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Why Do I Never Dream?

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It is really bothering me now that I never dream. Regardless of how much or how little sleep I get, it appears I do not dream - OR that I have absolutely no recall of any dreams whatsoever. This has gone on for most of my life. The last time I remember regularly dreaming was back in 2004 when I was trying to give up smoking and was using nicotine patches - wild dreams. Still smoking (8 a day).
So if anyone has any ideas what I can do to get dreaming/dream recall working again I would be very pleased to hear them.
 

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It is really bothering me now that I never dream. Regardless of how much or how little sleep I get, it appears I do not dream - OR that I have absolutely no recall of any dreams whatsoever. This has gone on for most of my life. The last time I remember regularly dreaming was back in 2004 when I was trying to give up smoking and was using nicotine patches - wild dreams. Still smoking (8 a day).
So if anyone has any ideas what I can do to get dreaming/dream recall working again I would be very pleased to hear them.

You need to get oxygen in order to get into a deep sleep where dreaming occurs. When you quit smoking, you were getting more oxygen.

Get your heart checked. You're not processing the air you need to dream.
 

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Weak sensitivity of neurons. As you get older, there's not much that can impress you, so sleep can't show you anything. There is nothing to show because there are no vivid impressions that the brain would like to record. You need to look towards biohacking - substances that restore sensitivity to neurons or improve the formation of neural connections.
 

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You need to get oxygen in order to get into a deep sleep where dreaming occurs. When you quit smoking, you were getting more oxygen.

Get your heart checked. You're not processing the air you need to dream.
Well I am slim healthy and recently passed a full wellness check. No heart issues. I eat healthily, I walk daily, swim regularly without issues and I sleep with my windows open onto the countryside. I am not oxygen depleted in any way.
 

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A lot of things affect that....
What helps me is right temperature at night along with proper blanket.
 

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Weak sensitivity of neurons. As you get older, there's not much that can impress you, so sleep can't show you anything. There is nothing to show because there are no vivid impressions that the brain would like to record. You need to look towards biohacking - substances that restore sensitivity to neurons or improve the formation of neural connections.
I had never heard of this before! I put the latter part of your final sentence into AI and basically it tells me in order to restructure itself, my brain requires psychodelics! Lsd, Ketamine, Psilocybin and DMT are the recommended substances. Repairs synaptic connections apparently. Not really a choice for me as I like to have and need my driver's licence.
 

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From legal substances you can try mugwort, that one is told to affect dreams. I like to combine it with mint and white sage. All three grow where I live and are completely legal herbs.
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White sage is a powerful one.
 

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From legal substances you can try mugwort, that one is told to affect dreams. I like to combine it with mint and white sage. All three grow where I live and are completely legal herbs.
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White sage is a powerful one.
Thank you Morell. I can easily get Mugwort and Mint - it grows wild here in Wales (UK). I can buy dried organic white sage. Should I infuse them into a bedtime tea?
 

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I had never heard of this before! I put the latter part of your final sentence into AI and basically it tells me in order to restructure itself, my brain requires psychodelics! Lsd, Ketamine, Psilocybin and DMT are the recommended substances. Repairs synaptic connections apparently. Not really a choice for me as I like to have and need my driver's licence.
No, it's too serious. consider lighter substances. For example, try the lion's mane mushroom, I can say that in the first days of taking it, it really makes dreams very vivid. I also had very vivid, but at the same time nightmarish dreams from P-5-P (the active form of vitamin B6). Also, 9-Me-BC gave me vivid dreams.
 

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It is really bothering me now that I never dream. Regardless of how much or how little sleep I get, it appears I do not dream - OR that I have absolutely no recall of any dreams whatsoever. This has gone on for most of my life. The last time I remember regularly dreaming was back in 2004 when I was trying to give up smoking and was using nicotine patches - wild dreams. Still smoking (8 a day).
So if anyone has any ideas what I can do to get dreaming/dream recall working again I would be very pleased to hear them.
You don’t smoke weed by chance do you? I never dreamed when I smoked weed, but when I quit I started having them again.
 

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You don’t smoke weed by chance do you? I never dreamed when I smoked weed, but when I quit I started having them again.
No I don't. I actually thought the opposite would be true! But thanks for the information.
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I just had a look in the fields very close by to see if I could find some Mugwort, but alas none there. I will have a good look around tomorrow and surely I will find some 🤞
 

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It's fairly common for people to not remember their dreams. It's widely accepted that everyone dreams every night, multiple times, but not everyone remembers them. Having good dream recall is a skill that takes practice, and keeping a dream journal is the most important thing you can do to build that skill.

In the morning when you wake up, just try to lay still and remember something, anything that happened during your sleep. Even if it's just one word at first, write it down, every day (a note app on your phone is a good place to start.) Over time if you do this consistently, your recall should improve. Laying still, and moving slowly when you wake up is also very important to recall, because once you start to get up your brain fires off all kinds of stuff to get you going for the day and erases your dream memory.

If you want to try something that should work for most people to increase dream vividness and give you a higher likelihood of remembering your dreams, buy vitamin b6 tablets. Vitamin b6 is required to convert the amino acid tryptophan into serotonin, which should increase dream vividness and recall. I would suggest taking 100mg along with 1-2oz of cheese(source of tryptophan) maybe 1 hour before bed. You could also purchase a 5HTP supplement and take 100mg of that alongside the b6 instead of eating food, which would most likely produce stronger results.

