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"I keep coming back to the same places, to see what has changed. The world in my dreams seems real, and carries on it's existence with or without me. I come back to help."

Something I said to someone recently. It was only later that I realized I was dreaming when I said it.

Does anyone else have persistent worlds in their dream life? I frequently recognize places I've been before. Most of the people are unfamiliar, excepting some random appearances from people I actually know

"I keep coming back to the same places, to see what has changed. The world in my dreams seems real, and carries on it's existence with or without me. I come back to help." Something I said to someone recently. It was only later that I realized I was dreaming when I said it. Does anyone else have persistent worlds in their dream life? I frequently recognize places I've been before. Most of the people are unfamiliar, excepting some random appearances from people I actually know

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Shit, I gotta start using Poal again. I ain't dead, but Poal has been slipping my mind for the past several months.

Got back just in time to slap a flair on this a month late, though.

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A few. Repeated motor bike ones too

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Love the fun dreams. One time I fell out of a plane, but grabbed a door on the way out and used it to fly down.

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I always tell myself I should write about my dreams just as I wake up. Otherwise I don't remember them. Except if it's a nightmare that shocked me a bit. Usually I just remember that I want to go back to the place I was in my dream just before waking up.

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I made a map drawing of one such place I frequented. It’s been a while since I’ve been back.

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Very cool, hope you get to see it again sometime

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There's this old house I visit now and then in my dreams. A big English manor house, with wings and wall paneling and antique fruniture. I feel quite comfortable when I'm there, so it must be my house or the house of someone I'm close to. I explore around sometimes. Nothing strange or horrifying happens -- it's just a big house, that would cost a holy fortune to heat in the winter. And I hate to even think of replacing the roof. But it has a lot of character.

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Very cool, a mansion with wings! If only we could screencap dreams...

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In the past, mine have usually been persistent themes rather than places. I used to be into lucid dreaming, so much so I was able to actually force myself into a place of my choosing while falling asleep. That isn't anything I am capable of now.

What I find interesting now is getting my body to straddle the line of asleep, and awake. There is a lot of sensory overlap that has legitimately caused confusion as to if something happen in a dream, or reality. Which is a bit scary at times, but thrilling.

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In those last minutes of dream before waking, you can sometimes see how your brain makes stories out of nonsense input.

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For me, it's when falling asleep, especially after waking up from REM. Imagine that feeling you're describing, but instead of bursting out of the pool/lake (dreaming,) you're slowly walking into the cold water, feeling each inch engulf you.

I think the most intense physical feelings come from resisting the signals from the brain to wake up. Sometimes my brain starts telling me I am sliding off the bed. I feel myself sliding along the sheets, but only on the side against the mattress, which is how I can tell it's not real. It's extremely compelling to move, but if I don't, it's like sliding down a smooth mountain until I fully fall asleep.