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I don't dream. No, really.

posted by InnocentBystander on Dreams

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!

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!

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[–] InnocentBystander [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

wonder if scientists have ..

Unfortunately science has been and still is lacking due to barbaric restrictions.
But that is changing.

I almost wonder if all-the-time smokers are basically in a perpetual state of wakeful REM.

Interesting question. My body/mind must be compensating somehow.

[–] Sarcastaway 1 points (+1|-0)

Its just interesting because I look back at those stoned years of my life and remember them the same way I might remember a vivid dream. All the info is there, but there's just something surreal about the way I process the memory.

[–] InnocentBystander [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

When memories are recorded by a stoned brain, they take an imprint from the high. That's why clear memories of intoxicated states still seem blurred and/or surreal.
At least, that has been my experience.

I think that is one explanation for flashbacks, also. If a person relaxes and lets their mind wander into the state of that roasted memory, it can induce a pseudo-high.