Dreaming more common when sleeping extremely late?

**Mitchellmonster** · 11-01-2011 06:00 PM

Now i know i am noobie here but anyone experienced this too?

In my summer vacation i was for a week sleeping at my grandma's house with only my brothers.

We always slept very very late! Like around 3-5 AM. But what i really noticed was that i could remember everyday my dream and was having a bigger number of dreams if i sleep on time.
I sometimes woke up after a dream and then went immediately back too sleeping for another dream.

I told this later to a friend of mine and he said he had the same experience!
So sleeping extremely late triggers more dreams?Anyone experience the same or have an explanation for it?

Thanks!

**Twinklefairytut** · 11-01-2011 06:07 PM

I have the same experiences and it is norml for me to go to sleep around four a.m. Three o-clock is usually early bedtime for me, however I have been gong to sleep a little earlier lately. I can not compare a difference because I was drunk the first night and have been a little ill the last few nights so it messed up my sleep and recall but I find that with wleeping in until about 11 I usually wake up during or immediately after a dream and I attempt to go back to sleep in it. Because of this I tend to remember that last dream very well and they are usually the fun ones for me I think. I am not sure if it is that you are going to bed late though, I am new as well.

**Puffin** · 11-01-2011 06:08 PM

Welcome to DV, MitchellMonster.

Dreams tend to be more vivid in the morning, because our REM cycles become longer as we sleep more - and this is the period of sleep when dreams form. It's not so much when you go to bed as how long you sleep for.

**Arch** · 11-01-2011 07:37 PM

Welcome,
Yeah we dream more towards the end of the night, for a proper lucid attempt with DILD/MILD I make sure I can sleep for at least 8 hours, maybe 10 at times which really does increase the chances.

I hope you enjoy your stay!