why are faces blurred in dreams?

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MichaelD

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Originally posted by: tasmanian
I havnt had a dream in over probably 4 months. 4-6 hours of sleep a night = no dream...

Unfortunately, I get about the same amount of sleep on the average work night. For me to get 8 hours of sleep, I'd have to be asleep by 10:00,which means going to bed at 9:00...and that ain't happening.

Still, I don't dream (that I remember) with any regularity. Oddly enough, I have my worst nightmares following happy/good/pleasant/successful days. :( I wish I could control it, but that aint' happening either.
 

Kadarin

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Nov 23, 2001
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Faces are not blurred in my dreams. I also dream in color, and they tend to be extremely immersive, to the point of being very realistic.
 

hjo3

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Last night I dreamt I could fly and I was in New York city and I saw Jon Stewart running to get to his studio, so I picked him up and said "Don't worry, we'll get you there on time!" and flew him to the Daily Show. Then somehow I ended up in the food court of a really nice mall and there was this weird woman in green and black spandex. I think we were both superheroes and we were supposed to fight or something, but I'm not sure.
 

ShadowOfMyself

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A better question is... How come you hear voices in your dreams.. but you actually hear no sound? I mean.. its like when you sing a song in your head... know what I mean? I always hear people talking in my dreams but they dont actually TALK... weird
 

tasmanian

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Dec 22, 2006
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Originally posted by: Astaroth33
Faces are not blurred in my dreams. I also dream in color, and they tend to be extremely immersive, to the point of being very realistic.

When you sleep theres no way to tell real from fake so it seems like its really happening.
 

mrSHEiK124

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Mar 6, 2004
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My dreams, are/have

In Technicolor.
People made of mimetic poly-alloys, all of them. They can shapeshift, and can try to harm me by turning their limbs into stabbing weapons.
Completely violate the laws of physics 99% of the time.
For some reason, I can use all sorts of super powers in my dreams, EXCEPT energy blasts (a la DBZ). I can fly, bend metal, move at the speed of light, but I try pulling a kamehameha and either it just, doesn't, or I wake up.
A lot to do with stuff I happen to be dealing with in real life.
Always have a sound or other form of external sensory input, smells, sounds, even light sometimes. It's annoying, especially when I realize that I'm dreaming, and that it's the alarm clock (or the sun rising), which always causes me to wake up.
I can never ever smell in dreams unless the smell exists where I'm sleeping, no smells from inside the dream though.
 

TheGizmo

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i keep having a reoccuring dream where i can float around a room, but i have to be floating the whole time.. without control, the only way to stay grounded is to hold myself in place. they are usually pretty funny dreams where i am laughin histerically about how i cant stop floating. sometimes its l ike i have a jet pack and i can move all around a room floating... or outside and its really windy, and i can move around by using the wind. its pretty cool.... so brain doctors, what do my dreams mean??
 

mrSHEiK124

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Originally posted by: TheGizmo
i keep having a reoccuring dream where i can float around a room, but i have to be floating the whole time.. without control, the only way to stay grounded is to hold myself in place. they are usually pretty funny dreams where i am laughin histerically about how i cant stop floating. sometimes its l ike i have a jet pack and i can move all around a room floating... or outside and its really windy, and i can move around by using the wind. its pretty cool.... so brain doctors, what do my dreams mean??

Cocaine is a helluva drug :laugh:
 

DrPizza

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Well, if the people in your dreams would stand still, instead of always running away from you, then their faces might not look so blurry.
 

2Xtreme21

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I barely remember any of my dreams enough... although I did have a dream recently that was probably too funny to forget:

Ann Coulter came to my University and was signing autographed copies of her newest book and when I got up to the desk to get mine signed I sneezed and all of her books simultaneously flew up and smacked her in the face. Oh man, good times. :D
 

Malig

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I once had a prophetic dream when i was about 6 where I saw a group of girls in a circle holding hands in kindergarten, one of those girls I knew from school. The next day I went to school and the exact same scene played out in front of me. That girl's name was Ashley. I was totally bewildered. This was the only prophetic dream i've had thus far. It wasn't deja vu either, I remembered the dream before I even stepped foot in school that day.

I also have dreams where im trying to run but its really hard and end up stumbling around. Its like my legs don't work.
 

TehMac

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Aug 18, 2006
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Originally posted by: Mr Smiley
This happens to me in my dreams. Peoples faces are blurred but I subconsciously know who they are. Weird :confused:

Yeah, happens to me too at times. Sometimes its clear, sometimes its not.