A Bad Dream

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…

Theme: Dreams are a free plane ticket to travel the world in your mind. One main theme I found in the alchemist was dreams. Because In the beginning of the book the boy goes to sleep in an abandoned church and he says he had the same dream 3 times in a row to the palm reader. The dream was him traveling across the world looking for treasure in Egypt. A published study suggests that dreaming about a new or difficult task can actually make the task easier to perform once awake. In the experiment,…

Have you ever had a dream that you have worked for super hard and in order to pursue that dream you had to stop what you have been doing in the past? You stopped the bad things or at least tried to stop them so that dream could become reality. In John Steinbeck's novella Of Mice and Men, the characters learn that having a dream with someone close to you can give you a message that tells you to stop doing the things you are doing if they are bad. In the novella, our characters George and…

middle of math class. I was having the same reoccurring dream for the tenth time this month, I saw myself in the third person being punched over and over again. The ones punching me would be doctors, politicians, teachers, anyone of any occupation would be punching me, almost as if I was a good luck charm. There was also a man tied on a surgical bed, every time I was punched his scars would heal, and his anguish slowly turned to a smile. This dream of mine would worry me sometimes however it had…

Dreams; we all have them, whether they are dreams that arise in your sleep or dreams that will determine what and who you become in a future time. According to Henry David Thoreau, "Dreams are the touchstones of our character." When first pondering upon this statement, it is difficult to decipher which "dreams" Thoreau is describing. If this quote were to be broken apart into individual words, "dreams" would refer to our desires and our hopes. What is meant by touchstones in this case is certain…

Chase Your Dreams, You Might Just Catch One “You have all the reason in the world to achieve your grandest dreams.” That’s what Dennis Waitley said. Throughout the dream unit, we have learned and studied about people whose dreams came true, and others whose dreams didn’t. Some people did not achieve their dream, but many people did succeed. While too many dreams can cancel each other out, leaving no dreams, it’s still worth it to dream because it's something to look forward to in life, dreaming…

Sleep is an undoubtably essential part of everyone 's life. Although we rest our bodies for another day of activity, our minds seem to keep going. During ancient history, dreams were considered omens or prophecies and sometimes recorded on clay tablets in 3100 BC Mesopotamia. While people today do not rely so heavily on their dreams, it has become an omnipresent part of our society. Sleep is a crucial part of our lives and takes up about one-third of our lifetime. Sleep is defined as a natural…

What are dreams? Dreams are a series of thoughts you have and pictures you see when you are asleep. You can’t control a dream and more than likely when you wake up you 'll forget it. Sometimes people have a type of dream that are known as Lucid dreams. Lucid dreaming is when you are aware of your dream and have the ability to control it. Only 20% of people will have this type of dream regularly and the other 80% would be lucky to even have 1 lucid dream in their lifetime. Knowing you are…

Dreams “Dreams are only thoughts you didn't have time to think about during the day.” (Unknown Author). There are many different components that are involved in why we dream, how to understand our dreams and the possibilities of remembering our dreams. Despite opposing viewpoints, research proves that everyone does dream and if we understand how our dreams work, then it will have a positive effect on our well-being. “There are many theories about why we dream, but no one knows for sure.”…

Sun” Walter's character is held back from achieving his dreams because of obstacles that stand in his way. Walter's dreams dramatically change from the beginning to the end of the book. For example, at the beginning of the book the majority of his dream is to own a liquor store, and by the end he only wants to help his family. However, many people stand in his way of achieve his dream. At the start of the book when Walter is fighting for his dream of a owning liquor store, he is hindered by his…