Dreams

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Dreams

Dreams are the result of subconscious thoughts and desires. The other theory to dreams are noises in the neurons of the brain (Ferguson 3). Dreams are the mental activity that takes place during REM sleep. REM stand for Rapid Eye Movement, the sleep phase that starts every 90 minutes or so (Ferguson 1).
Normally everyone dreams several times a night (Kramer 69). Not being able to recall dreams is not strange. Dreams are communication of the body, mind, and spirit symbolically (Edelson 82). The human brain is always doing activity even when sleeping (Science News 1). Different states of conciseness cause different brain activity. The brain usually has ordinary sequences of imagination (Ferguson 2) For thousands of years dreams were thought of as “visions” or “prophesies” or even "hallucinations"(Kramer 72).
Dreams seem to be a way for the subconscious mind to sort out and process all the thoughts that happen while people are awake (Fishkoff 2). Dreams can also improve your emotional well being, reduce stress, improve creativity, and provide a “playground" for your mind, while your body recovers and repairs itself (Ferguson 4).
Contrary to the view that dreams serve no function one scientist says that, “Dreams are


the brains way of ‘unlearning’ or removing certain or unneeded memories” (Fishkoff 2). Dreams are a form of mental "housecleaning". This mental "housecleaning" might be necessary because it is not good to remember every single detail of your life (Ferguson 2).
There are two functions of dreams: to live conscious wishes, and to guard sleep (Ferguson 2). A more active type of sleep is "Rapid Eye Movement" also called REM sleep. “As you begin to fall asleep your body temperature declines, your pulse rate drops, and your breathing begins to slow and even, this is called stage one sleep.” (Edelson 71).
A more active type of sleep is "Rapid Eye Movement" also called REM sleep( F...