Why can't I remember nightmares?

Nightmares are not bad dreams. Dreams, bad or otherwise, can be remembered. Nightmares are what happen when the 'dream function' fails. read more

The Unconscious is not a narrative arena - free association is the opposite of narrative - the nightmare contains no story (if it does it is a bad dream), so you are experiencing an intrusion from the Unconscious, not a dream, which is why it cannot be remembered. read more

One of them just now, I still can't remember it. Every time I have the dream I remember a little bit more maybe when I'm 64 ill remember it all. – user20824 Feb 11 '16 at 5:46 I'm having this kind of nightmare since I was 5, now I am 17 years old. read more