Response to Megan Cooney's Question

Megan posed the question, " Why do you think we remember certain dreams, and not others? I for instance, have not remembered a dream for many years."

We know by now that a person can have multiple dreams throughout the period of one night, I believe psychology tells us that their are atleast six dream cycles a night for the average person (correct me if I am wrong). We never remember every dream that we have in that one night, so it makes sense that we do not remember dreams that span over years of our lives. I too have periods of time, months or even years, where I do not remember my dreams. Supposedly we dream most when in the REM cycle, perhaps not remembering your dreams has more to do with how soon after your last REM cycle you awake.

This may not answer Megan's question but it has helped me pose my own which I believe would be interesting to answer...Does the quality of our sleep, in your opinion, increase/decrease our ability to remember our dreams? How else would that affect our dreams?