I read just with no problems in my last dream. Nearly a paragraph in raised capital letters on a wall. So why have I always heard you can't?
sharePeople generally cannot read while they are dreaming. However, the ability to read is regained if Freddy Krueger is about to enter a person's dream. Please be careful.
shareMost people can read while dreaming, it's just that what you read will usually change if you look away and then look back. This is one 'reality-check' to see if you're dreaming & one of the tools for learning 'lucid dreaming', where you become aware that you're dreaming and may be able to exert some control & influence on the dream.
http://www.wikihow.com/Lucid-Dream
Not mentioned in this article, it's thought by some that dreaming is your sub-conscious mind's way of doing a 'disk de-frag' and if you dream lucidly too often, you may experience you may experience you may experience...you might develop a slight tic...
"They couldn't hit an elephant at this distan..."
General John Sedgwick, battle of Spotsylvania.
Hmm. I'll try looking back next time, but I believe your right about that last part.
Also It's now two days in a row.
I have had numerous dreams wherein I 'died'. Nothing is law, just rules.
shareHappened to me too, I just woke up instead though.
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