Reflection Paper About Dreams

When I was fourteen years old, I was talking to a friend of mine and mentioned a bizarre dream I had. It was a dream about my wrist becoming torn open as I astonishingly gazed at the tendons and muscles that controlled my wrist as it moved. This dream just seemed out of ordinary for me at the time. When I was done describing the dream my friend said, “Well, have you been stressed lately? Typically dreams about physical injury have to do about stress, and you may be concerned about your wrist.” That response was surprising, never before had I ever thought that dreams may have a meaning with them. I thought about my situation, and at the time I was worried about developing carpal tunnel syndrome in my wrist because it had been hurting whenever I wrote or drew anything. Ever since then, I had a curiosity about dreams and the meanings within them. If a dream struck me as odd, I’d think about it and try to find the theme of the dream and apply it to my current situation. Although every dream may not be significant to one’s current state in life, learning how to analyze dreams can make

During sleep, a person goes through four to five REM periods. REMs are states of rapid eye movement that last from 30 to 90 minutes in length . During REM periods, brain waves that are detected through electroencephalography are similar to that of person who is awake . Besides REM periods, sleeping people go through periods of NREM, non-rapid eye movement. NREM periods occur in between REM periods and last as long as REM periods. Dreams most commonly occur during REM cycles due the increased activity in brain waves . Dreams can occur during NREM periods of sleep, but they are not as common and tend to be less visual . On average, a person will experience a dream once out of three nights, whether they are able to recall it or not . Dreams are more common among infants and gradually decrease as they age