Why do dreams occur? Does a dream mean anything? Can dreams forecast future?

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A dream is the experience of envisioned images, sounds, or other sensations during sleep. The events of dreams are often impossible or unlikely to occur in physical reality, and are usually outside the control of the dreamer. The exception is lucid dreaming, in which a dreamer realizes that he or she is dreaming—being sometimes even capable of changing the oneiric reality around him or her and controlling various aspects of the dream, in which the suspension of disbelief is broken. Dreamers may experience strong emotions while dreaming. Frightening or upsetting dreams are referred to as nightmares. The scientific discipline of dream research is oneirology.

Dreams have a long history both as a subject of conjecture and as a source of inspiration (artistic or otherwise). Throughout history, people have sought meaning in dreams. They have been described physiologically as a response to neural processes during sleep, psychologically as reflections of the unconscious, and spiritually as messages from God or predictions of the future. It is said that if you have a dream that you are falling it is said that you are probably worried about something. Also if you have a dream about yourself winning the lottery it is said that you are unhappy with your financial status.

Psychologist Joe Griffin, one of the founders of human givens psychology, has proposed the expectation fulfilment theory of dreaming. On the basis of a 12-year study, Griffin claims that dreams are expressed in the form of sensory metaphors.[1] [2] In a New Scientist interview, Griffin stated that "...ordinarily dream sleep does a great housekeeping job for us [,] bring[ing] down our autonomic arousal level." Griffin's expectation fulfilment theory of dreams states that dreams are metaphorical translations of waking expectations. Expectations which cause emotional arousal that is not acted upon during the day to quell the arousal, become dreams during sleep. Finally, he holds that dreaming deactivates that emotional arousal by completing the expectation pattern metaphorically, freeing the brain to respond afresh to each new day.

Both Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung identify dreams as an interaction between the unconscious and the conscious. They also assert together that the unconscious is the dominant force of the dream, and in dreams it conveys its own mental activity to the perceptive faculty. While Freud felt that there was an active censorship against the unconscious even during sleep, Jung argued that the dream's bizarre quality is an efficient language, comparable to poetry and uniquely capable of revealing the underlying meaning. Fritz Perls presented his theory of dreams following the holistic nature of gestalt therapy. Dreams are seen as being projections of parts of oneself. Often these are parts that have been ignored, rejected or even suppressed. One aim of gestalt dream analysis is to accept and reintegrate these. The dream needs to be accepted in its own right - not broken down and analysed out of existence.

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When Do Dreams Occur

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How Do Dreams Happen

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You are a dreamy person and colourful in life even in dream. I don't dream much, once in a blue moon......never catch it by colour. My song with colour is: Color of the Wings by Vanessa. Everyone must have a dream in life and not just by night only. All will look for the Dream comes true and climb the progress ladder to the Success aimed for.

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Dreams are just a mish mash of experiences and memories. Bad dreams occur when you are stressed.

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For me dreams are thoughts which were in my head the whole day. if i dream about chocolate prolli i wanted to eat chocolate but i did not get time or chance to do so...dreams can forecast future only if you are one of those powerful spiritual people who has control of your thoghts. i have heard people who are in strong meditation are able to dream/vision future maybe in form of dream. i have also seen lottery winner say I HAD A DREAM THAT I WAS GOING TO WIN..so maybe somethig really imp which might change your life forever can come in form of dream...

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dear Laxmi,

some dreams are there in night;
few more occur in "day light" with eyes open;

so, we act on our DREAMS;
and - FUTURE happens............

Future has been casted in dreams;
very sure, always;
so, dream and DREAM big;

if true with Abdul Kalam or Einstein or Dhiru Bhai....;
then why not you and I........

happy dreaming............

many-ques!!!

Answer 8

occurrence of dreams depends on the routine of your day,u dream what u thought for the maximum time in a week or a day etc,suppose if u r willing to get something,an u r thinking on that,so u ll have a dream according to that,ya it means at times,but generally v ignore it saying that it was just a dream,and it wont last in your mind,it is like a flash,at times it forecast future also,but as i said its like a flash,when u come to conscious we generally forget or ignore it,its common human nature to forget things,and at times it depends on your dream also,if its related to very important,we concentrate on it else u ignore

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Dreams are a shift in your counsciousness.

Answer 10

Mostly dreams are a sign of stress. Take all the chill pills you can get your hands.

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