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#1 Blake

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Posted 21 November 2009 - 02:52 AM

When I dream i'm in my chair most of the time. I have a few friends in chairs and from what i've heard from them they are always walking in their dreams. Maybe a 3 out of every 10 dreams i'm walking.

I'm pretty happy with my life so it doesn't bother me but I was just looking to hear what others experience.

Edited by Blake, 21 November 2009 - 02:53 AM.


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Posted 21 November 2009 - 04:26 AM

Most of the time I can walk in my dreams. Sometimes I'm in a chair to start, but I'm always walking by the end. I don't notice the transition, tho,,, just get up when I need to.
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Posted 21 November 2009 - 04:45 AM

Mostly walking, sometimes running...... hell, I even take off flying every once in a while!

There has been a few times that I've been in my chair but, like Ed, I usually get out of it.

Regardless, I always wake up and say..... well, damn!

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Posted 21 November 2009 - 06:09 AM

I'm usually walking, but it's an... awkward walk. dunno :/

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Posted 21 November 2009 - 06:41 AM

walking and having sex more then rabbits

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Posted 21 November 2009 - 02:41 PM

View Postjass1, on Nov 21 2009, 01:41 AM, said:

walking and having sex more then rabbits
Dreams, not fantasies.

We had a thread on this a while back that you may be interested in: link

I'm in my chair in about half my dreams, which is weird 'cause I rarely use it.
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#7 LeahC

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Posted 21 November 2009 - 03:16 PM

I walk in all my dreams, sometimes I even think 'hang on I can't walk I must be dreaming' so take full advantage. Sometimes the chair is there, or I'll be walking up a hill and think 'I can't move here, I'd never get my chair up this hill!'.

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Posted 21 November 2009 - 03:32 PM

Walking, sometime running, often having sex. Not at the same time thought.

My walk in my dreams usually seems awkward. I have bad balance, like my conscious self knows I have, but I'm still upright. I am bladder-conscious in my dreams too, which is probably the biggest reminder I'm still paralyzed. In every single dream where I'm in a public place or out in the open (anywhere away from a bathroom) I'm always worried about having to pee, but not be able to find a place. Even when I am walking normally in my dreams, I am always worried about peeing.
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Posted 21 November 2009 - 04:01 PM

dreams are so wierd. Sometimes im in the chair and sometimes im not, times i can be in the chair then all of a sudden il not be in the chair. I wish i could dream my legs into working again, that would be sweet
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Posted 21 November 2009 - 05:06 PM

Last night I dreamt I was a steam train.
I'm not sure if I dare trust my dreams.

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Posted 21 November 2009 - 08:11 PM

After almost 33 years as a para I almost always am walking in my dreams. You'd think my subconscious would have adjusted by now.
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Posted 21 November 2009 - 09:41 PM

i can walk for short periods of time

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Posted 22 November 2009 - 07:27 PM

I rarely remembered my dreams before my accident, and that hasn't changed.

One thing I hadn't thought about, though, is I used to dream right before falling into a deep sleep. I would dream of bouncing on a trampline higher and higher, out into space. Then I would get too high and my whole body would spasm awake because I was afraid I would miss the trampoline on my way down. Then I would fall asleep. I haven't had that trampoline dream since my accident. Strange.
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Posted 22 November 2009 - 10:49 PM

Don't have time to walk in my dreams. To busy dreaming of having mind-blowing sexual experiences.

If only dreams reflected real life. Ho Hum :mfrlol:

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