tried to fight, nothing works.

Now that you mention it. All the dreams I ever had where I had to punch or kick someone it felt the same way. It felt like I was under water and was hard to make solid contact and with great resistance. Never really thought much about it till I read your post. I always thought it was my mind taunting me as I have done martial arts for around 15 years and know I can throw a punch or kick in waking time.

[Jarrod]

Fighting in dreams is the same way for me.  I exert so much effort but it has no effect.  I don't think the person I'm fighting even reacts at all either.  This my be a common dream symbol among people who have fighting experience.  I can't be sure but I think I usually dream of this when there is some frustration in my life.  Maybe it's a symbol representing the futility of fighting/resistance, or maybe it's just an emotional expression of frustration at a task or situation.

[Fourthdimension]

I had this too it feels like when i hit them it does nt have any effect as if i cant fight etc. I also have done some martial arts and can fight but i considered this dream symbol to be an expression of some sort of weakness i had and it actually affected my physical fights because when i was a child i use to find it hard to tell my dreams from reality and aot of them just got all through into one pot inclding that of the punching dreams and so when i was about to have a fight i would feel demoralised as if i am weak and can do nothing cause my punches wont hurt them but then when i actually win i felt much better

i dont really know what this dream symbol means

[Jarrod]

Yay!  A dream symbol unique to people who can fight.  I feel special.  Haha

[Fourthdimension]

maybe its a mindset tht we all share . the worry of not winning and not hurting the opponent when using as much effort as we can. aybe its the feeling of been powerless and out of control in an enviroment where both is needed.

[Xanth]

I've had MANY a dream where I've been trying to run... and it feels all slow-mo.
I've also had "fighting" dreams where everything feels slow-mo as well.

Not sure why.

Strangely, when I'm lucid or astrally aware... those particular limitations seem to be gone or vastly reduced.

[Stookie]

It's a common dream thing, like teeth falling out. I remember seeing a Popeye cartoon when I was a kid where he was fighting bluto in a dream and his punch was in slow-mo like that. My guess is that it's a feeling of helplessness being expressed in your dream. Feeling helpless in life?

[CFTraveler]

Perhaps this is an indication that you should figure out why you are fighting in dreams, see what the symbology tells you, and take steps in waking life to avoid the need for your subconscious to keep giving you this message?  Just a thought.

[Jarrod]

Actually it hasn't happened to me in years.  I just remember it used to happen when I was younger a lot.

[i smoke and drink coffee]

Yeah, same thing has happened to me.  Walked up to this kid (I was a kid too)  and tried to fight him down.  Threw a punch that was so hard that it just kind of dribbled of his chest, so I tried again, and threw a different punch, still no effect.  He was laughing at me.

Now that you mention it, I had a dream fragment the other night, few nights ago, where I had to punch someone and it didn't do anything.  Apparently, trying to bring in physical means into the dream state is futile.  As a child, it was possible to fight my enemies with psionics or magick, I could throw bolts of lightening or fire, usually powered by some sort of magical staff.

It definitely seems that is some frustration in life, perhaps it serves as a warning that 'no matter how hard you try to win, some people will not respect it even if you do win'.

[NickisDank]

Ya Ive just had to many odd situations where either someone just out of nowhere tried to punch me, or I've gotten mad at a person and it escalates to us trying to fight.

Also I saw someone say something about teeth Falling out in dreams? Ya I've had that one happen a lot to. Each time I have a dream about fighting someone though it's usually something really random, like a person I've never meet.

For instance I had a dream last night that was just completely random, I was with a coworker I've never even really talked to and we were at a supermarket sitting on a bench. Then out of nowhere what appears to be a bum walks up to me and starts yelling about how he's going to kick my ass? Like wtf

[justin35ll]

Gah, this is so frustrating I have had this my whole life. So annoying wish I could just beat the crap out of them lol, but it never works just feels like it takes so much effort to punch and when my arm finally gets there it doesn't affect them

[WASD]

Here is an explanation I found:

It's because punching (like running) is a highly-coordinated activity that relies on proprioceptive feedback throughout the motion to work. Since the thalamus clamps down both on the transmission of the motor signals you'd need to effectively complete the motion and the perception of joint-motion data while you're asleep, everything feels bogged down and slow.

Compare that to 'flying', which is a), something we can't do normally, so we have no basis for comparison to see if it feels right or not, and b) superman-style flying about doesn't require significant body motion anyway.

source: http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/gg3dj/why_cant_i_throw_good_punches_in_my_dreams_i_cant/c1nbibg

[Athymari]

Interesting.

I am no martial -artist (karate age 13 doesnt count) and I have same, slow-mo tapping their chin. Frsutrating as hell when you know this person wants to hurt you and you know they will probably hit you for a mile.

I have not attempted this for awhile now so I think it sunk it it will not work!

I think when not physical - stick to the non physical. I control elements in my dreams and I use them when I can. Airbender style... though this was before the cartoon actually came out!