I suspect this is probably similar to feeling things while asleep.
I discovered as a teenager that if I slept in my underwear, I'd have those stereotypical dreams of going to school in my underwear. When I started wearing shorts and a t-shirt to bed, I didn't have those dreams. It became obvious to me that even while asleep, my sense of touch was active, so my mind knew what I was wearing, then inserted that knowledge into my dreams.
The mind and body don't shut off when a person is asleep or otherwise unconscious. They just work differently then when we're awake.
I discovered as a teenager that if I slept in my underwear, I'd have those stereotypical dreams of going to school in my underwear. When I started wearing shorts and a t-shirt to bed, I didn't have those dreams. It became obvious to me that even while asleep, my sense of touch was active, so my mind knew what I was wearing, then inserted that knowledge into my dreams.
The mind and body don't shut off when a person is asleep or otherwise unconscious. They just work differently then when we're awake.
That's MISTER Godless Vegetarian Tree Hugging Hippie Liberal to you.