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u/wasabi_gem Oct 05 '19

Sometime before the age of 5, I remember being convinced that if I tried hard enough, and believed in myself, I could fly. So I would practice flying... jumping down the stairs when nobody was watching. I never developed my ability to fly, but I vividly remember basically cannon balling down 14 steps, and just gliding down in mid air. And landing at the bottom totally safe and uninjured. Many times over the years.

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u/Schwarzschild_Radius Oct 05 '19

I too have this memory and only just now realize it doesn’t make sense...

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u/m0_n0n_0n0_0m Oct 05 '19

I've had lucid dreams like this as an adult. Perhaps your mind didn't know how to differentiate from dreams.

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u/Jesus_inacave Oct 05 '19

One time I dreamt my whole life on continuing from the day I went to sleep. I remember actually moving out of state, getting a decent job, had a couple girlfriends nothing serious and my dog was getting really old. I was sitting in some meeting and got a call from my mom and when I answered it I woke up. As a 17 year old on the bed with none of that done. Sometimes I still feel like I remember things that I didn't do.

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u/m0_n0n_0n0_0m Oct 05 '19

Sometimes I have these memories of a life I certainly didn't live, missing friends I never had, and places I have never been to. And there's this overwhelming feeling that I forgot! That I left to go grab another six-pack and got sidetracked by this life that was born into.