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[chainofhatred]

It seems implied that our dreams hold fragments of our true selves- that it's something we're meant to attempt to decipher in order to better understand who we were and perhaps still are. I wonder if we deviate or change from that person, but more than that, how much relevance is the dream generally believed to have in reality?

-Sighted

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[darcyredux]

Giving you a name seems pretty relevant.

Normally around midday on my break, Saturday afternoon, and Wednesday mornings.

[chainofhatred]

There seems to be more to them than just a means of deriving a name...

But in that case, would a simple lunch be agreeable?

[darcyredux]

The brain is a complex thing. Maybe the cocoon goo messes with the traces that are left of your memories while it sucks them out and forms a dream out of that.

Perfectly fine, what day?

[chainofhatred]

An interesting theory.

Saturday would be best, most likely.

[chainofhatred]

Could be.

It's not a stretch just to wonder whom you were for the sake of knowing.

[live_ringer]

Do we deviate from that original person? Hell, people change even when they have the context of their past. I figure that much is a given.

[chainofhatred]

Not always. Some things don't change.

[live_ringer]

The things that don't change are few and far between.

[chainofhatred]

How can you be aware of that?

[lingeringlegacy]

Assessing relevance asks for a comparison between dream and reality. Rather difficult when we only have limited access to both, isn't it?

[chainofhatred]

Not strictly speaking- it's just a general question inquiring to general belief of the relevance of that dream, not a direct comparison of the two.

[lingeringlegacy]

The general belief is that they have elements of our life before, yes. I think the assumption is based on finding matching details when we later get some of our memory back, or when we trade stories with inexplicably familiar people. It was then that we say "we are likely to be from the same world".

[chainofhatred]

Interesting that it isn't the immediate assumption, but I suppose with our own memories in question, it's not surprising we gravitate towards what is familiar.

[grab_my_bells]

You're over-complicating it. You don't know who you were, so does it matter if you deviate from that? The dream was just a vague fragment of a person, not an outline. Take from it what you want and worry about being who you want to be here, based on what you experience here. Learn from the dream, but don't live by it.

[chainofhatred]

Well enough advice. I'm sure I'm not the only one that finds themselves with the same questions about themselves every day. Without knowing anything, it seems as though it would be easiest to fall into the person I was rather than try to create a different person here. I don't know the difference between them now, but it's difficult not to wonder about it.

[grab_my_bells]

Assuming that what is easiest to fall into is the persona we had (and that what we were was not unnatural for us in the first place) then following that theory wouldn't you have to say there's no difference between what we were and are now, unless we actively choose to not follow our gut or not go with whatever feels natural?

There are too many 'what-ifs' and 'I wonders'. No matter how many questions you ask, don't think someone will pop out of the woodwork here and tell you who you were. Live now if you expect to figure out who you were then. Don't intellectualize it; do it.

[chainofhatred]

I'm not certain enough to conclude that on such a basis, thus the curiosity on whether or not we're actively choosing to deviate from that person.

I don't believe things are that simple, but that isn't to say those that may be closer to finding that truth don't have any insight on the situation. That's a rather direct way to approach the situation and perhaps the only 'solution', but it's similar to saying 'I want to leave' with no direction.