Can dreams physically hurt or kill you?
I have trouble distinguishing between reality and fantasy due to a condition I was born with, and at times I can't understand if something is real or not, and I still think dreams are real, because I can feel the pain and sensations. In my dreams, my best friend is an evil person who wants to see me suffer. For example, he would push me down the stairs and slam my head against the ground screaming at me to die. Then, he would proceed to throw me into boiling water and cut me, or something, or he would choke me. In each dream he's getting closer to actually killing me and I am wondering if a person in your dreams can kill you in real life, eg. can the brain be tricked into not breathing so much from a dream that the person chokes to death in his waking life?
7 Answers to "Can dreams physically hurt or kill you?"
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It depends on the health of the person.
Your dreams cause you so much stress, to often, it adds up.
Yes, they can.
Have you tried learning how to change the ending of your dream, so it ends positively for you?
I have nightmares, and sometimes I can go back in and change it. It does help me calm down.
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No.
It's possible you can feel pain in your dreams, but I'm pretty sure if you're waking up with unexplained brusies either you were drinking, had a fugue state, or are a sleepwalker.Like (1)
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If you are a sleep-walker they sure can. I have read about people who walk into some dangerous situations as they are dreaming. Also can have a heart attack from a scary dream, although I believe that most of my nightmares are triggered by physical problems such as indigestion or heart palpitations after eating something that has MSG in it.
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no they can not
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KRUGER! I told you to behave yourself!
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one time; I had a pain in my kneecap; I woke up with the pain in the same place.
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Posted by onwayout Nov 23rd, 2012 at 1:42PM
I don't believe a dream, even a nightmare, can physically cause you injury or death. A dream may leave you feeling very traumatic and scared, however, if you are still remembering it in such graphic detail when you wake up. I do think you have some serious issues with this friend of yours that you need to address in real life, so that you do not continue to experience these horrible dreams.
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