lack of anxiety in dreams

Are there any here who live a hikikomori style existence, or have extreme anxieties when it comes to public interactions? A life of very limited socializing in the real world. Do you notice the lack of anxiety within dreams? It's by far the most noteworthy thing I take away from my experiences. The version of me who exists in the dream world is so different to this person typing. I'm so comfortable talking to strangers, joking around or arguing with them. Even getting into fights. Compared to this me, who will have spent most of their life without truly "living." With a good dream, those that feel like several movies in a row, where you recall every detail and so much is happening. Those feel more like a real life than this world. They're what I look forward to most in my life. Could it be studied to find which parts of the mind are suppressed while these dreams take place? This is what I'm most interested in. The lack of anxiety, unlike anything I've felt in the real world through medication. (Alcohol doesn't even give confidence of this level. At least for me, it numbs my judgement, but only really lag my brain...the anxiety and self-awareness remains.) This isn't lucid dreaming either, I'm still a slave to the plot of the dream. Just along for the ride. But it may be that the subconscious knows somehow that this dream world is safe? I'm the God of this world, so there are no fears? This is in contrast to my rare anxiety-dreams which are dreams that are basically nightmares all in series, how normal dreams tend to be. So...the opposite of the above. Maybe this is rare, since the range of people who would even notice might be quite small. Or maybe it's super common. I think it would be incredible if one day it was possible to experience this world the same as that one, even if it meant shutting off parts of my brain with some type of futuristic medication.

As someone who spent the last 5 months being high all day, living the exact same monotonous wake/click/sleep life before, during and after my extended waking inebriation.... I would suggest that you do not look to lobotomy or medication, and instead look to modify your thinking and behavior through your own power. Perhaps keep a dream journal and a waking journal, specifically with a focus on repetitive fears and anxieties that you face in your waking life With the ultimate goal being a sense of personal freedom in your waking life, that is currently limited to your dreams. It's tough to live and act in the real world, because there are consequences to everything, and failure may be permeant, even up to and including the death of you or your loved ones. But we will all perish eventually, no matter how happy or anxious you are about it. Just like every sleeping dream will end with another wakeful morning. I don't know what habits you are lacking in your daily life that need developing, so I do not know whether to tell you to clean your room, or try contacting old friends. But just know that there are hordes of people like you who may not even be able to -comprehend- becoming a free agent in their own life, and that you are not alone.

>>5018 >waking journal, specifically with a focus on repetitive fears and anxieties that you face in your waking life If you become more aware of what ails you, you can start making (small!!) changes and self-improvements No, you will not become a muscular Adonis overnight. Maybe you never will. But you could at least become someone who is worthy of living in a clean home, and comfortable with going around town to the places he needs to go, and interacting with others out in the Real.

I've been experiencing something similar lately. I've been extremely anxious for about a month, constant nerves and adrenaline from the moment I wake up to the moment I fall asleep, and it's like living in hell. During my dreams I don't feel like that, I feel calm. Maybe this is normal among people who experience anxiety.