I would say that 90% of my dreams are someone other than myself. I also never have nightmares. I honestly cannot even remember the last time I had a dream that was frightening in the slightest. Frustrating or unpleasant - sure - but nothing that was frightening.
1)Do you dream in colour, or black and white?
I imagine it is in color - although I have to say I`ve never really paid much attention. As I`ve never noticed, I am going to assume that everything is in the same sort of color scheme as real life.
2)Are you able to realize that it's just a dream while you are dreaming?
If I am dreaming as myself and something incredibly irritating happens - for example something like a car accident happens and dealing with things after it looms - I can wake myself up. Something clicks as "This is NOT really happening" and I can push myself out of sleep to end the annoyance.
As far as lucid dreaming - actually realizing it`s a dream and controlling events - I don`t think I can do so as the moment I realize it`s a dream I tend to wake myself up. I can influence what I dream about by coming up with a plot of sorts and starting the sequence in my head just before drifting to sleep.
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Does anyone else get sensory input during their dreams? I mean like taste, touch, smell, pain, hot, cold etc or is it all limited to visuals for you?
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Sound, touch, taste, and smell are there - but pain is not. That is one of the things that will alert me to it being a dream. In fact, I don`t feel pain from reality while asleep either. (As in I can have a seriously painful injury, and as long as I am asleep or mostly asleep I can`t feel it at all. It really sucks to be in pain, sleep, and think it`s gone for the first 5 minutes after waking up because I don`t feel anything... then have reality kick in.)
Another thing that I often notice is when in water, things don`t feel wet - and when underwater I will breathe... And then something will click and tell me "this can`t be real" so I wake up. It always disappoints me as swimming underwater in perfect comfort would be a really great dream to have.
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And have you ever died in a dream?
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I`ve died, been in fatal accidents, been murdered, and killed myself in dreams. I seem to be unable to feel fear in a dream, so it just sort of happens and... that`s it.