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How do you know you don't dream? Maybe you do but don't remember your dreams.
by DonaldFisk 7y ago
How do you know you don't dream? Maybe you do but don't remember your dreams.
- irrational 7y agoWhat's the difference between not dreaming and not remembering your dreams? I'm nearly 50 and I have absolutely no recollection of ever dreaming. Not once have I woken up and remembered anything happening between falling asleep and waking up. So, to the best of my knowledge I have never dreamed.
- tartoran 7y agoIt appears you have musical anhedonia: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/03/please-dont-stop-the-music-or-do-stop-the-music-i-dont-really-mind/519099/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/03/please-do... Not sure how it relates to you not being able to have or remember dreams but it’s a very intersting coincidence nonetheless
- irrational 7y agoYes, I do have musical anhedonia.
- tartoran 7y agoI think you may have something that I don't have, as I believe in more or less a zero sum game in terms of mental functions: e.g. a blind person develops other senses better such as hearing or spatial orientation etc. I'm on the opposite side of the spectrum, more like a music hedonist, though lately I started to enjoy silence just as much. Do you feel that you have some sense more developed than the norm?
- irrational 7y agoNot that I've ever noticed. In fact my senses of smell and hearing are pretty bad. Though I think that has more to do with getting older.
- samatman 7y agoKind of a philosophical question, but not really. The connection between dreaming and REM, a physical and measurable action of the eyes, is firmly established. Most dreams are forgotten, for most people. If someone takes Ambien and has no recollection of their actions, those actions still happened. I would say that whether or not you dream relates to whether or not you REM, and you most likely do.