----- Original Message -----
From: John D. Giorgis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 10:54 PM
Subject: Re: Dreams (was: Anyone out there?)
>
> Doug Pensinger wrote:
> >So I'm just curious, how many people actually remember dreams
consistently?
> >Occasionally? Almost Never? Does anyone employ any tricks to either
> >stimulate dreams or to remember them? How about repetitive dreams?
>
> The Probability of you remembering a dream in any given night is directly
> correlated to the likelihood of you waking up during REM. We all dream
> every night - if we didn't dream, we would wake up feeling completely
> unrested. The dreams we remember are just the ones we wake up during.
If
> you find yourself remembering dreams regularly, you probably aren't
getting
> enough sleep, and waking up too early.
That's not always true. I can remember series of several dreams in a row.
I've relayed a complicated narrative to my wife soon after waking up on a
number of occassions. I sleep lightly, so I wake from dreaming easily. I
can, though, spend a pleasant hour half asleep and dreaming.
Dan M.
