15 facts about our dreams

On the nature of dreams is known not so little. We publish the most interesting facts about dreams.

1. People are increasingly dream flight

The number of people who dream of flying has increased from 1954 to 2000. Researchers believe that we increasingly began to fly in a dream with the advent of airplanes and due to frequent travel.

2. Insecure people often have dreams

Dreams insecure people differ from those who are more confident. Insecure people often have dreams, and those dreams are more full of strong emotions.

3. Change the position stops sleep

If you want to stay in my sleep a few minutes after waking up, stay in the same position where you were, being in a dream. If you move or stretches, your body activates the muscles and "off" dream.
This can help in the case of a nightmare: to get rid of it, change your position.

4. Dreams help you make decisions

When we dream, our brain encodes information for short-term and long-term memory. If you are struggling to remember something, take a nap or rest.

5. We all remember our dreams worse

Our ability to remember dreams begins to deteriorate when we reach maturity and continues to decline with age, especially in men.

6. We can see daydreams

Sleep during wakefulness - a technique which is to use our imagination to play a recent dream.
After you recall a dream, let him develop further and note what happens. Waking dream can be used for relaxation and to analyze complex or confusing dreams.

7. Our thoughts while awake affect dreams

So, what we think about before going to sleep, can have a significant impact on the contents of our dreams. If we actively concentrate on something, it is most likely, and will manifest, but if we let the mind wander, the dream may emerge problems that we are deeply concerned.

8. Dreams make us smarter

When we dream, our brain is actively working to solve the problems. So if you prepare for the exam, you better go early to secure the information that you learn, you try to midnight study material.

9. Pregnant women dreaming differently

Since we dream about what happens in our lives, it is not surprising that pregnant women often dream of pregnancy and childbirth. Dreams of birth popping up in the last third semester of pregnancy, and pregnant women often dream darkest dreams.

10. Recurring dreams occur by chance

If one and the same dream or nightmare continues to repeat - do not ignore it. Our brain uses dreams as a way to process what is happening in the real world. If the dream appears over and over again, it is associated with some unresolved issues in your life that need attention.

12. Television influences dreams

In our dreams affects what we looked transmission in black and white or rose color television. The study showed that 80% of those under the age of 30 years have seen colored dreams, compared to 20% of people older than 60.

13. Men and women see different dreams

Women with the same frequency dreams of men and women, and men dream about men in 2 times more often than women.

14. The brain erases dreams ever since we saw them

Also, as we clean the hard drive of the computer, our brain erases the memories of the dreams that we saw, except when we woke up during sleep. Although the whole night we have dreams, we remember only those from which we have awakened. Most people forget them, too, but if you do not focus on the fact that they remember.

15. In our dreams no disability

In a study of deaf and people and patients suffering from paralysis of the lower limbs, we found that limited options had no effect on dreams. For example, 80 percent of deaf participants talked and heard their dreams, while 14 of the 15 members of paralyzed movement and were physically active.