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Originally Posted by (JD)
Everyone dreams, yes.
Not everyone recalls them.
The brain uses dream time to replenish and revitalize memories, and to take some short term memories and put them into the long term memory files.
Depends upon whether someone is getting restorative sleep, and also when they are waking, as to whether they are dreaming much, and able to recall them.
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i know this is very old. But, we will actually never know if everyone dreams. What we do know is if someone experiences REM sleep. Even animals experience it, but that doesn't mean everyone and everything dreams. There is a very good chance some people do not dream at all. I recall pretty much all of the dreams I've had, not in entirety, but I remember enough of the key elements to be able to tell people about them, weeks, months and even years later. I have a couple dreams I've had since I was little. Anyway, I've noticed I usually feel much less rested when I wake up after not dreaming compared to when I do dream, even when I have nightmares.