After a long and exhausting day, many of us look forward to the magical and blessful thing called sleep. While we are sleeping, we start to dream, whether it is a wonderful and happy fantasyland where you can dance in a field of crispy bacon or a horrible and terrifying nightmare such as giving a speech in front of a huge audience. Either way, haven’t you ever wondered what those dreams mean and why they happen? Well, today I will be informing you about the analysis of a dream, but more specifically about what a dream is, why it happens and their interpretation. People could sometimes look very deeply into their dreams and worry if they have any actual significance to their lives. With this information, it will help you have better understanding
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According to the article in medical news today, “ Dreams: Why do we dream?” , by Hannah Nichols a dream is a “ universal human experience that can be described as a state of consciousness characterized by sensory, cognitive and emotional occurrences during sleep” ( Dreams: Why do we dream?). What that means is our minds creates a vivid illusion based things we have experienced before while we are sleeping. In our dreams, we have little control over what is being presented or the provocation of these images. It is not just one single dream we experience in our sleep but we actually have 3 - 6 different dreams per night, each lasting 5 to 20 minutes. However, 95% of the dreams are forgotten as soon as the person wakes up. In reality, when we fall asleep, we do not start to dream right away. Our brain goes through four different cycles before we reach the stage where we start to dream called the REM sleep, standing for rapid eye movement sleep. REM sleep takes 25% of the sleep cycle and starts 70 - 90 minutes after a person falls asleep, beginning in response to brain signals. REM sleep is experienced multiple times because of the sleep cycle is repeated each lasting 90 to 110 minutes. That is the explanation of a …show more content…
There is still really no reasonable explanation for why we dream; however, in the article “In Your Dreams” from the National Sleep Foundation, Phd professor and chairman of the department of psychology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Rosalind Cartwright has developed the theory that “dreams are the mechanism whereby the brain incorporates memories, solves problems and deals with emotions” ( In Your Dreams). Therefore, dreams take place and shape based on our personal knowledge and the psyche of the dreamer before falling asleep as well as the information that was process throughout the day. That is why Dr. Rosalind Cartwright professes dreams are essential to our emotional
According to the article in medical news today, “ Dreams: Why do we dream?” , by Hannah Nichols a dream is a “ universal human experience that can be described as a state of consciousness characterized by sensory, cognitive and emotional occurrences during sleep” ( Dreams: Why do we dream?). What that means is our minds creates a vivid illusion based things we have experienced before while we are sleeping. In our dreams, we have little control over what is being presented or the provocation of these images. It is not just one single dream we experience in our sleep but we actually have 3 - 6 different dreams per night, each lasting 5 to 20 minutes. However, 95% of the dreams are forgotten as soon as the person wakes up. In reality, when we fall asleep, we do not start to dream right away. Our brain goes through four different cycles before we reach the stage where we start to dream called the REM sleep, standing for rapid eye movement sleep. REM sleep takes 25% of the sleep cycle and starts 70 - 90 minutes after a person falls asleep, beginning in response to brain signals. REM sleep is experienced multiple times because of the sleep cycle is repeated each lasting 90 to 110 minutes. That is the explanation of a …show more content…
There is still really no reasonable explanation for why we dream; however, in the article “In Your Dreams” from the National Sleep Foundation, Phd professor and chairman of the department of psychology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Rosalind Cartwright has developed the theory that “dreams are the mechanism whereby the brain incorporates memories, solves problems and deals with emotions” ( In Your Dreams). Therefore, dreams take place and shape based on our personal knowledge and the psyche of the dreamer before falling asleep as well as the information that was process throughout the day. That is why Dr. Rosalind Cartwright professes dreams are essential to our emotional