Why Do Dreams Matter?

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Why do we dream? Why do dreams matter? Why would that psycho skill evolve us? What’s the down fall of not sleeping? Phantasmata and dreams help us process over leftover fear and anxiety. It’s like the garbage disposal of psyche. Dreams are personal. Tragic or traumatic events can cause the person to have nightmares and the person can even have nightmares randomly. Scary but necessary we are churning through what holds us back. For example, it’s just like the movie “A nightmare on Elm Street” the only way for Nancy (the main character) to face Freddy and learn the truth is through her nightmares, scary but necessary. But you are probably wondering do we need horror movies like we need our dreams? Well yeah they work the same way maybe that’s

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