Way OT: People who never dream in sleep

As someone who's struggled with sleep issues for many years:

1) In general, you should be dreaming.  I usually am aware of dreaming, but don't recall them well.

2) It's entirely possible to have sleep apnea, a mild case of it, anyway, and not realize it.  This was my issue for a long time.  Over time apnea can lead to a host of other issues.

3) other signs like tossing and turning a great deal may be an issue you aren't sleeping as well as you think you should be.

4) if you're concerned, get a sleep study done.

I only remember my dreams 3 or 4 times per month.

I am a Sleep Physician, this is not as uncommon as you may think. Dreams occur in Stage-R (REM) sleep and we generally everyone spends time in stage-r when they sleep. So you are likely dreaming, but just not remembering your sleep. Now if you are not waking up feeling rested, or have issues with sleepiness during the day then it is possible that you have an underlying sleep disorder and need to be evaluated for something like sleep apnea. 
 

There are 4 stages of sleep 1,2,3 (Deep), and stage-R. Deep sleep and Stage R are most closely linked with the formation and storage of memories and learning patterns. Sleep in general is necessary for our body to refresh its internal processes, cleanse toxins, and to dream. The recommended sleep times are 7-9 hours for adults 6 on the low end and 10 on the high end. Too much or too little sleep are associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular and mental health disorders. 

Likely just means you don't have any mirror selfs in the multiverse. I wouldn't worry about it. Until you start dreaming of her:

I am with you. I don’t remember my dreams either, and haven’t for many years. I can’t explain it but my psychiatrist isn’t concerned. As long as you are getting your six hours (eight for me) you’re getting your proper rest. 

I dream multiple times every night. Can’t imagine not dreaming. 

Soooooooo, have you ever had a wet dream?

I see dead people

Everyone dreams. Not everyone remembers them. You've probably undergone some sort of Severance. Best not to ask too many questions!

I remember dreams on occasion, but not often.  when i do, its generally when i've woke up an hour or so before the alarm goes off and I fall back asleep for that short period of time.  many of the dreams i do recall involve driving a car as it goes out of control, either sliding off the road, or over a cliff....  kinda scary AF....

I've never regularly gotten more than 6 hours of sleep a night and that's always been sufficient.  I never knew whether i was sleeping well or not until a year ago when i started wearing a galaxy watch....   now some mornings i wake up feeling great and my watch says i had a low sleep score and didn't sleep well.  other mornings i wake up physically feeling like i didn't sleep well and my watch says otherwise.  i consider the watch's sleep score entertaining, because 50% of the time it doesn't match how i feel.

This is a clear sign of psychopathy.

Seriously though, I feel like I dream frequently but I only truly remember dreams a couple times a year.

I still dream but I no longer have wet dreams.

I thought everyone dreamed - even Penn State fans!

As long as there are boobs, I will have dreams!   

How do you know you're not dreaming right now?

By chance is the first thing you see when you sleep and wake up a scientist looking person in a lab coat?

A view from the other side. I have mild PTSD and suffer from VERY vivid dreams at night. Many a morning I’ve gotten up tired from fighting in my sleep all night. A few times I’ve dropped The Peoples Elbow on my wife in my sleep.

I'm not quite zero-dreamer like that, but I probably only remember tiny snippets about once a week or so.

cog science says you dream if you have normal REM sleep but you can test yourself by going to a sleep lab and having your brainwaves monitored during sound sleep.   one of my fave psych profs at um in the 80s had a class on dream analysis. 

The profs idea that I still agree with was that dreams have functions like problem solving, wish fulfillment, dealing with fears etc.  if you have them but "don't cultivate" them by actively trying to get in touch with them, writing them down, and using them as data then you are missing out on a window to your psyche.  

that said my dreams are usually flaky and weird and I ignore them are don't remember hardly any of the one I was having when I awake.  however I have had many meaningful dreams and a series of about 6 lucid dreams from around 20 to 22 years of age (oddly only during my time at u of m) that were neat and beyond my ken to explain.  My lucid dreams all occured before I took the courses related to dreaming in my psychology major and were why I developed an interest in them.  Freud and Jung are the classical dream theorists at this point and comparing their ideas on dream meanings is a good place to start learning about them.  

I'm a bit jealous. I wish I could turn off the dream channel. I am a very vivid dreamer and I still remember some dreams from my childhood. Sometimes I feel exhausted from the dreams. Most of my dreams have some adventure component, some are in repeat mode, but some have me in peril. Then I am happy to wake up.

If you did an EEG/sleep study, you’d probably see you cycle through the stages regularly you just don’t remember. Either you rarely wake up in the stage of dreaming where it’s accessible to waking memory or you’re taking some pharmaceutical agent like a sedative or recreational sedative (all of which will rob your REM time). But, REM isn’t the only time you dream, just the most active and obvious that we know about. 

It’s called sleep apnea 

You have no soul