[iffylivy]

is it possible that people just don't dream, and does it have anything to do with a persons leg always shaking and twitching in their sleep.

[optimize990h]

I always felt that a person needs REM(rapid eye movement) during their nightly sleep cycle. Dreams, researchers feel, occur during the REM period of deep sleep. So if a person gets REM sleep periods, they dream-they might not remember the dreams, though.

Unless a person is suffering from some type of sleep deprivation, REM sleep occurs with most people. If one does not have REM sleep, then they are likely sleep deprived or has a sleep disturbance.

There is more than one reason for a person to move their during sleep. I am not a sleep specialist, but the restlessness leg syndrome is a neurological disorder. It is not always associated with sleeping disorders, since there is a range from mild to severe restless leg syndrome.

From most literature I have read, most people who don't dream are actually having an inability to recall the dreams. I have not seen enough information that explains why people don't dream.

It will be interesting what others have to add to this subject.

[yellowted]

i think it depends on what your brain is trying to process whilst you are asleep, as to whether you remember it or not, after all dreams are how your brain processes information it has recieved during the day, if you had a very boring day with nothing much happening then your brain may not have much to process or dream about.

[-jimi-]

Most people don't remember dreams because if you don't wake after the dream it will be actively deleted. Like scrapped by the brain. But also because of that fact, some people claim all people dream but a few actually don't. You can live without dream sleep.

My friend dreams, but very, very rarely. Doesn't matter when you wake her, she never wakes from a dream. I'm sure a sleep study would confirm this. Although she also has some funky brain waves while awake, confirmed by an EEG. So maybe that is connected.

She also has a bit of restless legs and the falling asleep myoclonus/kick of a leg or similar. It even happens when she is sleepy and not even in bed. Don't know if it is related to lack of dreams.

I don't dream as much as I used to and it feels good! Every time you woke me even if it was right after I fell asleep, I always woke from a dream. I felt like I was awake all the time for a few years with no rest.

Sleep is a weird thing.

[iffylivy]

its knd of interesting, his body twitches in his sleep, but he says he doesnt dream or maybe just doesnt remember. But when hes awake his leg also twitches, i thought it would be interesting to figure out why these things happen. On the point where it could be lack of sleep, could be possible since he works alot and works out he could be restless. but he says its happened for a long time.

[-jimi-]

Lack of sleep usually provokes more dream sleep, not less. If he is willing to experiment, calculate from standard sleep patterns when he should be in REM sleep and set an alarm to that time and see if he wakes from deep sleep (very groggy, almost disoriented), or woken easily with a memory of a dream or at least having been dreaming.

[iffylivy]

hmmm interesting ,ill try that.