Why is it some people dont remember their dreams?.............?

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I remember mine every time I go to sleep Some people dont remember their dreams.Had one b/f who was moaning and flitching in his sleep and I woke him up and ask him what he was dreaming,he said he wasnt, but I know he was. Some people just dont remember them.Is it because I could be on my last life and I dream so much cause I am dreaming of every past life I have been through?I know one life I died of a house fire.Someone went to go light the stove and forgot the pilot light was on and struck a match. I didnt have time to run,I turned and saw her strike the match.I saw a ball of fire and fell to the ground.I felt this sensation going up my body like being on fire. I woke upin a flash and instantly thought that is how I died before cause it felt so real.

lisa450.I have to disagree.Some dreams I have are uselss data, I remember them anyway,but they make no sense.I heard where we only use only 10% of our brain.Seems pretty useless to me.And dreams that dont make no sense I have no desire to remember.But I have controlled my dreams before.One time I was being put in handcuffs and I told myself,'thank God this is a dream,before they put me in the car I am going to wake myself up',I struggled but found myself thanking God upon awaking that it was just a dream and being able to wake up from,what I consider, a nightmare.I love it when I can do that.It seems if its a crisis,I can usually wake myself up from it.As for the nightmares my ex had,why would he only remember unpleasant dreams.It seems to me you dont believe God has any link to your dreams and how and what we dream.Like many people,I've had dreams that would happen days or weeks later...explain that.Your theory is great tho.

Answer 1

I don't remember most of my dreams (don't even remember if I dreamed smth!). Sometimes I remember dreams that were very "strong" in sensations/ images/ ideas (I had a few unbelievably philosophically dreams before), but that's rare. My sister wakes up and goes straight to a dream interpretation book she holds close to her bed... Maybe I just daydream too much!

Answer 2

People don't remember their dreams because the mind generally erases the dreams as "useless data" once they wake up.

That's not a defect--it's normal. If we remembered everything we saw, our minds would be flooded with data and we wouldn't have the ability to do anything but try to deal with the overflow. (Some people theorize that this is what causes autism.)

For example, when you read a book, you notice only the letters (not the page numbers or the grain of the paper or the stuff in your peripheral vision); and by the time they get to your conscious mind, you've not only censored the extra stuff but also put the letters together into words and sentences, converted them into concepts, and linked them to related ideas throughout your mind.

You wouldn't be able to do this if your brain didn't censor the information you don't need before it ever reached consciousness.

Dreams are similar. If your brain judges that you don't need to remember those dreams, then you won't.

However, let's go back to that book example. Let's say you DID want to notice the texture of the paper, or keep track of the page numbers. Would you be able to? Yes, of course--because now your brain has that information marked as "important" and lets it enter your conscious mind.

Same goes for dreams. You are interested in your dreams, and you want to remember them; therefore, you do. Dreams, normally completely subconscious, are only a little harder to focus on than the details of the waking world; and, eventually, if you think about your dreams enough, tell yourself enough that you want to remember them, your brain will get the point and let you remember your dreams when you wake.

Many people do actually remember their dreams, but upon awakening they immediately think of other things--getting up, getting a shower, etc.--and the dream is censored as unimportant.

The best way to remember a dream is to lie in bed and let your mind drift over the scenes you remember... have a pad of paper next to you so you can jot down notes.

Incidentally, having very vivid dreams is a good indication that you might be good at what they call "lucid dreaming"--simply knowing that you are dreaming while you are still in the dream. Eventually, you could learn to control some of your dreams to a limited extent... My own dreams are very vivid and include, as yours evidently do, pain and heat (as well as color, motion, sound, taste, and smell). I've learned quite a lot of interesting things, and I have about two lucid dreams a week now. They're fun... I like to just take off and go flying.

BTW, don't worry about dreams in which you die--they're garden-variety nightmares and little else. I've had quite a few; and whether things just faded out or I hung around as a ghost, they've never had any physical effects on me. Recurring nightmares can be a sign that you're not dealing with something, though; so if it comes back over and over, think about it and see if you can figure out what your mind's trying to tell you.

I don't think that having vivid dreams is any indication of past lives; only that your mind is generally creative and your imagination and visual-cognitive ability is good. But then, your religious beliefs are your own...

Check the link I have as my source for more info on lucid dreaming, if you're interested. That these dreams are possible is scientifically proven by several sleep researchers... investigating dreams, in general, is a very interesting way to poke into the way people think and learn; so a lot of scientists are interested in them.

[Edit]Oh, yeah--if you come to the forum, look me up. I'm Callista there.

Answer 3

As said earlier, it's all about when you wake up in the sleep cycle. If you awake during the REM sleep period, you will remember your dream. Simple as that I believe.

Answer 4

I remember most of my dreams because I want to. Most people don't care enough to put energy into dream recollection because they see it as meaningless.

Answer 5

you just must be more in touch with your past lives, and life on the other side, that sometimes is what dreams are! i wish i had these clues about my lives as well! keep on dreaming!

Answer 6

I remember my dreams they're like full length feature films.

Answer 7

most of my dreams don't make any since and then there are some that i have over and over again those are the ones i hate,

Answer 8

i think its because our conscious minds get in the way. try reading sylvia browne, she talks about that stuff all of the time in her books.

Answer 9

it depends on what sleep cycle you are in when you wake up.

Answer 10

Ooh, creepy. Good thing you're alive!