Studie zeigt, dass Menschen im Wachzustand träumen und auch im Schlaf wach sein können

As someone who recently went through a drug-reaction induced period of severe insomnia at night and hypersomnia during the day, I know I have walked my dog while asleep, among other things. I’ve also thought I was awake when the sleep lab stated otherwise. So yeah, this tracks. Slowly recovering, but it was not pleasant.

[at least provide the study link ffs](https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(26)00315-3?rss=yes)

The „hypnogogic hallucinations“ that are common in narcolepsy are waking dreams.

Happens to me too often. Both. Very unsettling and frustrating. 

I’ve suspected when I was young that our dream state really doesn’t end simply because we’re awake. My idea was that we just shift perception, sort of refocusing your eyes to see close or far away. This is about all things we selectively omit in order to navigate the world. We don’t hear most of the noise in our bodies. We tune out massive distractions in our environment.

Our consciousness and our subconscious aren’t necessarily separate states but more akin to focusing. That explains our ability to use certain drugs to access other states of consciousness. Just my wild theory.