Cannabis and alcohol use typically reduces people's dream recall. As for mugwort you should be able to find some, but speaking for myself personally I didn't notice any effect from consuming it other than a slight allergy. It can be made into a little "pillow" in a small bag and placed under your pillow to induce prophetic dreams. Pretty sure that's in many European folk traditions as well as some neopagan/wiccan traditions.
 

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It is really bothering me now that I never dream. Regardless of how much or how little sleep I get, it appears I do not dream - OR that I have absolutely no recall of any dreams whatsoever. This has gone on for most of my life. The last time I remember regularly dreaming was back in 2004 when I was trying to give up smoking and was using nicotine patches - wild dreams. Still smoking (8 a day).
So if anyone has any ideas what I can do to get dreaming/dream recall working again I would be very pleased to hear them.
1) You can try Egyptian Lotus, or Blue Lotus tea (2 different active chemicals, buy from a trustworthy site) I don't recommend the extracts for dream purposes as i have not tried them yet so i can't verify their efficieny but they act on the serotonin and dopamine receptors more strongly so I'd stick with just the tea.

2) "African dream root" can help,

3)Definitely stop smoking if you smoke as the first thingin the morning shouldn't be the thought of a cigarette or any drug.

4) Very important is to set the intention right before going to sleep to remember your dreams, when you wake up, try to remember, it may not work for the first few days but keep with it,

From there to get more advanced keep a dream journal as it reinforces in your subconscious that those memories are important to you. you can eventually remember quite a few dreams in one night.

5) Mindfulness and a less stimulated nervous system is what helps a lot and that's why shrooms can be helpful, it rewires your brain to not crave quick dopamine hits, but it is not required - just being active and accomplishing something you feel good about with diligence and patience, without rush does the same thing as well, cold water showers or baths ect.. also are ways to rewire your brain.

I hope these tips help.
 

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4) Very important is to set the intention right before going to sleep to remember your dreams, when you wake up, try to remember, it may not work for the first few days but keep with it,

From there to get more advanced keep a dream journal as it reinforces in your subconscious that those memories are important to you. you can eventually remember quite a few dreams in one night.

I agree with this wholeheartedly. 'Where attention goes, energy flows.'
 

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I recently tried an organic bobinsana tincture and it enhanced my dreams significantly after a week or two.
 
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Just to be clear, it's artemisia vulgaris you want. There are other species of mugwort. Also just to be clear, you can make it into a tea, idk if that's obvious but it's a horrible smoke. The tea does work for vivid dreams and lucid dreaming if you're going for that, I can vouch for both effects.

As far as the marijuana impacts, I have to say, ever since I kept a dream journal for over a year straight, I've always had some degree of dream recall even while smoking daily. It's no joke that your dream recall will go down if you smoke weed often, but dream journals boost recall by just as much. I don't know how much it would help with no memory of a dream to go off of, but I know my experience with keeping the journal + pen in range of reach from bed so I could write without getting out of bed was that as soon as I started writing, more would come to me. Maybe start by writing the emotion you're feeling when you wake up and see if more comes to you from there?

I will say, on some level there seems to be an innate affinity for dream recall or not. My understanding of the science of it is that the brain activity happens the same way in people who recall dreams as don't, which is why I say "dream recall" and not "dreaming". But to the point, I've worked with a lot of people on dreaming and it seems like some people just don't tend to dream vividly even when they practice all the habits that would encourage good dreams. So my advice is if you try a bunch of stuff and it doesn't work out is to see if there's something else you have an affinity for and lean into that. I do wonder if people who lack dream recall have any special affinity for hypnosis and could access a sort of Edgar Caycian space by putting themselves half-under. Just a thought.
 

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Just to be clear, it's artemisia vulgaris you want. There are other species of mugwort. Also just to be clear, you can make it into a tea, idk if that's obvious but it's a horrible smoke. The tea does work for vivid dreams and lucid dreaming if you're going for that, I can vouch for both effects.

As far as the marijuana impacts, I have to say, ever since I kept a dream journal for over a year straight, I've always had some degree of dream recall even while smoking daily. It's no joke that your dream recall will go down if you smoke weed often, but dream journals boost recall by just as much. I don't know how much it would help with no memory of a dream to go off of, but I know my experience with keeping the journal + pen in range of reach from bed so I could write without getting out of bed was that as soon as I started writing, more would come to me. Maybe start by writing the emotion you're feeling when you wake up and see if more comes to you from there?

I will say, on some level there seems to be an innate affinity for dream recall or not. My understanding of the science of it is that the brain activity happens the same way in people who recall dreams as don't, which is why I say "dream recall" and not "dreaming". But to the point, I've worked with a lot of people on dreaming and it seems like some people just don't tend to dream vividly even when they practice all the habits that would encourage good dreams. So my advice is if you try a bunch of stuff and it doesn't work out is to see if there's something else you have an affinity for and lean into that. I do wonder if people who lack dream recall have any special affinity for hypnosis and could access a sort of Edgar Caycian space by putting themselves half-under. Just a thought.
Thank you for your reply, I have saved some pictures on my phone of Artemisia Vulgaris so that I source the correct variant. I am going out again this afternoon to see if I can find some. My intention is to make it into tea. I will indeed try the notebook by the bed and see if that helps with any recall.
It is all so frustrating as I want to do some shadow work and everything says - "dream analysis" and "record your dreams"! I would if I could ever recall them. I want to unblock whatever is causing my issue and I need to get to my subconscious without taking illegal drugs as they are quite hot on that in the UK.
 
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