I've always considered dreams as free movies.

*“You can actually see this happening.. if you watch people sleep.. like I usually do.”*

11 years later and dreams are no less mysterious than they were then

12 years and this still holds up to current standards. Vsauce really was ahead of their time

Unconcious brain: *organising stuff* Concious brain: bro wtf

When I was having a nap my dad was screaming and in my dream a cat was screaming at me

I'm a musician and I have written my best songs in dreams, half remembering them first thing in the morning, as I'm in and out of consciousness, but by the time I wake up fully, it has slipped away. I am fascinated by dreams! Great video ❤

who here at 2024 gang

Me: ah... That was a weird dream.. My brain: what dream?

Our dreams are just ads loading the next day

I was a victim of some pretty sick child abuse and neglect for a nine year period, starting when I was 4, and had many many extremely vivid nightmares during those years, most of which I still remember all too well at the age of 63. They mainly dealt with themes of isolation and helplessness. I also had night terrors as a small child for awhile. They're sort of hallucinations that occur just as one is falling asleep. In the night terrors I was always being chased by white circles. Why white circles? Beats me. When I was 8 I had a dream that was comprised of snippets of a bunch other dreams all glued together, all unrelated. These little snippets were mostly very mundane, not vivid like some other dreams I was having, and were separated by brief images of swirls of mist. It was pretty weird. About two weeks later I was in a house where I'd never been before (my cousin took me over to a friends house, someone I'd never met before.) He showed us his fish tank and I happened to mention something about one of the fishes' tails. The moment the words left my mouth I had the strongest feeling of deja vu I've ever had. And then I remembered I had said those exact same words about the fish's tail in one of those dream segments from two weeks earlier. I remembered the dream segment clearly. I know this sounds crazy, but I think I had a clairvoyant dream! I wonder if this is what deja vu actually is, partially remembering a dream that's somehow been replicated in real life. Food for thought I guess. There was a period as a young man when my dreams were affected by my experimentation with hallucinogenics. Had some dreams where I was feeling the hallucinogenic effects in the dream. These were sometimes quite epic and fantastical. Sometimes these dreams had long plots I could remember afterwards that included an especially epic segment, sort of the highlight of the dream, that would repeat in other dreams with different plots, and at other times it was more like an uncontrolled subconscious swirl of emotions, colors, sounds and sights. I also had dreams during this period which were so realistic that I was convinced I was not dreaming, but awake. In one of those dreams my buddies and I were cruising around in a car as we often did back then. I happened to be sitting in the back seat when we hit a semi and my skull got crushed. I sat straight up in bed and experienced hallucinogenic effects for about 10 minutes. Later when I was in my thirties I had repeated episodes of sleep paralysis accompanied by hallucinations like the strong feeling that someone was standing over me with a knife and a weird unsettling sound, sort of like a scream or squeal that gets progressively louder and induces more panic the louder it gets. I'd have to try to shake myself out of paralysis by *trying* to thrash about, and I'd try to scream for help, for my wife to shake me awake and could only mumble weakly. Eventually i was able to shake myself out of it but it sometimes took a long time and was quite exhausting. Fortunately it's been at least 20 years since I've had problematic dreams. Nowadays I only remember the occasional dream, rarely have unpleasant dreams, and more often than not wake up with only a very vague impression or echo of a dream but can't remember details.

My favourite type of dreams is where I can fly. It’s amazing to be able to fly and I know how to do it in my dreams

Me: Wait.. its all a dream? Crush: *_Always has been._*

Does anyone else get really creeped out by videos of people sleeping? Like, those weird black and white videos...yeesh.

I haven't had any lucid dreams before, but I've had a few 4th wall breaking ones. In one dream, I was at school and a dangerous dog was on the loose. A teacher asked me to take care of the problem, and I said something like, "Oh it's no big deal, this'll all be over when I wake up". I woke up shortly afterwards

I dreamed of a song once. that day when I woke up I wrote the notes in a book, then 3 days later I made it with a flute. never had I composed something so good. never forgot that dream. Edit: how is this the 12th top comment :v

I don't mind dreaming about a tea party with abraham lincoln as long as we are not in any theaters

Michael can watch me sleep anytime, for science of course

My dreams are extremely vivid, very detailed and I'm able to recall them from the moment they started and where they stopped. I also have recurring dreams that have taken place over a 15yr period where they connect with one another. When I think about my dreams or describe them to others, they appear in my mind as if I'm recalling a factual memory which sometimes is disturbing because I have questioned if I was dreaming or actually experiencing the memories of someone I was in another life or if I'm connecting with myself in another reality while being in an unconscious state....

