London Dream Therapy: Why We Dream

Friday, 1 July 2011

WHY DO WE DREAM

Theories for why we dream:

Dreaming is a way for our brains to keep exercising our synapses (the pathways between our brain cells) while we are sleeping. During sleep, dreaming allows our brains to keep working.

Our brain needs to be constantly switched on, so our bodies have produced a way that this is possible while we are recharging the rest of our body in sleep.

Research has shown the brain waves measured during REM cycles of sleep are practically identical to those measured when we are awake. So during our sleep, it would seem our brains are still ‘learning’ and still computing all that sensory input we receive during the day.

It has been shown during the first few formative years of life, we experience the greatest amount of REM sleep. This would seem to support the theory that are brains are still active and learning while we sleep.

Dreams are a portal through which we can safely deal with unexpressed or repressed emotions we are feeling. Dreams will create scenes or situations using metaphors to allow ourselves the opportunity to ‘work through’ our issues.

Thus the proposal that only those emotions which are strong and repressed show up as issues in our dreams, because those are the ones we need to work on in order to feel more whole. In this theory, dreams can be seen as an insight into our true selves, which often, we cannot or choose not to see.

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Tuesday, 2 March 2010

REM SLEEP CYCLES

Stage 1

Stage 1 is the transition between waking and sleeping. It is a light sleep where a person may drift in and out of sleep and be awakened easily.

The eyes are closed and muscles activity has slowed down. Many people will experience sudden muscle contractions during stage 1 which may be accompanied by the sensation that they are falling.

Stage 2

This stage is a light period of sleep where eye movement stops and brain waves slow down with only occasional bursts of rapid brain waves.

Stage 2 is considered the baseline of sleep and begins the 90-100 minute sleep cycles. At this point the body prepares to enter into a deep sleep.

Stage 3 and 4

During stages 3 and 4 the brain waves slow down extremely and include smaller and faster waves. These are deep sleep stages with 4 being the deepest, and it is hard to wake someone up during this phase.

These stages are also known as Delta sleep and is the most restorative. It is during the delta sleep period that most children will experience bedwetting, sleepwalking or night terrors. If someone is aroused from sleep during stage 3 or 4 they may feel disoriented for a few minutes. While in these deep sleep stages there is no eye movement or muscle activity.

Stage 5 or REM

During the REM period a person's breathing and heart rate quicken. The eyes jerk rapidly as well and we experience a temporary paralysis.

Brain waves increase, similar to those experienced while awake and blood pressure also rises. It is during this REM stage that most dreams will tend to occur and are usually more vivid. If someone is awakened during this period they will have a good chance at remembering their dreams.