On average, we spend about one third of our lives sleeping. During a portion of that time, we are also dreaming. While asleep, we can gain rest and refreshment for our hard day of work. Essentially, dreams are our method of relaxing and letting our minds drift away into a distant world. While dreaming, we can interact with various people, places or things.
Technically speaking, a dream is mass hallucination. A dream is a hallucination that is also a journey in our sleep that either relieves us of stress or tries to detract us from a certain habit or future happening (better known as a nightmare).
Dreams help us to understand ourselves giving that we know how to interpret them. Interpreting dreams is a very powerful tool. We can find out deep secrets or reveal concealed feelings towards something just by analyzing a dream correctly.
When people think about dreams, most wonder why they occur. There are several explanations for this question. It is a fact that we all must sleep. We constantly go through cycles of sleep and wakefulness. During each cycle, our minds must be active. Obviously when we are awake, we are using our minds for various actions. When we are asleep, it is not as obvious how our minds are at work. To keep our minds active during sleep we must dream. .
Everyone does in fact dream. Laboratory studies show that we experience our clearest, most vivid dreams during Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep. REM sleep occurs every 90 - 100 minutes, about 3 to 4 times a night, and lasts longer as the night progresses. The final REM period may last as long as 45 minutes. During REM sleep the brain is very active. The eyes move back and forth rapidly under the eyelids, and the large muscles of the body are relaxed. Less vivid dreams occur at other times during the night.
The sleeping process is more complicated than some may think. It's not just go to bed and wake up. Many things happen during sleep to keep our bodies moving and our minds working.
