Here are some interesting dream facts which you wouldn’t
know. These dream facts are taken from the science researches.
1. Some dreams are meaningful as they give us insight
into ourselves. Dreams help us connect to our unconscious mind and make sense
of our wishes and fears. Dreams help us
make sense of our past, present and future by getting us in tune with
our emotions.
2. Even though we
can dream at any time of our sleep, we are most likely to dream during REM
sleep.
3. Our brains create dreams through random electrical
activity. About every 90 minutes, the brain stem sends electrical impulses and
the analytic portion of the brain tries to make sense of these signals.
4. We can sometimes control our dream through what is
called ‘lucid dreaming.’ Some people can train themselves to do this such as
keeping a journal of their dreams and mind training.
5. Some researchers believe that lucid dream helps us
cope with grief and developing creativity.
6. Despite how attractive it might be to learn to lucid
dream, lucid dream can cause sleep paralysis. Sleep paralysis is when you are
awake, but your body is still not able to move. Sleep paralysis is sometimes
developed from trying to lucid dream because we are playing on the edge between
wakefulness and dreaming.
7. Lucid dreaming is not the same as out of body
experience (OBE). In lucid dreaming, one is dreaming and is aware that one is
in a dream. But in OBE, the person may not necessarily be dreaming.
Furthermore, OBE is when you are outside your body and you can see your body
lying somewhere (lucid dreaming isn’t about being outside your body).
8. As mention earlier, most of our dreams occur during
deep sleep. This is often during the REM stage of sleep, where our brain most
resemble wakefulness.
9. During our dreams, information from the day are being
transferred from short to long term memory.
10. Keeping a dream journal, trying to remember a dream
when you wake up, picturing yourself back in the dream can help you develop
lucid dreaming. The key is to pay attention to what you dream about and to see
patterns in your dream so next time you can control them.
11. It is not yet clear what happens in the brain during
lucid dreaming. Some experts speculate that the lateral prefrontal cortex, part
of the brain that deals with logic, may be responsible.
12. Most of our vivid dreams occur when we’re about to
wake up.
13. About 1 in 20 people suffer from frequent or chronic
nightmares, defined as at least once a week.
14. Did you know that having low income can cause
nightmares? Unemployment, stress, eating before you go to sleep, lack of sleep
and genetics can all contribute to developing nightmares.
15. Nightmares can have health consequences such as
insomnia, fatigue, headaches, depression and anxiety.
16. Daydreaming is actually good for us as it improves
creativity.
17. Daydreaming can increase social and emotional
intelligence. Through dreams we can release troublesome emotions safely. And in
our imagination we can rehearse social interactions, leading to greater
intimacy and more mature relationships.
18. According to some studies, people who have vivid,
violent dreams due to an REM sleep disorder—compelling them to talk, punch,
kick, scream and even jump out of bed—could have an increased risk of developing
Parkinson’s. This highly active dreaming can appear up to eight years before
the onset of other symptoms of Parkinson’s, giving researchers a chance to help
patients before the disease becomes too severe.
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