Dreams in our life

  Dreams can be entertaining,

disturbing, or downright

bizarre.

We all dream, even if we don't

remember it the next day.

But  why do we dream?

And what do they mean,

anyway?

What Are Dreams?

Dreams are basically stories and images that our mind creates while we sleep. They can be vivid. They can make you feel happy, sad, or scared. And they may seem confusing or perfectly rational.

Dreams can happen at any time during sleep. But you have your most vivid dreams during a phase called REM ( rapid eye movement ) sleep, when  your brain is most active.

Some experts say we dream at least four to six times a night.

A lucid dream is one in which you know you’re dreaming.

Research shows that lucid dreaming comes with a boost of activity in parts of the brain that are usually restful during sleep.

Lucid dreaming is a brain state between REM sleep and being awake.

Some lucid dreamers are able to influence their dream, changing the story, so to speak. This may be a good tactic to take sometimes, especially during a nightmare, but many dream experts say it’s better to let your dreams flow naturally.

Nightmares A nightmare is a bad dream. It’s common in both children and adults. Often, it happens because of:

• Stress, conflict, and fear
• Trauma
• Emotional problems
• Medication or drug use
• Illness

Why Do We Dream?

There are many theories about why we dream, but no one knows for sure.

Some researchers say dreams have no purpose or meaning.

Others say we need dreams for our mental, emotional, and physical health.

Studies have looked into the importance of dreams to our health and well-being. In one study, researchers woke people just as they were going into REM sleep. They found that those who weren’t allowed to dream had:

• More tension
• Anxiety
• Depression
• A hard time concentrating
• Lack of coordination
• Weight gain
• A tendency to hallucinate

Some dreams may help our brains process our thoughts and the events of the day. Others may just be the result of normal brain activity and mean very little, if anything. Researchers are still trying to figure out exactly why we dream.

Many experts say dreams exist to:

• Help solve problems in our lives
• Incorporate memories
• Process emotions
• If you go to bed with a troubling thought, you may wake with a solution or at least feel better about the situation.

Some Famous Ideas That Were Invented in Dreams

• THE SEWING MACHINE

Elias Howe was initially stuck on a design element for his new invention. In a violent dream based on his frustrations, he dreamt that cannibals threatened to kill him if he couldn’t come up with a design. Because he failed to come up with a solution in his dream as well, the cannibals stabbed him with spears that featured a hole in the tip. That hole in a needle tip was all that was missing to make the sewing machine work.

THE PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS

A logical system that presents elements and gave us that cool Breaking Bad television title. But it wasn’t always organized that way. In fact, it wasn’t organized until 1869 when renowned chemist Dmitri Mendeleev published what he saw in a dream. Unlike some other scientists on this list, his dream was pretty simple as he just saw all of the elements fall into place on a table. His original version listed them by atomic weight which was then adapted into the modern periodic table that sorts elements by how many protons in an atom each element has.

SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY

Einstein may have published his theory of relativity when he was in his mid-twenties but the idea for it came much earlier. In fact, it came to him in a dream when he was just a teenager. In it, he dreamt he came upon a farm with a bunch of cows huddled behind an electric fence. When the farmer — who was at the opposite end of the field — turned the fence on, all of the cows jumped back at the same time. However, when he went to talk to the farmer, the farmer said he saw them jump away one-by-one from the fence. This dream led to his realization that events look different depending on where you’re standing due to the amount of the time it takes light to travel.

THE BEATLES ‘YESTERDAY’

https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo505ZyaCbA

The Beatles are one of the most popular bands in history and one of their more famous songs is Paul McCartney’s ‘Yesterday.’ The musical tune for the song came to him in a dream which got stuck in his head when he woke up. He wrote it down on a piano and showed it around because he believed that he couldn’t have possibly written a piece of music in a dream. After he was sure no one else wrote it, The Beatles fleshed it out and it became the song we now know and love.

The creation of Google can be traced back to a dream and the fear of a clerical error. Back in 1996, Larry Page had an irrational fear that he was admitted into college because of an error and believed he would be kicked out of college at any moment. That anxiety fuelled a dream of downloading and storing the Internet on individual PCs. When he woke up, he was curious to see if it was possible so he did the math. Given the amount of data, it wasn’t — but he could save them all as individual links. That gave him the idea of creating a searchable database of links to web pages and that led to the creation of Google.

How Long Do Dreams Last?

• REM sleep lasts only a few minutes early in the night but gets longer as we sleep. Later in the night, it might last more than 30 minutes. So you might spend half an hour in a single dream.

What Do Dreams Mean?

Famous psychologist Sigmund Freud believed that dreams are a window into our subconscious and that they reveal a person's:

• Unconscious desires
• Thoughts
• Motivations

Freud thought dreams were a way for people to satisfy urges and desires that weren’t acceptable to society.

There are different opinions about why we dream, there are different views about what dreams mean.

Some experts say dreams have no connection to our real emotions or thoughts. They’re just strange stories that don't relate to normal life.

Other experts say our dreams may reflect our own thoughts and feelings -- our deepest desires, fears, and concerns, especially dreams that happen over and over. By interpreting our dreams, we may gain insight into our lives and ourselves.

Many people say they’ve come up with their best ideas while dreaming.

Can Dreams Predict the Future?

• Sometimes, dreams come true or tell of a future event. When you have a dream that plays out in real life, experts say it’s most likely due to:
• Coincidence
• Bad memory
• An unconscious linking of known information
• But sometimes, dreams can motivate you to act a certain way, thus changing the future.

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