# Do you have dreams where you are not there?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-dreams-where-you-are-not-there/989694>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 6, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-dreams-where-you-are-not-there/989694 "2023-09-06T14:30:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-dreams-where-you-are-not-there/989694/21 "2023-09-07T22:29:34Z")

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I’ve had quite a few dreams where I don’t interact, I am a passive observer - but I don’t think that matches the OP’s criteria.

I have dreamt in pure stop-motion style cartoons and in black & white silent movie style, both “watching” scenes unfold.

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**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-dreams-where-you-are-not-there/989694/22 "2023-09-07T23:28:06Z")

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Always first person. Always with very vivid color.

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**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-dreams-where-you-are-not-there/989694/23 "2023-09-07T23:40:29Z")

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Question - if you don’t like the way a dream is going, can you rewind it with yourself in a different location?

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-dreams-where-you-are-not-there/989694/24 "2023-09-08T00:48:35Z")

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My dreams are usually in first person. But if I do something that would cause the “camera” to rotate, sometimes I’ll pull back into third person. So, if I do a flip, I actually see myself flipping.

I can be someone else in that I can look different and have false memories, but I always feel like me.

I do sometimes alternate between watching something on TV or a movie screen to participating. And, even when participating, I have had credits in my dreams. But usually these days this would be followed by having just watched something on TV.

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