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How else has this? I sometimes remember dreams from easily 15y - 20y ago absolutly vividly, although I have had forgotten them in the mean time. Suddenly, duri

How else has this? I sometimes remember dreams from easily 15y - 20y ago absolutly vividly, although I have had forgotten them in the mean time. Suddenly, during the day, like in a split second (maybe triggered from a scene or scent) I feel that "feeling" (or more like a superposition of all impression of that dream i had) of a dream long lost and the dream is fully present in that moment and I kind of "remember" it completely. Then it is fading away fast. Every so often I have these vivid dreams with what feels like long story archs. In my youth / pre 30s more often then now. At the end of my 20s I started to keep a dream diary, not very consistently, but still. So now, when I have these dream flashbacks, I immeadiately grab this journal or a piece of paper. I write everything down and draw sketches of the scene and really try hard to remember specifics of that dream. And then something really weird happens... i start to remember scences form other forgotten dreams and it feels like I opened a door or pathway in my memory and can look/explore fragments of these dreams. And the harder I try the better results I get. It is really an odd experience.

gavinmckenzie 6y ago
I can relate. I have a handful of recurring dream worlds that I visit. Sometimes I'll have a series of dreams over a few days that all take place in the same dream world. Months or years can go by and then I'll find myself dropped back into a dream world that I had forgotten about. Sometimes the world has progressed since my last visit, and sometimes I'm put back nearly where I left off last time. The weirdest thing for me is that I swear I have a separate set of memories in these different dream worlds; a personal history exclusive to that dream world, where once I'm in that dream world, I suddenly remember previous visits to that world, places I've visited, events that took place. It's an incredibly strange feeling that can momentarily make me question my sense of self. I should note that I nearly always dream lucidly. Not sure if that plays a role in this phenomena.
- swayvil 6y ago
  I've experienced that dream memory thing too. A whole other set of memories that I hook up with when I'm in dreamland. It makes you think.
- splittingTimes 6y ago
  That is fascinating. Sadly No, i never continued dreams. They are a stand-alone experience, so to speak.
- Viliam1234 6y ago
  I have a series of dreams that happen in my town, whose geography in the dreams is as I naively imagined it as a child. The map of the dream town is an exact circle. The bus route from my home (my parents' home) to my school is a straight line (in reality it is more like a spiral). As a consequence, some places exist in my dream map that do not correspond to anything in reality. Sometimes I wake up with a feeling that it is important to go to those places in real life, because something important that I forgot is there. Across a large street from my parents' home, there are some trees that kinda look like a beginning of a forest. In reality those are just a few densely growing trees, followed by more streets and houses. As a small child I didn't know, because we rarely walked in that direction, so in my dreams, there was a forest. Now I know what is actually there, and have walked there many times. But in the dream world, there still is a forest. The dream map refuses to update and keeps the misconceptions of my childhood. Of course, during the dreams, it is a real map containing places that I merely "forgot" and "should visit again".
terramex 6y ago
It is quite popular form of déjà vu called déjà rêvé. Happens to me all the time, more often when I'm stressed or sleep deprived but almost never when I'm physically exhausted. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/imp/jcs/2017/00000024/F0020007/art00008?crawler=true https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/imp/jcs/2017/00000... > Nearly 80% claimed to have had such experiences and the associated frequencies are presented. Age was negatively correlated with the incidence and there was little gender dependence.
monadic5 6y ago
How do you know it's a "true" memory? Does that even matter to you? I don't think it would to me! But, I'm curious how confident you are about whether you're in the same space or your brain is rapidly manufacturing the sensation.
bryanrasmussen 6y ago
I have very long story arch dreams, an ex-girlfriend called them epic dreams. They're strange, some times I have recurring dreams with long story arcs in which I am in them as myself, sometimes I am in them as another person, sometimes they are narrated, sometimes they span generations, sometimes I'm not in them at all, sometimes they are episodes of a tv show that never had those episodes. Examples - one dream was set in a post apocalyptic wasteland, sort of like A Canticle for Leibowitz, with narration, there was a kingdom being misruled by a duke and the only one who would be able to stop him was the exiled bishop, his brother, I turned out to be the bishop - an old man returning after many years of exile to the kingdom etc. etc. there were sword fights, radiation monsters, extra sensory perception.. Another dream was a very long special episode of Laverne and Shirley were the girls came out and had their first kiss, I think it was a Christmas episode also. Actually funny enough I had three dream flashbacks just a couple days ago, first I remembered a comic book store and then I remembered no that store was from a dream, then I remembered a couple other locations from dreams that I had not had for lots of years and had forgotten about.
abruzzi 6y ago
I'm completely the opposite. 50 years old and I have never once in my life remembered a dream. Never. I see things about dreams, such as this like, as interesting, but can relate to them at all, because they are things that happen to other people. I assume I have dreams, but when I wake up, I never have any recall of them.
- swayvil 6y ago
  Try vipassana meditation. It'll make you remember your dreams. And more.
- Viliam1234 6y ago
  To me it is important to start recalling my dream as literally the first thing after I wake up. Anything else... and the dream is probably lost. It helps to have enough sleep, not wake up with an alarm, not have anything important to do after waking up. Have a pen and paper next to the bed, to remind you. Think about how you want to remember your dream, as you are falling asleep.
- austinjp 6y ago
  It's entirely probable that this experience is shared by plenty of others, we just don't hear much from you guys. If you're curious to discover whether you dream or not, have someone wake you when you're in REM sleep. Your favourite search engine will help you to determine when this is happening. Usual caveats apply about taking advice from a random person on the internet. If you're not entering REM sleep but you feel fine, hey, nice. Contact a sleep scientist and ask if they want to study you. If you enter REM but have no dreams, hey, nice. You're apparently in the minority. Contact a sleep scientist and all if you want to study you.
- morganf 6y ago
  Abruzzi -- I'm 45 and only started dreaming in the last 5 years. I don't know why or how but I do now. It's incredible. Maybe you will, too!
- jerry1979 6y ago
  Do you have any interest in remembering your dreams? Taking a magnesium glycinate supplement may help.
jobigoud 6y ago
I have this. I always imagine these are bubbling up one last time to the surface and I never experience these thoughts ever again.
- splittingTimes 6y ago
  If you write them down and actively try to remember, they enter a more permanent state in memory. I can more easily recall them that way and even continue the memory explosion.
  - jobigoud 6y ago
    But then I always wonder if I'm remembering the original or the remembrance. Like for childhood photos. There is even one for which I still remember exactly where I was when it bubbled up, but I don't recall the topic at all…
SnowflakeOnIce 6y ago
I always wondered if anyone else had this! People I have asked all seemed surprised by the question.

