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Why it's so rare to be able to read in dreams (and what it means when you can)
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In dreams, you can fly, you can shapeshift, you can travel through space and time, you can do pretty much anything…well, except read. Or can you? While scientists theorize it’s not possible to read in our sleep, there are some people who claim to be able to read and write while navigating dreamland—even if the words don’t exactly make sense! To learn more about the psychology of dreams and why reading in a dream is probably not possible (but could be!), keep scrolling.
Things You Should Know
- Generally speaking, no, you can’t read in a dream because the parts of your brain that process language are inactive while you sleep.
- That said, people who study language, like poets and writers, may be among the rare few who can read or write in dreams.
- Anecdotally speaking, people who lucid dream may be more likely to read in dreams, though this hasn’t been proven.
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