The #1 Reason You Cannot Remember Your Dreams
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Do you remember your dreams when you wake up? Some people have an amazing ability to not only remember their dreams, but also remember every detail. In some cultures, failure to remember one’s dreams is interpreted as a bad thing. Dreams are perceived as a communication channel between humans and other dimensions. Their purpose is to reveal information on what threats to avoid in one’s waking life, what opportunities to pursue and how to live life well. Their take then becomes — Without the right intel how can you possibly be successful?
Recently, neuroscientists have also become interested in understanding why we dream. For example, Hobson (2009) suggests that dreaming may represent a state of protoconsciousness. In other words, dreaming involves constructing a virtual reality in our heads that we might use to help us during wakefulness. Among a variety of neurobiological evidence, John Hobson cites research on lucid dreams as an opportunity to better understand dreaming in general. Lucid dreams are dreams in which certain aspects of wakefulness are maintained during a dream state. In a lucid dream, a person becomes aware of the fact that they are dreaming, and as such, they can control the dream’s content (LaBerge, 1990).
If you are one of those people who instantly forgets their dreams upon waking — fear not. There could be a perfectly good reason why this is so.
Are you a snorer? Well, the fact is, humans apparently cannot dream whilst they are snoring! So there is a good chance that you are snoring the nights away rather than dreaming into the night.
The main cause of snorers not dreaming is this. You can only dream when you are in the REM (rapid eye movement) state. When you snore, you are not in REM.
Conclusion
Snorers are not dreamers! If you want to dream the nights away perhaps it’s time to invest in anti-snoring devices. It may just change your life for the better.