Most people have dreams so vivid that they seem real even after they awake. What if such powerful dream images from the subconscious mind could blend in with our waking experiences in a way that we would no longer be able to tell one from the other? What would happen if the destructive aspects of our personalities that occasionally appear in our dreams would gain control of our waking behavior? Obviously, anyone in such a state would lose the distinction between reality and hallucination and potentially dangerous to themselves and other people.
