What Are The Importance Of Dreams?

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Dreaming is an experience that has fascinated scientists and people for years. Although research about dreams has been limited in the past, it has improved tremendously in its field of science. There are tremendous individual variations of dreams when we are sleeping. In addition, cultural practices, sleeping arrangements, and general environmental conditions can influence people’s responsiveness to external stimulation during sleep. Since the dawn of our existence, humans have wondered about the nature and significance of dreams. For many years, people considered dreams as experiences accumulated by the dreamer’s traveling soul or revelations conveyed to the dreaming individual from the spiritual world. Dreams are considered story like …show more content…

Some believe that a benefit of dreaming allows one to travel in his or her dream for a specific purpose. African tribes believe that dreaming allows the living and dead to communicate with one another. Even though they have passed on, it allows the loved ones to be able to speak to each other just as they did when they were living. Cultures also believe that dreams can be transmitted from one person to another. This can also be done for selfish and malevolent purposes. Dreaming is also considered a reward for the mind. Since the mind is constantly working while you are awake, dreaming allows the mind to be at ease. When the mind is sleeping it allows the brain to consolidate and process all the information that has been collected during the day. Most dream experts suggest that dreaming is simply a by-product or even an active part of this information …show more content…

Although dreams may not mean anything, many people take them seriously. Most people assume dreams contain important hidden truths about the individual, also that dreams express current concerns and occupations. Others consider dreams to not be important. While other cultures are able to recall what they dream about, Americans are more likely to not remember their dream. That is because the dreams are very ordinary, and occur very often. Many different factors affect the way individuals dream. Dreams are very vulnerable to disruption from problems with the mental and physical health. Americans are more susceptible to depression and anxiety, which are often accompanied by nightmares. People who are depressed or anxious are more likely to have stressful, frightening dreams. These dreams are often recurring on a daily

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