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Why do we vividly remember our dreams ~5 minutes after waking up then promptly forget every detail? (lemmy.world)

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It’s weird how I’ll see a dream and really ponder over it right after waking only for it to be completely out of my memory shortly after.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago

In my case, it is more like 5-20 seconds, not 5 minutes. Do you really remember dreams that long? They raid very rapidly, and I usually remember only those parts that I have repeated myself (thought about) right after waking up.

Interestingly, sometimes I revisit fictional places/topics in the dream, which otherwise I forgot. And upon waking up I am like, “yes, I dreamed about it before”, but I would not remember about it otherwise.