strings wrote:
I honestly don't think I know for sure whether people in my dreams speak or not. I experience dreams where it would make sense that people would be speaking, and I have the impression that interactions must have taken place in which speech would be natural, but I have no lasting impression when I wake up as to whether they actually spoke or not.
... Am I alone in being uncertain whether I hear people speak, or see images, in my dreams?
This question is fascinating. My initial reaction was yes, they do, but if I try to use my memories of dreams in a very focused way, like you, I find I can't tell. This is very strange. From now on, I will try to bring this back to mind first thing in the morning to test any dreams I've had. Highly confusing for something so obvious to me at first is really not at all clear.
If I try to imagine a single clear memory of a
voice in a scene, I struggle.
Though now, after a couple of minutes, I can think of one recent dream where someone clearly, verbally, sang, and I joined in.