Every individual dreams; however, some people are affected more than others. Dreams are sequences of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations that occur involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep. Most occurring during rapid-eye movement or REM—when brain activity is high and resembles being awake. Many believe that dreams are a connection to an individual’s subconscious. Sigmund Freud, a scientist in the early 1900s performed extensive studies on dreams, including their interpretation, why they occur, and what they indicate. In addition, people have done extensive research and established a connection between dreams and certain sleep disorders.
Freud believed that dreams are manifestations of an individual’s deepest desires and …show more content…
No one knows specifically why humans need sleep or how it happens, but the quality, quantity, and type of sleep affects how humans function every day. Scientists know that sleep is important, the most restful and deepest occurring during rapid eye movement (“Sleep”). Since many dream during the REM phase, scientists have concluded that dreaming is beneficial to health, to learning, and to repairing the body and mind. Throughout history, there have been multiple cases where people have reported that by dreaming, they were healed from a certain disease or injury. For instance, about a year ago, a person diagnosed with gut problems had to go on a strict diet; the individual stated that lucid dreaming cured them (“Dream Healing”). Apparently, the individual dreamed of a pink beam shooting into his or her gut and it healed them (“Dream …show more content…
Nightmare disorder is one version of this; the patient awakens from frightening dreams and is fully alert upon arousal (“Sleep Disorders”). One of the most common forms of sleep disorder, insomnia, creates the inability to fall asleep. It is estimated that thirty five percent of adults in the United States experience this problem during any given year, but the number of these adults who are experiencing true primary insomnia is unknown (“Sleep Disorders”). People experiencing insomnia usually go through a traumatic event relating to sleep either at a young age or in recent years. Many who experience this are often anxious about sleep and associate all sleep related subjects with frustration, making the problem worse (“Sleep
Freud believed that dreams are manifestations of an individual’s deepest desires and …show more content…
No one knows specifically why humans need sleep or how it happens, but the quality, quantity, and type of sleep affects how humans function every day. Scientists know that sleep is important, the most restful and deepest occurring during rapid eye movement (“Sleep”). Since many dream during the REM phase, scientists have concluded that dreaming is beneficial to health, to learning, and to repairing the body and mind. Throughout history, there have been multiple cases where people have reported that by dreaming, they were healed from a certain disease or injury. For instance, about a year ago, a person diagnosed with gut problems had to go on a strict diet; the individual stated that lucid dreaming cured them (“Dream Healing”). Apparently, the individual dreamed of a pink beam shooting into his or her gut and it healed them (“Dream …show more content…
Nightmare disorder is one version of this; the patient awakens from frightening dreams and is fully alert upon arousal (“Sleep Disorders”). One of the most common forms of sleep disorder, insomnia, creates the inability to fall asleep. It is estimated that thirty five percent of adults in the United States experience this problem during any given year, but the number of these adults who are experiencing true primary insomnia is unknown (“Sleep Disorders”). People experiencing insomnia usually go through a traumatic event relating to sleep either at a young age or in recent years. Many who experience this are often anxious about sleep and associate all sleep related subjects with frustration, making the problem worse (“Sleep