# does anyone else dream like this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 15, 2001, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-dream-like-this/54565 "2001-02-15T06:55:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FEotU](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@FEotU](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FEotU)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-dream-like-this/54565/1 "2001-02-15T06:55:00Z")
Perhaps it’s because I’m a movie-junkie, but I’ve noticed that most of the dreams I remember unfold like a movie. There are flashbacks, changing points of view, zoom ins and outs, establishing scenes where I’m not even there yet, even the occasional repeat of a moment from a different angle. Am I alone in this, or do any of you dopers out there experience the same thing? ---
**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-dream-like-this/54565/2 "2001-02-15T07:08:41Z")
_I_ don’t dream like that you freak! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-dream-like-this/54565/3 "2001-02-15T07:35:50Z")
Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2001, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-dream-like-this/54565/4 "2001-02-15T07:53:13Z")
Yes, I’ve had dreams that switch back and forth between me watching the dream as an outside ovserver to participating in the dream. It’s pretty common for me, though a lot more so since video games started having more realistic graphics - a large portion of my dreams begin with me playing a game and end up with me being IN the game.