As someone who experienced lucid dreaming for a long time, my first time lucid dreaming was a bit of a scary experience to me. Not only can I physically move my body but it feels like it's actually happening. I caused this thing where I "become my dream" and it was very hard for me to focus and after a while I have gotten used to lucid dream and the thing about it is that I started doing it at day and night, but then the lucid dreaming got to a point where I started to feel like I am not in a dream but rather another world and then I started doing crazy stuff (I think you would know what I'm talking about) and The people I do it with are people I know in real life and it made me more confident but I changed. Like I said, I started "becoming my dream" and the me from my lucid dreams became me in real life and because of that, people have been avoiding me and my friends would always say I'm weird. That's when I started noticing myself and what I'm doing and what I'm saying. Then I have been getting very scared of just absolutely refuse to go outside and talk to people. I still lucid dream, which I am fine with, but I haven't regularly dreamed in a while. If you are planning on lucid dreaming, please don't make the same mistakes I have made.

uhhhh. can we talk about how michael said he watches people sleep?

imagine having sleep paralysis and hearing a slight, “hey, VSacue, Micheal here”

I've had a dream about literally the best most original movie concept idea ever, and also an incredibly well thought out video game concept idea. I didn't do anything though, I was just amazed by my insane creativity and moved on.

I am a part-time filmmaker and often dream of the most incredible stories that feel like a "masterpiece". They are such elaborate exciting stories that I could never invent in my waking life. And yet I forget almost 95% of them right after I wake up, I can only remember the feeling: "Wow, this is so good, if I implement this I will be famous".

I felt like i learned everything but understand nothing

"wow that was such a cool dream" brain: "what dream?" "...>:("

Waking up and not being able to move sounds like the scariest experience on earth

This video does not feel 10 years old

I hate when I have good dreams of girls, *not the ones when you just have sex with*, but when you actually fall in love with someone, and then they have to leave you, then you wake up. Shit man.

*Have you ever had a dream that you, um, you had, your, you- you could, you’ll do, you- you wants, you, you could do so, you- you’ll do, you could- you, you want, you want them to do you so much you could do anything?*

this video was out there before I could even talk correctly and I found it like 5 years ago, it's become some tradition (?) to watch this every year it always gets in my recommend once a year. Best video I've ever seen

10 years later. vsauce vids really do seem timeless.

You know that feeling when you have a dream and you realize you're dreaming and then you're like "no don't wake up I wanna have to have a lucid dream" but then you wake up

*Whenever i dream i most of time had a lucid dream where i know what i am doing and can control it completely i can control a person's reply during conversations, can change the climate and whether of a particular area, can change my own location and in dangerous situations i can do whatever i have imagined yet, like a supernatural power or something like that and also i can control the time when i would like to be awake* *it's an incredibly fantastic experience to have a lucid dream*

I sometimes lucid dream, it happened a few days ago, but whenever I realize I'm dreaming, I'm like "hey wait i can do whatever..." and then have no idea what to do. In a dream, your senses are much more foggy, and thinking straight is hard, so it's hard to control your dream even if you know you can, and if you do, it's not really very fun due to the nature of dreams. You can tell no one is real. Also, most of my dreams are lucid, but you also forget a lot of stuff in your dreams, so even if I know it's a dream, I rarely remember I can control it. Whenever I realise i can control the dream, much of the dream has already passed, and since idk what to do in it, I kinda just let the dream play out until I forget I can control it. Although sometimes I make myself run really fast or fly around. Last dream I had, I was in a dangerous situation and then I remembered i could control it and made myself super fast and the gas gas gas meme was in my head at the time so I ran from the monster singing "gas gas gas" then tried to spawn in a radio playing it to make it funnier, but unfortunately, I couldn't manage to do it, it's often hard to do the thing because you don't really know how other than imagining it. One time, I was flying in my dream, then was like... how do I do this again? I basically forgot how to do it because to fly forwards I had to imagine it, not do it. And it was very confusing. Also, because most of my dreams are lucid, even nightmares don't scare me because I know it's a dream, and I can just tell whatever is tryna kill me "hey uhhh i dont really care because ill either just respawn or wake up since this is a dream" and the thing sometimes doesn't react to the information or goes oh I'm in a dream? One time I was in an intense fight with some sort of giant lizard then paused and said "wait why are we doing this again, this is all a dream" then he said idk and we both thought for a second. Then I came to the conclusion "lets just keep fighting its kinda fun" and the dream continued.

