The fluffy ‘interpret your dreams’ sites say that its because you feel helpless in real life. The slightly-less-fluffy but still not real science sites say that because you’re not actually punching (or running) in your sleep, your brain doesn’t have the real life sensory input it ‘expects’ to confirm that your arm is moving through the air, or your fist is connecting with your miserable foe’s jaw. So, your punches ‘feel’ like they have no force or your feet feel like they’re stuck in quicksand when trying to run away from that horrible monster. No credible sites to source after a quick search so definitely do your own research on this one.
I dunnoh. I punch like a champ in my dreams. It could be something inherent to you, or it could be something in your subconscious, or you might just need to train up your imagination. I can’t 100% control my dreams 100% of the time, but I often have a good deal of control and my mind usually puts me in scenarios that are in line with my fantasies or with reality. So maybe it has to do with your reality? Maybe you either don’t think you can punch hard, or know you can’t, or that you wouldn’t punch hard even if you could. Maybe it isn’t just punching. Maybe your subconscious feels some type of weakness, or helplessness- that you’d be faced with a situation and be unable to effectively confront it or defend yourself against it? I dunnoh. Can’t say I’ve had the problem so I’m just spit balling.
In real life I can't punch right because I always hold back. I don't really want to hurt people and the only people I ever punched was family so lol.
But in dreams I punch people so hard I once dreamed I punched a person's heart out of thier chest.
But to be fair the guy was trying to kill me first.
When I get into dream fights I wait on the person over and over till they are just a lump of goo. I will grab things near me even and try to hit them with it. Lol I once had a dream where I beat a guy with a doll that said Mama with every hit.
But real life I could never do it. Lol well unless someone is trying to kill me or my family or kidnap me or my family.
But in dreams I punch people so hard I once dreamed I punched a person's heart out of thier chest.
But to be fair the guy was trying to kill me first.
When I get into dream fights I wait on the person over and over till they are just a lump of goo. I will grab things near me even and try to hit them with it. Lol I once had a dream where I beat a guy with a doll that said Mama with every hit.
But real life I could never do it. Lol well unless someone is trying to kill me or my family or kidnap me or my family.