Dreams

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How many of you have had a nightmare or dream that has confused you or just didn’t make any sense to you?

personally, I remember my dreams really easily, and I will share a tip, that will help you remember your dreams right after you wake up.

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I am going to talk to you about the psychology and meaning behind dreams. And I will tell you where dreams come from, what affects our dreams, how dreams are formed at a young age.

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Aristotle analyzed dreams really carefully, and observed that dreams come from our sense of perception and we are emotionally charged by our daily lives which we bring into our dreams

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According to Kelly Bulkeley in the book Psychology of Dreams: when we go to sleep the external objects that we perceive while we are awake, leave our sense, yet leave impressions from those objects of perception. Sometimes we cannot understand our dreams because of the role play by the emotions that we can carry.

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In the book The Interpretation of Dreams, Freud said that the biggest mistake that the brain makes when dreaming, is confusing two different events, and connect with each other. This leads you to make decisions based off of an event and emotion.

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For example, if you are feeling uneasy or agitated with yourself, your mind might grab that emotion in a dream. Now let's imagine in that dream, that you are walking around a pool or lake and you look down and see your reflection through the water, but as you are looking into the water, the water starts to look dirty and muddy. This example shows that even though you are performing a normal action, the dirty water could symbolize the negative emotion.

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there are many factors that could affect our dreams outside our daily emotions.

Sleep disorders are the most hidden, yet most common explanations as to why some people are constantly dealing with nightmares.

The most common disorder that affects dreams is depression.

Depression affects your REM cycle.

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REM has a lot to do with the way your brain goes into the deep cycle of sleep that affects your dreams. During the first REM period, the there is an increased movement in the eyes, which stresses your brain rather than relaxing it, as it is supposed to be doing as you fall asleep.

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Commonly waking up in the middle of the night, will actually increase depression and sometimes depending on the person, it will make it even harder to fall asleep, which can result in insomnia.

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In the book The Variety of dream Experience it is said that sleep disorders are common in general and even more in clinical practice, yet are poorly understood by doctors and other health care practitioners.