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15 Interesting Facts About Dreams by Akbee(m): 8:43pm On Dec 29, 2014
Dreaming is one of the most mysterious
and interesting experiences in our lives.
During the Roman Era some dreams were
even submitted to the Roman Senate for
analysis and dream interpretation. They
were thought to be messages from the
gods. Dream interpreters even
accompanied military leaders into battles
and campaigns!
In addition to this, it is also known that
many artists have received their creative
ideas from their dreams.
1. You Forget 90% of Your Dreams
2. Blind People also Dream
People who became blind after birth can
see images in their dreams . People who
are born blind do not see any images, but
have dreams equally vivid involving their
other senses of sound, smell, touch and
emotion.
3. Everybody Dreams
Every human being dreams (except in
cases of extreme psychological disorder). If
you think you are not dreaming – you just
forget your dreams.
4. In Our Dreams We Only See Faces
That We already Know
Our mind is not inventing faces – in our
dreams we see real faces of real people
that we have seen during our life but may
not know or remember. We have all seen
hundreds of thousands of faces throughout
our lives, so we have an endless supply of
characters for our brain to utilize during
our dreams.
5. Not Everybody Dreams in Color
A full 12% of sighted people dream
exclusively in black and white. The
remaining number dream in full color.
Studies from 1915 through to the 1950s
maintained that the majority of dreams
were in black and white, but these results
began to change in the 1960s. Today only
4.4% of the dreams of under-25 year-
olds are in black and white. Recent
research has suggested that those
changing results may be linked to the
switch from black-and-white film and TV
to color media.
6. Dreams are Symbolic
If you dream about some particular subject
it is not often that the dream is about that.
Dreams speak in a deeply symbolic
language. Whatever symbol your dream
picks on it is most unlikely to be a symbol
for itself.

Re: 15 Interesting Facts About Dreams by Akbee(m): 8:44pm On Dec 29, 2014
7. Emotions
The most common emotion experienced in
dreams is anxiety. Negative emotions are
more common than positive ones.
8. You can have four to seven
dreams in one night.
On average you can dream anywhere from
one or two hours every night.
9. Animals Dream Too
Studies have been done on many different
animals, and they all show the same brain
waves during dreaming sleep as humans.
Watch a dog sleeping sometime. The paws
move like they are running and they make
yipping sounds as if they are chasing
something in a dream.
10. Body Paralysis
Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is
a normal stage of sleep characterized
by rapid movements of the eyes.
REM sleep in adult humans typically
occupies 20-25% of total sleep,
about 90-120 minutes of a night’s
sleep.
During REM sleep the body is paralyzed
by a mechanism in the brain in order to
prevent the movements which occur in the
dream from causing the physical body to
move. However, it is possible for this
mechanism to be triggered before, during,
or after normal sleep while the brain
awakens.
11. Dream Incorporation
Our mind interprets the external stimuli that
our senses are bombarded with when we
are asleep and make them a part of our
dreams . This means that sometimes in our
dreams we hear a sound from reality and
incorporate it in a way. For example you
may be dreaming that you are in a
concert while your brother is playing a
guitar during your sleep.
12. Men and Women Dream
Differently
Men tend to dream more about other men.
Around 70% of the characters in a man’s
dream are other men. On the other hand, a
woman’s dream contains almost an equal
number of men and women. Aside from
that, men generally have more aggressive
emotions in their dreams than the female
lot.
Re: 15 Interesting Facts About Dreams by Akbee(m): 8:45pm On Dec 29, 2014
13. Precognitive Dreams
Results of several surveys across large
population sets indicate that between 18%
and 38% of people have experienced at
least one precognitive dream and 70%
have experienced déjà vu. The percentage
of persons that believe precognitive
dreaming is possible is even higher –
ranging from 63% to 98%.
*Precognition, also called future
sight, refers to perception that
involves the acquisition of future
information that cannot be deduced
from presently available and normally
acquired sense-based information.
14. If you are snoring, then you
cannot be dreaming.
This fact is repeated all over the Internet,
but I’m a bit suspicious whether it’s really
true as I haven’t found any scientific
evidence to support it.
15.You can experience an o r g asm
in your dream
You can not only have s e x as
pleasurable as in your real life while
dreaming , but also experience an o r g a s
m as strong as a real one without any
wet results. The sensations felt while lucid
dreaming (touch, pleasure and etc..) can
be as pleasurable and strong (or I believe
even stronger) as the sensations
experienced in the real world.
Credit:www.boredpanda.com/15-interesting-facts-about-dreams-dreaming/

