Thursday, September 26, 2013
30 Interesting facts about dreams
Dream Facts
Here are some interesting dream facts that you probably didn’t know. Check out this cool information that is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to dreams and dreaming. Dreaming is something that you can’t take for granted. Learning about your dreams has so many benefits. You can help better understand yourself and others in your waking life. Below you will gain knowledge about dreams and dreaming, like do blind people dream? Did you know that dogs sleep 10 hours a day? If you are interested in learning more about dreams make sure you check out our Dream Dictionary to interpret all of your dream symbols.
Did You Know?
- Every human dreams. There are tons of people who can’t remember their dreams when they wake up, but they still get them
- Human beings spend roughly around 6 years of their lifetime dreaming
- Sometimes we dream outside of our REM sleep (Rapid Eye Movement)
- Thousands of years ago, the Egyptians were the first to create a dream dictionary in 4000 B.C.E
- We roughly spend around 1/3 of our lives sleeping
- People who suffer from a personality disorder lack dream activity
- Our brains tend to be way more active when we sleep, than when we’re awake
- Humans tend to have around 3 to 7 dreams a night. We dream around 2 to 3 hours in a whole night
- 90% of the dream is lost the first minute we wake up
- Men tend to dream about men more than women, and women dream about people of both genders
- Drug withdrawal can cause more intense dreams. People who also quit alcohol and smoking experience heavier dreams and nightmares
- You can lucid dream for up to 30 minutes if trained properly
- It’s impossible to dream when you’re snoring
- Babies don’t dream of themselves until they reach the age of 3
- More women than men experience deja-vu in their dreams (eg. you have been in the dream before)
- People who experience Sleep Paralysis hear voices and see strangers in their rooms
- Nightmares happen more to kids than adults
- Blind people dream. Their dreams are auditory if they were born blind. If they became blind at an early age, they still dream of what they remember
- Did you know around 100 000 drivers a year crash going in and out of sleep in their cars
- Thousands of people suffer from sleep apnea in America
- Men get erections in their REM sleep and women have an increased blood flow to their vaginas
- You can translate over 5000 dream symbols
- The word “Nightmare” was used a long time ago for a female spirit who besets people at night while sleeping
- On average, dogs sleep around 10 to 13 hours a day
- The colder your house is, the worse your dreams are. They say that if your room is at an average temperature, you have better sleeps
- Your body burns more calories sleeping than it does in the day time
- Information that we learn before we go to bed tends to stick with us longer than information any other time
- On average, cats sleep 10 to 15 hours a day
- If you avoid your sleep for more than 10 days, you will die
- A giraffe sleeps for only 2 hours a day
