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Is it healthier to remember dreams than to not remember them?

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Great question!: Remembering dreams is neither healthy nor unhealthy, but usually relates to the time when woken up while actively dreaming. Some dreams are not so "fun" to remember, and others can be fabulous in many ways, but either is normal, and forgetting them is the most common occurrence. Either way, don't give this another thought and don't worry if you remember or forget them! sweet dreams!

Answered 11/19/2012

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No: Most of the time people don't remember most of their dreams, even though they generally have several dreams nightly.

Answered 10/3/2016

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Dr. Jeffrey Satinover answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

A resource: "healthy" versus "unhealthy"? No. But dreams can be a great resource for creativity and greater integration of one's personality. They can have an immediate problem solving benefit during times of transition. The great chemist kekule spent years searching in vain for the structure of benzene (a foundational molecule for life). The answer--a ring--came to him in a dream: a serpent biting its tail.

Answered 5/14/2016

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