Why doesn't a person dream? The reasons may be different, let's try to figure them out.

In fact, every person dreams of dreams every night, but not everyone remembers them. Every night you see 4-5 dreams, depending on the length of your sleep.

It works as follows: sleep consists of several, alternating phases:

1. Slow is deep dream... The phase lasts from forty minutes to several hours. If you look at a sleeping person in a slow sleep cycle, you will notice that his breathing is deep, his posture is motionless. There are no dreams at this time
2. The fast phase lasts from twenty to forty minutes, and it is at this time that a person sees dreams. If you look at the sleeping person, you will notice that he moves his arms or legs, breathing becomes intermittent, he changes posture

Whether you remember a dream or not depends on during which phase you were awakened. If it's fast, you can tell what you dreamed about.

Reasons for the absence of dreams

Why don't dreams, and what does this mean from the point of view of psychology? There are several reasons why you do not remember what happened to you during your stay in the kingdom of Morpheus.

The reasons may be as follows:

• You are very tired, you experience chronic fatigue. Then your brain during sleep tries to release from mental or physical stress, you fall into deep sleep. This is necessary in order to unload the consciousness and relax as much as possible. You will wake up in the slow phase
• Dreams can stop dreaming if you fall asleep in an uncomfortable position, your bed is too hard or too soft. In such conditions, it will not be possible to completely relax, so your subconscious mind simply cannot transform the emotions accumulated during the day into colorful sleep patterns
• Dreams almost never occur after taking sleeping pills. Their mechanism of action is to completely shut off the brain. Nerve impulses are blocked, because of which you do not fall into the "fast cycle"
• Dreams do not arise even if you were very nervous, experienced the full range of negative emotions. Severe stress deprives a person of the fast phase of sleep and worsens its quality
• Sometimes the reason for the lack of dreams lies in health problems. Most often these are diseases of the cardiovascular, nervous and respiratory systems.

Important: if a person's REM sleep is turned off, he will not be able to fully rest and recuperate. Through dreams, the brain tries to unload the body and psyche as much as possible from the emotions experienced. Therefore, it is very important to correct the situation, otherwise chronic overwork is inevitable.

How to learn to dream?

If you are concerned about the problem of not having dreams, you can bring them back using simple methods.

What can be done:

• Develop your imagination by being creative. Draw, embroider, sing, dance, do something with your own hands. Creativity "turns on" the part of the brain necessary for the formation of dreams
• Work with positive affirmations after you go to bed. You can repeat the following attitudes: "I see colorful and pleasant dreams", "I remember all my dreams in the morning." Try to formulate your desire and yourself
• Do not overeat at night, avoid alcohol before bed. So you will not only solve the problem of lack of dreams, but also eliminate nightmares, which are also unpleasant.
• Keep a morning diary. As soon as you wake up, pick up a notebook, pen and write three pages of handwritten text. Write whatever comes to mind, even if your thoughts seem crazy to you. This technique develops the imagination and turns on the necessary parts of the brain.
• Practice lucid dreaming. We wrote about how to do this in
• Keep a dream diary. If you managed to remember a dream, describe its plot on paper, share your emotions and impressions of your experience in the kingdom of Morpheus
• Practice meditation and other spiritual practices. They help you learn to relax your mind, concentrate and release unnecessary emotions.
• Make sure you get at least six hours of sleep. Ideally, you need to sleep at least eight hours a night. Then the dream cycles will not break.
• Do quiet sports. Yoga, Pilates, stretching work well. Choose what you like and like

Watch a video on how to make a dream:

How to wake up during the fast phase?

Experts who study dreams carry out experiments. They watch the sleeping person and then wake him up when the fast phase occurs. Then the subject remembers and can tell about what he saw.

You can also do:

1. Experiment, set the alarm for different times. Go to bed at a strictly defined hour, and in the morning track at what time you remember your dream, and at what time not
2. If someone in the household agrees to the experiment, ask him to follow you. As soon as he notices that your sleepy breathing has become intermittent, you move or start mumbling, let him wake you up right away. Then you will remember what you dreamed about
3. If there is a desire, you can track how external factors affect dreams. Here are some examples:
4. The subject had his legs tied at the ankle and dreamed that he was riding a bicycle
5. They changed the air temperature in the room to a cooler one, and a person saw himself in a dream surrounded by snow, ice or floating in cold water on a river

Remember - have you ever dreamed that you fall into an abyss, and then, waking up, you found yourself falling out of bed? These memories most often arise in childhood.

