Do you remember your dreams??

[The Heretic]

I am always interested in human nature, and therefore how the mind works. I have watched a number of educational/"scientific" shows explaining the various theories that scientists think explain why we dream and the various mechanics of dreaming. One of the theories states that most people don't remember very many, if any of their dreams, even though almost all people do dream (if you don't then you are probably going to be dead in about 6 months if not sooner - the human body requires dreams). The theory is that since dreams use the subconcious/irrational part of the brain, and uses memory in a different fashion, that we don't remember our dreams when we are awake and using the rational part of our brains.

I remember a lot of my dreams the next day or so (sometimes for years), whether they are very emotional whimsical dreams or less emotional run of the mill dreams - for instance I remember the dream I had last night/this morning and the dream I had the night before. I remember much of the premise of the dream and even exactly what I said in the dream (I sometimes talk or even yell in my sleep - much to my neighbors consternation I am sure).

How about you?

 

[mbb308]

I'll wake up form time to time with a crystal clear, snapshot image in my head which I know I dreamed. Beyond that - nothing.

 

[Tap-Out]

Sometimes I'll wake up and remember completly what I dreamed. Other times I'll wake up and have no clue what I dreamed about. But my most frequent memory is where I'll wake up and only remember "Hey that was a pretty cool dream" or "That was one very screwed up dream" and I won't remember what it was about or anything else other than the what it was like.

 

[Ezarc]

It's funny. The more I take time and meditate the better my dream recall is. I need to meditate more, I have some very intresting dreams.

 

[crysede]

I remembers dreams vividly if I wake up during them, or right after having them - it doesn't make any difference what the dream was about. But unless I actually think about them, that memory doesn't last long - so the only ones that stick with me for any length of time are the weird ones.

 

[Shiner]

Sometimes I'll wake up and remember completly what I dreamed. Other times I'll wake up and have no clue what I dreamed about. But my most frequent memory is where I'll wake up and only remember "Hey that was a pretty cool dream" or "That was one very screwed up dream" and I won't remember what it was about or anything else other than the what it was like.

I'm about the same as the poster above but I do have one dream from time to time and thats one about flying.

 

[Backyard sweaty]

A lot of whether you recall a dream or not is dependent upon your sleep structure. Fragmented sleep ofttimes results in inconsistent recall of dreams. Dreaming itself has never interested me beyond it's relationship to the technical aspects of sleep which are extremely interesting and play into why's, when's and wherefore's of dreaming.

Sorry, I'm a "natural" thread bore.

 

[morninggirl5]

If i'm sleep deprived, i don't remember my dreams. When i'm well rested i remember them. I have on occasion woke up after a dream, not liked the way the dream ended, decided how i want it to end, gone back to sleep and re-dreamed the dream with my preferred ending.

 

[Shaq]

Some of them.

A good amount are ingrained in my memory. Sorta like they were events because the localities are somewhat recurrent...

 

[frankies90]

Some of them.....it averages down to about one a night that I can remember. The better the dream the more I remember. Why oh why can't some dreams be a reality?

 

[Spaceboy]

Not usually, but I remember vividly the horrible dreams I had in between bouts of sleeplessness last night.

 

[android1966]

Two or three dreams I have remembered for years. One in particular because it was so surreal.

 

[teddybear4play]

When I was a kid, I remembered every dream I had. My mom could ask me in the morning how my dream was, and I'd tell her right down to the last detail.

Doesn't happen as often anymore, sadly. Most of the time I'll have some weird dream that I awake from and as soon as I get out of bed, it's forgotten.

Of course, I like my dreams better now than then, anyway. I'd much rather have one of me with certain Lit ladies than ten of me fishing.

TB4p

 

[SkyBluAngelEyes]

It really depends on how much sleep I've gotten.

There are a few dreams I've remembered, it seems, like forever.

One thing I've never experienced is having the same dream twice, which seems to be a trait of a friend I have.

Well...maybe I have and I just don't know it.

 

[The Heretic]

When I was a kid, I remembered every dream I had. My mom could ask me in the morning how my dream was, and I'd tell her right down to the last detail.

