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1. One-third
of your lives is
spent sleeping.
2.
In an average
lifetime, you would
have spent a total
of about six years
of it dreaming. That
is more than 2,100
days spent in a
different realm!
3.
Dreams have been
here as long as
mankind. Back in
the Roman Era,
striking and
significant dreams
were submitted to
the Senate for
analysis and
interpretation.
4.
Everybody dreams. EVERYBODY!
Simply because you
do not remember your
dream does not mean
that you do not
dream.
5.
Dreams are
indispensable. A
lack of dream
activity can mean
protein deficiency
or a personality
disorder.
6.
We dream on average
of one or two hours
every night. And we
often even have 4-7
dreams in one night.
7.
Blind people do
dream. Whether
visual images will
appear in their
dream depends on
whether they where
blind at birth or
became blind later
in life. But vision
is not the only
sense that
constitutes a dream.
Sounds, tactility,
and smell become
hypersensitive for
the blind and their
dreams are based on
these senses.
8.
Five minutes after
the end of the
dream, half the
content is
forgotten. After ten
minutes, 90% is
lost.
9.
The word dream stems
from the Middle
English word, dreme
which means "joy"
and "music".
10.
Men tend to dream
more about other
men, while women
dream equally about
men and women.
11.
Studies have shown
that our brain waves
are more active when
we are dreaming than
when we are awake.
12.
Dreamers who are
awakened right after
REM sleep, are able
to recall their
dreams more vividly
than those who slept
through the night
until morning.
13.
Physiologically
speaking,
researchers found
that during dreaming
REM sleep, males
experience erections
and females
experience increased
vaginal blood flow -
no matter what the
content of the
dream. In fact, "wet
dreams" may not
necessarily coincide
with overtly sexual
dream content.
14.
People who are
giving up smoking
have longer and more
intense dreams.
15.
Toddlers do not
dream about
themselves. They do
not appear in their
own dreams until the
age of 3 or 4.
16.
If you are snoring,
then you cannot be
dreaming.
17.
Nightmares are
common in children,
typically beginning
at around age 3 and
occurring up to age
7-8.
18.
In a poll, 67% of
Americans have
experienced Deja Vu
in their dreams,
occurring more often
in females than
males.
19.
Around 3% of adults
suffer from sleep
apnea. This
treatable condition
leads to unexplained
tiredness and
inefficiency |
