How do I dream?

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Hi, this probably is really weird, but I have never been able to dream. At first I thought I might just not remember my dreams, but I did a little bit of looking into it and saw mixed opinions on whether or not it’s possible to not dream.
Anyway, assuming I don’t dream, I was hoping some of you knew methods on how to help me dream. I’ve always heard splendid stories about dreams, and I just want to have one. (I know it’s kinda stupid, but oh well) But I would appreciate any random knowledge you happen to have on the subject. Thanks!

Tags: asked August 18, 2013

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I don't believe I've ever heard of being incapable of dreaming, but it is incredibly common for one to dream and simply not remember it upon awaking. I've never heard much to help dream, but there's a lot of rumors saying that if you do or even eat certain things it will affect your sleep, but usually these are said to give negative effects( like nightmares ). I don't think there's much you can do to help it.
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My understanding from reading about dreams from various sources over the years is that everyone does dream. However, most don't remember their dreams. When you sleep, dreaming is part of a cycle your body runs through. I believe each cycle is about 90 minutes. (There was a study done on this. Where they woke up the subject every time they had a dream. Which gave evidence to the cycle which dreams are a part of.)
If you snore, for instance, you will have difficulty going through the cycles which lead to deep sleep and dreaming since snoring disrupts the air flow while you sleep and thus alerts your brain that something could be wrong and that it needs to address the air flow problems before continuing the sleep cycle.

So, if you have trouble sleeping, you may have difficulty reaching the dreaming stage. I would suggest that you when you go to bed with the intention of dreaming, that you find a position where you are totally comfortable and you create a sleeping schedule (by having a sleep schedule, your body will prepare for the time when you go to sleep, and thus you will have a more effective sleep and are more likely to dream). http://sleepyti.me/ is a great website for setting yourself up for a good sleep since it will tell you when you should go to bed in order to have an effect sleep for when you wake up when you have to or until when you should sleep until if you have a bed time.
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Dreaming is essentially how you know that your body is well-resting. Not being able to remember your dreams is a common thing, however. There are tons of articles on this on Google, so I won't cite any, but I assure you that they're there :). But in case you aren't dreaming, you should probably consult someone (likely a doctor of some sort, be it sleep doctor or psych) about how to fix your REM.
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Dreaming is your minds way of figuring out problems while your asleep thats why sometimes when you wake up the morning after having a problem you know how you can fix it. It common to remember only one dream or none at all. I never remember mine.
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Thank you for giving such helpful answers everyone! :3