Gotta love how VSauce made videos back in 2011 that hold up to 2019 standards of KZfaq video quality and production. which makes his videos timeless

There’s nothing I hate more than when I forget a dream, especially a good one Also recently I had a dream that I was in Australia

Thanks. I'm glad my sleeping brain helps me learn. Those of us who work a lot with dream content can see how our dreams address concerns neglected during the day, as when someone goes through a day mostly in the head, without feeling, and then dreams emotionally and colorfully that night. Or when a situation that should concern us goes unrecognized and returns in symbolic form at night. Dreams speak accurately about such things, but in metaphors, not literally.

Who’s watching in 2024?

0:29 : micheal: “it’s estimated that we forget about 95% of our dreams.” The subtitles: “85, actually”

"You can actually watch this happen if you see people sleep, like I usually do" DOLAN DARK WHERE ARE YOU

Vsauce videos age like gold. Everything still reliable, relatable, and pure facts. Sauce is just such a good lad👌

I love how hes such a good creator that hsi vidoes from 12 years ago are recommended ❤️‍🔥

Have you ever had a dream inside a dream? I have once. I thought I had woken up but I was just in another dream.

does anyone else sometimes have dreams where they're aware that they're dreaming but can't control what they're doing? and also dreams where you're aware and can force yourself to wake up?

it's a blessing to have such channels in today's world i mean everyone is busy uploading cringe and funny videos and this guy is literally spreading some interesting knowledge, idk why he is not uploading more such videos nowadays, his frequency of uploading videos has drastically reduced :( I hope you will continue making such videos, and if you need some donation, I would love to donate to you but not now as I am just a high school kid now, but I will definitely help you financially in the future because i don't see such videos uploaded by any other youtuber:)

I had an ongoing nightmare as a kid of being in a car, or driving it, and passing my home, sending me into a terror. When I was 18, this situation actually happened where I missed the highway exit to go to the place where I just moved to. I asked for directions, made it back to the new home, and to this day, I never had that nighmare again.

1:04 "You can actually see this happening when you watch people sleep, like I usually do." Not creepy at all...

Havent had a lucid dream in a while. Its really fun.

I've become aware that I'm dreaming many times in dreams, but I can't ever seem to gain control over my dreams. I mean, I can control MYSELF, but I can't control any of the rest of it. I've even had dreams where I was speaking other languages, playing my piano flawlessly, even a few times attending Hogwarts, and once I become aware in my dream I can no longer understand that language, my perfect playing crumbles and even becomes worse than my waking playing, I am no longer able to perform magic. Becoming aware in my dreams brings all real world physics and abilities back into play for me, and it is kind of frustrating. A couple of times upon becoming aware I just end up waking up mere moments later and end up forgetting what I was dreaming about, other than that I had become aware right at the end of it.

The thought of thinking I was only 4 when this came out is crazy, and seeing how good the camera quality was back then is crazy.

"..if you watch people sleep. Like I usually do." When my brain regestitered that I laughed.

1:05 Someone needs to put that in a Vsauce out of context video 😂

Cool thing about dreams is that they can show you a lot of things about patterns in your life and just yourself in general if you analyze them metaphorically

I got a curiosity box and I’m more than happy to support the guy who helped me through college 🤜🤛

IF YOU WATCH PEOPLE SLEEP LIKE I USUALLY DO VSAUCE SPIT MEME MADE ITSELF

If I ever realize in my dreams that I am in fact dreaming, I get excited and wake up :|

and that’s pretty cool, and that’s why, thanks for watching.

It’s 2024 in two months and this video is still serving fir the trends. He is really a head of his time 🤙🏻

Has anyone had a dream where you pee in the toilet but you end up peeing in real life.

I challenge everyone who sees this to start a dream diary. You can write it in a notebook or your phone, it doesn’t matter. It’s so fun, I promise! I cannot tell you how many times I’ve looked back at my dream diary and been so confused and concerned about what dreams my brain concocts every night.

vsauce is the only youtuber i've watched since i was younger that i still love and enjoy, the way he explains things makes me feel like i'm actually learning

I’m coming off anxiety medication and am experiencing extremely vivid dreams, I can even remember a dream from yesterday and could draw it now. I’m not endorsing abusing medication, but it’s really helping my creativity.

I've gotten into the habit of writing down my dreams as soon as I wake up from them. Sometimes I'm so sleepy when I write notes in the middle of the night, I wake up to check them in the morning and I can't understand what I wrote 😂

"if you watch someone sleep, like I usually to do" What? Michael is a creepy stalker.

