Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night, sweating and horrified because you’ve had an intense nightmare? Although nightmares mainly affect children and decrease in frequency after the age of 10 , %85 of adults still report having at least one nightmare within the last year . For some…
You may not remember it, but you actually spend 2 hours dreaming every night . Usually, you wake up only recalling some bits and pieces. However, sometimes your dreams are so vivid, so detailed that you remember all—or at least most of them—after waking up. So what does it mean when your dreams are…
Having nightmares can happen to people of all ages, but it usually occurs more in children for various reasons. However, there’s a decent chance for adults to have disturbing nightmares. Your state of mind affects the context and content of your dreams just like they affect your waking life. It may be challenging to…
Many people experience sleep and wakefulness in different ways. Dreaming while awake is one of these experiences that can develop due to psychological factors or other reasons during daily life. Although, this situation is a common occurrence for people.
So why do people dream while awake? In what situations can this happen? In the article,…
If you asked a room full of people how often they have dreams in general, you would get a surprising amount of variance in the answers, with some claiming they rarely have dreams at all and perhaps a few reporting that they have vivid dreams every night. It turns out that the frequency…
Even though you dream during your whole REM sleep , some studies show that you may dream all night long . Still, sometimes you wake up with no memories of your dreams at all. There’s just blankness. Even when you do remember, you gradually start forgetting throughout the day. So why does it…
Many know melatonin as an over-the-counter sleep-inducing supplement. Yet, melatonin is actually a hormone made inside your body. It is produced by a brain structure called the pineal gland situated slightly above the middle of your brain. Melatonin helps regulate your circadian rhythm —your very own internal clock. People experiencing…
You might have heard that eating before bed can result in nightmares. According to rumors, you’re more likely to have nightmares because digestion occurs during sleep, preventing your body from resting. So nightmares occur because you can’t rest properly. Let’s see if that logic works, and eating before bed causes nightmares.
There have been many…
It is often a struggle to get used to the fact that your beloved ones, who were once alive and next to you, are no longer around. People can experience the traumatic aftermath of losing a parent, close friend, partner or relative for quite a considerable time. Such uncomfortable situations also reflect on your dreams…
A “visitation dream”, as it is known among psychologists and dream specialists, is a vivid and memorable dream about the deceased. Visitation dreams are the kind of dreams we remember for the rest of our lives, which is why they can be regarded as a highly potent form of what Carl Jung termed “big dreams.”…