Poll: Do you dream in First-Person or Third-Person?

[darron13]

I dream in the third person. Sometimes even with Silent Hill-esque fixed camera angles.
It's been proven that the media people watch affects the way we perceive dreams. For instance, before color TV was invented, during the period of black and white TV, many people dreamt in Black and White.
So as a result today, we are affected by television and movies (mostly in 3rd person) and videogames.
So as a result, I can see why a person who plays alot of FPS's would dream in first person.

 

[kypsilon]

Both in most cases, I have a very strange flow to my dreams that weaves in and out of both experiences. I suppose it's just another type of symbolism of removing oneself from the situation to view it more clearly. I don't usually consider the perspective though, i may have to factor that in to my dream decoding.

 

[Elegy of Fools]

Realistically most people should dream in "both," as dreams are a product of our mind, and if we think about ourselves, we'll see ourselves. Dreams I can recall that I went "third person" during usually involved me thinking about something happening in an area I couldn't see (such as my back), or if the sequence of the dream had me "detach" from myself. I akin it to Assassin's Creed; if I do something horribly out of character for myself, I'm suddenly not myself anymore, but rather watching someone who looks strangely like me (or not, some dreams I just "body-jump"). I'll still feel the sensations of what is happening, but my "eyes" will be five feet away from me, focused on my body.

It's an odd sensation, to be certain. Then again, dreams are wonderfully odd things.

 

[EmpressZombiKitty]

I dream in the third person. Sometimes even with Silent Hill-esque fixed camera angles.
It's been proven that the media people watch affects the way we perceive dreams. For instance, before color TV was invented, during the period of black and white TV, many people dreamt in Black and White.
So as a result today, we are affected by television and movies (mostly in 3rd person) and videogames.
So as a result, I can see why a person who plays alot of FPS's would dream in first person.

I never knew that, and it seems so strange, but it makes complete sense that they would dream in black and white.

Everything happens in third-person, until I engage in sexual intercourse....Yeah, I'm weird.

No, if you mean in your dream you go into first person during sex, that's actually normal for me too. Like, sometimes it'll start out 3rd person, but as it builds, I shift into first-person.

 

[LKArtillery]

I cannot ever remember a dream that I had that was first person. In fact, I'm hardly ever "in" my dreams, if that makes sense. I'm always an observer. Even if I'm in the dream, it's me watching myself on a screen, so to speak. Or as a "cameraman" of sorts.

 

[darron13]

I dream in the third person. Sometimes even with Silent Hill-esque fixed camera angles.
It's been proven that the media people watch affects the way we perceive dreams. For instance, before color TV was invented, during the period of black and white TV, many people dreamt in Black and White.
So as a result today, we are affected by television and movies (mostly in 3rd person) and videogames.
So as a result, I can see why a person who plays alot of FPS's would dream in first person.

I never knew that, and it seems so strange, but it makes complete sense that they would dream in black and white.

Everything happens in third-person, until I engage in sexual intercourse....Yeah, I'm weird.

No, if you mean in your dream you go into first person during sex, that's actually normal for me too. Like, sometimes it'll start out 3rd person, but as it builds, I shift into first-person.

A dream is a narrative in and of itself, we perceive it as a narrative and so we see it in a way that we're used to seeing narratives in.

 

[ChickenZombie]

I feel so lonley, I am only 1 of 7 people who don't dream...

 

[Kakashi on crack]

Its hard to explain. I dream in third person most of the time, but I will jump at times between third person and first person in my dreams.

 

[Shadowfacet]

I would have to say second person. Shame theres no poll option for it.

 

[Sleepy Sol]

As far as recent dreams, (the only ones I can remember) I've been myself and in the first person.

 

[varulfic]

All my dreams are from an isometric overhead perspective.

 

[Prince Regent]

First person, but I'm not always myself or anyone.

 

[Jesus Phish]

I rarely remember my dreams, but of those I do, it is always in first person.

 

[LostTimeLady]

I find that most of my dreams are a bit of both within the same dream. In fact some times I think I actually switch between charecters in the dream but I'm not too sure.
Usually intensely emotional dreams tend to stay in first person with the really wierd ones switching between. I don't think I've ever dreamed completely in third person.

 

[Gazzoid]

Usually third-person (if I can remember the dream, that is). The first-person ones are fun. And sometimes scary.

One of the best first-person dreams I've had was being a survivor in Left 4 Dead.

 

[darthotaku]

I dream in first person. it's easier to kill the communist zombie aliens that way.

 

[EmpressZombiKitty]

I feel so lonley, I am only 1 of 7 people who don't dream...

Maybe you do, but when you sleep, you really sleep. Like deep sleep and then you finish your REM cycle and wake up. Dreams are remembered because you are woken up during REM.

Plus, you have 12 other people now.

 

[DreadfulSorry]

I mostly dream in first person, though I distinctly remember several dreams where I am in third person. Usually those are only when I am something other than myself, like this one dream where I was a duck.