Dream Recall – I Never Remember My Dreams

Typically people enter dreaming (REM – rapid eye movement) sleep four or five times per night. Research has shown that dreams can also occur during non-REM periods. This means we may be dreaming all night long. This may seem strange to most people because, according to the research, we only remember about one dream every two nights.

It is generally assumed that the dreams we recall more frequently are different than normal dreams in at least one respect, emotional content. Normal dreams are considered to be emotionally bland. Some researchers have found that in two thirds of the dream narratives they collected, no emotions were reported. These emotionless and often actionless dreams are usually forgotten but were reported here through the use of dream diaries which helped the research participants practice and get better at recalling their dreams. Dream recall gender differences also exist, more women (65%) recall dreams than men (53%).

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2 Responses to Dream Recall – I Never Remember My Dreams

  1. Don G. says:

    Why am I dreaming so much more with the anti snoring mouthpiece?

    • Clinton says:

      Sometimes it takes a week or two for your body to adjust to the anti snoring mouthpiece
      and for snoring to become reduced. This is usually due to a rebound REM
      effect. In essence your body has been deprived of REM sleep for a long time
      due to the snoring and poor breathing. Now that you are breathing better,
      but still snoring, your body is making up for lost time and getting all the
      REM sleep it missed out on. REM is when people snore the most because all
      your muscles are more relaxed during this stage of sleep. After your REM
      sleep has been recovered, your will naturally experience less REM and then
      less snoring.