Dreams and Sleep

 

Sleeping is the most important part of life in every human being. We spend a quarter of our lifetime sleeping and dreaming.

 

 

Stages of sleep:

 Humans have four stages of sleep. Stage 1 is very light sleep, stage 2 is a little deeper sleep. Stage 3 is deeper than stage 2 and it’s also when the muscles relax, the heart rate stops and the blood pressure slows down. Stage 4 is when the deepest sleep and dreams occur. It's also when our blood pressure and heart rate changes and the REM (rapid eye movement) occurs. REM is when our dreams are most vivid and it usually lasts for about 10 minutes. A person will continue REM to stage 4 until they are awake and then jump to deep sleep which occurs more than once during the night. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What are Dreams?

Dreams are our inner most feelings, thoughts and memories in form of images that we experience during sleep.

 

 

Why do we dream?

Researchers have not yet found the exact reason of why we sleep and dream. Although there are some factors that affect our sleep and dreams. Our dreams are mostly influenced by what we do during the day. Scientists even suggest that our dream patterns evolve around the age of 7 or 8. 

 

 

Factors that affect our dreams:

The position that we sleep in can affect our dreams. Scientists found that if we sleep on our stomach, we have more erotic and more sexual dreams. If we sleep on our left side then we have more scary and bizarre dreams but if we sleep on our right side then we have more pleasant and peaceful dreams.

 

 

Sigmund Freud's Dream Theory

Sigmund Freud was the most influential physiologist on the twentieth century. He is known as the father of psychoanalysis. Sigmund Freud was the most influential physiologist on the twentieth century. He is known as the father of psychoanalysis. Sigmund Freud analyzed dreams in order to understand personalities. According to Sigmund Freud, dream serve as an important role in giving clues on how the unconscious mind operates. Freud suggested that dreams