I've always wondered that. Every time I fall asleep to Evanescence, I have a dark & eerie dream...just like the music. If I fall asleep to, say... JoJo, I usually have a happy-go-lucky dream. So does music that we listen to before we go to sleep affect our dreams? Or is it just a coincidence?
2007-06-15 05:07:39 · 4 answers · asked by Crazy Lady Sadie 2 in Social Science ➔ Dream Interpretation
Yes. Music is a terrific trigger for mood enhancement. Happy music inspires happy memories or feelings of energy and excitement, sad music inspires feelings of sadness, angry music inspires feelings of anger, and so on. On the nights my young daughter plays her 'night-night' music on the cd player by her bed, she sleeps through the night. But if we don't turn it on, she has nightmares.
If you (or anyone reading this) suffers from nightmares or poor sleep, you might want to try having music on low as you sleep. (For some reason I like falling asleep to oldies/40's swing music the best!) Clock radios are cheap, some come with cd players so you can pop in a favorite and focus on the music instead of traffic noise, late night revelers, etc. And play happy music for happy dreams!
2007-06-15 05:22:24 · answer #1 · answered by enn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the state of unconsciousness, and almost unconscious, of which sleep is, the mind is very prone to suggestion......which explains why hypnotism can work. Sleep is very hypnotic and the sleeping mind is easily influenced by external sources. Carl Jung, the famous psychoanalyst, believed in the collective unconscious and in our dreams, we can see other worlds, see and hear other people talk....and that is another suggestive source to influence the mind.....of which the soul is a temporary resident.
2007-06-15 08:21:57 · answer #2 · answered by MAD MOMMA 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes and no. music can affect your mood, causing you to have specific types of dreams based on those moods. but just because it can, doesn't mean it does. it depends on the prevailing emotion, and if you have any subconscious worries that are more important to your mind at the moment. so, if your biggest influence is music, then yes, it will affect your dreams. if your biggest influence is something else, then no.
2007-06-15 07:26:43 · answer #3 · answered by squeeker_squeek 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes because the music in a way, gets you in a mood and the mood affects your sleep. kinda like if you watch a scary movie before you sleep, you're scared and get nightmares
2007-06-15 05:44:53 · answer #4 · answered by no name no name 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