Which One Is The Dream?

okay,
here's a knotty
little question:
If you're dreaming that
your tied up by mad scientists
in a secret experimental facility,
and then you fall asleep and start
dreaming,
Are you really
dreaming?
Which one
counts?
How can
u tell?

Which raises
another question:
If
I'm torturing my
own brain by trying
to figure stuff out,
does that still count as
then torturing me?
Because they caused
the whole
situation
to happen?