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Nothing is real, objectively. There is only such a thing as a subjective reality. Bertrand Russel talks about this in his book "Problems with Philosophy". [Based on Plato's writings, of course...]
Take a plain, wooden table & place it in a white room with vivid lighting. Look at the wood grains, the shade of the wood, the bright white walls. Now go into a room with the same plain, wooden table & place it in a white room with dim lighting. Did the lighting change? Or did the table & room themselves change? The wood is much darker & the walls are a dull off-white now.
There's no ultimate authority on what is more real than another -- Only what is accepted. And generally, if your experiences aren't accepted through: reason, science, religion, common sense, etc. Your experience is deemed unreal & factitious. It can be argued that we are all programmed by our parents/society with a way of seeing the world &, through psychosis, our perspective deviates from our true one. Or are we liberating ourselves from a constrictive world-view?
There's really no way of knowing. Just do what is comfortable for you. Do what works. Do what makes you sleep easier & be more comfortable with yourself.
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