I read that severely depressed individuals don't dream, but I donn't know if they meant dreams that the person remembers or just dreams in general, and I don't know why this is.
2006-09-05 08:05:22 · 10 answers · asked by a_soft_world 3 in Health ➔ Mental Health
I read it in the Sunday paper, which is not a very reliable source, which is why I asked.
2006-09-05 10:22:13 · update #1
I take meds for depression. Dreams? I dream,and or have
nightmares. so I dont think thats right we dont dream.
2006-09-05 08:09:54 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a clinical psychiatrist since 1971, an I never heard of any depressed person even on psychotropics, mind altering drugs, or antidepressants preventing you from having dreams.
They all dream and some even have nightmares. Ofcourse you can dream and wake up and don't remember the dream you had.
You did not state where you read this material/data.
Patients will tell me what their dreams were an I will try to give them an interpretation of their dreams.
2006-09-05 15:31:48 · answer #2 · answered by MINDDOCTOR 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depressed ppl don't have "dreams of the future". They just have a hard enough time seeing past the next slow, painful hour. Night dreams, oh yeah! One tends to have horrid, continuous dreaming at night. Often very bizarre, stresssful, and frightening. So much so that it interrupts normal sleep. And antidepressants can make it worse...
2006-09-05 15:17:56 · answer #3 · answered by Angela M 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, people who suffer from depression tend to have more frequent and more vivid dreams. It's because of the sleep cycle, because we have REM sleep and non REM sleep. Dreaming occurs in the stage of REM sleep, which occurs at the beginning of the night when you fall asleep, and then again just before you wake up in the morning. People who are depressed tend to never enter the nonREM stage of sleep, and spend most of the night in REM sleep, hence they dream a lot.
I've suffered from severe depression, and I never really used to dream - but since I've been depressed, I dream a LOT.
2006-09-05 15:53:53 · answer #4 · answered by Jen 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
thats not true depressed people do dream because before you go to bed, if you think about the events in your life or the successions that have you depressed, theres an 80% chance your mind will create images of depression
2006-09-05 15:18:40 · answer #5 · answered by Cure_osity 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everybody dreams; they just don't remember what they dream.
Also, depressed people do dream. They just may not remember it, like I said.
Most of my dreams are rather morbid. *mumbles* I remember most of my dreams, unfortunately, and I hate the things I dream about, especially when I'm depressed.
2006-09-05 15:11:15 · answer #6 · answered by xaiyne 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well i have chronic depression and i certainly dream all the time and i am one of the few people who remembers their dreams very well
2006-09-09 05:54:32 · answer #7 · answered by mysticalflyingsquirrel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been on zoloft(250 mgs) since it came on the market and I dream v ery often
2006-09-05 15:15:26 · answer #8 · answered by dannykuhn57 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
bec their minds get engrossed in deep thoughts so where is the time to dream
2006-09-05 15:11:54 · answer #9 · answered by weirdoonee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
never heard that, some one forgot to tell me because I dream .
2006-09-05 15:09:42 · answer #10 · answered by mawma 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