Is it normal to feel pain, smell, taste in your sleep?

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When I dream I can smell, taste, and even feel pain. This is so extreme to the point I re-lived breaking my ankel and cutting off my thumb. And I'm pretty sure I now know what it feels like to be stabbed and shot. It's really scary and painful and sometimes I don't wake up. When I smell things in my dreams it's usually stinky. I'm thinking that might be triggered by skunks in the neighborhood or nighttime flatulance (as my husband laughs). I can remember almost everything I dream about too...it's weird. Do you ever feel pain or smell in your dreams?

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  • Avant-Garde
    10 years ago

    So, can I but my experiences are increased if I'm deep in the dream and if it's very vivid.

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  • 1000yrVampireKing
    11 years ago

    Yeah it seems to happen often. I read report of someone who had a heart attack in sleep. Makes you wonder how people die when they are asleep right?

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    i have never felt pain or smelled anything in any of my dreams but i was sleeping real good a few times and woke up because it felt like someone stabbed me in the leg and this happened about 3 times it felt like someone took a knife and twisted it right into my leg but the strange thing about it is nobody was in my room

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    • drumandpickchick
      11 years ago

      I've experienced that same thing! Right in my thigh! I was wondering if it was a leg cramp amplified by a crazy dream.

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  • Zaltys
    11 years ago

    That isn't normal, nope.
    Sounds like you've almost mastered lucid dreaming...without any practice. Many people would be envious of that. I suggest you read about it, maybe you can learn to control your dreams better. Then you could do whatever you want in them, instead of fe. getting shot.

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