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﻿ What Are Dreams?

Dreams are defined by wikipedia as: "The succession of images, sounds, or emotions that pass through the mid during sleep. The content and purpose of dreams are not fully understood, though they have been a topic of speculation and interest throughout recorded history." As the defintion says, Dreams are not fully understood. Most people see dreams as one or more of these things: a physiological response to sleep, as pychological reflections of a persons subconcious, and as spiritual messages from God/gods, the deceased, or the soul. Dreams occur during the REM stage of sleep. Many times, dreams may be affected by external stimuli, like if the person dreaming is cold, they may be cold in their dream. most people dream 4 to 6 times a night. Dreams are also affected by stress and the subconscious. People dreams about things that they like and enjoy, and do often. It is predicted that people do not remember 95-99% of their dreams. There is no definite answer as to why, as like everything in the subject of dreams. But most people speculate the reason why is because many dreams are uneventful, and we do not pay attention to them. Just like how you will not remember something you do not pay attention to while you are fully conscious. 