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Experiences of self-continuity and self-discontinuity in dreams and its relation with the body and affectivity

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Randomized trial examines the relation between self-continuity in dreams and waking experiences, suggesting emotional carryover effects.

This study investigates how dream experiences of self-continuity and self-discontinuity relate to bodily and affective dimensions.
302 participants completed self-report measures assessing self-(dis)continuity and dream experiences.
Measures included feelings of being another person, dream embodiment, dream affectivity, observer perspectives, and lucid dreaming.
Stronger felt self-continuity was positively associated with positive dream emotions in waking life.
More frequent experiences of being another person in dreams linked to inappropriate emotional responses.
No significant association was found between being another person in dreams and lucid dreaming or dream recall.

Trakas et al. (2026) studied this question.

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