DREAM GALAXY

Research case · People & kin

Calling a translator for a police conversation

Not stated · Date unknown · contemporary study

In the dream, I had to speak with police officers in order to solve a case. However, the officers were foreigners, and I needed the help of a female friend who spoke their language so that she could translate the conversations. She was not there, so I decided to call her. While making the call, I thought, "I am having a lucid dream." I performed a couple of reality checks. I pinched my nose, but I could still breathe. I also tried clenching my fist, but I could not feel my fingernails or fingers pressing against the palm of my hand. I then decided to take control of the telephone conversation I was having with my friend. However, I do not remember how the dream continued. It may have ended, or I may have lost lucidity again. I selected the option "maybe" because I am not sure that I was actually conscious. I do not know whether I dreamed that I was having a lucid dream and was aware of it, or whether I was genuinely aware, for a moment, that I was dreaming.

Original text — Virtual reality as a metacognitive training tool for lucid dreaming — Supplementary Materials, Andrea Signorelli, Francesco Tormen, Bruna Dal Bianco and Nicola De Pisapia

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Source
Virtual reality as a metacognitive training tool for lucid dreaming — Supplementary Materials — Andrea Signorelli, Francesco Tormen, Bruna Dal Bianco and Nicola De Pisapia, 2026. Supplementary Materials, Semi-lucid Dream Reports, Report S4.2
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Record type
Research case
Place
Not stated · Italian
Date
Date unknown · contemporary study
Uncertainty
Moderate — De-identified lucid-dream report. The English text is the study authors’ translation from Italian; the calendar dream date is unknown. Chinese title and translation are AI-generated editorial drafts, not human-verified.
Imagery
Friend
Feelings
Calm · Confusion

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Notes on the images in this dream from psychology, myth, folklore and semiotics. Each names its source.

Friend

How long since you last saw this friend? What were you doing together in the dream — something you used to do?

Dream research Dream research

The “continuity” view in dream research finds that most dream characters are people we know, and that dreams tend to carry on our waking relationships and concerns.

G. William Domhoff, The Scientific Study of Dreams (2003)

Tang poetry Literature

Du Fu, not knowing whether his exiled friend Li Bai is alive, writes that “my old friend entered my dream, knowing how long I have thought of him”.

Du Fu, “Dreaming of Li Bai” (759)

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