Dreams are projections of our emotions, feelings and experiences. The nature of dreams has not yet been fully understood, although they have been the subject of interest of scientists from the moment science appeared.
1. During deep sleep, the body is paralyzed.
Perhaps, nature has provided such a mechanism so that a person does not try to reproduce the actions that he dreams about. The cervical glands secrete a hormone that is responsible for falling asleep, and the neurons in the brain send signals to the spinal cord, so that the body first relaxes and then becomes immobile.
2. Those who quit smoking see more vivid dreams.
People who have been smoking for a long time and then gave up this habit, in one smoky voice claim that their dreams have become much more intense. True, they often dream that they have taken up a cigarette again, and they wake up in horror, panic and with nicotine hunger.
3. Dreams about something bigger.
Even if a very specific bench at the entrance of your house appears in your dream, it is not at all a fact that this dream is specifically about it. Most likely, your unconscious contacts with your consciousness and tries to compare this bench with something deeper and more important than a piece of wood. Dreams are symbolic.
4. Not everyone has colored dreams.
As many as 12% of people see only black and white dreams. All other 88% are rewarded with the ability to observe color dreams.
5. People dream only of something they know.
Surely everyone has noticed that his dreams are full of strangers, and suspected the imagination that it had invented them on its own. In fact, all the people that a person sees in a dream have met him at least once in reality. So that gnawed zombie who has been chasing you half of last night may have the features of your nursery teacher’s husband.
6. Dreaming Prevents Psychosis
One group of students in a recent study were woken up as soon as they had watched their first dream, and after that they were allowed to sleep for the prescribed 8 hours. In the next three days, the test showed that the group had difficulty concentrating, hallucinations, and irritability. The other group was not prevented from sleeping for the allotted 8 hours. The students in this group felt good.
7. Everybody has dreams
Absolutely all people have dreams, but men and women have different dreams. Men are more likely to dream of other men, while girls dream of both men and women with the same frequency.
8. A person forgets 90% of his dreams
Five minutes after waking up, a person forgets half of his dreams, and after ten – he remembers only 10% of the dreaming delirium. It is scary to assume what chemistry lessons would be like if Mendeleev remembered the entire table that appeared to him in a dream.
9. Blind people have dreams
Those who became blind after birth dream of images that they saw before they lost their sight. People who were born blind also have dreams that represent a set of sounds, smells, and sensations.
10. “Hypnotic jerks”.
The shaking of the body when we fall asleep is very common. It is completely harmless and is called “hypnotic jerks”.
