Dreams

As stated by Cope (2015), Egyptians held such a high value on dreams that they had a temple that was devoted to dreaming. There were also dream interpreters that would decipher these dreams. If they had any psychological problems, then they would have the priests interpret them instead. The people that would interpret these dreams were highly respected. Cope also addressed that Ancient Greeks used dreams to predict the future and find solutions to problems. Around the 5th century, the concepts about dreams were starting to evolve. Many different philosophers were making up their own theories. The first philosopher was Heraclitus, and he believed that the dreams were coming from the dreamer’s mind entirely. Second, we have Plato saying that it could show a person how to live their life. Third was Hippocrates, the founder of modern medicine, and he concluded that the dreams could convey an

1. Your body goes through 4 stages of sleep. REM (rapid eye movement) is the 4th stage and when you do most of your dreaming. “While you are dreaming, your body undergoes noticeable changes.  Your adrenaline rises, your blood pressure increases, and you heart beats faster. Given this hyperactivity, it should be no surprise how someone with a weak heart can die in their sleep (dreammoods.com).” It usually takes 30-90 minutes to reach REM, a person goes in and out of REM 4-7 times a night. During REM your eyes rapidly move back and forth under the eyelids. Our bodies are completely immobile and muscles are relaxed. You may shift around in your sleep but when in REM you are completely still.

Then you will move into stage two which includes sleep spindles and K complexes. Sleep spindles are very short bursts of brain activity, and K complexes are single high voltage strikes of brain activity. Also, in stage two delta brain waves start to slow function of the brain preparing for stage three and four. Stage three and stage four i will talk about as one because they are very similar and do similar things. These stages are referred to slow wave sleep because your brain is in it’s slowest speed of function. In stage three you brain is between 20 and 50 percent delta waves, from 50 to 100 percent delta waves you are considered to be in stage four. While in stage four people may experience sleep walking and other muscular movement without knowing so. Noises as loud as 90 decibels may not be able to wake the person from sleep. During REM sleep which is after NREM sleep the brain is more active and alert. This is where most dreams occur because your brain is active but you are still sleeping. After the short 15 minute period of REM sleep you will start over with stage one of NREM these cycles normally take 90 minutes to complete. Activity during sleep can come at any point but is most common in REM or stage four of

Dreaming, although a substantial component of our nighttime lives, remains somewhat of an enigma due to the fact that it occurs while we are unconscious. The inaccessibility of the unconscious mind weakens full analysis and comprehension of dreaming which researchers have been attempting to accomplish. However, over the years many researchers have elucidated many mysteries about dreams, such as when we dream, why we dream, and what we dream about, in order to bring forth an understanding of dreams as well as identify

This stage does last longer than the previous one but only by 10 more minutes. In Non-REM 2, you have this weird and fascinating action happing in your noggin know as sleep spindles. These sleep spindles are bursts of rapid, rhythmic brain-wave activity. After this stage comes one of the best parts of sleep and the part that you’ll generally wake up covered in drool in. This happens to be Non-REM 3 which is often categorized as deep sleep. In this particular stage, we are welcomed by slow delta waves that our brain emits. When this stage has had it’s time to shine, which is 30 minutes, it is time to move onto the final

Dreams, one of the many dimensions in our mind, gives a lot of different information then we are use to having in the day. The subconscious mind that takes control when we sleep, takes care of our passive memories and holds the key to our lives. Dreams are what lead us to this key which unlocks the door to another type of wisdom. The farther we get

In deep sleep there are no eye movement or any kind of muscle activity. This is when some children experience bedwetting, sleepwalking, and or has night terrors. In 2008 the sleep professionals eliminated the use of stage 4. And stages 3 & 4 are what most people experience. Slow waves sleep comes mostly in the first half of your sleep. (REM) is the second half. Walking may occur after (REM) if the walking period is long enough, the person may remember it the next morning. Infants spend almost 50% of their time in (REM) sleep. Adults spend nearly half of their sleep in stage 2, older adults spend less time in their (REM) sleep.

Fifth Stage REM Rapid-Eye-Movement Sleep, while in REM breathing rates, brain activity increases and decreases, and brain waves are faster and smaller. Paradoxical sleep or active sleep refer to REM the reason for this is because brain, body become heightened and muscle movements are restrained but can twitch this is so dreams are not acted out. REM can last for up to fifteen min. From stage one NREM to REM sleep has taken about ninety min. For the rest of the night’s sleep cycle, it bounces between NREM and REM.

The brain starts to generate deep and slow brain waves. These brain waves are known as delta waves. This stage is the transitional period between light sleep and a very deep sleep. During this stage people become less responsive to noises and activity around them.

In the final stage of sleep called R or REM sleep but also known as Rapid Eye Movement sleep, you will have to progress back through stage N2 to get to REM. In this stage the body temperature rises to a near waking level, eyes begin to move rapidly, and the heart rate becomes faster. More than half of dreams occur in REM sleep. Dreams in this stage will seem more vivid and life like. You can also experience sleep paralysis. This stage occurs every 90

There are five basic stages in cycles I go thought when I am going sleep though out the night. Stage one, which lasts about five minutes, my brain waives becomes slower and irregular. Then I would go in to stage two, which lasts around ten to twenty minutes, I would have a regular EEG and less then 50 percent of this time is spent in this stage. Stage three is a short transition, which is made up of twenty to fifty percent delta waves. Stage four is around fifteen to twenty minutes, in this stage I have less than fifty percent delta waves and it is where I get the deepest sleep. Then I would cycle back through stages three and two before I enter into stage five. In stage five, which is called REM, which last ten to twenty minutes and I will

This stage is believed to help people enter deeper stages of sleep (4). Stage 3 sleep consists of 20-50 percent delta activity and stage 4 sleep of more than 50 percents delta activity (4). Stages 3 and 4 are characterized as being slow wave sleep in addition to being the deepest levels of sleep. Approximately 90 minutes after being asleep, people enter rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep (4). REM sleep consists of rapid eye movements, a desynchronized EEG, sensitivity to external stimulation, muscle paralysis and dreaming (4).

“People say, 'I'm going to sleep now,' as if it were nothing. But it's really a bizarre activity. 'For the next several hours, while the sun is gone, I'm going to become unconscious, temporarily losing command over everything I know and understand. When the sun returns, I will resume my life.” This quote by George Carlin is a perfect description of the odd nature of sleep and dreams. Dreams are something that most human beings experience on a nightly basis. Because we all dream, the mysterious topic of dreams becomes something we are all interested in. It is an amazing concept that has us waking up feeling good at times and terrified at others. The documentary, “Why Do

There are five different stages of sleep that occur in multiple cycles within two core stages; slow-wave sleep (SWS) and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Each sleep cycle is approximately 100 minutes and alternates between non-REM and REM sleep, as shown in figure 1. Non-REM sleep consists of lighter sleep stages 1 and 2 as well as SWS which divides into stages 3 and 4; REM sleep is the fifth and final stage of sleep. The sleep stages were determined in the 1950s when brain activity in the form of brain waves were recorded using electroencephalography (EEG), a technology that measures the electrical activity of the brain in response to different

A dream is a series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep. A team of French researchers found that dreams are generated by the brainstem. The average person can have up to seven dreams a night. The amount of time dreams can last vary. They can be anywhere from a few seconds to two hours. Dreams last longer as the night progresses.