# Coincidental Ending to a Dream

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coincidental-ending-to-a-dream/383572>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 10, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coincidental-ending-to-a-dream/383572 "2006-12-10T15:53:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yeeter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/96bed5/32.png) [@Yeeter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeeter)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coincidental-ending-to-a-dream/383572/1 "2006-12-10T15:53:52Z")

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Has this ever happened to you (or something similar)? This morning I dreamed that I looked at my alarm clock and it said 10:36, my brain thinks OH MY GOSH! I’ve slept late! I wake up and look at the alarm clock and it says 8:36. I don’t remember what led up to that point in my dream, but is there a chance I actually looked at the alarm clock while dreaming and just missed the digits before the colon? Or is it all just coincidence?

Cheers,  
Y.

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**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coincidental-ending-to-a-dream/383572/2 "2006-12-11T21:53:34Z")

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Yes, it’s possible you looked up and your short term memory didn’t kick in and save it for when you woke.  
I am often awakened by things I half-catch. My phone is one of them. Will spend the night in a pants pocket, and when I awake I think I had dreamed the phone rang. I shake it off and go start my dat, and the next time I open the phone it has the screen reading Missed Call at the time I got up. I had heard it but didn’t believe it.