Dual dream

[ange.connell]

Last night I had a 'dual dream'. What I mean by this is that I was having a dream about my friend Stephen going to live and work in Cardiff and also another another along side it. BUT I cannot remember the other dream. Also, in the 1st dream later on into it a man was beating me with a poker and me screaming out. I remember thinking in my dream that altough I was screaming in my dream I was not going to wake my husband up as the scream was in my sleep so he wouldn't be able to hear it. But he did and woke me up. I went back to sleep again and had another dream in which I was telling Stephen all about my dream of his going to live and work in Cardiff. So I was in effect dreaming about a dream, wasnt I? All in all it was a very strange night of dreaming.

[Xanth]

Well, through my experience the "dream in a dream" phenomenon is a misinterpretation.  You can't have a "dream in a dream", because you can only "dream" (singular).  Whatever occurs within that dream, be it multiple scenarios (or even multiple scenarios are the same time) are just that.

[NoY]

the physical body can dream at the same time as the astral body, this sometimes causes feedback and reality fluctuations during an OBE

so maybe you did have 2 dreams at the same time 

:NoY:

[Stookie_]

Well, through my experience the "dream in a dream" phenomenon is a misinterpretation.  You can't have a "dream in a dream", because you can only "dream" (singular).  Whatever occurs within that dream, be it multiple scenarios (or even multiple scenarios are the same time) are just that.

I've had 3 different experiences simultaneous. And it was madness! Seriously, I was conscious of myself in bed and 2 different dream situations at the same time. I couldn't make sense of it, but it can happen.

[Rudolph]

So I was in effect dreaming about a dream, wasnt I? All in all it was a very strange night of dreaming.

Yes, it sounds like you were dreaming about a recent dream.

Dream scenarios can get very strange. The unnerving sort to me are the False Awakenings. I think I have done something when in reality I only dreamed I did it.

Some people report multiple False Awakenings and they start to freak out, thinking they are stuck in an endless dream world and can't wake up.

[Stillwater]

That has happened to me. I once was once dreaming, or having a low-level OBE, when I awoke with a crash (there was an actual crashing sound and a snapping). I then DREAMT I was making another attempt at OBE in a chair, lol, and woke up from that in my bed. 3 False awakenings in a row might be scary though... I would begin to suspect I might be dead.