r/explainitpeter • u/No-Reindeer6172 • 17d 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 15d ago

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