what are dreams... do they really come true..anyone with the experience?

Answer 1

Why do we dream?

Two different schools of thought exist as to why we dream: the physiological school, and the psychological school.

Both, however, agree that we dream during the REM, or rapid eye movement, phase of sleep. During this phase of sleep, our closed eyes dart rapidly about, our brain activity peaks, and our muscles suffer temporary paralysis.

The physiological theory centers upon how our body, specifically our brains, function during the REM phase of sleep. Proponents of this theory believe that we dream to exercise the synapses, or pathways, between brain cells, and that dreaming takes over where the active and awake brain leaves off. When awake, our brains constantly transmit and receive messages, which course through our billions of brain cells to their appropriate destinations, and keep our bodies in perpetual motion. Dreams replace this function.

Two underpinning physiological facts go towards supporting this theory of dreams. The first lies in the fact that the first two or so years of ones life, the most formative ones for learning, are also the ones in which the most REM sleep occurs. It follows that during this time of the greatest REM sleep, we experience the greatest number of dreams. The second physiological fact that lends credence to this theory is that our brain waves during REM sleep, as recorded by machines measuring the brain's electrical activity, are almost identical in nature to the brain waves during the hours we spend awake. This is not the case during the other phases of sleep.

Psychological theorists of dreams focus upon our thoughts and emotions, and speculate that dreams deal with immediate concerns in our lives, such as unfinished business from the day, or concerns we are incapable of handling during the course of the day. Dreams can, in fact, teach us things about ourselves that we are unaware of.

Connections between dreams that the human psyche have been made by many people over thousands of years. The famous Greek philosopher, Aristotle wrote in his "Parva Naturalia," over 2,200 years ago, of a connection between dreams, waking experiences, and emotional needs.

Others have delved into more complicated explanations for dreams, such as the prophetic nature of dreams written of in the Bible, which was and is a belief held by many cultures. Sigmund Freud, one of the fathers of modern psychology, believed dreams to be symbolic of any number of things buried deep within our minds and our memories.

Until someone proves or disproves one of these theories, or poses an alternate one, we are left at square one. Our knowledge as to what causes us to dream is limited to the fact that we do dream, and that dreams occur during the REM phase of sleep. Sweet dreams!

Answer 2

Dreams are a very debated subject. I'm confident in saying that no one truly knows what dreams are. It's a part of psychology that is made up of mostly theories still.

I know some ideas are that dreams come from recent events that were prominent to you OR dreams are you brain organizing and storing your memories as you sleep OR random brain activity that has really no meaning at all, just random activity OR there's more outlandish things like your dreams referring to sexual/relationship desires (freud) and signs about your future or past or a message from a dead persons spirit... or a sign from God even.

Answer 3

I personally hope that none of my dreams come true because my dreams (while I'm sleeping) are pretty much a non-sensical mish-mash of random bits of sensory input that I have accumulated in my life and almost never have anything to do with reality. Now my DAY dreams on the other hand, those I would like to see come true because they mostly have to do with an end to war and poverty and disease... You know, peace and justice and brotherhood and so on...

Answer 4

according to a song from some kids film a dream is a wish that your heart makes when you're fast asleep.i know sounds kinda corny but at the same time quite a nice way to look at things, everyone has the potential to make their dreams come true, just don't expect it to happen overnight,everything takes time and you have to work hard to acheive all that you desire

Answer 5

Yes I believe dreams really do come true. What are dreams? Your goals, your determination, your ambition all roled into one. You must be the one to to the foot work though. If you give up on you dreams you die.

Answer 6

dreams are just fragmens of your mind that let lose because when you sleep you give your mind a break- unfornately with dreams you have to witness the crazy things that float around in your mind. They do not come true unless it was something thats in your life now, in ur life in your past, or in your life in the future.

Answer 7

I had a dream about a roast turkey I had cooked.It was golden brown and looked delicious.But when I went to carve a slice there was nothing inside no meat just air.

Answer 8

Anytime I've analysed my dream, with the help of a dream dictionary, it didn't tell me anything I didn't already know. I suppose its kind of like a coded reflection on current events.

Answer 9

Dreams can be something you were thinking of for a lot of time, something yu always want to be your way. sometime they may come true.... sometimetime they may do the opposite of what you want.

Answer 10

in the Bible (and today) god used dreams as warnings and prophecy. Most dreams are just random though