I Don't Dream Forum & Chat Board | no dreams here

So I'm in my 20's and haven't ever remembered a single dream. Literally I lay down to sleep and half a second later *click* I'm awake and it's morning - 6 hours later...

I've never had trouble sleeping but have never had any conscious notice of time passing or dreaming while I am asleep. Anyone else in the same boat?

 

I'm 42 and despite people telling me that i have a near photographic memory, I have never remembered a dream.  At various stages of my life I have made great effort to keep dream journals near my bed - performed little rituals to aid in memory recollection and followed all sorts of suggestions that were intended to bring on dream recall.  Still nothing.

At this point - until I find evidence proving otherwise - my best conclusion is that I do not dream!  I have looked into the phenomenon (as an admitted amateur) and I have yet to find any research that actually substantiates the claim that: "We all dream - most of us just don't remember."

To the best of my findings, no such research exists.  The closest I can find is an old study (using an admitted overly small sample) whose conclusion states that: most dreaming occurs during REM sleep, and most people experience REM sleep every night.  This seems to be the basis of the great myth.  I have found some vague references to people and circumstances that acknowledge that no dreaming occurs for some people some times - although this is generally associated with mental disorders and their treatment.

I would love to be proven wrong - these dreams people talk about seem to be a lot of fun.  I am happy to accept that dreaming is the norm and not dreaming is rare - even very rare.  But for now I will state with empirical evidence of a personal nature that there are people who can function quite normally in society who do not dream and never have.