Dreams

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how dreaming is related: On one side of this mental scale our consciousness weighs its conscious experiences. On the opposite side of our mental scale our consciousness weighs its subconscious experiences. When we give more weight or attention to either side of this mental scale, our consciousness becomes unbalanced. Essentially this is why you dream. Sleeping gives our body a chance to regain its strength. Dreaming gives our consciousness a chance to restore its balance (Howell105). Through dreams our consciousness restores its balances by weighting the subliminal influences affecting our life. Dreams are a subliminal language. They are the languages of your subconscious mind (Howell 105).
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According to Dr. Stickgold, all dreams are given, or assigned an emotion. This emotion has to be established before the dream can develop a plot, characters, or a setting. Those signals reach one of the brain's emotional centers, which "choose" a mood or emotion. It is not yet known exactly how the emotion is picked at this time ("How to Build...").
Age has also proved to be a component of dream content. Research shows that small children are scared easily so they dream mainly of animals and monsters that chase and attack them. Teenagers dream of romance and sex. Adults between the ages of 21 and 34 more often than not have dreams of moral issues. They are at a stage in their life where they need to make decisions about careers, marriage, and life directions are of major importance to them. Adults ranging from age 35 to 49 dream that since they have obtained some of their life goals and issues, they tend to avoid hostility towards others. Adults over the age of 65 are preoccupied with the loss of resources and anxiety about aging (Von Kreisler 143).
There is also a difference in dreams between male and females. Research has proven that the difference is due in part to biology and social conditioning. There was a...