Everybody Dreams
Every human being dreams (except in cases of extreme psychologicaldisorder) but men and women have different dreams and differentphysical reactions. Men tend to dream more about other men, while womentend to dream equally about men and women. In addition, both men andwomen experience sexually related physical reactions to their dreamsregardless of whether the dream is sexual in nature; males experienceerections and females experience increased vaginal blood flow.
Blind People Dream
Who become blind after birth can see images in their dreams. People whoare born blind do not see any images, but have dreams equally vividinvolving their other senses of sound, smell, touch and emotion. It ishard for a seeing person to imagine, but the body need for sleep is sostrong that it is able to handle virtually all physical situations tomake it happen.
You Forget 90% of your Dreams
Within 5 minutes of waking, half of your dream if forgotten. Within 10,90% is gone. The famous poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, woke one morninghaving had a fantastic dream (likely opium induced) - he put pen topaper and began to describe his vision in a dream in what has becomeone of English most famous poems: Kubla Khan. Part way through (54lines in fact) he was interrupted by a Person from Porlock. Coleridgereturned to his poem but could not remember the rest of his dream. Thepoem was never completed. In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A statelypleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through cavernsmeasureless to man Down to a sunless sea. Curiously, Robert LouisStevenson came up with the story of Doctor Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde whilsthe was dreaming.
We Only Dream of What We Know
Our dreams are frequently full of strangers who play out certain parts- did you know that your mind is not inventing those faces - they arereal faces of real people that you have seen during your life but maynot know or remember? The evil killer in your latest dream may be theguy who pumped petrol in to your Dad car when you were just a littlekid. We have all seen hundreds of thousands of faces through our lives,so we have an endless supply of characters for our brain to utilizeduring our dreams.
Not Everyone Dreams in Color
A full 12% of sighted people dream exclusively in black and white. Theremaining number dream in full color. People also tend to have commonthemes in dreams, which are situations relating to school, beingchased, running slowly/in place, sexual experiences, falling, arrivingtoo late, a person now alive being dead, teeth falling out, flying,failing an examination, or a car accident. It is unknown whether theimpact of a dream relating to violence or death is more emotionallycharged for a person who dreams in color than one who dreams in blackand white.
Every human being dreams (except in cases of extreme psychologicaldisorder) but men and women have different dreams and differentphysical reactions. Men tend to dream more about other men, while womentend to dream equally about men and women. In addition, both men andwomen experience sexually related physical reactions to their dreamsregardless of whether the dream is sexual in nature; males experienceerections and females experience increased vaginal blood flow.
Blind People Dream
Who become blind after birth can see images in their dreams. People whoare born blind do not see any images, but have dreams equally vividinvolving their other senses of sound, smell, touch and emotion. It ishard for a seeing person to imagine, but the body need for sleep is sostrong that it is able to handle virtually all physical situations tomake it happen.
You Forget 90% of your Dreams
Within 5 minutes of waking, half of your dream if forgotten. Within 10,90% is gone. The famous poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, woke one morninghaving had a fantastic dream (likely opium induced) - he put pen topaper and began to describe his vision in a dream in what has becomeone of English most famous poems: Kubla Khan. Part way through (54lines in fact) he was interrupted by a Person from Porlock. Coleridgereturned to his poem but could not remember the rest of his dream. Thepoem was never completed. In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A statelypleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through cavernsmeasureless to man Down to a sunless sea. Curiously, Robert LouisStevenson came up with the story of Doctor Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde whilsthe was dreaming.
We Only Dream of What We Know
Our dreams are frequently full of strangers who play out certain parts- did you know that your mind is not inventing those faces - they arereal faces of real people that you have seen during your life but maynot know or remember? The evil killer in your latest dream may be theguy who pumped petrol in to your Dad car when you were just a littlekid. We have all seen hundreds of thousands of faces through our lives,so we have an endless supply of characters for our brain to utilizeduring our dreams.
Not Everyone Dreams in Color
A full 12% of sighted people dream exclusively in black and white. Theremaining number dream in full color. People also tend to have commonthemes in dreams, which are situations relating to school, beingchased, running slowly/in place, sexual experiences, falling, arrivingtoo late, a person now alive being dead, teeth falling out, flying,failing an examination, or a car accident. It is unknown whether theimpact of a dream relating to violence or death is more emotionallycharged for a person who dreams in color than one who dreams in blackand white.
