Normally, I sleep too deeply to remember my dreams. I only remember them if I wake during them. However, if I don’t completely awaken, sometimes I can go right back into the dream, but I have some autonomy now and some control over the narrative. Like, I know it’s a TV show and I can change the script. I’ve always been able to do it, I feel like it’s a trade off for nearly never remembering my dreams.
This is pretty normal. You dream a lot in one night. And only tend to recall the last one (primacy/recency) and attribute that memory to the belief it was the one dream you spent the entire sleep in when in reality, you likely had a dozen of them and the last, which probably lasted a few minutes, is the one fresh in your mind.
If you’re consistently remembering dreams or if they are very vivid and graphic (not necessarily lewd or obscene but rather extremely impactful), you are likely suffering from chronic stress (and maybe other disorders) as a well rested sleep should leave you refreshed and with a clean memory.
I can also do that! Absolutely nothing is as good as waking up in the middle of a dream and slipping right back into it except with the ability to direct it somewhat.
Interestingly I also only very rarely remember my dreams.
Normally, I sleep too deeply to remember my dreams. I only remember them if I wake during them. However, if I don’t completely awaken, sometimes I can go right back into the dream, but I have some autonomy now and some control over the narrative. Like, I know it’s a TV show and I can change the script. I’ve always been able to do it, I feel like it’s a trade off for nearly never remembering my dreams.
This is pretty normal. You dream a lot in one night. And only tend to recall the last one (primacy/recency) and attribute that memory to the belief it was the one dream you spent the entire sleep in when in reality, you likely had a dozen of them and the last, which probably lasted a few minutes, is the one fresh in your mind.
If you’re consistently remembering dreams or if they are very vivid and graphic (not necessarily lewd or obscene but rather extremely impactful), you are likely suffering from chronic stress (and maybe other disorders) as a well rested sleep should leave you refreshed and with a clean memory.
I can also do that! Absolutely nothing is as good as waking up in the middle of a dream and slipping right back into it except with the ability to direct it somewhat.
Interestingly I also only very rarely remember my dreams.
It happened to me, but I only thought I had returned to the prior dream. I was imposing the old identities and situations to new images. Weird.