This is for an assignment for my Medical Studies class. I have already questioned many of my friends and family and require at least 25 people to participate (though I need a name for each entry a simple name/nickname will do). Please describe your dream in vivid detail, address whether it was an exciting dream, a nightmare or a casual dream and answer these 3 questions I have prepared.
1. What do you think this dream means?
2. Is this a reoccurring dream or was it the first time you've experienced it?
3. What is your view on dreams (if you side with certain dream theories/theorists)?
May you tell me about a dream you had whether it was an exciting dream, nightmare, or mundane dream?
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I had a very... peculiar... dream a long time back as a toddler, or vey young child. I was probably around five.
In the dream, I "woke up" in a burning circus, or at least what I thought was a burning circus. Everything was strangely silent and still. I wasn't dazed in the slightest. Weirdly however, I couldn't get off the bed or "go back to sleep". I actually thought for a moment that everything in my dream was real, although I then realized it wasn't. I don't remember what else happened in the dream, but I must have slipped back out of REM sleep. To sum it up, I actually treated everything in a very casual manner, not really panicking.
1. I... don't know. Growing up, I had very vivid daydreams of violence which didn't seem to bother me in the slightest. Perhaps, this was just one of them.
2. I've actually had similar dreams in nature, but I don't seem to remember much.
3. I feel that dreams reflect the mind in nature, and the personality of the sleeper. I'm no the most superstitious, however.
Name: Please call me Xenia. I'm also still very young, still being in middle school if that helps.
During our waking hours, our five senses are constantly conveying information and images to the brain, but during sleep this is not the case. The brain generates images within itself without any external sensory input. Therefore, what we see in dreams and the actions we experience in them are at times like hallucinations. This makes it possible for us to do things that are violations of natural laws, such as flying like Peter Pan or falling from a cliff without injury. Time may be distorted so that the past is seen as if it were the present. Or if we are trying to run away, we do not seem to have control of our movements—our legs do not want to respond. Strong impressions and experiences that we may have during our waking hours can, of course, affect our dreams. Many who have experienced the frightful atrocities of war cannot easily forget them, nor can some forget the feeling of being attacked by a criminal. Such disturbing experiences while we are awake can emerge in our dreams, causing nightmares. Common things that are on our minds when we go to sleep can surface in our dreams.
Sometimes when we are trying to solve a problem, the solution comes to us during sleep. This may reflect that not all sleep consists of dreaming. A portion of it is thinking. We should view them as a normal function of the brain that helps maintain it in a healthful condition. Psalm 139:14.
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