Originally posted by Oneironaut
As far as how common it is: my impression is that good dream recall is relatively uncommon, at least in the western world. If it's not Extremely uncommon, I'd say it is at least a minority.
I never realized that. My ability to recall my dreams is about as good as my
waking memory. I also remember dreams from 20 years back or more.

It's funny you mentioned your eyes, too. I have dreams where my eyesight is
really blurry. Like they're gummed shut. It annoys the crap out of me.