My dreams are mind blowing. Insane experiences that are heavy on my senses.

It was really cool of him to shout out Destin, he and Micheal are awesome.

Cool to see an older video of his

As a child I woke up in midnight unable to move my body. Nice to know why this happened.

One time I was dreaming and my alarm went off. In my dream I was a DJ remixing it. 😂

it's already 11 years yet the video of the content seemed relevant and timely

Bro is teaching me more information than school did in 12 years

“If you have people remember words pairs and then you don’t allow them to sleep the next day their memory for that stuff is incredibly terrible.” Schools: I’m gonna pretend I didn’t hear that

Sometimes i wake up and think, what a weird dream i just had but not remember anything about the dream

Sleepless me watching Vsauce again in 2024

Years ago I would have pretty unsettling dreams from time to time. Then I saw a tv show on dreams and one doctor talked about how we have way more power over our dreams than we think we do. If things are coming at you, dangers and frightening things, then just decide to fight back. Go after the bad in your dreams. It totally worked, and I realized I could then in turn make my dreams far more pleasant. I maybe have had one unpleasant dream in the past several years. I never worry about dreaming anymore. If you worry about it, it does become a self fulfilling prophecy so to speak.

Anyone had a dream that was so scary, u couldn’t talk or scream

Imagine you're sleeping and suddenly wake up in the middle of the night to a figure watching you. And the figure says: *Hey Vsauce, Michael here*

The amazing thing is you are creating the storyline for a dream... and, at the same time, participating or watching and reacting to the same dream

12 years later, and this video is still up to date

I watch why we dream As I stay awake on a school night

What about dreams where you know you're dreaming but can't control it?

When I was 9, in 2004, a tsunami hit our hometown on the eve of Christmas and caused massive destruction. Since then, I've had nightmares about huge waves sweeping me into the sea. These dreams always drowned me in my sleep. But for some time now, these dreams have become lucid. I can now control the outcome of the dreams and make them positive ones where I am not swept away into the sea.

during the school year, i always have dreams with my teachers. one time i had a dream that my teacher drove his daughter and i to the movies and we got in a car crash. still have no idea what it’s significance is.

sometimes I have dreams of me in the future. Like one random ass part of my life, such as sitting on the bus. Weeks or months later I do exactly that and I get this weird feeling of deja vu and then remember that I dreamt the exact same thing a few months ago. Anyone else get this?

"You can see this if you watch people sleep ... like I usually do" - Vsauce 2011

I’ve always said to people that I think we dream to prepare us for things that will happen in the future, so we’ve already experienced the feeling in our dreams, then we can cope with it better in our real life

I like that he dosn't ask us to subscribe him just thanks us, or asks us to subscribe others, what a person.

sometimes I am seeing a dream, then I wake up for a few minutes and when I sleep again the dream continueses from the moment it stopped. pretty weird, am I the only?

1:44 when a fly suddenly gets into your ear.

ppl who watched this when they were supposed to sleep :

I’ve had lucid dreams a few times but I could only control my self through my dream not to much the environment. I’ve talked to other characters in my dream about how I’m aware I’m dreaming and had conversations too, Pretty wicked!

Notice what he says at about 1:05, "If you watch people sleep, like I usually do". Very funny guy, these videos, as many as I have seen, are awesome.

Me: Whoah, that dream felt so weird, what was it about? My brain: Good question.

Boy, when he mentioned that studies show that the prevailing feeling people have about their dreams is negative…I felt that.

I love how he explores the different theories behind why we dream. From Freud's wild ideas to more scientific explanations, he covers it all. And it's not just boring facts - he keeps it engaging with cool visuals and examples that make you go, "Whoa, I never thought of it like that!" Plus, the video gets you thinking about your own dreams and what they might mean. Like, have you ever had a dream that felt so real you woke up questioning if it actually happened? Overall, "Why Do We Dream" is one of those videos that makes you go down a rabbit hole of thought. It's entertaining, educational, and leaves you pondering the mysteries of the human brain. Definitely worth a watch if you're into mind-bending stuff!

me: watching this instead of sleepjng

I had sleep paralysis when I was in high school. Actually got it from a medication I was on. I didn’t see anything creepy but I would wake up and be stuck. After awhile I learned just to relax and go back to sleep.

When I practiced lucid dreaming, I would keep a dream journal and write down everything I could immediately remember once I woke up. I did that everyday and eventually I was able to remember more of my dreams in more detail. Sometimes I even had fully lucid dreams, very fun.

There are a lot of dreams i remember from throughout my life, from like 9 years old to now