never had a bad dream

[kizzyboy328]

not sure if i should be asking why? but is it weird to not have bad dreams.

i cant remember having any type of bad dream.

Also is it normal to hardly dream at all.... It seems like every night i dotn dream maybe 1 time a week, sometimes less.

[gangta]

you always dream and chances are you have had bad ones....you just dont remember them. most dreams we remember are ones we have before we awake.

[Novice]

I agree with Gangta, everyone dreams but not everyone remembers them. And those dreams you do remember are typically the ones you had right before waking up. I had gone years without remembering any dreams and then decided that I wanted to start remembering. The simple mental act of making an effort to remember my dreams began my dream memories upon waking. The additional effort of taking the time to write them in a dream journal each morning actually increased my dream recall drastically. This was about 5 or 6 years ago that I started this. I now remember an average of about 4-5 dreams a night.

And I've gotten to the point that, if I'm having an 'important' dream in the middle of the night, I consciously wake up immediately afterwards so I don't forget it before morning. At first, I would grab my journal and furiously scribble what I remembered in to it at the time (often times around 1-2 am). But after awhile, I got to the point where the sheer act of me waking up in bed afterwards and mentally running through all of the details was enough for me to retain it upon waking. I now will go back to sleep and when I actually wake up in the morning, I'm able to remember the dream and then write it down. All of this has taken practice and effort though.

[cainam_nazier]

I don't know.  I believe that it is possible for some to not have any bad dreams.  Or to not dream at all for a time.  Now naturally I think that it is maybe abnormal not to have dreams but I think that it is okay to not have bad dreams. 

I would have to ask about your outlook on dreams.  Also your level of awareness while dreaming.

For me I noticed that the number of dreams that I would considered "bad" dropped the more my level of awareness went up.  It seemed that the more I realized when I was dreaming the less any dream bothered me because I knew it was a dream.  It is actually pretty rare now if I have a "bad" dream.  My definition of a bad dream would be like an uncontrolled nightmare.  But like I said if there is any awareness that I am dream the fear drops away and tends to get replaced with frustration until I am able to change things.