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Interesting. I don't dream and music has no emotional response for me. I wonder if they are related?

How do you know you don't dream? Maybe you do but don't remember your dreams.

What's the difference between not dreaming and not remembering your dreams? I'm nearly 50 and I have absolutely no recollection of ever dreaming. Not once have I woken up and remembered anything happening between falling asleep and waking up. So, to the best of my knowledge I have never dreamed.

It appears you have musical anhedonia: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/03/please-do...

Not sure how it relates to you not being able to have or remember dreams but it’s a very intersting coincidence nonetheless

Yes, I do have musical anhedonia.

I think you may have something that I don't have, as I believe in more or less a zero sum game in terms of mental functions: e.g. a blind person develops other senses better such as hearing or spatial orientation etc. I'm on the opposite side of the spectrum, more like a music hedonist, though lately I started to enjoy silence just as much. Do you feel that you have some sense more developed than the norm?

Not that I've ever noticed. In fact my senses of smell and hearing are pretty bad. Though I think that has more to do with getting older.

Kind of a philosophical question, but not really.

The connection between dreaming and REM, a physical and measurable action of the eyes, is firmly established.

Most dreams are forgotten, for most people. If someone takes Ambien and has no recollection of their actions, those actions still happened.

I would say that whether or not you dream relates to whether or not you REM, and you most likely do.

That's an interesting case. Can you feel fear, anger or excitement when awake? Dreaming and emotions are "done" by a very specific part of us that connects, in some sense, mind with body.

Yes, I can feel fear, anger, excitement and all other emotions when awake.

Then I'd rather believe that you don't keep memories from dreaming because emotions and dreaming are "done" by the same part of our bodies.

Have you ever tried taking Melatonin?

In my experience it causes crazy dreams, if you'd like to experience some and haven't tried it maybe give it a shot

I have taken Melatonin a few times. It hasn't had any affect on dreaming (or lack thereof).

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