So I've been given a book called 'Lifting the Lid on Depression' and it has told me all about dreams. So the reason we have dreams is quite simple.
Our brains have a little guard which releases stress hormones. These stress hormones inhibit a 'fight or flight' instinct which blocks out a lot of the rational thinking mind. The problem with it is that it hasn't evolved to keep up with society's rules, it is still back in the caveman days, ie a sabre toothed tiger comes for beef, stress kicks in and tells you to kill it or run away.
However with things that make us stressed now, i.e. Will getting rude, your stress hormones think you're in danger making you want to punch him in the face or run away. It is unacceptable to do either, so we battle away these instincts.
This is where dreams come in. It is now thought that 25% of our sleep is made up of dream sleep and the rest is for refreshing our bodies. The dreams are our way of playing out those unacted upon instincts, but they are represented metaphorically. Everyone is under mad stress in the play, hence the mad stress dreams!
I thought it was quite interesting!
BTW Tian's dad is the author of this book just thought I'd say!
Our brains have a little guard which releases stress hormones. These stress hormones inhibit a 'fight or flight' instinct which blocks out a lot of the rational thinking mind. The problem with it is that it hasn't evolved to keep up with society's rules, it is still back in the caveman days, ie a sabre toothed tiger comes for beef, stress kicks in and tells you to kill it or run away.
However with things that make us stressed now, i.e. Will getting rude, your stress hormones think you're in danger making you want to punch him in the face or run away. It is unacceptable to do either, so we battle away these instincts.
This is where dreams come in. It is now thought that 25% of our sleep is made up of dream sleep and the rest is for refreshing our bodies. The dreams are our way of playing out those unacted upon instincts, but they are represented metaphorically. Everyone is under mad stress in the play, hence the mad stress dreams!
I thought it was quite interesting!
BTW Tian's dad is the author of this book just thought I'd say!
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