The absence of dreams

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The absence of dreams

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In my case if I can recall dreaming at all that's a good night. Normally not a whole lot is there. When I can recall a dream usually they end right as things get interesting which is a downer. Usually when the dream is remembered it's In 3rd person and no one is interacting with me and I am an observer. Which is reasonable since my interactions in the everyday life are like that too, the dreams would be similar I guess. I'm not quite sure if this counts but I have dreams in recurring places rather than an actual recurring dream. Most of the dreams I can recall take place in the second house my family lived in (ages 6-13 for me). Or involve a couple of specific people I know in different rolls, sort of like a play or a movie. This tends to blow the illusion of the dream and I can recall a few times where I realize it's a dream and just go along for the ride.
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Out of curiosity, are you on and medication? I have really vivid dreams (more like nightmares, actually) if I miss a dose of Effexor, but normally I don't remember many of my dreams anymore.
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Re: The absence of dreams

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Before you started taking meds, did you remember your dreams often? Or can you remember them being different? I know, personally, I normally remember my dreams/have vivid dreams after drinking or smoking.

And your observant status is quite interesting, considering how dreams normally work. They are often directly affected by our own learned patterns because a dream is just our brain making insane connections to solve problems at a time when it has the most power over our bodies. That's why polyglots can dream in different languages, or people at the dawn of color movies report having colored dreams, whereas their parents normally remembered their dreams in black and white. So being an observer probably is indicative of how you act in real life.

And realizing you're dreaming and exerting some control over your dreams is called lucid dreaming. It's pretty normal among people who take meds.
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Not much difference between how my dreams have been structured pre/post meds. The frequency hasn't gone up or down I don't think. I seem to go up in the amount and quality of sleep when the stress is down I guess. It's 1:23am right now so you can guess that I'm not sleeping much these days.
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