There are people who are sure that they do not dream. But this is not true. Everybody dreams. It's just that some people remember them more often, while others at the level of consciousness do not have any memories of the events experienced in a dream.

What if a dream is not a dream of a loved one?

If a girl is sure that she is not dreaming of a loved one, and she is very worried about this fact, this can be explained by the fact that the subconscious mind of the sleeping person, for some reason, blocks access to information about this person to the level of everyday consciousness. The reason for this should be sought in the psychological intricacies of the relationship between two lovers. Perhaps one of them who is concerned that a loved one does not appear in his dreams is too attached to him in real life... It is known that such dependence always gives rise to a lot of problems. And, if she has reached a critical point, different options for saving the soul are possible: blocking dreams about a beloved, resentment and trouble from him. All these negative situations from the point of view of an ordinary person help to reduce the degree of dependence on a loved one. Together with the ability to forgive, they help build truly harmonious relationships. No wonder they say that every medal has two sides. So in any situation, there are pros and cons.

If a loved one is not dreaming, this does not mean that he has fallen out of love or does not think about his other half. It is quite possible that in the absence of desired dreams, the girl developed the ability, which many do not have, to feel her lover at any distance.

In this world, there is a pattern: if somewhere has departed, it means that somewhere has arrived. This is how the law of equilibrium works. Therefore, if the opportunity to see a loved one in a dream is blocked, this is compensated by the strengthening of some other version of his perception. Therefore, asking yourself the question: why am I not dreaming about my beloved, one should understand that there is no need to worry about this. This does not mean at all that he fell out of love, but suggests that this couple has its own characteristics in the relationship. Explain absence loved one in dreams, there may also be the fact that the desired character, as a rule, dreams when something bad happens to him. These are not necessarily troubles and misfortunes. Deep emotional experiences, nervous exhaustion, deterioration in health, a state of "weakness" can be an alarming signal.

What portends?

Therefore, if a loved one is not dreaming, this often means that, in fact, everything is in perfect order with him, including the psychological and physiological aspects. Not to mention situational. There are no reasons for concern, so I do not dream. This fact should only be gladdened. However, do not forget that some people have such a feature as the immunity of subtle energy signals. That is, despite the strong emotional connection that is present in any couple in love, some do not know how to tune in to the wave of their beloved. In relationships, this is manifested in the fact that reproaches arise, like: they do not understand me, they do not know about my desires. It is known that harmonious relationships differ in that loving people, as they say, understand each other perfectly. That is, they are completely tuned in to their common wave.

If in a couple someone is not able, due to their physiological or mental characteristics, to recognize the mood or desire of a loved one, it is worth considering: is this a real feeling? In the event that there is no doubt about this, you should wait until the period of "grinding" to each other passes.

Usually, after several years, a complete understanding of a loved one comes, and then I start dreaming about his presence. So, if this is not currently the case, you should not attach too much importance to this fact. Everything will certainly work out.

In the section to the question If you don't dream of a dear and beloved deceased person, is it bad? given by the author Enlighten The best answer is If a loved one is not dreaming, then this means that he has neither requests nor claims to you and does not appeal to your conscience. Dead relatives they usually dream of those people whom they are offended or who want to warn about something - for example, about an impending danger.

Answer from chromosomes[newbie]
Yes

Answer from chevron[guru]
My mom is dreaming about some kind of trouble.

Answer from User deleted[guru]
When a person dies, the body no longer matters, a special substance, the soul, remains. They say that if a person does not dream, then the soul is calm. They are not like us here in another world. They are not under our control. Souls can protect, they can disturb. My husband died. He never disturbed me, so everything is fine, neither grandmothers nor grandfathers, none of the relatives and friends dreamed of, so it is necessary, although I go to church sometimes.

Answer from Primula foxburr[guru]
Do not worry! This means that they do not want to bother you at least in a dream (after all, in reality you worry and think about them all the time). Let go of these thoughts, you will feel better, believe me! Live in the present, you have everything ahead! 🙂

Answer from Ўriy Nasledov[guru]
Katyusha, it's back, I deceased person dreams, to a warning, so long as he doesn't call you with him, and you don't follow him. That's all, and if he asks for something, then give it to any person, for example, there is something, or your feet are cold, buy socks, and give it to someone else.

