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Meaning Of Dreams Influenced By Events Of Your Day
By Janine Jensenoris
Have you ever wondered about the underlying meaning
of dreams? Are they simply the mind’s eye processing
all the stimuli from the day? Or are there metaphorical
messages to be learned and out-of-body experiences to
be had?
Since it is said we only use 5 to 10% of our brains,
what is the other 90 to 95% doing? If you have trouble
remembering dreams, are you still having them at all?
Dream researchers say that dreaming is essential to
our physical and mental well-being.
One theory about the meaning of dreams posited by psychologist
Dr. Joseph Griffin is that our dream consciousness completes
a circuit of emotional fulfillment that may have been
left unfinished from the day’s events.
An Example Of A Dreams Influenced By Your Activities
For example, one man reported hearing a statistic on
TV that 1 in 4 people get cancer. Before bed, the man
watched a program about a traveler in the desert. That
night, he dreamt that he was wandering in a desert,
dying of thirst. He found an old woman behind a counter
who gave him the choice of drinking from one of four
cups.
She then informed him that he had chosen the cup full
of poison and was about to die. As terrifying as that
nightmare was, the man realized that hearing about the
cancer statistic earlier that day had jarred him and
left him with some unresolved anxiety. Since humans
are so driven to fulfill their expectations, they sometimes
require metaphors to soothe their inner worries.
Most Emotional Important
Another important meaning, says Dr. Griffin, is that
dreams are connected to what is most emotionally important
to us. In that way, he explains that the dream dictionary
doesn’t really apply to everyone.
For instance, you could read that dreaming of soiled
kittens implies you will be plagued by small troubles
or victimized in some way. However, you may have just
watched a program where kittens were rescued from an
abandoned home and perhaps there is no real stressor
in your life right now.
Dreams Tie Up Loose Ends
The dreams we have do not always necessarily apply.
We dream in metaphors that could be borrowed from the
environment, TV shows, stories we processed throughout
the day or our imagination. Often a feeling we have
will create a dream symbol and sometimes the meanings
aren’t always so clear or so universally
applicable.
Dreams are meant to be forgotten, Dr. Griffin surmises.
They’re designed to tie up all our emotional and
psychological loose ends, store important information
for later review and complete expectations. Even so,
most of us have excellent dream recall and can remember
every intricacy -- at least of the dreams that take
place just before awakening.
Dreams Are Essential To Our Wellbeing
Many of the dreams encountered during the night will
be forgotten. Dr. Griffin’s studies show that people
who spend more time worrying and have more dramatic
events occurring throughout the day inadvertently spend
more time dreaming.
The meaning of dreams mystery has not been solved over
the course of thousands of years and it’s highly unlikely
anyone will crack the code soon, but researchers can
say with certainty that dreams are indeed essential
to our wellbeing.
About the Author:
Janine Jensenoris is an author of articles on dreams, dating, social skills and relationships including
Social Skills Lessons,
Chat Site,
Real Friends,
Adult Party Favors,
Conversation Starters,
Abusive Relationships,
Difficult People,
Marriage Crisis,
Anger Management,
Mother Daughter Relationships,
Interracial Relationships.
Keep a lookout for more articles coming soon.
More Dreams Facts....
What happens to your body when you start dreaming?
Your body has a sleep cycle. When
you enter into REM stage of your sleep cycle you are
closest to being awake at that point. Your eyelids will
flutter and move back and forth as you begin to
dream.
There have been many studies
of REM and dreaming. Researchers would often wake people
during the REM cycle and ask if they had been dreaming.
Most responded that they indeed had been dreaming.
Did you know that researchers
actually believe that animals dream as well? Animals
enter into REM sleep just as humans do and it is thought
that they experience dreams. Unfortunately the animals
cannot communicate with the researchers regarding what
they dreamed about.
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