What affects dreams (for you)

[Remus]

Last night when I had really weird dreams I was wondering......What can affect dreams? Does staying up later than normal (I stayed up 'til 2:00) affects dreams? I still got enough sleep, though. Can what you watch right before you go to sleep affect dreams? (I was watching X-files, Heh..xD) And...Lastly.....Can what you eat affect your dreams? Does caffine affect dreaming (Other than keeping you awake) at all?

[Umbrasquall]

Yes, yes, and yes. Amount of sleep can affect dream duration, recall, and lucidity. Usually when a person starves themselves of sleep dream recall will go down, so will overall dreaming ability. Movies and other visual/audio perceptions affect what you dream a great deal. This is how dream therapy works. Similarly, watching something like the X-files right before you go to sleep is a fresh imprint on your mind that the subconcious can draw on when you are asleep. Dreams are just a remixed experience of your day, albeit many times distorted. Eating definitely affects dreaming. Nutrients affect proteins/hormones that control you mind, directly affecting dreams. Test out different things for different results. (And I don't know about caffenine. It doesn't affect me for some reason.)

[Remus]

Ok.....xD...I was just wondering...Thanks!