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From: rs55611@ihuxk.UUCP (Robert E. Schleicher)
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Subject: Re: Question (dreams)
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Date: Tue, 3-Jul-84 13:51:12 EDT
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Here's another question related to the issue of whether dreams
occur in "real time", or whether some time compression/dilation
occurs (or is perceived).

As a child I had a recurring dream of falling down a bottomless pit,
or off of a very high cliff, or out of a plane.  (Usually as the "climax"
of a dream involving running away from, or after something). 
During the dream it would feel as if I was falling for minutes.
I'd then wake up at the "moment of impact" on the floor next to the bed.
Now, my question:  Did the entire falling part of the dream really occur
in the second or so that I was actually falling out of bed, or did I just
fall out of bed as a result of thrashing around while falling in my dream?

I guess I'll never know, but it is interesting to speculate on the possible
explanations.

Bob Schleicher
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AT&T Bell Laboratories, Naperville, Ill.