“Why do we dream?” is an age old question that still seems to have no answer. Many dream experts have tried to find the answer, but they were all unsuccessful. Throughout their research though, they did come up with some interesting theories.
Humans have dreamt since the beginning of time. There are many accounts of dreams in the Bible. One of the most known is Joseph’s dream about Mary. He would have divorced her because she was pregnant with Jesus, if it weren’t for God sending an angel to him in a dream. “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her …show more content…
As we sleep, our brains pass through the different sleep stages. In one night, our brains cycle back and forth through the stages of sleep four to five times. REM sleep is when most of our dreaming occurs, and during this stage our eyes start to move around quickly under our eyelids. Although it has been said that dreaming only occurred during REM sleep, experts now believe that dreams may occur during any sleep cycle. Experts today have developed many interesting theories. Some say dreams are a form of problem solving. They claim that dreams administer a safe place for working through problems, questions and dilemmas in our lives. Others believe dreams are as natural as a bodily function such as blinking or burping. All experts agree on one thing, we all dream. Humans spend a lot of time asleep, but it’s not a hobby. Because we sleep close to one third of our lives, it is a good thing that we dream. On average, a person gets eight hours of sleep per night. Most of us sleep one hundred and twenty-two days out of every year, so by the time we’re seventy-five years old, we will have spent about twenty-five years asleep! (Why Do We
Humans have dreamt since the beginning of time. There are many accounts of dreams in the Bible. One of the most known is Joseph’s dream about Mary. He would have divorced her because she was pregnant with Jesus, if it weren’t for God sending an angel to him in a dream. “Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her …show more content…
As we sleep, our brains pass through the different sleep stages. In one night, our brains cycle back and forth through the stages of sleep four to five times. REM sleep is when most of our dreaming occurs, and during this stage our eyes start to move around quickly under our eyelids. Although it has been said that dreaming only occurred during REM sleep, experts now believe that dreams may occur during any sleep cycle. Experts today have developed many interesting theories. Some say dreams are a form of problem solving. They claim that dreams administer a safe place for working through problems, questions and dilemmas in our lives. Others believe dreams are as natural as a bodily function such as blinking or burping. All experts agree on one thing, we all dream. Humans spend a lot of time asleep, but it’s not a hobby. Because we sleep close to one third of our lives, it is a good thing that we dream. On average, a person gets eight hours of sleep per night. Most of us sleep one hundred and twenty-two days out of every year, so by the time we’re seventy-five years old, we will have spent about twenty-five years asleep! (Why Do We