50 (Surprising) Dream Facts: Scary, Important, Interesting, Fun!

1.You will spend around one-third of your life asleep.

2. If you lived a typical life, you will have dreamt for a combined total of approximately six years of that life. That equates to spending more than 2,100 days in a separate dimension!

3. Dreams have been around for as long as there have been people. During the time of the Roman Empire, people would bring profound and significant dreams to the Senate so that they might be analyzed and interpreted.

4. The majority of healthy individuals have dreams. Some people are under the impression that they do not dream when they actually do; they simply cannot recall their dreams.

5. There is no substitute for dreams. A lack of dream activity may be indicative of a personality issue or a shortage in some form of protein.

6. Each night, you have the potential to dream for anywhere between one and two hours on average. In addition, during the course of a single night, you may have anywhere from four to seven dreams.

7. Even the blind have dreams to tell. It depends on whether they were born blind or whether they lost their sight at a later point in their lives as to whether or not they have visual visions in their dreams. However, vision is not the only sense that is involved in the experience of dreaming. Blind people have heightened sensitivity to other senses, including sound, touch, and smell, and their dreams often centre on these experiences.

8. Only five minutes after the conclusion of the dream, one forgets fifty percent of what was seen. After ten minutes, there is a 90% chance of losing it.

9. The origin of the word “dream” can be traced back to the Middle English word “dreme,” which meant both “joy” and “music.”

10. In general, men dream more about other men, whereas women dream about both men and women in equal proportions.

11. Research has shown that the waves produced by your brain are more active while you are dreaming compared to when you are awake.

12. People who are awakened immediately after REM sleep are able to recall their dreams in greater detail than those who slept all the way through the night until morning.

13. During dreaming REM sleep, regardless of the nature of the content of the dream, researchers discovered that both males and females experience increased vaginal blood flow and erections, respectively. This was the case for both sexes. In point of fact, “wet dreams” may not always be accompanied by overtly sexual imagery or themes in one’s dreams.

14. It is common for people who are in the process of quitting smoking to have dreams that are more vivid and last for a longer period of time.

15. Preschoolers do not have dreams in which they appear in them. Not until they are around 3 or 4 years old do they make an appearance in their own dreams.

16. If you are snoring, it is impossible for you to be having a dream.

17. Nightmares are very common in children; they usually start around the age of 3 and continue until they are around 7-8 years old.

18. According to a survey, 67 percent of people in the United States have experienced déjà vu in their dreams. This phenomenon is more common in women than in men.

19. Sleep apnea affects approximately three percent of adults. This illness, which can be treated, causes symptoms such as unexplained fatigue and inefficiency.

20 One piece of research found that the majority of people’s dreams take place in their own homes.

21. Even if they are not dreaming about anything of a sexual nature, it is not uncommon for men to experience an erection while they are in the REM stage of sleep. This phenomenon is very common.

22. In its original usage, the word “nightmare” referred to a female spirit that tormented people in their dreams while they were asleep at night.

23. The frequency with which unpleasant feelings appear in dreams is typically twice that of pleasant feelings. The feelings of worry and dread are the ones that appear in one’s dreams the most frequently, followed by wrath and then by melancholy.

24. It’s possible that you have a condition.

There is a condition known as nightmare disorder that can manifest itself in a person if they have recurrent nightmares that occur frequently enough and are upsetting enough to interfere with their ability to function normally.

25. There is such a thing as sleep paralysis.

Sleep paralysis is the condition in which a person is unable to move while in a state that lies between sleep and wakefulness. This condition affects approximately 8% of the general population.

26. Your emotions are communicated to you through your dreams

For instance, if you are suffering from post-traumatic symptoms, guilt, or blame over a deceased loved one’s passing, you have a greater chance of having terrible nightmares about that loved one who has passed away.

27. The holidays can be difficult for some people.

The holidays are a time when people are more likely to have nightmares about deceased loved ones, which are known as grief dreams.

28. Night terrors have the potential to be terrifying.

Night terrors are episodes of acute panic that can include shouting and even acting aggressively or running around while the person is asleep.

29. Children are more likely to suffer from them.

Night terrors affect about forty percent of children, however the majority of kids grow out of them by the time they are teenagers.

30. Even adults are allowed to have them.

Night terrors affect approximately three percent of adults.

31. Eating late at night is not beneficial.

Eating before going to bed makes it more likely that you will have nightmares because it speeds up your metabolism, which sends a signal to your brain that it should be more active.

32. Medication plays a part in this situation

It’s been shown that taking some medications, such antidepressants and opioids, can make you have nightmares more frequently.

33. Feelings of a negative nature have a cost.

According to the findings of some studies, the emotions of confusion, disgust, grief, and guilt are the ones that drive nightmares more frequently than terror does.

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34. All of us observe certain things

Dreams can be a source of visual information for blind persons.

35. Even Fido has his dream life.

Even animals like dogs and cats have dreams.

36. We are forgetful

People tend to forget between 95 and 99 percent of the dreams they’ve had.

37. We have many dreams a night

At least four to six dreams visit the heads of adults and children over the age of ten each night.

38. It’s possible that we are prophets.

Even if there is not enough evidence to support the claim, some people are of the opinion that dreams can accurately predict the future.

39. We are fixated on the unfavourable.

The majority of people experience negative dreams rather than happy ones.

40. It’s possible that you can exert some influence over your dreams.

By practising strategies that lead to lucid dreams, it’s possible that you could one day learn to control your dreams.

41. Talking in your sleep isn’t typically a pleasant experience.

According to a study that was done in 2017, sleep talking is characterized by frequent use of profanity.

42. Sudden muscle spasms aren’t your imagination

Hypnic jerks are strong, sudden jolts that occur just as you are beginning to fall asleep. They can also be described as the sensation of falling.

43. You may experience a sense of falling as a result of this.

Hypnotic jerks are a possible contributor to dreams about falling, which are one of the most prevalent types of dream content.

44. It’s possible that your tooth dreams have a deeper significance.

Old legend holds that having a dream in which you lose your teeth is a portent of your impending death; however, this type of dream may really be caused by an undetected oral condition, such as bruxism.

45. By far the most astonishing truth of them all is that

Researchers have been trying to figure out why we dream and what purpose, if any, it serves since the beginning of time, but they do not know why we dream or what purpose it serves.

46. Recurring nightmares tend to occur around the same time each night

The last portion of the night is typically the time when people have the most nightmares.