Why do we dream? 9 Articles

by Rena Sherwood

"Drink up, dreamers - You're running dry." - Peter Gabriel, "Here Comes The Flood" With apologies to the late, great Gene Roddenberry, space is not the final frontier. The final frontier is our own dreams. We have b...read more

by Barbara Akowuah

What is in a dream? For some dreams are manifestations of events to come. For example when you dream about landing a new job and a few weeks later a job offer is sent to you via email the dream operated as a indicator....read more

by Sabrina Ginesi

A dream is "an idea or an image present in the sleeping mind" (Webster's Dictionary and Thesaurus, 1993). What is common to all dreams is that one is asleep. Freud maintained that dreams fundamentally act by preserving s...read more

by Gemma Wiseman

Scientists love to hate this question. There is no irrefutable scientific answer as to why (or how) we dream. * Viennese psychiatrist Sigmund Freud revolutionized dream theories in the late 19th century. Freud believed...read more

by Patski

Why do we dream ? When we constantly think of someone or something or wanting something, desire someone , the chances we get is we dream of it when we go to bed. The person you think or misses very much will come to you...read more

by Steve Marshall

Why do we dream? Dreaming is like life another theatre of learning. The difference is that dreams operate in a dimension of unlimited possibilities and freedom. Dreams we can do anything in them. So dreams are the great...read more

by Pearl Roland

Dreams why do we have them? Why does it take so long to figure out certain ones? I think it's because some of them are metaphors or riddles, maybe even pieces of a puzzle. Ever notice that you can dream what seems like the...read more

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by Savannah S.

Even when our body rests our mind is at hard work. Dreaming in what ever form is the product of that work. Wheter one views dreaming as a pleasant escape from reality, a frightining occurance, or an intolerable nusiance it...read more

by Henning Laursen

Who construct and direct our dreams. In our everyday life, we make conscious decisions according to known fact and beliefs. However, what about our dreams: Who and what makes the decisions regarding our dreams? Who g...read more