what if you don't dream at all?

[abstract]

yup it was totally the ba ha that got me.

 

[RyanX]

hey all, i must say there are some pretty interesting dream stories here. mine is quite the opposite. i barely dream at all. i know dreams can often be some sort of indicator for something, so does it indicate anything if you have no memorable dreams whatsoever? i go to sleep and all is just a blank, i wake up and all is just a blank. i drag myself to the computer and literally pick up where i left off the previous night, i smoke a few cigarettes and begin some sort of routine activities, go through my day, i hardly ever look at the clock anymore. the point is, what do you all suppose would be the implication behind a complete lack of dreams? i realize that we MUST dream while sleeping, it is a natural function. but like i said i remember nothing when i wake up.

I've been through times in my life when dreaming seemed like a challenge. I usually feel a bit better if I can pick out a few dreams during the night, although I'm not sure why.

One suggestion would be to keep a dream journal. You want to try to write down whatever you remember upon waking. Even if you can't remember any dreams, try this: Upon waking, lay still in bed for the first few minutes. Sometimes the dream impressions will come to you slowly. Don't let your mind jump into your daily routine until you spend a few minutes in silence trying to observe your thoughts, feelings and other body sensations. Sometimes the feelings and sensations you have upon waking will be an associative clue as to what you were just dreaming about. These might lead to a few more details and recall. Even if you can only remember vague feelings upon waking, write them down in a journal - whatever they are. Eventually you will remember more and more from the previous night. Dream journals really focus your intention of wanting to remember your dreams.

Otherwise, I tend to dream better in a well ventilated space free from large electronic devices. I've heard of some people who claim that pointing their bed so that the head is in the direction of magnetic north might help too, although I'm skeptical as to the validity of this. So as an experiment you could try re-arranging your bedroom if it isn't too much of a hassle. Either way, you want to be sleeping in a space where you feel completely relaxed and comfortable with yourself.

Also, do look into taking Melatonin too like others have suggested.

 

[Third_Density_Resident]

Hi abstract

i got to a point where i got that tingling feeling behind the nose really intense, but i didn't really achieve the emotional cleansing effect to any degree...to be truthful, by the time i got to feeling that tingling it wasn't that the sensation was intense, but it was mentally intense as well...that's when i had to stop because i got kind of freaked out and said "woah, hold on, this is too much".

If it was the Ba-Ha portion (and it can be intense), try doing it laying down as this seems to reduce the intensity of it, at least until you are comfortable enough with it to try it upright again :)

I tried doing the bioenergetic breathing lying down once and found it nearly impossible. I couldn't sustain the constant pushing out of my abdomen, against gravity, for any length of time (say more than 20 breaths). Sitting upright I find a lot easier because my stomach is not fighting against gravity. Does this make me extremely unfit? I don't think so. I'm not overweight and I do a fair bit of hiking. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, at least when I was lying down?

 

[RedFox]

Hi abstract

i got to a point where i got that tingling feeling behind the nose really intense, but i didn't really achieve the emotional cleansing effect to any degree...to be truthful, by the time i got to feeling that tingling it wasn't that the sensation was intense, but it was mentally intense as well...that's when i had to stop because i got kind of freaked out and said "woah, hold on, this is too much".

If it was the Ba-Ha portion (and it can be intense), try doing it laying down as this seems to reduce the intensity of it, at least until you are comfortable enough with it to try it upright again :)

I tried doing the bioenergetic breathing lying down once and found it nearly impossible. I couldn't sustain the constant pushing out of my abdomen, against gravity, for any length of time (say more than 20 breaths). Sitting upright I find a lot easier because my stomach is not fighting against gravity. Does this make me extremely unfit? I don't think so. I'm not overweight and I do a fair bit of hiking. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, at least when I was lying down?

I'm not sure. For me I practiced Laura's suggestion of using a book on the abdomen whilst laying down for practicing deep belly breathing. Doing the Ba-Ha laid down to me is like doing fast belly breathing and seems relatively easy by comparison to sitting....but perhaps that's just me??
I find I get a more powerful result (but use to find it harder to keep breathing with my belly) whilst sitting on a chair.
One thing of note, sitting or laying focusing on my belly as the centre of my breathing (just like when practicing deep belly breathing with a book) makes the breathing effortless. If I am not focused on my belly (my nose instead perhaps?) breathing becomes restricted/hard work.

 

[Oxajil]

hey all, i must say there are some pretty interesting dream stories here. mine is quite the opposite. i barely dream at all. i know dreams can often be some sort of indicator for something, so does it indicate anything if you have no memorable dreams whatsoever? i go to sleep and all is just a blank, i wake up and all is just a blank. i drag myself to the computer and literally pick up where i left off the previous night, i smoke a few cigarettes and begin some sort of routine activities, go through my day, i hardly ever look at the clock anymore. the point is, what do you all suppose would be the implication behind a complete lack of dreams? i realize that we MUST dream while sleeping, it is a natural function. but like i said i remember nothing when i wake up.

That reminds me of this:

If you’re not dreaming at night, you’re probably deficient in vitamin B6. So make sure there’s enough B6 (50–100 mg.) in your multivitamin.

From this thread (reading that thread might help you as well).

My little brother doesn't dream most of the time either, as he says. Only a few times has he had dreams.
It's interesting that one time, he came up to me and he said that he dreamt that night and also that it was maybe because of the fact that before he went to sleep, he told himself that he'd like to dream. fwiw.