According to L.Strumpell, a dream researcher. We can’t remember what we dreamed naturally once woken up as many things are forgotten like the sense of touch. "Because we traditionally learn by association and repetition and dreams are usually very vivid, remembering it would be very difficult".

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It’s said that by the 5 minutes of the dream you have forgotten 50% of your dream’s content, 10 minutes later it’s 90%.

Many different reasons on this have been shared as well.

 

We forget big portions of our dreams because:

• Our brains deemed that we might not be able to tell them apart from reality.

• Because during REM sleep, our bodies my be shutting down some systems of the brain causing to only remember what we dreamt might before we wake up, as the systems turn back on with us

• We’re not actually forgetting them, but we don’t know how to access the dream memories. The fact that you suddenly remembered a dream you didn’t know you had supported this claim, as it shows that a certain activity triggered that memory unlock

 

If you wish to recall your dreams, here are some tips.

• Wake up naturally, in other words, don’t use alarms because when there is an interruption like such, your brain is now focused on something else and not your dream

• Before going to sleep, tell yourself you want to remember the dream you’ll have

• Think of your dream after waking up

• Try to keep the mood of your dream when you wake up

• If you want to analyze what your dreams mean, keep a journal to keep track and record dreams

• Create a title for your dream

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As the stages go on, we don’t experience anything but delta brain waves, which are the slowest brain waves. These cycles might be repetitive in one night. In addition, although dreaming during REM sleep is the most common, it’s possible to dream in NREM sleep as well, though they’re not as intense, according to Neilsen, Ph.D. of the Dream and Nightmare Laboratory in Montreal.

Brain waves, referred to as beta (13-30Hz→ usually only seen in very stressful situations or where strong mental concentration is needed), alpha (8-12Hz→ REM sleep & when awake), theta (4-8Hz→ stage 1, light sleep), and delta (>4Hz→ Deep sleep) make up the electroencephalogram (EEG)

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