A few days ago--it's typical that I can't tell when exactly--I (must have) dreamed hearing about one of my uncles dying. I only recalled this imagination when the uncle came up in ... moreA few days ago--it's typical that I can't tell when exactly--I (must have) dreamed hearing about one of my uncles dying. I only recalled this imagination when the uncle came up in conversation, and part of me was momentarily surprised to find him still alive.Anything relatable to you in this?
Possible explanations for why we dream include:To represent unconscious desires and wishesTo interpret random signals from the brain and body during sleepTo consolidate and process... morePossible explanations for why we dream include:To represent unconscious desires and wishesTo interpret random signals from the brain and body during sleepTo consolidate and process information gathered during the dayTo work as a form of psychotherapy
If this is the top tier level of our knowledge on the subject, have any of you anything to add or maybe subtract from those statements? Why do we dream? What is the brain going through in terms of processes?Is it, as I strongly feel, a mixed collaboration of those 4 statements? In that they might all at once be the factors? less
