What are dreams? Why do they come? do they become true?

Answer 1

A dream is the experience of envisioned images, voices, or other sensations during sleep. Dreams often portray events which are impossible or unlikely in reality, and are usually outside the control of the dreamer, (although some people have reported lucid dreaming, realizing or recognizing a reoccurring dream while they are 'in it', and then altering its reality: flying, or other supernatural feats). Many people report experiencing strong emotions while dreaming, and frightening or upsetting dreams are referred to as nightmares. The scientific discipline of dream research is oneirology.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream]

Dream interpretation is the process of assigning meanings to dreams. Various systems of dream interpretation have assigned meanings in terms of future events (oneiromancy), in terms of chance events during the night, and in terms of unconscious mental activity — to name a few.

Dream interpretation was taken up as part of psychoanalysis at the end of the 19th Century; the manifest content of a dream (what is perceived in the dream) is analyzed to reveal the latent content of a dream (the underlying thoughts of the dream — why it was dreamt). One of the seminal works on the subject is The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud.

There has been much scientific research on dreams, and modern theories attempt to explain as many facts found in scientific research as possible. These include:

* The cause and purpose of dreams
* The content of dreams
* The varying frequencies of dreams (more before birth, fewer towards death; increased in premature births, etc.)
* The relationship between dreams and depression
* The possible evolutionary role of dreaming


No, but possibly there may be a coincidence.

Answer 2

Hello, I think most dreaming is sort of like your brain defragging. (Sorting through, and dumping unnecessary stuff) I have had a few very odd dreams came true years afterwards, but so far I can’t tell which ones are in that category.
Each of those dreams involved unlikely or unexpected events so trivial I gave them no further thought. Later as the events in the dreams occurred I remembered the dreams. They were nothing too profound or important, just odd stuff like a dream I had the night after our pet beagle George had died. In the dream the family was at the dinner table. We heard the sound of a dog coming down the stairs, but instead of George it was a black dachshund that appeared, which was so strange. I never knew a dachshund, or particularly liked them. 8 or 9 years later my brother brought home a dachshund, and I remembered the forgotten dream as it reoccurred. In another dream I was dining with two women who were speaking French, but in the dream I could understand them, which was really strange to me at the time because I knew almost no French at all. 20 or so years later I studied French, visited France, but it was later while dining in Quebec that the dream came back to me in a flash as I listened in on a conversation between my girl friend and a young woman at a restaurant. The setting was pretty much as I remembered the dream, and I could understand them.
Thanks for a good question,
Rich

Answer 3

There are two types of dreams. one, you have at night while you are sleeping, and the other is something that you wish for, like when Dr. martin Luther King said, "I have a dream"- that meant taht he had something he wished for. These kinds of dreams CAN come true if you work hard to make them happen.
The kind of dream you have at night comes from your subconscious mind, and no one really knows WHY we have them. What we do know is that sometimes waht you dream is an indication of what is going on in your ife, or a reflaction of what is going on in your life. such as, one time I dreamed that someone was trying to push the front door of my house open, and I was trying to keep it closed. I woke up and discovered that I had forgotten to lock the front door. That was my brain trying to tell me that I needed to get up and lock the door. I had this dream several more times, and the door was unlocked each time I had it! You can go tothe ONLINE DREAM DICTIONARY and get a tn more information.

Answer 4

Dreams are something your mind creates while you are asleep, or sometimes, people will refer to dreams as something you really want to come true. And from there, they will just categorize it as a "dream". They come while you are sleeping because all the "happenings" that when on through the day collide together while you sleep (sometimes it isn't from that day, but a very memorable thing that you often think about). Lastly, I believe dreams will only come true if -you- make them do. Otherwise, no, I don't think dreams will just magically come true. Unless you're working on a miracle there. ;)

Answer 5

Dreams occur during the REM (Rapid Eye Movement) part of the sleep. All though not all mammals exhibit rapid eye movements, all exhibit the characteristic brain waves that scientist take as evidence that they are dreaming.

It is not known why we dream at all and what, if anything, it might "mean" if someone dreams about particular things. But some evidence suggest that dreams serve the purpose of processing information stored in short term memory (usually experience made during the day before the dream takes place), making the information suitable for learning (by relating it to past experience) and for storing in long-term memory:

First, animals tend to dream about the topics that they need to learn about. They don't dream about activities that are entirely governed by instincts. This can be verified by looking at activity in different brain regions during REM sleep. Only higher primates like humans seem to be able to dream about almost everything. Cats, for example, seem to dream only about hunting.

Second, animals that are deprived REM sleep become very poor learners.

Answer 6

Dreams are our mind at rest...working with the issues of the day, working to answer fantasies of "what if", and operating on the complexities that cause us stress.

They come because our brain doesn't entirely shut down...just portions...and because there's still some sensitivity to external stimuli...our brain operates from that sleepy mode to define what it senses...it usually appears to us in the form of pictures.

I think it's highly coincidental that dreams come true...
a good case for this is...we dream how we should or would respond in a given situation...the situation arises and we respond in the manner we dreamed we would...and all is grand and we say wow...i dreamed that would happen...but I think we already have a notion of how we would react in given situations and I think we know what our own capabilities are...

Answer 7

Dreams are reflections of our innermost want at that time and place. for example, if you're thinkling about your crush just before you go to sleep, when you do eventually fall asleep, your mind generates some sort of fantasy called dreams.

The problem is remembering it.

Througout the night you actually dream alot, it's like a movie marathon of fantasy, or nightmares (that would be your innermost fears)

You usually forget about it ecause in mordern times, from the moment we get up, our brains start to work overtime and it's pushed aside till a time when we are less stressed or we completely forget about it.

Thats why people in more remote areas with less stress tend to 'dream more'.

Answer 8

When you fall asleep and reach REM (rapid eye movement) you then dream. Dreaming is the way your brain sorts and deletes the useless stuff that you don't have to retain. If you didn't do this, you would overload and probably BITE it. As for coming true, that's WAY open for opinion. Dreams mean different things to different people. Some cultures regard them as sacred visions while others regard them as no BFD.

Answer 9

A dream is any thing that may seem hard, but it is achieveable. Your mind concieves dreams when you are sleeping, and anytime you focus is lost. Well the last ones tough. You gotta work for your dreams, and then maybe they wil come true!

Answer 10

Nice to know someone has your interests.
Dreams and interpretations are as varied as different cultures and religions.
Dreams are designed for your mind to rest and like a shredding machine during your sleep, your mind retrieves all your concious and subconcious information, sorts it out, stores whats important and deletes what it considers useless.
This multiple activily goes on simultaneously of relaxing, regenerating, analysing, and processing information in the brain.
as a by product the mind conjures up images in flashes from actual events and sometimes put in haphazardly from what it already contains of real events and imaginations, Its a fusion that accurs, and many a times this may synchronise with recent info sorted out and even merge with it.
Dreams also are a medium of communication of different beings with us, that our physical mind cannot see. so we have messages coming in and dreams coming true.
Many ascribe this to religion and god which fact cannot be discounted.
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