Why do we have memories of what happen in dreams?

Question

We spend alot of our life sleeping.

Why do we have memories of what happen in dreams?

Could some of the experiences that we have in a our dreams be preparation for the after life?
A common experience amonst many people is Flying dreams.
Is our spirit, soul, or being going to fly in the after life?

Why do we have memories of what happen in dreams?

Answer 1

Because dreams occur in our brains, so we experience and remember them in a similar way to what we remember when we're awake.

Answer 2

I really don't know.... I've been reading books on dreams since I was 15 (19 now) and I still don't have a clue. Sigmund Freuds thinks it has to do with a delema or problem we have in our daily lives that the unconsious is trying to bring to our attention, and somtimes it's a desire for somthing to happen, like love or money or flying.

but I've had mostly Nightmares while at this time (probably why I wanted to know more on it) and in none of these nightmares did I find a desire or a symbol of my daily life problems. just death,blood,gore,pain, and loss of a loved one.

so I'm still researching to find a better answer. but maybe the whole sigmund freud thing will help you more than me.

if you really want to interpret your dreams, write them down after you wake up, and try to do free association. which is when you openly describe ALL the details in your dream (color of the sky, the words your heard, the people you see, ect) and when you get all the details down, go to a Dream interpretaion Web site, you can google it and a few good ones should show up.

Answer 3

Dreams actually utilize the sensory parts of our brain. When we see an image in our dreams, we're actually using the same part of our brain that we use to see when awake. Therefore, we're going to memorize dreams in much the same way we would memorize waking events.

The only downside of memories when it relates to dreams is our brains don't have a good filing system for them. We have associative memory - we remember things by linking them to other things. Since dreams tend to go all over the place (plot-wise), they generally are not filed well by the brain. That's why we are so prone to forgetting them.

Answer 4

When we dream we are actually solving our present day problems but they are reworked in the brain in symbolic form. Different types of dreams refer to different types of challenges, struggles or fears.

They are not about the future or the afterlife (unless they are psychic dreams). They are about RIGHT NOW.

It is very easy to remember one's dreams if you simply train yourself when you go to bed to tell yourself that you WILL remember. It is like when you need to wake up at any certain time and without an alarm clock you do! :-)

Remembering dreams is no different than remembering what we did that day. The brain stores all information.

Answer 5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimethyltryptamine

You expect our brains to just turn off while we sleep? They're very much active, why wouldn't we sometimes remember dreams?

Our "spirits" go no where because we don't have a "spirit". All this fancy hoopabajoob is just a marketing scheme for various "alternative" medicines or beliefs. Just like all that "we only use 10% of our brain" BS.

Answer 6

Because man posses a memory power which is not like some other animlas but a dog has also a power to memorise his master.
jtm

Answer 7

I can't help you. I have almost no memory of my dreams, and when do remember parts, I quickly forget.

Answer 8

I have a lot of dreams of losing my teeth. Will I lose my teeth in the afterlife...?

Answer 9

maybe this link can help u out man

Answer 10

I suppose people can only guess about it