<p>Sleeping is a usual, necessary process for memorization and brain rest. It is commonly known that there are two phases of sleeping: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_eye_movement_sleep" rel="nofollow">rapid eye movement sleep</a> (REM) with high brain activity and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-rapid_eye_movement_sleep" rel="nofollow">non-rapid</a> with low activity and usually without dreams. When you get tired and fall asleep, you enter directly into second, non-rapid phase, and your <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_discourse" rel="nofollow">internal discourse</a> stops. Obviously, this brain state doesn't differ faster processes.</p>

<p>During REM sleep there are some images, dreams in your head, combinations of ideas, memories and worries, which aren't useful, since brain erases most of it. But there is one interesting technic, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_dream" rel="nofollow">lucid dream</a>. Using that you can keep consciousness when falling asleep or get it while sleeping. You can control dreams, do whatever you want, even control memories, if you got high skill.</p>

<p>And what about speed of this REM condition? Despite the rapid eye-movements, this condition also doesn't provide high speed of thinking. Sometimes (e.g. during a nap or while awakening) you can have dreams and feel, hear things round you; and you can observe that your dreams and real world go at the same speed. However, when you awoke, thanks to special chemical mechanisms you forget dreams, it seems dim and far - that makes the illusion of fast feelings.</p>

<p>So, the answers are:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>No, it is just another kind of brain work.</p></li>
<li><p>You can learn lucid dreaming. Also you may just try remember dreams every morning, e.g. I keep dreams diary for a few years and now can remember about 5 dreams per night, when I started from 1 dream per month.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>I'd like to add, from mine and friends experience, there is nothing very interesting or useful about remembering or controlling dreams. It is a real trash for mind, although unusual trash.</p>

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AivanF.
<p>Psychology always tell us the brain is meant to relax during rest/sleep/unconsciousness, but why is it that when one sleep and have a dream, the dreams are so fast that you hardly remember 60% of the dream after you wake up.</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Is it that the brain processes faster during sleep?</p></li>
<li><p>How can you remember at-least 60% of your dream, after you are awake, not after several days, month or years?</p></li>
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Question 1 - see: [How long do dreams last?](https://psychology.stackexchange.com/q/8386/7001) and Question 2 - see: [Why do dreams lose clarity quickly over time after we awaken?](https://psychology.stackexchange.com/q/7948/7001)
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Experiments with lucid dreaming have revealed that time experience in dreams is the same as real time. As measured by pre-arranged eye movement signals from within the dream. When dreams are recalled, they may appear condensed
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Why are dream so fast?
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# Why are dream so fast?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-03-11)

Psychology always tell us the brain is meant to relax during rest/sleep/unconsciousness, but why is it that when one sleep and have a dream, the dreams are so fast that you hardly remember 60% of the dream after you wake up.

1. Is it that the brain processes faster during sleep?
2. How can you remember at-least 60% of your dream, after you are awake, not after several days, month or years?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Question 1 - see: [How long do dreams last?](https://psychology.stackexchange.com/q/8386/7001) and Question 2 - see: [Why do dreams lose clarity quickly over time after we awaken?](https://psychology.stackexchange.com/q/7948/7001)  
> **username_2**: Experiments with lucid dreaming have revealed that time experience in dreams is the same as real time. As measured by pre-arranged eye movement signals from within the dream. When dreams are recalled, they may appear condensed  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2016-03-11. Score: 2

Sleeping is a usual, necessary process for memorization and brain rest. It is commonly known that there are two phases of sleeping: [rapid eye movement sleep](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_eye_movement_sleep) (REM) with high brain activity and [non-rapid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-rapid_eye_movement_sleep) with low activity and usually without dreams. When you get tired and fall asleep, you enter directly into second, non-rapid phase, and your [internal discourse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_discourse) stops. Obviously, this brain state doesn't differ faster processes.

During REM sleep there are some images, dreams in your head, combinations of ideas, memories and worries, which aren't useful, since brain erases most of it. But there is one interesting technic, [lucid dream](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_dream). Using that you can keep consciousness when falling asleep or get it while sleeping. You can control dreams, do whatever you want, even control memories, if you got high skill.

And what about speed of this REM condition? Despite the rapid eye-movements, this condition also doesn't provide high speed of thinking. Sometimes (e.g. during a nap or while awakening) you can have dreams and feel, hear things round you; and you can observe that your dreams and real world go at the same speed. However, when you awoke, thanks to special chemical mechanisms you forget dreams, it seems dim and far - that makes the illusion of fast feelings.

So, the answers are:

1. No, it is just another kind of brain work.
2. You can learn lucid dreaming. Also you may just try remember dreams every morning, e.g. I keep dreams diary for a few years and now can remember about 5 dreams per night, when I started from 1 dream per month.

I'd like to add, from mine and friends experience, there is nothing very interesting or useful about remembering or controlling dreams. It is a real trash for mind, although unusual trash.


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