Except in the case of lucid dreaming, people dream without being aware that they are doing so.
"Reality," the concept, is contrasted with a wide variety of other concepts, largely depending upon the intellectual discipline. Some believe that it can help to understand
what we mean by "reality" to note that what we say is not real because we see it through different perspectives, therefore there is no basis for reality.
A false awakening has signifigance to the simulation hypothesis, which states that what we perceive as reality is an illusion,
as made evident by our mind’s inability to distinguish between reality and dreams.