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Don't neglect your dreams
Dreams offer the opportunity to think in a different way and show new answers to problems,
They show us blind spots and help us home in on things we might be neglecting in our personal lives.
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Lucid dreaming
In lucid dreams, you become aware you’re dreaming. You can take control of the plot. They can be anything from a brief moment where you’re in a nightmare and tell yourself: “this is a dream” and wake up.
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Why dreams seem surreal
Most dreams are actually less bizarre than people think. When we dream, the logic centres of our brain – the frontal lobes – go dark, and chemicals associated with self-control, like serotonin and norepinephrine, drop. At the same time, the emotion centres light up: we have a perfect chemical can...
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Dreams maintain our mental health
Dreams are an opportunity to work through things that frighten us in real life, to play out worst-case scenarios in an environment where they have no consequences.
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Talking about dreams
People are compelled to talk about dreams. It is a natural impulse because dreams are emotional, affect moods, feel profound.
What is unusual is that we live in a culture where we’re expected to forget our dreams. We have this cliche that it is boring to talk about dreams.
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The role of dreaming in learning
Dreaming helps us consolidate new memories: we replay salient experiences from the day, reinforcing new pathways in our brains.
In one study, people enrolled in a French-language intensive course had an increase in REM sleep and dreams while they were studying: their brains were ...
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How to remember your dreams
Believe your dreams have value and tell yourself before bed you want to remember them.
Keep a dream journal. Get into a habit, set things up the night before to reinforce your goal.
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Bad Dreams May Be Good
Dreams are a common experience throughout the world, with human beings, animals and even birds being able to dream in their sleep.
According to a cluster of studies over the ages, a few theories about dreams:
- Dreams reveal hidden truths and desires.
- They help us proce...
Main Theories About Dreams
- Sigmund Freud believed dreams are our latent desires and repressed wishes, which are sometimes symbolic.
- Some scientists believe dreams help us consolidate our memory and are a sort of brain housekeeping.
- Some believe dreams are ancient biological radars, helping ...
Who can we trust for guidance
We often turn to intellectually dependable people... to guide us through our blind spots. It's about considering the facts in light of our values & objectives... think things through together to figure out what we should do with the facts in our particular situat...
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