Sleep is the second reality in which we live a different life, not similar to the real one. In a dream, we can fly, breathe under water, perform dizzying stunts … But this is not all! What happens to your body during sleep is more incredible than you think!
In a dream, a person can learn
Scientists have discovered that a person can learn new knowledge during the phase of "REM sleep", during which the brain works very actively. And the longer this stage lasts, the more information we can assimilate in a dream.
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Dreams Can Make You Happier
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People who know how to control their dreams are usually happier than those who do not know how to do it, or do not remember dreams at all. And those who for a long time see the same dream about the desired events in the future more often achieve the embodiment of their dream than those who are not able to see it in a dream. There is nothing supernatural in this: just when we experience positive emotions, even in a dream, the brain cells begin to work more efficiently. In addition, after a pleasant sleep, we get up more alert and determined to win.
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In a dream, you can rediscover lost memories
In deep, restful sleep, the body and brain calm down, and what was previously covered under a layer of everyday husk rises to the surface. Therefore, if you are painfully trying to remember important information for you, go to bed. It is best if you are alone in bed, and no background noise will enter the room - then your body will calm down faster, and the necessary memories are more likely to pop up in your memory.
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Some people prefer dreams to reality
Those who have learned to control dreams and set their plots at their own will sometimes begin to experience a painful attachment to dreams, not wanting to return from them to real life. This is another type of morbid addiction, along with alcoholism or gambling addiction, although, fortunately, it does not occur very often. He is treated by specialist psychotherapists.
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You can stop the nightmare
Most often, nightmares are associated with bad memories or troubles that we experience in real life. To get rid of them, you should, first of all, understand what exactly caused unpleasant dreams to come to life, and take at least some steps to solve this problem. If you have nightmares for no reason at all, it may be enough not to gorge yourself at night and not watch intense movies before bed, let alone horror movies.
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You can learn the technique of lucid dreaming
You are quite capable of learning to dream on your own. To do this, start simple: as soon as you wake up, write down the plots of your dreams, separately noting what is connected with reality in them, and what is entirely related to the fantasy world. This will teach you not only to better remember dreams, but also to control them. After a while, you will be able to see the ordered dream, if you carefully imagine its desired plot before going to bed.
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Dreams Can Tell You About Your Future Destiny
Some people have had dreams that predicted exactly what they were going to experience in the future. So, President Abraham Lincoln saw his own death in a dream, and Mark Twain told the dream about the impending death of his brother. Several people saw the Titanic catastrophe in a dream even before it happened in reality. Scientists have not yet found an explanation for this phenomenon, but even the most sober-minded of them do not deny its existence. Therefore, if you dreamed of something important, and at the same time the dream seemed surprisingly realistic to you, take what you saw as information for thought.
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Dreams have inspired many inventors
Dreams not only predict the future, but also give us ideas that, when taken seriously, can help you succeed. So, Larry Page saw in a dream the idea of Google, the inventor Elias Howe saw a sewing machine, and Dmitry Mendeleev saw the periodic table of elements. At the same time, of course, they had previously thought hard about the relevant issues. Scientists believe that if you are painfully searching for a solution to a problem, sleep can really help you, because in sleep your brain is not constrained by the millions of restrictions that often prevent you from thinking freely.
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The brain is actively working in a dream
When you sleep, your brain doesn't stop working. On the contrary: during intense dreams, full of emotions, it functions no less actively than during the most intense moments of the day. Such dreams involve many areas of the brain at once, including those that rarely turn on during wakefulness. Many lucid dreaming specialists find these dreams to be the most interesting and productive, and consciously evoke them.
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Sleep paralysis does exist
Sleep paralysis is a condition in which complete relaxation of the muscles in a person occurs not during sleep, but before falling asleep, or continues after waking up. As a rule, it is accompanied by causeless fear or a sense of danger. During the Middle Ages, sleep paralysis sufferers were considered possessed by spirits or demons. Today, doctors argue that sleep paralysis is of a mental nature and can be associated with a wide variety of factors, such as stress and poor diet. So, if you have unpleasant experiences, drink a glass of warm water with a teaspoon of honey before bed. Then grief will not pester you even in a dream.
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In a dream, we see only familiar people
Scientists argue that the human brain in a dream is not able to create new human images, it only resurrects those already in memory. This means that everyone we see in our dreams has already met us, even if we only saw them in passing somewhere on the street. At the same time, unfortunately, we more often dream of people who are unpleasant to us than those who we like. And this can be explained: in a dream we often see what we are thinking intensely, and we think more often about unpleasant people and situations than about joyful ones. So it is not difficult not to see the disgusting types in your dream: just throw them out of your head, at least before going to bed!
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Usually people have several dreams at night
According to scientists, a person can see up to seven different dreams in one night. Their number depends on the number of REM sleep phases: the more there are, the more dreams you will be able to see.
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Dream plots depend on gender
Studies have shown that representatives of the stronger sex are much more likely to deal with aggressive plots of dreams. 70% of the characters in their night visions are men. Women's dreams are more humane and are more often associated with simple everyday affairs. At the same time, representatives of both sexes see erotic dreams with the same frequency.
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Animals have dreams too
Some representatives of the animal kingdom, for example, dogs and cats, are also capable of dreaming. What are they dreaming about? About the same thing that we are about - about the world around them in real life. The plots of their dreams are hunting, eating, playing … However, their dreams are much shorter and simpler than human ones, and this is due not only to the structure of the brain, but also to the fact that most of our brothers have shorter sleep periods noticeably shorter than human ones.
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Some people only dream in black and white
About 12% of people on Earth are able to dream only in black and white. Scientists studying this phenomenon argue that this is due to differences in the work of the visual center of the brain: in these people, it is not able to generate a color image during sleep.
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