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angelcake
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20/F/Eastleigh, United Kingdom Join Date: Aug 2006 | My dreams are never remotely what happened that day. | | |
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hypersensitive
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16/M/Las Vegas, Nevada Join Date: May 2008 | two different schools of thought exist as to why we dream: the physiological school, and the psychological school.
both, however, agree that we dream during the REM, or "rapid eye movement", phase of sleep. during this phase of sleep, our closed eyes dart rapidly about, our brain activity peaks, and our muscles suffer temporary paralysis.
the physiological theory centers upon how our body, specifically our brains, function during the REM phase of sleep. proponents of this theory believe that we dream to exercise the synapses, or pathways, between brain cells, and that dreaming takes over where the active and awake brain leaves off. when awake, our brains constantly transmit and receive messages, which course through our billions of brain cells to their appropriate destinations, and keep our bodies in perpetual motion. dreams replace this function.
two underpinning physiological facts go towards supporting this theory of dreams. the first lies in the fact that the first two or so years of ones life, the most formative ones for learning, are also the ones in which the most REM sleep occurs. it follows that during this time of the greatest REM sleep, we experience the greatest number of dreams. the second physiological fact that lends credence to this theory is that our brain waves during REM sleep, as recorded by machines measuring the brain's electrical activity, are almost identical in nature to the brain waves during the hours we spend awake. this is not the case during the other phases of sleep.
psychological theorists of dreams focus upon our thoughts and emotions, and speculate that dreams deal with immediate concerns in our lives, such as unfinished business from the day, or concerns we are incapable of handling during the course of the day. dreams can, in fact, teach us things about ourselves that we are unaware of.
connections between dreams that the human psyche have been made by many people over thousands of years. the famous greek philosopher, aristotle wrote in his "parva naturalia," over 2,200 years ago, of a connection between dreams, waking experiences, and emotional needs.
others have delved into more complicated explanations for dreams, such as the prophetic nature of dreams written of in the bible, which was and is a belief held by many cultures. sigmund freud, one of the fathers of modern psychology, believed dreams to be symbolic of any number of things buried deep within our minds and our memories.
until someone proves or disproves one of these theories, or poses an alternate one, we are left at square one. our knowledge as to what causes us to dream is limited to the fact that we do dream, and that dreams occur during the REM phase of sleep. | | |
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loveis
brat-inella
Bogey Man+ 70756 points Deleted


100/F/In the mirror, Join Date: Jun 2007 | 14_year_old_idiot said: Why do we dream? I'm not so interested as to what makes it happen, but what's the purpose of it? Like every part of the body is there for a reason (the ears on the side of the head so you can hear behind you for example) but as far as i can tell, there is no point to dreams... they just leave you more confused than when you fell asleep. They can be nice though  .
Because the mind is constantly alive, and processing things, even as we sleep. | | |
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basha
Minister 13023 points


27/F/Somewhere YOU wanna be!!, Unit Join Date: Apr 2008 | 14_year_old_idiot said: Why do we dream? I'm not so interested as to what makes it happen, but what's the purpose of it? Like every part of the body is there for a reason (the ears on the side of the head so you can hear behind you for example) but as far as i can tell, there is no point to dreams... they just leave you more confused than when you fell asleep. They can be nice though  .
Dreams are the body's way of assessing new data, rebooting and finding a way to deal with what it has processed in a given time period.
You forget, you update your computer regularly and the human brain is the most amazing computer to ever be created.
Your dreams are a by product of the fact that when you reach stage three of the sleep process the main components are completely shut down, repaired and any problems resolved.
In children specifically dreams are how they learn to do things as they develop and as you age, you may not notice that it continues but you do continue to develop and learn.
I don't believe the nonesense of dreams mean this and that. There is more information and electrical activity within the brain than can ever be fully understood but without this simple side effect of shut down you would be little more than a vegetable.  | | |
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RobbyF
Ogler+ 21284 points


27/M/Rockville, Maryland Join Date: Jun 2008 | 14_year_old_idiot said: Why do we dream? I'm not so interested as to what makes it happen, but what's the purpose of it? Like every part of the body is there for a reason (the ears on the side of the head so you can hear behind you for example) but as far as i can tell, there is no point to dreams... they just leave you more confused than when you fell asleep. They can be nice though  .
I never remember my dreams.
I laughed real hard when I saw your sn though!  | | |
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MartianLeader
Arnie Cunningham
Monk+ 33292 points


22/F/Darnell's Garage, Join Date: Jun 2008 | robbyf said: I never remember my dreams.
I laughed real hard when I saw your sn though!
I remember one dream. It was of me seeing the theater number thingy for mars attacks!! WEIRD!! maybe its a sign? That theres going to be another movie!! I have a post about it called movie dreams.
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