• Question: Does everyone dream? And if so, what can effect the mood of one?

    Asked by OlliDreams18 to David on 17 Nov 2015.
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      David Nunan answered on 17 Nov 2015:

      Hey,

      Great question and one that I don’t think science has been able to definitely answer yet!

      But there are people who say they never dream or can’t remember them. To really be sure that someone does not dream we would have to follow him for years and perform awakenings from REM sleep to see if he dreamed.

      If the individual never reported a dream after years of awakenings from REM sleep then we could reasonably conclude that either the person does not dream or that he lacks the ability to recall dreams or that he is a liar!

      Some people say that if they watch a scary film before bed then this gives them nightmares. There may be certain triggers that cause certain types of dreams (or feelings) to happen.

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