A lot of their dreams sound like post-apocalyptic movies. They’ve kept a journal since they were a kid, and they try to record their dreams as often as they can. For as long as they can remember, they’ve had an extremely rich dream world. This sort of detailed, sensory recall is common for Rose. I can feel the sweat on my back, even though it’s very cold in the dream.” “There was sort of like a hazy mirage around the horizon, everywhere I looked. “The salt was really white, and the sky was really blue,” they said. (Image courtesy of Ben Lafferty)Īs they’re talking, Rose gets a far-off look in their eyes, like they’re summoning the experience. Shady Rose has had an extremely rich dream world for as long as they can remember. “I woke up in a hole in this salt flat desert, with this man looking for me, trying to take me back to the town or the city where I was wanted for something, ” they said. The dream started in media res, Rose recounted. On a recent Sunday morning, Rose had just woken up and a dream from the previous night was still fresh on their mind. Shady Rose, an artist in Washington, D.C., falls in the camp of people who remember their dreams.
Is that true? And what separates someone who always remembers dreams from someone who never does?
Some work hard to cultivate this skill because they believe dreams are useful for waking life. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts.Ī lot of us experience a memory lapse every day - when we first wake up and our dreams slip away from us.īut there are people who remember their dreams often, and in striking detail. This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast.
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