Is it true that if you dream that you die or that you hit bottom in a falling dream, you will in fact die in your sleep? I hear that a lot and I'm just not sure about it :/ how would you wake yourself up before you died then? help!!
hitler_the_goat answered Tuesday June 2 2009, 3:06 pm: same as the last person, but mine have been in really bitter ways, except for that damn fedex truck one. I'd be dead ten times over dude, don't worry about it. could be worse, you could be sleeping, then wake up to an RPG slamming into your tent, or be on an observation post and have your throat cut. that scares me. [ hitler_the_goat's advice column | Ask hitler_the_goat A Question ]
chakra answered Tuesday June 2 2009, 12:00 pm: It's an urban myth.
I've dreamt i've died alot in my dreams from falling and other ways (i must be strange ;-)) but i'm still here to tell the tale! [ chakra's advice column | Ask chakra A Question ]
Razhie answered Tuesday June 2 2009, 10:56 am: Absolutely not.
I can tell you of plenty of dreams I've had where I
'died', and I'm still here.
Many people dream of falling, or drowing, or something fatal like that, but then wake up before actually dying. This is just because our minds, even while we are dreaming, have a strong survival instinct that they just wont let our subconcious go through those motions. But that doesn't mean you can actually die in your dreams.
As for the people who have died in thier sleep, there is ussually a medical reason, but since they aren't around to tell us what they were dreaming at the time, we'll never know. Even still, I'm pretty sure that the physical death would be causing the dream, not the dreams causing the physical death. [ Razhie's advice column | Ask Razhie A Question ]
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