Rapid eye movement sleep

A dream is “a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep”, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. However, many people don’t know that there are diverse dreaming possibilities, or that some people perceive dreams differently than others; also, dreams have a deeply rooted meaning in the subconscious. I chose to write about dreaming because I often experience bizarre and at times sporadic dreams that I wanted to learn more about. Particular people dream in particular…

In 1951 a discovery in Nathaniel kleitmans sleep lab at the unviersity of Chicago changed how we would view the idea of sleeping and dreaming forever. Kleitman and William Dement would continue to discover that during sleep we pass repeatedly through five differnet stages every night. Each cycle lasts about ninety minutes and each stage of sleep is clearly distinguished from our prone awake states. Stage one is the light stage of sleep which lasts for about five to ten minutes. During this time…

Dreams are an essential part of our sleep. They are a series of thoughts, images and sensations occurring in a person’s mind while they are asleep. Often when we have dreams whether good or bad and when we wake up it’s hard to remember what the dream was about. Scientists define dreams as hallucinatory images. According to Myers, REM dreams are “hallucinations of the sleeping mind and are vivid, emotional and bizarre, so vivid that we can confuse them with reality.” For example, if we dream…

The first time that happened to me I thought I was dying. I refused to sleep for days. I remember trying to beckon to my cousin, who was sitting at the edge of the bed, to wake me up but I couldn't speak. In my mind, I was shouting her name and hoping and praying that she would snap me out of whatever was happening to me, but…

people must live with. The average person sleeps for around a third of their lifetime, thus, to have that time disturbed by sleep paralysis can run people’s lives both mentally and physically. The three main parts of sleep paralysis include, visual, auditory and tactile hallucinations. All three factors are quite scarring and feel extremely realistic. The overall sensation of sleep paralysis can cause people an onset of real life problems such as anxiety and sleep disorders. Visual…

but the blanket seems to have become mine slowly and now it's my home. Even though I don't think fish make sounds, I can hear their cry ringing out. It makes my soul heavy as I walk closer to the shore. I am staring at the horizon with heavy, intense eyes. I don't realize Alex is next to me until I see small tears running down his porcelain face. I don't understand how he remains so pale, we live off of sunshine here and no matter how much sunscreen you wear you simply just end up tanned.…

beginnings of human communication, dreams have made a significant impact in human life. Dreams, as we perceive them, are a sequence of images, notions, sentiments, feelings, thoughts, and impressions that occur spontaneously and unintentionally throughout sleep. In spite of the culture, society, sexual orientation, or other aspects a person can be defined from or classified into, everyone dreams regardless of physical or mental ailments or disorders. It has even been suggested - based on…

Deceitful Dreams According to the Oxford Dictionary, a dream is, "A cherished aspiration, ambition, or ideal; An unrealistic or self-deluding fantasy." Dreams are different from one another and come in many shapes and sizes, but all dreams are purely a desire and are imaginative. In society, dreams play a large role in how people live their everyday life. For instance, people may make decisions solely based on their own dream. In the United States, a common ethos is the American Dream. The…

minutes and most of the film shot by using ‘Photomontage’ technique shot in black and white apart from one short video that shot in motion which is the scene that the girl is sleeping in the bed and the picture going to fade and then suddenly open her eyes and blinking. Photomontage is a combination of several images joined together in an artistic way. This movie has been Recognized as one of the best time travel Science-Fiction movies in the world. It has won the ‘Prix Jean Vigo Award’ for Best…

I. Attention Getter: The world of imagination available to us in our sleep is probably taken for granted by many. However, no one can disagree to the mysteriousness of dreams. II. Topic Clarification: To the end of exploring this mystery, and hopefully clarifying it, we can at least look to patterns in dreams. More specifically, we can look to the particular types of dreams that we can distinguish. III. Roadmap: In this speech, I will describe three of them. I will take you through the…