The effect of sex on dreams

**Shamanite** · 11-07-2012 07:06 PM

Hi I recently became "sexually active" and this has caused me to have no dreams that I can recall whatsoever at night. I was trying to achieve lucidity and I was starting to remember 3 dreams a night, and at one point was lucid at the end of the dream. Then once i started "seeing" this girl I can not recall one dream the entire night. I was wondering if anyone had any similar experiences or explain why I'm not having any dreams. Any thoughts or concerns on the subject really.

**Carrot** · 11-08-2012 01:44 PM

Are you trying to say you have sex with the girl in your dreams?

From my knowledge, an increase in sex drive doesn't reduce one's ability to remember their dreams. You are still dreaming so you don't have to worry about no dreams, you just can't recall them. I wonder is it because of the excitement you get from seeing that girl in your dreams.

**Shamanite** · 11-08-2012 05:45 PM

No im saying i have sex in real life, and for some reason after that I don't have any dreams

**dms111** · 11-08-2012 06:37 PM

You are having dreams, just not remembering them. I think your mind is occupied by new real life experiences and less occupied by dreaming. Once the excitement of the new experiences begin to wear off I'm sure you'll be able to get back into a routine of remembering your dreams.

**Carrot** · 11-08-2012 09:08 PM

Originally Posted by Shamanite

No im saying i have sex in real life, and for some reason after that I don't have any dreams

I interpreted your sentence wrongly, I thought you stopped recalling dreams the moment you saw a specific girl in your dream.

dms111 explanation makes sense to me, it could be the excitement you're getting in real life which is affecting your concentration for dream recall. Have you tried any methods to improve dream recall, like staying still the moment you wake up for 5 minutes and try to recall your last dream?

**Shamanite** · 11-08-2012 10:15 PM

Originally Posted by dms111

You are having dreams, just not remembering them. I think your mind is occupied by new real life experiences and less occupied by dreaming. Once the excitement of the new experiences begin to wear off I'm sure you'll be able to get back into a routine of remembering your dreams.

I see, that does make a lot of sense. thanks for your insight

**AURON** · 11-08-2012 10:21 PM

*shrugs* Sex really hasn't had any effect on me other than increased chances of SP afterwords. But it's been a long time....so who knows. I wasn't into dreaming back then, (yup, it's been a while) but I did notice the inability to sleep and increased SP...mainly while I was still in bed with them.

**Bobblehat** · 11-09-2012 10:22 AM

I formed certain associations with certain types of music when I was a child and I find it hard to change them.

**h1nchm4n** · 11-10-2012 04:22 AM

If you're talking about having sex and then going to bed right afterwards, sex releases some chemicals in your brain that make you insanely tired. See this.

I think it would help you WILD much faster. But if you're talking about sex in general, then I'd have to agree with dms111.

You are having dreams, just not remembering them. I think your mind is occupied by new real life experiences and less occupied by dreaming. Once the excitement of the new experiences begin to wear off I'm sure you'll be able to get back into a routine of remembering your dreams.

I've had the same thing happen, but it was with joining my fraternity. There were a lot of new things I had to become accustomed to. My LD count went down drastically for a few weeks.

Good luck! And keep dreaming

**meistersomnius** · 11-10-2012 04:33 AM

Sex in Dreams is very different. I don't care what I fuck I just do it.

**howtoluciddream** · 11-11-2012 07:17 PM

Take it easy, stay persistant and you'll be able to start remembering your dreams.

Any big life changing situations may lead to this, so don't worry.