I'm reviving an old post from two years ago, in which I didn't find a conclusive answer. Is it normal to experience pain in a dream?

  • I have in nightmares. Dunno if it's normal though

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  • Depends, very probably yes

    In what situations do you expirience pain in the dreams?

    It follows the logic of dreams. For example, you break your knee, you feel it.

    Yes, it's normal, there are more situations that can't happen irl but they are normal too, if you wanna not feel pain you need certain level of dream control but it's hard even then

    Usually if you ignore stuff inside the dream the stuff vanishes or you wake up

    Even if it's so intense? Feeling every detail of the pain: the bone, the flesh, the muscles.

    There are easier ways to change what is the dream about, for example try imagining something else and distract yourself by it or try to pour (that's not the right word, ik (feel what you should feel, concentrate on it, taste what you taste)) yourself into other imagined scenario

    I didn't choose what happened lol 😅