you know you’re in a dream but you’re not in full control of your actions. is there a conscious equivalent? to be rationally awake yet unable to control your actions?
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Google “lucid dreaming”, “sleep paralysis” and “hallucinating” .
i assumed hallucinations are when you see things which are not there, while you retain control over your actions. or is that too tenuous a control to count?
Gov’t mind control? (Ok, just kidding…)
Seriously, if you’re conscious & self-aware yet unable to control your actions, that sound like a major brain malfunction (such as Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, or an undiagnosed tumor.) I doubt such a circumstance actually exists, or at least is extremely rare, because when it comes to brain damage your self-awareness is often the first thing to go.
That’s basically correct – your sensory perception’s gone screwy, but you can still react to the incoming data.
Sleep paralysis leaves you usually totally conscious, aware, but unable to DO anything - you are generally unable to act at all, or retain very limited movement of your eyes. In really bad instances, you can’t even hear or feel things properly in that state, but you are technically “awake.”
That’s the closest I can think of.
Now I want to figure out how to lucid sleepwalk. 
how about something less overt? i’m not sure how accurate these are, but i remember reading about how mood disorders might not be something you can overcome with willpower alone.
sometimes, though i’m aware i’m dreaming, i quickly forget what i wanted to do instead; or become convinced somehow that the subconscious decision was what i naturally wanted. wouldn’t it be scary if there’s a conscious equivalent? addiction maybe? or perhaps our subconscious is the real us, trapped inside an intellectually superior automaton?
wow that was confused crap - sorry i’m just thinking aloud. still, i had better hit submit before something changes my mind. for me.