# Do you scroll in your dreams? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 17, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-scroll-in-your-dreams/599867 "2011-10-17T01:19:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-scroll-in-your-dreams/599867/1 "2011-10-17T01:19:26Z")
I was reading the thread about blind dreaming and wondered about this: Back in the day I used to dream I was reading books and used to turn the page. Now when I dream about reading I scroll. Has anyone else experienced this? Or am I just totally weird? ---
**Author:** ![grama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@grama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grama)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-scroll-in-your-dreams/599867/2 "2011-10-17T02:13:10Z")
I don’t remember ever reading in a dream… sorry. I mean, it’s a “everything is possible” world in your mind!, i think there are more interesting things to do in a dream than sit down and read 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-scroll-in-your-dreams/599867/3 "2011-10-17T02:16:34Z")
When I’m reading in a dream, it’s a mix between reading a book (the old-fashioned kind) and living the story. Never had one with scrolling text. And this might be better suited for IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-scroll-in-your-dreams/599867/4 "2011-10-17T02:41:05Z")
Since this is asking about personal experiences, it’s better suited to IMHO than GQ. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-scroll-in-your-dreams/599867/5 "2011-10-17T06:27:24Z")
When I try to read in a dream, I can’t get my eyes to open in the direction.of the pages. It’s not that I can’t see the rest of the world (of the dream), just that when I try to read I become acutely aware that I am struggling ineffectively to lift my eyelids. I think this is because my brain is trying to perform the action for real. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2011, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-scroll-in-your-dreams/599867/6 "2011-10-17T11:53:20Z")
Everything I try to read is blank, so I have to try to figure it out in other ways. Heck, sometimes I just make crap up. No matter what I do, I’m always right. Even if I did, nothing I “read” is long enough to need to turn the page or scroll. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-scroll-in-your-dreams/599867/7 "2011-10-17T13:24:46Z")
I don’t remember ever reading a book in a dream, so no. Momentarily wanting to scroll while _actually_ reading a dead-tree book, is another story. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-scroll-in-your-dreams/599867/8 "2011-10-17T14:17:44Z")
On a related note (hope it’s OK to hijack here - probably not worth a thread of its own) - anyone ever feel a compulsion to click on a blue-underlined link in a printed email? ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-scroll-in-your-dreams/599867/9 "2011-10-17T17:26:02Z")
No, but I do sometimes try to hit Control-Z when something bad happens.