Dreams!!! we all have them, some dreams are better than others and most are better off forgotten. The dream means a number of thoughts, images, and feelings that occur during sleep in the mind of a person. The word dream means music in old English. Dreams could be very strange stuff. Many people like to believe that dreams are just your brain throwing the previous day's random pieces together. But what if there were more to our dreams than that? We bring you 36 amazing and weird dream facts.
1. You rarely see your lover in your dreams.
2. Our dreams are only about the things we already know.
3. The faces of people we see in the dreams are the faces we have seen before in real life.
4. 95% of all dreams are quickly forgotten shortly after waking up.
5. Approximately 80% of all dreams are in color, there are small percentages of people who claim to only dream in black and white.
6. We can control our dreams.
7. A lucid dream is one when a dreamer becomes aware that they're in a dream and thus gains control over everything that happens.
8. Dreams are more common to negative emotions like anxiety and fear.
9. Blind people can also dream.
10. The dreams of blind people usually include information from other senses, such as taste, sound, and touch.
11. We are paralyzed during our dreams. The phenomenon is known as REM atonia.
12. Many dreams are common and universal. Common dreams experience include school events, feeling frozen, unable to move, arriving late, being chased, attached, and falling.
13. There are about 1460 and 2190 dreams a year for the average person.
14. We can't simultaneously snore and dream.
15. Women are said to have slightly longer dreams than men.
16. Your brain tends to be more active when you sleep, than when you awake.
17. Babies don't actually dream about themselves until they're about three to four years old.
18. Our body burns more calories during sleeping than it does in the day time.
19. Men get an erection in REM (rapid eye movements) sleep.
20. We can not read in dreams, because it depends on the different side of the brain to dream and read.
21. We spend 6 years dreaming in an average lifetime.
22. You can problem-solve in your dreams.
23. You are more likely to have negative dreams than positive ones.
24. Animals can also dream.
25. The average dream lasts from 10 to 15 minutes.
26. People who stay up late at night are more likely to have nightmares.
27. The colder the house, the worse the dreams you have.
28. Sometimes in our dreams, we hear a sound from reality and incorporate it into our dreams.
29. On average, an individual has four dreams every night.
30. Pregnant women remember dreams more than other populations. This is largely due to the extreme hormonal changes during pregnancy.
31. Flying in a dream can symbolize personal power, joy, and freedom.
32. Premonition dreams- a case where people have actually had dreams about things which happened to them later, in the exact same way they have dreamed about it.
33. When a man dreams, approximately 70% of the people he will see in his dream will also be men.
34. When a woman dreams, it's approximately 50 50 between men and women occupying the dream with her.
35. People with personality disorders do not have the ability to dream.
36. Nightmares are more common for children than for adults.
.... can dreams be about past lives? ....
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