jnk: I would agree with that quote. I find that, since starting therapy, I do recall more of my dreams much like I did prior to the onset of OSA. However, I also find that it is not always that I do recall my dreams. When I do recall them I have to talk about them or write them down quickly or the memory of them will fade within a few hours, thus indicating that the dream is stored in the short-term memory and does not seem to pass into the long-term storage without some form of recall and "recycle" of the dream, such as writing it down or talking it out.jnk wrote:I wonder how many dream-recall specialists these days agree with these words that Goodenough wrote in the late 70's:
"Dream recall failures should occur unless the sleeper awakens within a matter of seconds after the dream experience occurs. If arousal takes place during the life of the short-term trace then the content of the dream experience which immediately preceded the awakening may be retrievable from the short-term store directly. Given this retrieval as an entry into the long-term store, the dreamer may then be able to recall some of the preceding content of that dream experience. If the awakening is delayed until the short-term trace has expired, then retrieval may no longer be possible, or it may be much more difficult."
I do know that I could usually recall dreams for as back as I can remember, except once the OSA started. Towards the end of my pre-diagnoses days I found that I could not recall memories at all, and found that I was terrified of sleeping at all for what was, at the time, some unknown reason.