Doesn't happen as often anymore, sadly. Most of the time I'll have some weird dream that I awake from and as soon as I get out of bed, it's forgotten.

Well I guess it is quite possible that certain aspects of your brain have changed in a manner to affect how you remember dreams.

Personally, for as long as I can remember, and as much as I can tell, I have always dreamed and remembered in the same manner as I do now. I still have reoccuring themes, although I am in much more control during certain stressful dreams. I have something of a fear of heights, and a bit of claustrophobia, so I sometimes have dreams relating to the former and more often to the latter.

I did learn something else from that show; when babies kick and turn in their mother's womb, they do it because they are dreaming (they know this by measuring their brain activity; they are in REM sleep). The reason the move about so much is because they don't have dream paralysis like most people do; it is safe for them to move around while sleeping in their mother's womb, whereas it generally isn't safe to move about so violently once they are born - so the brain only switches to sleep paralysis once you are born.

 

[sufisaint]

Remembering your dreams can be a learned behavior. If you leave a dream journal by your bed and write down the dreams details immediately when waking you will slowly begin to remember more dreams and mor details...when heavy dream analysis was used, as an example Jungian therapy, most patients could signifigantly recall more dreams. I strongly believe they are not only subconscious messages but messages from your very core of being, call it soul if you want. They are powerful learning tools and if anything...remember your dreams makes your life fuller because you are having experiences in what would otherwise be "dead space" in your life... I also agree the more you meditate, the eaiser it is to recall dreams...I have made quite a few very good life decision on dream information and alot of crappy decisions using my waking mind with all its selfish desires...

 

[calypso_21]

I find that when I meditate before I drift off to sleep my dreams are vivid and filled with amazing information and events. Detail is phenomenal down to colors, textures, scents, and tastes.

I go through periods of writing them down and then forgetting to do so. If I am overtired I don't write them down. Damn I need to get back into that habit. I've been having some fantastic ones even more so lately.

 

[thequietstorm]

Dreaming sucks for me because I dream most of the night. So even when I get sleep I dont get that much rest. One of the down sides to having Seasonal Affected Disorder. My dreams are boring too. Nothing but living day to day crap all night long. It wouldn't be so bad if I cool dreams once in a while...

 

[Soblue]

I have only remembered a couple of dreams in my whole life. One was when I was a really young kid, maybe 7. I dreamed about God and Heaven, and I could see it very clearly. I can still see it now just the way I dreamed it.

I have other strange enough sleep habits though, I talk in my sleep and sometimes walk.

 

[bknight2602]

I used to remember my dreams more when I was younger. Now it is only seldom that I remember any, unless I've had spicy food , that wakes me in the middle of the night!

 

[Backyard sweaty]

If i'm sleep deprived, i don't remember my dreams. When i'm well rested i remember them. I have on occasion woke up after a dream, not liked the way the dream ended, decided how i want it to end, gone back to sleep and re-dreamed the dream with my preferred ending.

Rem sleep is the only stage of sleep that you can "make up", ergo, when you are deprived of sleep, (depending upon the amount) you can immediately slip into REM and accquire what you missed. Therefore, your sleep structure is skewed and the entire "I dreamed or I didn't dream" is a mute point. Before you can judge whether or not you dream you must first have good sleep hygeine, i.e., same bed time, same rise time, no etoh or caffiene 3 hours prior to sleep, etc., etc., etc.

 

[hogjack]

?? Remember my dreams?

Remember my dreams? I can barely remember the waking hours anymore.

I'm so glad I've hired a full time stenographer to follow me around.

 

[Nora]

Re: ?? Remember my dreams?

Remember my dreams? I can barely remember the waking hours anymore.

I'm so glad I've hired a full time stenographer to follow me around.

Sir? Is that "full time" supposed to be hyphenated or should I leave it in today's notes as is? *bites eraser*

 

[Kitte]

I have very good dream recollection, when I wake up...but it fades after that. I should write them down but I dont. Sometimes I share them with those closest to me as a way of preserving them.

 

[Ice Cold]

I used to get some of my best writing ideas from dreams... something about how vivid they were, would allow me to wake up with total recall of them. As a child I had several reoccuring dreams... but the past few years I can barely even recall dreaming anything at all.