Can someone give me some info about dreams and sleep?

Question

I love to dream. I love to wake up in the morning still remembering my dreams, beause they can sometimes just be very realistic, and it's really neat how your brain works and dreams when you're asleep, and what you think about unconsiously. But every time I dream, my alarm clock wakes me up in the middle of it in the morning, and I can't "finish" my dream, or dream the rest of it. My brain just goes back to its random thoughts. I'm just curious about the whole cycle of the brain at night, and what triggers your brain to dream things like it does. Can anyone just give me a little info about any of that?

Answer 1

It is called REM (rapid eye movement) cycles. Your body goes through several cycles of them each night.

If you are that fascinated by dreams, perhaps you should do some research on "lucid dreaming". Basically, it is a way to train your brain in such a way that you can control the actions in your dreams. Do a google search and I'm sure you'll get plenty of info.

Answer 2

Basically you have four levels of sleep with differet brain waves that tell you what level of sleep you are in.

I think they are Alpha, Beta, Theta and Delta.

Beta brain waves occur every day when you are awake, such as when you are having a conversation of someone, and they are the fastest of the four brain waves.

Alpha is the second fastest, and usually occurs when you have completed a complicated task and have sat down to rest, almost like when your heartbeats get slower after exercise.

Theta brain waves are the third, and are a little slower. They usually occur while daydreaming. People often get good ideas in this state, as the task you are completeing is repetitious and you know how to do it. Therefore you can devote yourself to thinking.

Delta brainwaves are the slowest frequency and greatest amplitude. These occur in deep sleep, and almost solely in deep sleep. Those in an extremely deep form of meditation can sometimes pruduce delta brainwaves, but are usually in Alpha/Theta waves.

"When we go to bed and read for a few minutes before attempting sleep, we are likely to be in low beta. When we put the book down, turn off the lights and close our eyes, our brainwaves will descend from beta, to alpha, to theta and finally, when we fall asleep, to delta. "

And when a person starts to wake up, they will cycle back through these until they are awake. This process happenes several times a night and is characterised by rapid eye movement as well.

Personally I find that being in a state between Alpha and Theta is the best for dreaming, whether it be for meeting your spirit guides, lucid dreaming, or just pleasant dreams.

Because you are in this half awake half asleep phase, you are able to respond to things that you normally wouldn't be able to, such as connecting with spirits.

Answer 3

I thinks dreams are people thinking in there sleep. But the thing is you can see what your thinking because your mind is open. Your not busie thinking if other things so the mind can let you see what you are thinking. It's really confuseing hope you got that.

Answer 4

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