Answer from The navel of the Earth, our - your mother.[guru]
that durku wanted to be interrogated so there are fans to arrange a show

It's always nice to wrap yourself in a warm blanket after a hectic day, snuggle up in your bed and fall asleep sweetly to see a colorful dream that will restore strength and give you a boost of energy the next day. But sometimes it happens that in the morning you realize that you slept all night "like a dead man" and did not see anything in your dream at all. It's a shame, isn't it? Let's see why a person sometimes does not dream.

The essence of sleep

Modern scientists put forward many theories explaining the nature of sleep, but so far none of them can be called truly correct. We can only highlight a few generally accepted facts that characterize sleep:

The slow-wave sleep phase is characterized by a slowdown in the heartbeat, relaxation of all muscles in the body, and even a slight decrease in temperature. Such changes in the body contribute to proper rest and the process of tissue regeneration. However, against the background of the calmness of the whole organism, the brain continues to work: during this phase, the entire amount of information that a person received in a day is processed.

The phase of REM sleep is completely opposite to the slow one: under closed eyelids, eyes are thrown, breathing quickens, body temperature rises by a couple of degrees. This reaction of the body also affects the brain, which, due to the general activity of the body, provokes the appearance of dreams.

Possible reasons for not having dreams

A sleeping person dreams about 4 times a night during REM sleep. The first dreams usually reflect the events that happened on the previous day, while the subsequent dreams become more fantastic and illogical.

A person remembers only those dreams, after which he could accidentally wake up at night (for example, to turn on the other side or stretch a numb limb), or those that he saw already in the morning.

Accordingly, there are several reasons why a person may not remember at all about the dreams he saw at night and think that they did not exist at all:

How to get dreams back

In order to start enjoying colorful action movies, adventures or romantic stories in your dreams again, try to follow a few guidelines:

• Create a bedtime ritual. It should be a list of simple activities that are performed at the same time every day. For example, reading a book - meditating - preparing clothes for tomorrow - brushing your teeth - going to bed.
• Alternate physical and mental work. Any monotonous activity leads to nervous strain and fatigue, so try to diversify your day. For example, if you are working on a computer, leave your desk for 10 minutes every hour to have tea, walk to the bathroom, call a friend, or do some other small thing.
• Try not to abuse alcohol, as this leads not only to loss of dreams, but also to many other negative consequences.

Aliyana, Minsk

Psychologist's comment:

Many people feel offended if they do not dream, because dreams are so similar to films that are interesting to watch and solve ...

Scientists claim that absolutely every person has dreams every day, if, of course, he sleeps. The so-called REM or REM sleep phase, during which a person sees dreams, happens to him about 4-5 times a night, is characterized by increased brain activity. The total duration of the fast phase is 1.5 hours. One of the signs of this phase is the rapid movement of the eyeballs, thanks to which it was discovered by scientists from the University of Chicago in 1953.

Dreams are seen not only by people, but also by animals - for example, dogs. Those of you who keep these pets have seen more than once how a sleeping animal's eyelids twitch and paws twitch during sleep. This is the dreaming phase.

So what to say that dreams do not dream. Everybody dreams; it's another matter whether a person remembers his dreams or not? If a person is healthy physically or mentally, then he always remembers his dreams. As a rule, these are those dreams that are dreamed in the morning, before waking up, that is, the very last of the REM phase series.

In other cases, a person may wake up in the middle of the night - for example, from a nightmare dream, which is difficult for our psyche, and therefore the person wakes up, as they say, "in a cold sweat." Sleep can also be interrupted in the middle of the night if it is caused by an uncomfortable posture, heat or cold in the room where we sleep, or the urge to physiological departures.

However, dreams are not an entertaining fantasy, love drama, action, or thriller movie. Our dreams have a specific function. Which ones? One of them is predictive. Since ancient times, different civilizations had the most serious attitude to dreams and dreams, that is, there was a certain "culture" or "cult" of dreams.

For example, in Ancient egypt, Ancient India, Japan, China, Greece, they were treated very carefully. Priests, monks or rulers tried to get predictions about future events from dreams in order to be able to prepare for them. For this, there were special spiritual practices and rituals associated with spending the night in a temple and “ordering” sleep on a specific topic, so that the information received is the most accurate and truthful.

Today there is also such a thing as “ prophetic dream". However, in this moment such a phenomenon is very rare. Only in the case of a serious threat to the life, health and well-being of a person can he have a dream that warns him of danger (this can be a dark or nightmare dream).

In addition to predictive, our dreams have another function - the continuation of emotionally significant processes of daytime life, their development and harmonious resolution for a person.

