2006-08-01 10:02:58 · 17 answers · asked by AMY S 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
There are many different theories - from our subconciousness to sending us messages about what we're really thinking, to our minds replaying the scenes and thoughts we've had over a lifetime while our body rests. Many theories are from ancient religions as well as modern science. However, no theory is 100% proven, which is why its all open to your interpretation.
My personal theory is this:
I believe that we all have souls - scientifically this is explained as our subconciousness and parts of our brains thinking certain things at certain time, but to me, - all of our thoughts and feelings and in an essence who we are - makes up our soul.
When we sleep, we are not aware of the physical world - our body functions at a minimum, and our "souls" are in their own realm, which is known as our dreams. This is why we can learn and see things in our dreams - because our soul is with us in the physical world, but in the dream world, anything is possible, and our soul (in an essence - you) is able to communicate with other souls, express the feelings you are feeling that are limited by physical obstacles, and basically just be itself on its own level.
I believe when we die, and our souls leave our bodies, that we go to the very same realm our dreams are in.
I hope that makes some sense, and like I said, it is only one belief of hundreds, but I firmly believe it, and can back it up with many instances of my own dreams and my life as they relate to each other. Some may call it a little hokey, and that's okay with me!
I would love it if there were more research on our dreams, but it is difficult to find the resources on something people often discard as "trivial" but in reality could provide a lot of answers to who and what we are and the great "meaning of life" so many people question about.
I hope you get some good answers on this one!
2006-08-01 12:11:37 · answer #1 · answered by Chelle 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To "VENT" in other words to file everything you did in the last day. There are only two times your mind can vent, in hypnosis or sleep. This allows your mind to relax and start catagorizing everything that's happened during the day, to relieve your mental and emotional stress. We also HEAL faster asleep than awake, so its important for that also.
Dreams are the minds desire to make sense of our everyday world. To "think" without "our" input or if you will on automatic pilot. You spend all day thinking, correcting your thoughts when they go "wrong" or down the wrong path, backing up and shaking your head and wondering how you got on "that track." While we're asleep, we don't have a mechanism to help guide us on these paths, so our dreams pretty much go where they lead us.
However, with Lucid Dreaming, or guided dreaming states, many people are trying to learn to use their minds to allow themselves to change this. Good luck.
2006-08-01 17:14:47 · answer #2 · answered by AdamKadmon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your conscious mind is geared to use short term memory. You are bombarded with millions of details during a days time. When the events have built up enough, your mind wants to switch modes. Sleep is defragmenting details if you will. It is taking your personality offline so it can move memory from short term to long term in your brain. As this is done you dream. Abstract images of events and feelings as things are moved. Your body might even react to the dreams as they stimulate your brain. When your brain has sufficiently moved the events your mind returns to your personality's control. The cycle begins again.
2006-08-01 17:11:08 · answer #3 · answered by Fantasy Girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I once read an article about dreaming and sleep.Long time ago so maybe new research has changed the findings.What I remember is that the crux of the matter is that dreaming is your subconscious mind bringing deep fear or joys to the surface into your conscious mind.
2006-08-01 17:11:56 · answer #4 · answered by Snowey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jungian psychology suggests that dreaming is the medium by which our SELF communicates with our conscious mind. It suggests that each of us is undergoing a spiritual/psychological process or transformation to make us whole. Jung called the process Individuation. The true SELF, of which we are consciously unaware of, understands not in words but in symbols. And dreams then, are symbolic representations of issues that we are dealing with in our own particular journey.
A good book on the subject is "Inner Work" by Robert Johnson.
2006-08-01 17:52:46 · answer #5 · answered by rj 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because our minds are in its most relax state with no conscience thoughts. During the day we're too busy thinking, although sometimes our guard can be let down and we day-dream (which I did alot in high school).
And this begs the question: why do we dream?
Post that question and I'll see what kinda B.S. I can come up with.
2006-08-01 17:10:20 · answer #6 · answered by Sick Puppy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's when we go to bed and we have things on our mind. Dreams are a mirror of our real life, and until our brain shuts off, we are still thiking about things that are really happening. Sometimes they can overwhelm us and turn nasty while we sleep.
2006-08-01 17:09:06 · answer #7 · answered by Jeanette 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cuz in the day it makes us walk into lamp posts and have our heads bashed in with OHP remotes by disgruntled lecturers. I think people are missing the real question here. Ask whyest not thou dreameth in thy cover of night, nay, ask why thou dreameth in thy light of day...? Bacon bacon bacon! Find the Recog!
2006-08-01 19:36:57 · answer #8 · answered by Alice S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to keep you sain dreaming is an escape form reality so you can feel refreashed in the morning. somthing like that
2006-08-01 17:07:47 · answer #9 · answered by rebecca 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It happens when we become aware in our sleep of our brain's activity of encoding and classifying all the info it has to deal with.
2006-08-01 17:20:39 · answer #10 · answered by filmwatcher59 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