Re: 15 Interesting Facts About Dreams by jingh(f): 8:47pm On Dec 29, 2014
7 dreams in a night

dats awkard
Re: 15 Interesting Facts About Dreams by FLAWLES(f): 8:59pm On Dec 29, 2014
No spiritual husband dream ni?hmmm
Re: 15 Interesting Facts About Dreams by herald9: 9:06pm On Dec 29, 2014
Do blind people see in their dream?
Does the lame walk?
Re: 15 Interesting Facts About Dreams by Kazrem(m): 9:09pm On Dec 29, 2014
FLAWLES:
No spiritual husband dream ni?hmmm
I called your number some minutes ago but you didn't pick it.

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Re: 15 Interesting Facts About Dreams by FLAWLES(f): 9:12pm On Dec 29, 2014
Kazrem:

I called your number some minutes ago but you didn't pick it.
.dude stop Calling ME;shouuuuuuuuu;i din ask you to
Re: 15 Interesting Facts About Dreams by ALAYORMII: 9:14pm On Dec 29, 2014
Precognition
Re: 15 Interesting Facts About Dreams by Akbee(m): 9:14pm On Dec 29, 2014
FLAWLES:
.dude stop Calling ME;shouuuuuuuuu;i din ask you to
na so ebi
Re: 15 Interesting Facts About Dreams by Akbee(m): 9:16pm On Dec 29, 2014
herald9:
Do blind people see in their dream?
Does the lame walk?
the answer to the first question is already in the thread..
the lame may dream of walking..u no sometimes we may dream what we imagined in broad daylight..
Re: 15 Interesting Facts About Dreams by Akbee(m): 9:19pm On Dec 29, 2014
peeps isnt this a fp material?i think it is.click on like if u agree.
Re: 15 Interesting Facts About Dreams by Kazrem(m): 9:23pm On Dec 29, 2014
FLAWLES:
.dude stop Calling ME;shouuuuuuuuu;i din ask you to
But messages don't deliver on your whstsaaaaaaaap.
Re: 15 Interesting Facts About Dreams by herald9: 9:30pm On Dec 29, 2014
Akbee:

the answer to the first question is already in the thread..
the lame may dream of walking..u no sometimes we may dream what we imagined in broad daylight..


Awww...and they'll wake up to realize it was just a dream... I would've wished not to be woken upsad
Re: 15 Interesting Facts About Dreams by Princecalm(m): 9:31pm On Dec 29, 2014
Sex in dream is seen as a bad thing in our religious culture.
Re: 15 Interesting Facts About Dreams by jerryboiii(m): 9:44pm On Dec 29, 2014
We already av a thread like dis i think
Re: 15 Interesting Facts About Dreams by yorex2011: 9:44pm On Dec 29, 2014
Tnx OP... I've known bout lucid dreaming fro a while now tho
Re: 15 Interesting Facts About Dreams by FLAWLES(f): 9:52pm On Dec 29, 2014
Kazrem:

But messages don't deliver on your whstsaaaaaaaap.
.so?you go take am as you see am;ad stop QUOTING me unnecessary
Re: 15 Interesting Facts About Dreams by Kazrem(m): 9:55pm On Dec 29, 2014
FLAWLES:
.so?you go take am as you see am;ad stop QUOTING me unnecessary
Mtcheeew.
Re: 15 Interesting Facts About Dreams by Akbee(m): 12:25am On Dec 30, 2014
Kazrem:

Mtcheeew.

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