Theory of dreams?

[Vlad Dracula III]

I'm curious and am trying to put together a hypothesis on why we dream or weather dreams can be a gateway to an alternate universe so I want to know what your theories are about dreams and what they can mean to you and just so everyone is clear I don't want specefic dreams like you fighting shadow demons or something I want to know what you beleive about dreams what they mean to you

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[scuttlefish]

My theory is, and I'm just guessing,
that it's what we actually feel. Our brains piece together our day, and kind of make it different. If inside you had some fear, it will come out in your dreams. If it was awesome, you'll dream of great things. Most of the time though, it generates something random.
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here's the best part! When you figure out you're dreaming, you can fly and stuff! And say hi, control yourself like a video games! Oo, the should make a type of helmet that you can put on in your sleep so you can play a game all night but still give your brain a rest.

[Burrito Bunny]

Well, my theory is that dreams are a way for your brain to practice certain tasks or things, sometimes having to deal with challenges ancestors would have had to deal with. For instance: a small child around five years of age dreams she is being chased by a bear, or a wolf, or a tiger (saber toothed or other wise), or any other predator. I think her brain is running a test of the situation that her cave man ancestors may have had to face. I think it helps to hardwire that fight or flight reaction in the face of danger. Now, when this child grows older she starts to have more relevant dreams to her current stresses of life. When she is starting school she starts to have dreams about the tests. Failing them, not finishing, stuff along those lines. I think that these dreams are preparing her for school life and the possible out comes of tests. When she's even older she has dreams about crashing her car, losing her phone, going bankrupt, failing to pay taxes on time, other adult things that her brain is preparing her for. THough this is just what I think about those incredibly vivid dreams where the fear and emotions are real.

I also think dreams convoy messages about our mood. If we feel as though we have something looming over us that is hurting us I think we tend to have scarier dreams. The more stressed you are the more likely it is something horrible such as a car crash or explosion will happen in your dream. On the other hand, if you feel content with the way your life is your dreams will be happier and you won't feel the terrors clawing at you.

I also believe that some dreams have no meaning. They are just random fluff from your mind that you may or may not remember when you wake up. If you do you'll probably find it amusing and if you can't recall it your no worse off.

Lucid dreams seem like more practice of situations to me. Only in lucid dreams you have control: you are consciously making the choices to do things and react, not just your brain playing with ideas. This way you can gain even more from the dream in the ways of teaching you memories of doing things.

These are all just my thoughts on dreams. I do not present this as solid facts and I am open to new ideas on the subject. This is just what I think. Also, this was written poorly because I'm up too late and should be dreaming right now.

[Ines.]

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[rook.]

Well, my theory is that dreams are a way for your brain to practice certain tasks or things, sometimes having to deal with challenges ancestors would have had to deal with. For instance: a small child around five years of age dreams she is being chased by a bear, or a wolf, or a tiger (saber toothed or other wise), or any other predator. I think her brain is running a test of the situation that her cave man ancestors may have had to face. I think it helps to hardwire that fight or flight reaction in the face of danger. Now, when this child grows older she starts to have more relevant dreams to her current stresses of life. When she is starting school she starts to have dreams about the tests. Failing them, not finishing, stuff along those lines. I think that these dreams are preparing her for school life and the possible out comes of tests. When she's even older she has dreams about crashing her car, losing her phone, going bankrupt, failing to pay taxes on time, other adult things that her brain is preparing her for. THough this is just what I think about those incredibly vivid dreams where the fear and emotions are real.

If this part is accurate, then my brain spent a lot of time preparing me for crawling through overgrown, abandoned gardens with rose bushes and driving in a rental car with my family at night in a strange country with only the sound of static and these unnatural glowing hut things. Those are the only dreams I remember, except for a dream about skateboarding.

In my opinion, the brain does test runs, like you said, but not just like what to do in different situations but also just testing and different functions of the brain and such to make sure everything is working properly and not unused for a long time. I've heard the brain also processes information learned during the day and moves things to long term memory while asleep, so maybe dreams are one way the brain sorts important memories from irrelevant ones or dreams use parts of the brain that weren't used during the day to just kinda refresh them.

[wolfsong-mapleflame]

Dreams have been proven to be subconscious thoughts.