That first paragraph makes me sad I can't do the same. I have a HUGE number of mental anomalies, which has given ME many insights about how brains work that other people lack and probably would so for others as well if they could be communicated, and I strongly suspect some are even related to introspection in ways which allow greater access to both themselves and others and normal processes.
Sadly however any data would be noisy to the point of uselessness fr several reasons, including not having any model of what normal human functioning is supposed to be like and the language only supporting comparisons not descriptions and I wouldn't even know what parts where relevant anyway, and the fact that trying to introspective for an extended period of time or to deep tends to make my mind break down entirely and I start sprouting nonsense uncorrelated to reality.
Hello LW,
There has been some interest around here about atypical mental phenomena such as synesthesia, blindsight, absence of mental images, and so on. There have also been sappy posts and requests for help. I'd like to discuss my personal quirks in the hopes that it is interesting and someone can help me.
I suffer from occasional hypnopompic sleep paralysis, which isn't uncommon. The unusual thing is that I remember my dreams every night, in extensive detail, usually several of them. Unfortunately, last night I vividly dreamt through what seemed like days' worth of having a severe hangover, all before I even woke up and had a real one, and it was a terrible experience. I'd like to be able to choose to drift into unconsciousness, as I occasionally do, to have a break from being mentally aware for such lengthy times spanning weeks.
Does anyone else have similar experiences? Has anyone read any scientific research on this subject? How do people not remember their dreams?