I can dream, but due to the frequency of weed consumption, I almost never achieve rem sleep.
I only learned this recently. I always assumed that I still dreamed, but just didn't remember them.
Recently though I learned that is not the case, and that some researchers may be looking for people like me to study.
Science doesn't really know what happens when a person goes a long period without rem. It is thought to be very important.
But recently it has been found that people (like me) who habitually smoke marijuana, don't always get rem sleep.
Most people are not high every day though, so while it may be binge-rem, that's still enough.
So they've been trying to find enough people that have been consistently stoned for extended periods, to do research.
I've had less than a dozen dreams in about 30 years, so I'm a rare find.
And they said I would never amount to anything in life..
Who's laughing now? I'm advancing science!
Drug abuse FTW!
How's your short and long term memory?
My issue is I couldn't get into the phase of sleep after dreaming as I'd wake up from nightmares every night. My memory went to shit and a general foggyness took my mind. Had an MRI and my brain looks 20 yrs older than it should. My vice was alcohol though. Cutting that back heaps helped a little but combo'd with additional lifting routines, 8g of fish oil a day, meditation, and more social interaction it's finally coming good. I had my first normal dream in a long while the other week, I woke up in the morning excited and elated. Assuming my progress continues I may finally have escaped my little hell. 5 years to get here though.
Don't mess with your sleep hey.