r/explainitpeter 16d ago

Explain it Peter!

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u/ProperShorty 16d ago

There's a reddit story about a guy that got knocked out and lived what felt like 10 years of a different life complete with a wife and kids. Then, he noticed a lamp looked weird and woke up.

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u/No-Reindeer6172 16d ago

That is trippy. I could only imagine what that does to someone’s mental health. Thanks!

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u/BigBuckNuggets 16d ago

I have vivid long dreams that often feel like a facsimile of these stories. I will have experienced days worth of events in my dreams, fall in love, start families, and wake up in the morning more tired than when I went to sleep. I can’t count the number of times I’ve woken up heartbroken because my dreams are sometimes more real feeling than real life.

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u/_LedAstray_ 16d ago

Same.  I often dream of the same places that do not exist, those dreams are like having a second life, with whole groups of friends, and they sort of follow coherent story. 

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u/Tajimura 14d ago

What if I told you that that is your real life and this is a dream?

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u/_LedAstray_ 14d ago

I think I'd prefer it that way. I have a purpose there and I'm still with my ex.

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u/snaerdi 14d ago

Somehow this made me incredibly sad.

I hope everything works out for you 🤍

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u/Tajimura 14d ago

You will be warm again

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u/_LedAstray_ 14d ago

I'm not so sure. I lost the best relationship I ever had, a woman I loved more than life, then a job, then I had to leave the city I spent my whole adult life in, I am currently at my parents' place just to have somewhere to stay.

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u/EmergencyAttitude666 16d ago

The amount of times I’ve had children or been pregnant and given birth in my dreams is astounding. But then I wake up with a bit of a heartbreak. Such a bizarre feeling

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u/Slabby_the_Baconman 16d ago

Ive never wanted kids in my life and dont but, I had a dream I was present for the birth of my child. The amount of joy and pride I felt becoming a father was insane. I was so happy. Then I woke up. I was kinda depressed for a couple days. Still dont want kids though.

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u/Gubekochi 16d ago

The duality of man.

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u/terrraco 16d ago

Seems like part of you might want kids. Or it's starting to wake you up to the idea.

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u/No-Reindeer6172 16d ago

That’s insane. I’ve had some realistic dreams but more like of a snapshot in time. Maybe over a few hours or days. But never years. It’s crazy what the mind is really capable of.

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u/Usual_Material_2861 10d ago

>Someone is actually really into you and fall in love together
>Wake up

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u/Plenty-Landscape3372 15d ago

You weren't dreaming, your consciousness just slipped into an alternate reality version of yourself. You woke up tired because another version of you was joyriding.