Why, if a dream is so important to a person, does he forget it? There are two explanations for this:

1) In our society, there is no culture of dreams, the attitude towards it as something important.

2) The presence of "resistance", when information from a dream is simply erased from memory, is forgotten.

The fact that we do not remember at all or only partially remember our dreams is a flaw in both our personal and social culture. We are not accustomed to perceiving sleep as an informational function of our subconscious, which truthfully describes the state of our life and the events taking place in it. And since sleep honestly registers everything that happens, a person's protective mechanism of forgetting turns on.

This mechanism was discovered within the framework of psychoanalytic theory by Z. Freud and manifests itself in the fact that a person “does not remember” his dream in order to avoid facing some problem in his life, which is insoluble, unpleasant, forbidden for him.

The model of personality created by Freud appears as a combination of three elements that are in a certain subordination with each other: the Unconscious (It) - the deep layer of the psyche, "self", the basis of the active individual, his instincts; Consciousness (I) - memory, thinking, logic, mediator between inner peace human and external reality; Super-Consciousness (Super-I) - conscience, society's attitudes (morality, censorship), which arises as a mediator between the unconscious and consciousness due to the insolubility of the conflict between them.

Thus, the power of these complexes and limitations of the Super-I turns out to be stronger than the will of our Conscious Self.

How can you help yourself in this case?

1. You need to create an intention to remember your dreams, to penetrate into your subconscious in order to study yourself. This can be facilitated by the understanding that such penetration is absolutely safe and useful, you are helping yourself.
2. It is imperative to keep a pen and notebook near the sleeping place in order to record the dream immediately after waking up.
3. Seek the help of psychological science to eliminate "complexes", internal blocks and trauma, harmonize the psyche.

Psychologist Natalia Nilova

When a spouse leaves life, a widowed woman often wants to see him at least in a dream. But this is far from always possible, sometimes the dead do not dream alive, no matter how much the latter would like to.

Let's try to find the answer to the question: what is the reason?

The late spouse does not dream of his wife

There are many reasons why deceased relatives do not come in their dreams. The search for an answer to this question can be approached with skepticism, neglecting the opportunity to get in touch with the dead.

You can make a psychological analysis of the situation without thinking about subtle matters. And you can consider this issue from the point of view of religion in order to understand: whether the deceased wants to come into contact with you, whether his soul is nearby at the present time and whether you yourself are ready to talk with her.

Attention! If we are guided by the information that we know about the afterlife, then finding themselves in another dimension, people lose their material body, but do not change emotionally.

The reasons for the absence of the deceased husband in dreams may be as follows:

1. He does not want to aggravate the suffering of his beloved wife, giving her time to come to terms with the loss.
2. The deceased is offended or offended.

When the deceased does not visit his wife in a dream in the first weeks after his resettlement in afterworld Is normal.

He gives his beloved the opportunity to come to terms with his departure, realizing that his visits in dreams will only increase her torment. Loving husband does not want his wife to suffer from his departure for the rest of her life.

Important! If the deceased spouse is not dreaming of you, and you are very worried about this and tormented by melancholy, go to church and light a candle for the repose of his soul.

Try to calm down and not worry about the deceased relative. The death of a loved one is not easy to survive, it takes time.

The deceased may not dream of his wife, not only for good intentions, but also because he harbored a grudge:

• A major quarrel before the death of her husband is seen as one of the possible reasons that he deprives his beloved of his visits in dreams, without forgiving her even in the other world.
• There is a theory that in afterlife people also have the ability to experience positive and negative emotions.

Attention! Under the guise of loved ones, dark entities can come to our dreams, their appearance is always accompanied by negative experiences.

In the video, the priest tells why deceased relatives come in their dreams:

Why does the deceased spouse visit in a dream?

The opposite situation is also possible, when the deceased husband dreams almost every day. This mostly happens with a sudden departure from life. In dreams, the deceased husband may try to tell you what he did not manage to communicate before the end of his life.

The deceased spouse can often dream in the event that if angry with you, in such a situation you need to ask him for forgiveness. Say that you are sorry that you have offended him.

Important! In the process of interpreting dreams in which deceased relatives are present, it is necessary to be guided by the details, only in this case can a reliable interpretation be given.

To understand what a dream with a deceased husband portends, read the dream books:

• Perhaps the deceased wants you to warn or warn you about something.
• Try to remember everything he says, but you should not follow him, even if the deceased insists.