No Escape and Slow Motion

[Cullie]

I remember two dreams I used to have when I was younger.

In one, I would be climbing on my bed, with my teddy, trying to escape something. Being on my bed would make me feel safe. But no matter what, I would slide off my bed, and it would suddenly seem too high to climb upon, or I wouldn’t find the energy to get back up.

In another, instead of running away and not getting anywhere (which I have read about), I would be in a fight but my arms are too heavy to throw punches, and they move through the the air as if it were water.

Has anyone experienced dreams like either of these? And Has anybody become lucid in the second one I mentioned?

[Siiw (Infinite Impatience)]

Now I am at my parents’ house. They are just getting ready for a trip into town. I haven’t been there for ages. They didn’t realize I wanted to go with them. This house is all I see, every day! I want to see other people! (obviously a false memory) The sight of the car leaving makes me very angry. I have to let it out. There is a tree outside, which my brother has put padding on for martial arts training. I start hitting the poor tree. My brother shows up, and reminds me how to do proper punches. It feels good. I try to kick the tree too, but my leg moves as in slow motion.

I think this is a very common dream theme. I have lost the strength in my limbs several times, and it feels like wading in mud or moving in slow-motion. It has been suggested that is can be sleep paralysis “leaking” into the dream.

[Cullie]

I think I’ll look into this sleep paralysis a little more. Thanks for the speedy reply!

[whispa]

I’ve had a lot of dreams like that but never become lucid in them.
This is one

[kashmirQueen]

I’m always lucid when I dream, and I experience things like you have mentioned. I find at times I cannot raise my voice above a whisper (usually when I am trying to yell–soooo annoying), I punch in slow motion–when I really want to hurt someone, or I walk like I am extremely drunk–even though in my dream, I am not. I have never found a way to combat these annoyances, but I do usually work around the “handicaps.”