Do Your Dreams Have A Hidden Meaning?
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The article "Do Your Dreams Have a Hidden Meaning?" is about fitness, it was released by Wendy Owen.
Copyright 2005 Wendy Owen
Dreams, what are they?
Dreams come from your subconscious mind as a means of processing
and sorting information. But the truth is no one really knows
what causes derams and why folk seem to have vivid colorful
dreams and others have short uneventful ones.
Dreams mainly occur during Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep.
REM
occurs every one and a half hours during the sleep cycle.
During
REM the eyes move from side to side and the body is relaxed and
almost incapable of movement.
Have you ever told people, "I never dream"? Well you're wrong.
The fact is everybody dreams every night. You just may not be
able to rmeember your dreams.
Don't worry too much if this is the case.
Not remembering dreams
doesn't mean you're abnromal or unnatural in any way. While most
people do remember their dreams, the memory is fleeting and
occurs mainly when the sleeper first awakens.
If you really want to be able to remember your dreams, the best
way is to 'remind yourself' before falling asleep. This programs
the subconscious mind - the source of your dreams - to hold on
to the memory.
When you wake up, try and hold the dream in your mind utnil you
have a chance to record it. The easiest way to do this is to
have a notebook and pen or a personal voice recorder beside your
bed, so you can write down the dream before it disappears and
gets 'buried' by the normal thoughts and concerns of everyday
life.
With a bit of practice you'll find little snippets of your
dreams beginning to reveal themselves. This procedure will also
work well for those who remember occasional dreams or those who
want to remember every dream they have.
Books on dream interpretation abound and many persons believe
that dreams create a window into the subconscious mind where
they can find answers to their most pressing troubles and even
see into the future.
This can be a dangerous practice. At best you can waste a lot of
money buying books which lean towards the esoteric and lack
knowledge in this area. Even sleep specailists know a large part
of interpreting dreams is pure speculation.
At worst dream interpretation can be taken too seriously and
people can depend too heavily on finding the (sometimes false)
meaning of their dreams.
This can lead to depression and even
paranoia. It's best to treat dream interpretation as a bit of
fun and realize that there may be many different ways to analyze
dreams and their meaning.
If you are having recurring dreams or nightmares, it's best to
contact a tehrapist experienced in this area.
Don't go down the
mystical route of trying to analyze yourself by means of a book.
Nightmares can be caused by stress, so work on ways to relieve
this and the nightmares should ease or may even disappear by
themselves.
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