dreaming is still one of the most mysterious things that happen everywhere,to all the people,any night,any time the eye is closed...when we conciously close our eyes we think....when we sleep-we dream.why?why do we dream of such insane or beautiful or morbid or everyday scenes?you dream too!rarely anyone asks why.what is your description of a dream creation/is it a psychic power?do animals dream?what is behind this?this is one of everyday mysteries that still are not unfolded...share your opinion about dreams here,now on yahoo!
2007-01-23 04:15:20 · 9 answers · asked by -N!k0¬ 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Most dreams happen during the times of night when we are most deeply asleep, and our eyes begin to move around quickly under our eyelids. This may sound creepy, but it's totally normal, and it's called Rapid Eye Movement, or REM. Dream researchers used to think that REM was the only time people dream, but now most experts agree that we can dream at just about any time of the night. Maybe REM dreams are just our most memorable and realistic dreams.
The experts disagree on just why we dream. Here are some of their theories:
Some say dreams don't really have a purpose; they're just one of those things that seem to happen for no reason.
Some say dreams are our brains "twitching." Because our brains are basically huge collections of information, pictures, and feelings, when they "twitch" in the night, all kinds of strange things come out and get thrown into dreams.
Some say dreams are a way to process all the events and emotions of the day, and are important to our mental and physical health. It's sort of like when you leave a computer on, it sometimes runs programs to clean up its hard drive. Our brains are always "on" even when we're asleep, so dreaming could be a time for them to do their own version of cleaning up the "hard drive."
Other experts say that dreams exist to solve specific problems in our lives. Let's say you give a computer an incredibly complex math problem, and it has to take a few seconds before it comes up with the answer. This could be what dreaming is about, except instead of solving a big math problem, our sleeping brains are trying to solve emotional issues. The stories and images we experience as dreams are like way-out versions of our emotions, and our brains are working through those emotions.
2007-01-23 04:21:32 · answer #1 · answered by purple_lily76 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To understand a dream, it’s helpful to keep in mind why and how we dream. When we sleep, the body and perception systems are shut down, but the brain remains active. The brain thinks about what has recently been most active during waking hours—experiences, thoughts and feelings accessed recently whether consciously or not. The brain is still active, so it works on this content, but not in a familiar, rational way. During sleep, this material is not related using input from the external real world, but rather by the brain connections already established in the cortex. So the story connectedness isn’t like everyday experience, but rather a strange, circuitous flow from one image to the next. So dreams aren’t magical messages to guide our life, but dream imagery is taken from everyday experiences, thoughts and feelings that matter most to us during our waking life. So it’s a mistake to apply standard symbol definitions, such as Freudian meanings. All you need to do is think about what kind of imagery it is and how it relates to your daily life.
2007-01-23 12:19:35 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have always heard we dream b/c it's our subconscious mind working through all the information we took in that day. Dreaming is our subconscious mind re-hashing the days events. Sometimes dreams are telling us something, if we stop and think about it. I have always heard that writing down your dreams as soon as you wake up is helpful and then later going back over what you wrote down can help you with a problem you might be having. I don't know if it works or not. I do think animals dream b/c my dog will kick her legs and jerk sometimes while she is sleeping and make noises like she is scared. Sometimes I have to wake her up b/c she sounds so scared.
2007-01-23 12:25:41 · answer #3 · answered by dawnwhitehurst 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religious/spiritual things aside, technically our minds dream in order to sort out all the information we recieve during the day. You dream during your R.E.M. cycle (your deepest stage of sleep), and this is the time that your brain organizes all the thoughts and information it has learned that day, and previous days as well.
Now I personally believe that dreaming serves this purpose, but I also believe that some dreams are spiritual and can teach us things about ourselves.
2007-01-23 14:26:29 · answer #4 · answered by becka_225 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would disagree with your statement that no-one knows why we dream. As far as I'm aware, the generally accepted understanding is that your subconscious comes to the fore when you are asleep, and dreams are your brain's attempt to "file" any unresolved experiences into place.
Saying that, they are mental! I agree with that, and I love 'em!
2007-01-23 12:19:53 · answer #5 · answered by mookvey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have always viewed dreaming as a way our minds have of "downloading" all of the excess or unnecessary kilobytes that it does not really need for the next day......
2007-01-23 12:23:42 · answer #6 · answered by Kerry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dream is like the screen saver of your mind. it mostly recalls what you have done during your day. sometimes i think it has psychic powers although science can"t prove that.yes animals dream.
when we dream we go into our sub concious mind.
sometimes i get dreams which give me new ideas.
2007-01-23 12:24:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We dream to escape this world! lol.
2007-01-23 12:26:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
we dream because if we didn't we would get bored when we sleep
2007-01-23 12:19:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