You’re supposed to be using your powers
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I have night terrors occasionally.
The other night I was dreaming of stomping on someone, and I woke up just smacking the wall with my foot. Had a limp for the day lol... Happens occasionally.
I actually had a nightmare recently where i got jumpscared enough to punch in the dream, woke up because of that, and reflexively continued my punch and hit the wall
What a wack dream that was
Huh, this made realise I don't think I've ever dreamed about punching something. And I've had many decades of quite vivid and varied dreams.
For me it's running. Any time I need to run I feel like I'm trying to sprint though a pool of molasses.
I get this too, also when I try to talk and it feels like my mouth is full of cotton wool.
I can never scream or dial 911…so frustrating.
I do know a way around this but you have to be at least mildly aware you are in a dream. I once punched a cement wall in a lucid dream expecting it to crumble to pieces. It did not, because I was expecting a reaction from the environment to the forces I was exerting on it. But there is no environment, and thus no reaction. The wall you arm everything is just the dream. The trick is to visualize the wall exploding when you punch it and then it happens. Or to take it a step further realize that you only need to visualize the wall exploding and it will.
There is no spoon.
Skill issue. I once one-punched a tsunami
I don't need to punch hard in my dreams if I dream that I have a BFG.
When I played Doom a lot, I used to have dreams that I had to furiously type in IDDQD to avoid getting killed. It would always wear off for some reason and I'd have to do it again.
Big Fucking Giant?
Big fuckin gun
Bonzer foot-long glissy
Barking Feral Goat.
Butt fartin’ gal
On the other hand, the (God-) hand is way more powerful than even that:-).
I've had this. I wonder if it's a dream reaction to the way our conscious muscular control turns off in our sleep. Otherwise we might just punch shit full force while dreaming.
You have it exactly right.
I can’t either. But at some point I stopped punching in dreams and started tearing things in half like they’re made of paper. No gore involved.