Difference between dreams and reality?

[Astralkm8]

Hello, I don't exactly know where else I could post this so I decided to post I here. Recently, I've notice that after going to a party (drinking) I go home and sleep, where I have very vivid dreams. Sometimes they are so vivid that I have to ask people if what happened was true. The night after te party I always dream about it and wake up not knowing what actually happened there. I could think one thing happened when really I dreamt that part. Just like today I heard simon cowell's name and could have sworn he was in jail for killing his girlfriend. I was wondering why they were talking about him being on the X factor, I was thinking that he'd surely be kicked off After murderig someone. At this point I thought it was probably the same situation as it usually is, I dreamt about it. So I googled it really quick and sure enough I had made it up in my head. This only seems to happen after a night of drinking. Any ideas on what it could be?

[CFTraveler]

If you're having trouble telling the difference between physical reality and dreaming, it's time to quit drinking.
But to answer your question:
Dreams: You're already in a scene, absurd things seem normal, there is not always continuity. Others seem to know what you're thinking.
Physical reality:  Things happen sequentially, you go somewhere before getting there, things happen slow, and you know the difference between what's possible and what isn't.  If you see a polka dot elephant in your living room you know it's not real.

[Astralkm8]

i just wanted to say i rarely drink. Only occasionally on weekends with friends. This is where this happens. I know when im in reality, its just usually those nights i feel weird.

[Lionheart]

If you're having trouble telling the difference between physical reality and dreaming, it's time to quit drinking.

...or at least do it in moderation. 

I have been awaking in my Dreams for such a long time that I have many memories of doing things and being places, but I know I have never physically been there or did whatever it was that I saw I did. This has created some "false memories". These Dreams were so realistic, that they were implanted into my mind as really happening. Then there are the times I feel I am awakening in the middle of some kind of "download". But we will keep that topic for another thread some time in the future. 

...says the crazy man, lol! 

[raditus]

I remembered stuff from when I was a little kid. I brought it up recently like in a yeah-I-remember-When-I-did-This way. Only to have my parents and other loved ones, "Oh I remember you telling me that ages ago, it was a dream you had.

I got this sometimes like this in the past, but minus the drinking part.

[CFTraveler]

  ...says the crazy man, lol! 

We've all been there and done that.  Ok, me. 
That's why when I started doing dreamwork things like reality checks and such made me nervous- I was afraid I'd lose the ability to tell the difference and end up in an institution somewhere.
Luckily it didn't happen. Unless I'm there now and don't know.  Lol.

[PlasmaAstralProjection]

I use to get this too sometimes when I use to remember my dreams a lot. I would have a hard time telling the difference between real live memory and a dream memory sometimes. But I have rarely if ever had a problem telling reality from dream reality. And if I was in a dream, and I thought it was real. It would be superficial. So I would hardly have any consciousness and then I would claim this is real. The best way you can know for sure is to look around you for a LOT of detail and color. If you have a hard time getting that. Then you know it's a dream. Unless your so drugged up you still can truly tell. I've never been that drugged up. LOL

Peace.

[Lionheart]

I use to get this too sometimes when I use to remember my dreams a lot. I would have a hard time telling the difference between real live memory and a dream memory sometimes. But I have rarely if ever had a problem telling reality from dream reality. And if I was in a dream, and I thought it was real. It would be superficial. So I would hardly have any consciousness and then I would claim this is real. The best way you can know for sure is to look around you for a LOT of detail and color. If you have a hard time getting that. Then you know it's a dream. Unless your so drugged up you still can truly tell. I've never been that drugged up. LOL

The false memories I speak of were imprinted in my memory while not consciously aware of them, while Dreaming. If I was Lucid/consciously aware at the time, I would be able to KNOW that this was a Dream memory.
The ones I talk about are false memories of being somewhere or doing something, but the only way I could rationally hypothesize how those memories got there is through "unconscious" Dreams/NPR adventures.

[CFTraveler]

The false memories I speak of were imprinted in my memory while not consciously aware of them, while Dreaming. If I was Lucid/consciously aware at the time, I would be able to KNOW that this was a Dream memory.
The ones I talk about are false memories of being somewhere or doing something, but the only way I could rationally hypothesize how those memories got there is through "unconscious" Dreams/NPR adventures.

I had this happen a lot when I was younger.  I've never been sure where the 'first' "false memories" began- perhaps they were previous incarnation information?  Anyway- it's funny how they build up- you can trace them back and form a whole 'alternate' lifetime of them.