We sleep for hours and yet when we dream, they don't seem long.
2007-01-11 21:52:05 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
They don't seem long because they aren't. The thought process takes mere micro=seconds, and our being asleep makes no difference. A dream is a thought process, and they can take hundredths of seconds, or one can take seconds. How long does it take you to think about your nicest vacation, or date? THAT'S how long a dream takes!
2007-01-12 02:23:24 · answer #1 · answered by themom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some dreams see longer than others. You have about five dreams a night, but some might be longer than others depending on how much sleep you get. You only remember about 2 dreams, but you might of had a really long one you just don't remember about because your subconcious mind forgot about it. That's why sometimes there will be a dream you feel that goes on forever, but other times the dream you remember is short. Short dreams actually take 5-9 hours they just seem alot shorter because of your subconcious mind. Weird, isn't it?
2007-01-11 23:26:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like this question.
It seems that the human mind can get away with little rest, up to about 40 hours.
Then, you practically start living in a dreamy state, as the brain needs some rest. It's dream like images may insert themselves
into your everyday world.
I have had many dreams where I thought I had slept for 6-8 hours, only to find I had nodded off for less than an hour.
Which brings to mind Lucid Dreaming.
http://www.lucidity.com/
A friend told me about this.
But as to your Original question, I don't know.
It seems that time is a cognitive process, perhaps temporarily suspended by the machinations of the mind.
Sorry for raising more questions than answers, but this is a very good question.
2007-01-11 22:29:28 · answer #3 · answered by _LEV_ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You only dream for about 10% of the time you are asleep! Your mind has to get to a certain level of sleep where the dreams can happen! They don't seem long because they're not!
2007-01-11 22:02:44 · answer #4 · answered by gwendalynnfuchs 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read somewhere that the average dream lasts somewhere on the order of like 3 to 5 minutes something like that i dont recall the exact time but it was just a matter of minutes.
2007-01-11 22:04:40 · answer #5 · answered by eskew_obfuscation 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we don't dream the whole night long, we just dream when we are nearly wake up, that's why they don't seem long and it doesn't depend if the dream is a sweet one or not ~
2007-01-11 22:00:39 · answer #6 · answered by katie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
think of approximately it ;; they make a action picture with a existence tale in a million hr showing , i understand some circumstances whilst dreaming and then whilst up for a quick time and then bypass returned to sleep a similar desires is returned there . Wooo .
2016-10-07 01:10:49 · answer #7 · answered by geddings 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you have many dreams but rarely do you remember more than the lat dream.
2007-01-11 22:27:59 · answer #8 · answered by Wat Da Hell 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because you wake before its lone
2007-01-11 21:56:22 · answer #9 · answered by muralikrishnaa 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