Ask Lemmy

Non-sleepers of Lemmy, RIP.

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I've never had a cell phone in a dream but I've dreamed about other pieces of technology like video games. Though in my dreams if I interact with something like a video game there is no abstract medium like a peripheral and screen through which I'm interacting, it's like I'm transported into the game whether it is first person or third person.

I couldn't ever recall having a dream where I had a cell phone. Hell, I don't think I communicated with anyone in those dreams outside of literally conversating face to face.

This reminds me of another factoid - most people never write in their dreams. I wonder if there is a relationship.

Yes, but rarely can I figure out how to use it. Whether it's a text, email, or web site I want to look at, the keys don't work the way they are supposed to or the keys themselves do not make sense.

Yep. I have on several occasions had dreams about my phone having been taken over by malware or similar, the homescreen being changed to be full of junk apps, and being unable to uninstall them or take back control of the phone. Not pleasant at all.

Yes, and weirdly enough, I can also read and write in my dreams just as I can in real life.

Sometimes , but there are pop-up ads, and weird apps running, that prevent me from using it. Or I can’t switch from the app currently running to the app I want. For some reason, when I have my phone in my dreams, these are common themes.

I don’t remember actually making phone calls in my dreams.

I had a nightmare one time when I was video calling my family from my phone who were on a plane that was falling out of the sky... since then I started checking flightradar once or twice whenever they go on flights.

I don't remember where I heard it, but I do remember hearing that one of the signs you're in a dream is that your phone doesn't work properly. Which leads me into this dream I had recently:

I was asleep, when my phone wakes me up. I don't remember it actually ringing, just thinking "someone is trying to call me," so I answer it and do my best to pretend I wasn't just sleeping. We don't have an actual conversation, like no words are exchanged, but through the inscrutable logic of dreams I ascertain that the caller is an old acquaintance setting me up for a job interview. We hang up and I go back to sleep.

Next thing I know I'm at the mall wondering if this was where my interview was supposed to be. I try to think back on the conversation but I don't remember anything other than being really sleepy. For a moment I suspect that I must have imagined the conversation, maybe it was all just a dream. I don't remember who I'm supposed to meet, where I'm supposed to meet them, or what job I'm supposed to be interviewing for. Then I reason that I wouldn't have come to the mall unless I was supposed to, so I decide to fake it til I make it.

Sure enough, I find my old acquaintance who introduces me to someone I've never met about the job. We start chatting for a bit, and then the job interview turns into a scavenger hunt and I'm sent off into the mall with my prospective employer's shopping list. I wake up before I find out if I got the job.