gavinmckenzie 6y ago

I can relate. I have a handful of recurring dream worlds that I visit. Sometimes I'll have a series of dreams over a few days that all take place in the same dream world. Months or years can go by and then I'll find myself dropped back into a dream world that I had forgotten about. Sometimes the world has progressed since my last visit, and sometimes I'm put back nearly where I left off last time. The weirdest thing for me is that I swear I have a separate set of memories in these different dream worlds; a personal history exclusive to that dream world, where once I'm in that dream world, I suddenly remember previous visits to that world, places I've visited, events that took place. It's an incredibly strange feeling that can momentarily make me question my sense of self. I should note that I nearly always dream lucidly. Not sure if that plays a role in this phenomena.

swayvil 6y ago
I've experienced that dream memory thing too. A whole other set of memories that I hook up with when I'm in dreamland. It makes you think.
splittingTimes 6y ago
That is fascinating. Sadly No, i never continued dreams. They are a stand-alone experience, so to speak.
Viliam1234 6y ago
I have a series of dreams that happen in my town, whose geography in the dreams is as I naively imagined it as a child. The map of the dream town is an exact circle. The bus route from my home (my parents' home) to my school is a straight line (in reality it is more like a spiral). As a consequence, some places exist in my dream map that do not correspond to anything in reality. Sometimes I wake up with a feeling that it is important to go to those places in real life, because something important that I forgot is there. Across a large street from my parents' home, there are some trees that kinda look like a beginning of a forest. In reality those are just a few densely growing trees, followed by more streets and houses. As a small child I didn't know, because we rarely walked in that direction, so in my dreams, there was a forest. Now I know what is actually there, and have walked there many times. But in the dream world, there still is a forest. The dream map refuses to update and keeps the misconceptions of my childhood. Of course, during the dreams, it is a real map containing places that I merely "forgot" and "should visit again".

