Once you do begin to remember dreams with more clarity, you may become somewhat intrigued, and have a desire to record some of the particularly interesting scenes you encounter. This was the case for me, and I realized that writing or typing the sequence of events leads to a drastic increase of very specific details and involved plot lines that I can recall. I have at times been able to remember three or four complete sequences in a night, and to write everything down would require a serious effort, so I choose only the most intriguing parts to record. Further Aside from admiring the intricacy and novelty exhibited in my dreams, I have found that they sometimes teach me about myself. The themes almost invariably include many of the issues which weigh on my waking mind, mixed in odd combinations with past experience and elements that have no discernable origin.
Emotional response seems to be heightened in dreams, and concepts more clearly defined.
Of course, dreams can also be unpleasant. Although I have had many frightening or otherwise disturbing dreams, I have had only two instances which I consider true nightmares. In these cases the negative effects remained long after waking. Even knowing very well that they were dreams, I could not overcome them easily. One of these, which occured when I was much younger, involved a bizarre systematic murdering of people close to me.