I love your thinking here. I was only considering dreams people remember. Now I’m wondering what affects a dream can have even if it’s forgotten, kind of like how things that happen to babies can affect them even though they can’t remember them, as MichaelStJules notes in an above comment.
Yes, the effects of forgotten dreams is an interesting matter to be considered. But even if there are no negative long-term consequences associated with forgotten nightmares, the negative subjective experience still has significant disvalue. Bad experiences are bad for their own sake, and not just as a function of how they contribute to later dysfunction.
I love your thinking here. I was only considering dreams people remember. Now I’m wondering what affects a dream can have even if it’s forgotten, kind of like how things that happen to babies can affect them even though they can’t remember them, as MichaelStJules notes in an above comment.
Yes, the effects of forgotten dreams is an interesting matter to be considered. But even if there are no negative long-term consequences associated with forgotten nightmares, the negative subjective experience still has significant disvalue. Bad experiences are bad for their own sake, and not just as a function of how they contribute to later dysfunction.