terramex 6y ago

It is quite popular form of déjà vu called déjà rêvé. Happens to me all the time, more often when I'm stressed or sleep deprived but almost never when I'm physically exhausted. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/imp/jcs/2017/00000024/F0020007/art00008?crawler=true https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/imp/jcs/2017/00000... > Nearly 80% claimed to have had such experiences and the associated frequencies are presented. Age was negatively correlated with the incidence and there was little gender dependence.

monadic5 6y ago

How do you know it's a "true" memory? Does that even matter to you? I don't think it would to me! But, I'm curious how confident you are about whether you're in the same space or your brain is rapidly manufacturing the sensation.

bryanrasmussen 6y ago

I have very long story arch dreams, an ex-girlfriend called them epic dreams. They're strange, some times I have recurring dreams with long story arcs in which I am in them as myself, sometimes I am in them as another person, sometimes they are narrated, sometimes they span generations, sometimes I'm not in them at all, sometimes they are episodes of a tv show that never had those episodes. Examples - one dream was set in a post apocalyptic wasteland, sort of like A Canticle for Leibowitz, with narration, there was a kingdom being misruled by a duke and the only one who would be able to stop him was the exiled bishop, his brother, I turned out to be the bishop - an old man returning after many years of exile to the kingdom etc. etc. there were sword fights, radiation monsters, extra sensory perception.. Another dream was a very long special episode of Laverne and Shirley were the girls came out and had their first kiss, I think it was a Christmas episode also. Actually funny enough I had three dream flashbacks just a couple days ago, first I remembered a comic book store and then I remembered no that store was from a dream, then I remembered a couple other locations from dreams that I had not had for lots of years and had forgotten about.

abruzzi 6y ago

I'm completely the opposite. 50 years old and I have never once in my life remembered a dream. Never. I see things about dreams, such as this like, as interesting, but can relate to them at all, because they are things that happen to other people. I assume I have dreams, but when I wake up, I never have any recall of them.

swayvil 6y ago
Try vipassana meditation. It'll make you remember your dreams. And more.
Viliam1234 6y ago
To me it is important to start recalling my dream as literally the first thing after I wake up. Anything else... and the dream is probably lost. It helps to have enough sleep, not wake up with an alarm, not have anything important to do after waking up. Have a pen and paper next to the bed, to remind you. Think about how you want to remember your dream, as you are falling asleep.
austinjp 6y ago
It's entirely probable that this experience is shared by plenty of others, we just don't hear much from you guys. If you're curious to discover whether you dream or not, have someone wake you when you're in REM sleep. Your favourite search engine will help you to determine when this is happening. Usual caveats apply about taking advice from a random person on the internet. If you're not entering REM sleep but you feel fine, hey, nice. Contact a sleep scientist and ask if they want to study you. If you enter REM but have no dreams, hey, nice. You're apparently in the minority. Contact a sleep scientist and all if you want to study you.
morganf 6y ago
Abruzzi -- I'm 45 and only started dreaming in the last 5 years. I don't know why or how but I do now. It's incredible. Maybe you will, too!
jerry1979 6y ago
Do you have any interest in remembering your dreams? Taking a magnesium glycinate supplement may help.

jobigoud 6y ago

I have this. I always imagine these are bubbling up one last time to the surface and I never experience these thoughts ever again.

splittingTimes 6y ago
If you write them down and actively try to remember, they enter a more permanent state in memory. I can more easily recall them that way and even continue the memory explosion.
- jobigoud 6y ago
  But then I always wonder if I'm remembering the original or the remembrance. Like for childhood photos. There is even one for which I still remember exactly where I was when it bubbled up, but I don't recall the topic at all…

SnowflakeOnIce 6y ago

I always wondered if anyone else had this! People I have asked all seemed surprised by the question.