Do book readers dream more than those that don't read?

[Giesela]

I've read tons and tons most of my life, 55 and have never dreamed much. Just a data point.

[exSifting]

I have read that while most people have a common circadian rhythm that they go through, in which it takes about 90 minutes to attain REM sleep, there are a substantially small percentage of people who enter REM within 8 to 16 minutes of sleep. People with sleep paralysis issues are more likely to remember their dreams as well. I'm also willing to bet these people are more susceptible to lucid dreaming. I go through bouts of reading nonstop to gaming nonstop to reading manga nonstop to writing a whole lot, but throughout the cycle I feel that the moment I lose consciousness I am in an entirely different yet realistic virtual reality and sometimes I realize it is a dream before I'm already there. I think people who dream a lot are more likely to enjoy reading.

I have a brother-in-law who does not enjoy reading at all, he says when he reads he only sees words and is not visualizing what is happening making his mind wander. He also claims to have been tested at around 136 IQ wise, and scored high on reading comprehension. He is a logical being, and he even has emotional issues, and his imagination is existent-if only for devious means-yet he says he rarely remembers his dreams and when he does recall them they are of ordinary situations, of the somewhat ridiculous nature most idle dreams contain.

When I dream, I walk in post-apocalyptic landscapes, and there are forces that are beyond my control, and forces that are within my control. It is very convincing, and very entertaining to manipulate. I wish there was a way to record our dreams...(though many would need editing >_< )

[LauraC]

I read a lot, belong to a book discussion group, too.

So what influenced my dream of Ted Koppell (haven't seen him on TV in decades), father (only in this dream) of out-of-it Joaquin Phoenix (he is in a TV ad plugging a current movie), mistreating his family cat (I have no pets) and me and my dream husband (I'm not currently married) refusing to ride home from a hoity-toity party with him and his wife and Joaquin because Koppell drank too much (I don't drink at all). So I made up a story that my baby was sick (I don't have any kids), left the party early and had a cab take me to a car rental agency, went back to Koppell's house in the rental car, dismantled (wouldn't know where to begin in real life) the alarm system in the dark at his mansion (?), rescued the mistreated cat and then I don't know what happened, I woke up. That was last night.

Poor Ted Koppell. How the heck did he get in my dream? I know zero about him in real life, never watched Nightline and why did my brain make him the father of Joaquin Phoenix, of all people, and a cat mistreater?

I watched Law & Order: SVU on USA before I went to sleep. SVU story no relation to dream. My last book read was about Teddy Roosevelt.