Jesus Pimp

I'm 25 and I've noticed that I have been having less dreams(very few if any) as I get older. From grade school up to sophomore year of college I had dreams constantly. It's weird. Anyone experience this?

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maleficent

I'm pushing 40, when I do sleep, my dreams have gottem more bizarre, more vivid, and in some ways, more real than they were in my 20s, and more nightmares too.

You might still be dreaming, you just might not be remembering them.

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Polyphobic

Dreaming and not remembering them is probably the case. I'm not a sleep specialist but I believe everyone has dreams. It's just a matter of if you remember them or not.
The only one I remember recently was one 2 nights ago when in the dream I needed to pee. I woke up and really had to go to the restroom.

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Holo

I did this exact same thread a year ago elsewhere...the title freaked me out for a sec.

I've definitely seen a reduction in dreams since I hit my mid 20's or so. My dreams have always been very strange anyway so no difference there, but as a teenager I had dreams at least 3x a week and some were very lucid. Now I'm just a spectator and the dreams aren't usually too fun. Not nightmares per se but just very melancholy overall.

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stevie667

dreams do not decrease in amount as you get older, your REM patterns stay roughly similar, what happens is the memory recall for them degrades, so that you simply just don't remember them.

Rodney

All things being equal, I had more dreams (actually, remembered more dreams) when I was younger. But back then, I slept like a rock. Now I'm 48, and I tend to sleep lightly more often in response to worry or stress or even temperature. When I dream in a light sleep, I always always remember some of the dream when I wake.

sprocket

Melatonin production decreases as you get older. Melatonin is what helps you fall into REM sleep (Which is the only time you truley dream) There is a ton of it in kids which is one reason why they have such vivid dreams and their nightmares can be so frightening to them.

Melatonin supplements can actually help you fall asleep and have more vivid dreams.

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stevie667

melatonin also gives you insane nightmares 8/10 times, i know, i've tried it.

denim

I've found that when my O2 level goes down, my REM sleep tends toward nightmares. I'll ask a few questions:

1) Do you snore?
2) How much sleep do you get per night, with how much variation?

If you snore a lot, you might want to have a sleep study to determine if there's a problem. That's an issue for you to speak of with your doctor.

If you don't get enough sleep, there are other issues you might have.

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No.
I have dreams all of the time.
Well, we all dream, it's a matter of remembering them when we wake up.
Sometimes I have a few nights in a row where I have bizarre dreams, too.
It's all in your mindset, your body's energy flow, your diet. Sometimes certain foods can affect your sleeping habits.

raeanna74

I notice when I'm more stressed that I wake during my dreams and thus remember them. Otherwise I don't remember them as much.

Being stressed makes my dreams more intense and my sleep more restless consequently I remember them more. Those dreams are usually of the negative emotions. When I'm sexually charged and my libido is running rampant I'll have more sexually charged dreams that will wake me. I think it all depends on what is going on in my life, how I'm dealing with it, and how deep my emotions are running. The deeper the emotions the more my dreams wake me and more I remember.

Teenage hormones are known for making us emotional so perhaps you are just learning to deal with life in your concious and your mind has less to deal with during sleep.

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CheeseButtons

I think you probably are having dreams you just cant remember them.

Keep a dream journal, as soon as you wake up, write down whatever you remember. Dream memory fades very fast, and even with intense dreams that you believe you will remember years later, you will forget.

I started keeping a journal not too long ago, and I"ve had a dream every night since...altho the moment I wake up, I instantly start to forget, and its hard to jog your memory into remembering. Often if you lay back down, the thoughts will return briefly. Ever notice, if you've had an intense dream the night before, when you lay down to sleep the next day, you are reminded of it, even if you haven't been thinking about it?

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WarWagon

Bingo. Also, if your dreams are impacted by events which occur in your daily life, they may be more prominent during your youth, when things are changing at a much more rapid pace.

unoaman

I think I probably dream more now than when I was younger. The good thing now is that I always know it's a dream. If it's good, I'll stay with it as long as I can. If it's bad, I just say "enough of this crap", and wake myself up.

You are right about remembering them, write down anything at all that comes to mind as soon as possible, almost any consious brain activity at all makes them turn into smoke.

tooth

In my late teens I went for (seemingly) a couple years without dreaming. I'm 32 now, and dream fairly regularly, as I did in my youth.

I think that stress and other outside influences weigh heavily on the type of dreams and wether or not you remeber them.

stonegrody

I'm on the same boat as Jesus Pimp. I'm 25 and I hardly ever remember my dreams anymore. I know I dream because I remember dreaming, I just can't remember what happened or what they were about. Damn, getting older sucks.

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ShaniFaye

I could rewrite the same thing...or I could just say ditto toe maleficents posts haha

I have great dream recall....I can usually remember at least 2 a nite and sometimes they are so bizarre I wish I couldnt ha ha I too seem to be having more nightmares than I used to...I wake Dave up an average of once a week screaming...or trying to scream and making that sound that sounds like Im strangling and it wakes him up

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jdubz

I'm 32 and on Lexapro, man, I have some wierd ass dream every night!

anti fishstick

Whether or not you remember a dream, you always go through several dreams a night. You are more likely to remember a dream when waking up from the REM stages of sleep. Writing it down afterwards helps too.

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Talon Valdez

I have never once remembered a dream. :/ I feel a wee bit ripped off. Cmon Sandman! Cut me a break.

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The_wall

A friend of mine has a crazy theory that he says he did with himself. He claims that if you ask yourself "am I dreaming?" when your concious you'll be more likely to ask yourself this when you're dreaming as well. You have to ask yourself this many times a day though, every day for like a month. He says he was even able to controll his dreams somewhat when he did this.

I know this probably sounds insane to most of you guys, but this kid really isn't crazy and isn't the type to make up shit like this. I tried to start doing it but I kept forgetting to ask myself if I was dreaming, so I just gave up on it.

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anitra

one way to start remembering your dreams is to tell yourself before you fall asleep "i will remember all of my dreams". this may sound weird but it works. it may take a few days or nights, depending on when you sleep but you will start remembering them.

also keeping a dream journal helps you remember them and provides you with the ability to see patterns in dreams. it also helps you understand the dream. generally everyone in the dream is you (a part of you). you can ask yourself what that person in the dream represents.

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