Dreams
Something that I have been learning more about has been dreams. Recently, a student from my school Michelle A., wrote about dreams in her post, “Do I have Abnormal Dreams?” http://youthvoices.net/discussion/do-i-have-abnormal-dreams-0 . I learned a bit because like she says it’s a very complex study. Many other students have also written about dreams on Youth Voices http://youthvoices.net/search/node/dreams
Lately, the issue has caught my eye again. I know that many people feel that dreams are just signs telling the future or just something strange. I've also heard that dreams are just a recollection of the days events. Now that’s just what I’ve heard it may or may not be true.
One thing that I know for sure about dreams is that they are the way we express our feelings in the way we can’t in real life. Now I’ve studied my share of science, and I really believe it's the way our mind expresses feelings that we are afraid or unconscious about. Personally, it’s funny to me because I’m researching this topic already in chemistry, but at the same time it's fun because I’m learning more and more.
Dreams are important to me because I used to have a lot of dreams. They weren't good dreams either. At the time I was going through this, I was experiencing a lot of problems in life. I was also staying up at night and so on. I started doing this research when the last dream I had was a paralysis dream in which it's a dream where you can't move at all. I even came to the point where I didn't want to sleep because I didn’t want to dream these horrible dreams.
To increase my background information on dreams, I chose to do some research on the topic. As I searched for blogs and news articles on Google, and I came across this one article called "Dreams and Dreaming":
Haskell, R. E. (2012). Dreams and Dreaming. Retrieved January 10, 2012, from Grolier Online http://gme.grolier.com/article?assetid=0089530-0
This article provided a lot of information and opinions on Dreams. Some people feel that dreams are a way to reflect a person’s health.
In succeeding centuries Hippocrates, Aristotle, and Galen believed that dreams often contained physiological information that heralded future medical illnesses.
This statement didn’t surprise me all that much, but it did make me feel curious. It made me feel this way because I experienced this process once. I went to the doctors for something that was going on with me. At a point I told the doctor I was having so many dreams. Now that I think of it, my curiosity is pretty much going high. While this was going on, I went due to my lack of eating and lack of everything. Now that I’m seeing this, yes maybe dreams do actually show a reflection of your health.
Another article that I read asks the question: "Why do we dream?":
Elliott , R. (2012) Why do we dream?. [online] Available at: http://www.uncommon-knowledge.co.uk/why_do_we_dream.html [Accessed: February 2 2012].
There was this one statement that made me think in a way, I agreed with the writer. It was:
I feel like this is true because if your holding in your feelings in and not telling everyone about it, how do you let it out? Where does it go? I absolutely agree with this statement because when your holding something in for a long time and it's bothering you and you can’t tell no one about, it’s stressful.
All of this makes me think that dreams are a very complex study. I plan to take my time to study a lot of things about dreams. But as I study more about dreams, it makes me feel better. I could learn from it and try to avoid some of the things that cause horrible dreams like being healthy and letting my feelings out not to everyone but at least to some who cares.
Here's my dialect notes on my research so far:
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1jdBFGVpqNOhuVtXDe76W5_yXvhwvg6_...
Comments
Dear Evelyn I actually like
Dear Evelyn
I actually like your post about dreams because basically its true. Dreams are a big thing when people go to sleep because it explains lot on how you sleep and the things you think about through the day. Sometimes when you think about something a lot through the day you go to sleep and you dream about it, that's when you need to define if its positive or negative dream.
Sometimes when i Dream, i don't dream about anything even though through out that day there was many things on my mind. Or even sometimes when there's nothing in my mind like blank i dream crazy dreams that i never knew existed. That's why i always say that since the day you wake up till the day you go to sleep you always have to keep a open mind through things, so they wont catch you before you do . i'm really looking forward to seeing more posts about you sounds really interesting to read more posts that you may do.
Dear Britney, I'm glad you
Dear Britney,
I'm glad you liked my post. Yes dreams help out a lot they help you out to tell you if something is bothering you or not.
Maybe you do dream but probably you forget. You forget what you dream in less than 5 mins. You may dream crazy dreams because its telling your brain is telling you something.
I agree with what you say. People should be open minded through things but it isn't easy.
Thanks for the comment :)
Dear Evelyn : Reading your
Dear Evelyn :
Reading your post "Dreams" Was very interesting to me because common every one has dreams and I know every one wonder what their dream means? I dream all the time some times good ones and some times bad ones. As soon as I wake up i think about but I really don't pay mind to it but know that i think of it there's more to just then a "Dream"
One sentence your wrote that stands out for me is "One thing that I know for sure about dreams is that they are the way we express our feelings in the way we can’t in real life".I think this is true also because I have a lot of dreams and deal with it in a different what then the way i will actually do it in real life.
Another sentence you wrote that caught my attention as well "When your holding something in for a long time and it's bothering you and you can’t tell no one about, it’s stressful." This stood out for me because I have personally experienced it my self when am stressing something out for some reason i dream of it and it stresses me even more because sometimes I don't know how to deal good with things.
Thanks for your writing. I Look forward to seeing what you write next because this is something interesting that a lot of people don't really pay mind to it and just say well it was just a dream but in reality it can be more then just a dream. I'm glad there's people like you that get into more of the facts of things.
Dear Natalie, I'm glad you
Dear Natalie,
I'm glad you found it interesting. You should pay mind to your dreams at times they trying to tell you something.
I think if you payed mind to your dreams then probably it will help you become a better person. It release your stressed and at times you'll feel better knowing whats stopping your happiness.
Thanks for the comment I appreciate it :).
We share a fascination for dreams
I was so interested in reading your post, “Dreams” because we both share a sort of fascination for dreams. You kind of help me understand why dreams occur and the symbols or signs they may hold.
One sentence you wrote that stands out to me was: “One thing that I know for sure about dreams is that they are the way we express our feelings in the way we can’t in real life. Now I’ve studied my share of science, and I really believe it's the way our mind expresses feelings that we are afraid or unconscious about.” I never thought about it until you mentioned it but maybe it’s true. Maybe we have feeling or thoughts that we never really knew were there or maybe we did know they were there but were too afraid to analyze it and pushed it to the back burner. You’re right, they have to come out somehow.
Another sentence that I agree with was: “I feel like this is true because if your holding in your feelings in and not telling everyone about it, how do you let it out? Where does it go?” This quote stood out to me because it makes a lot of sense. If you’re not expressing yourself to anyone or anything and your just letting your emotions sit inside your mind for them to develop, the end product will most likely find another outlet: your dreams. It makes sense what your linked article said: “Depressed people dream much more than non-depressed people because typically, they do much more ruminating.” They have much more held in than normal people so they’re bound to have more intense dreams.
Your post reminded me of when I was experiencing mysterious unexplained dreams. They were so crazy and irrelevant, I didn’t know the meaning behind them. I still don’t know what they mean but your post encouraged me to find out.
Thanks for writing. I look forward to seeing what you write next because learning about the mind is so fascinating to me and I think everyone should learn how their mind works and why. :)