Sleep in a person’s life is basic andunconditional need. In a dream, the average person spends a third of his life, that is, about 25 years. The duration of a night's rest is approximately 7-8 hours, but there are people who have enough 4-5 hours of sleep to fully recuperate and maintain working capacity. But science still cannot explain the nature of dreams, it’s only known that it is most likely a projection of our thoughts, feelings and experiences. Let's look at some interesting facts about a person’s dream.
Sleep phases
Today, a person’s dream is divided into five phases, which can be repeated several times during the night.
The first phase is falling asleep. At this time, a person experiences a nap, slowly sinking to sleep. Half asleep dreams, ideas for overcoming life's problems are possible.
The second phase is shallow or light sleep. The muscle tone decreases, the heart rhythm slows down, the body temperature decreases.
The third and fourth phases have the common name "slow sleep". At this time, a person is immersed in a calm, deep sleep, there is a rest and recovery of the body.
The fifth phase of sleep is considered "fast."It is at this point that the sleeper can observe the rapid movements of the eyeballs. During this period, the breathing and rhythm of the heart become uneven and right now the person is able to see dreams.
In the process of normal full sleep personpasses all phases. The first phase - the transition from wakefulness to immersion in sleep - the shortest, it lasts 5-10 minutes. Other phases last from 20 to 30 minutes.
From what phase of sleep a person wakes up,depends on his well-being. Thus, the rise in the fast phase is accompanied by weakness, lack of sleep, apathy. Therefore, the daily rest should not exceed 40-60 minutes.
Colors of dreams
Scientists during the experiments were able to establishthat if a person’s dream has predominantly blue and green tones, then his life is stable, measured, and nothing bad happens in it. People whose dreams are painted in shades of red are more likely to have a temperature or a disease. Black and all dark colors are indicative of nervous tension, fatigue and, perhaps, an emotional breakdown soon.
Emotions during sleep
Proved that most dreamsleave negative emotions, rather than positive. The most frequently experienced feeling in a dream is anxiety. As a result, people who are least stressed, mentally and emotionally resilient, rarely remember their dreams. But the suspicious and restless person is likely to experience the feelings experienced at night for a long time.
Furnishings and people
Interesting facts about dreams relate to the places where they areoccur, and actors. So, only 20% of dreams include real people and places that are well known to the sleeper. The rest is a figment of imagination, a unique picture, peculiar to a concrete dream and a person. Some people are able to see what is happening in a dream as if from the outside, being not a participant, but an observer of events. This phenomenon is called "lucid dreaming" and is a big mystery for scientists.
Prophetic dreams
Many people have often heard that there isprophetic dream and dreams. Interesting facts about this phenomenon can be found in the specialized literature. However, this phenomenon does not yet have an evidence base. It is believed that a one-time disturbed sleep can easily be ignored. But if an unpleasant dream is repeated several times, it has a negative meaning, it awakens experiences in a person, then it is worth thinking. Perhaps this is how the brain sends warning signals to which a person simply does not pay attention during day wakefulness.
"What are you dreaming ..."
A person's sleep is accompanied by snoring only during the slow phase, but during snoring people do not see dreams.
External factors also influence dreams.So, if a person falls asleep in a cold room, most likely, he will feel cold and in a dream, perhaps, the effect of sleep will begin to unfold at the North Pole. During thirst, a person can dream of how he takes a glass of water and cannot drink it, as a result of which he wakes up and really realizes that he wants to drink.
A dream in reality
There are proven facts about a person’s waking dream.In order to experience a similar condition, you must do the following. After a long hard day, lie down on the sofa. It is better to lie on your back, stretch your arms along your torso, close your eyes. Then you should be in a stationary state and try not to fall asleep, you can think about something or remember the past day. After a while (usually no more than half an hour) you will feel a heaviness in your chest, you may hear sounds. This is the so-called sleep paralysis. If at this moment, open your eyes, you can see hallucinations, but the body will not be able to move, as it is already sleeping. This is a dream come true. If you close your eyes, you can fall asleep for real.
Dreams for intellectuals only
A group of scientists from the United States of America infor several years studied sleep and dreams. Interesting facts were discovered during these studies. It turns out that dreams can only see smart people. This conclusion was made on the basis of a survey of more than two thousand people. Most of them claimed that they did not remember their dreams at all and were unlikely to see them at all. However, some of the people who passed the series of intellectual tests said that, on the contrary, some of their dreams are well remembered. Further polls showed that the more mentally developed a person is, the brighter and more colorful dreams he sees.
These interesting facts about a person's dream can beexplain as follows: it is known that during the night rest the information received during the day is arranged. Accordingly, the more busy the individual is during the day, the more problems he solves and the more he thinks, the more extensive is the information he receives. So, during sleep, the brain is working on its "processing". Conversely, the less active the brain is during the day, the less information it receives, which means it rests at night.
What about animals?
No less interesting facts about dreams can be found inrepresentatives of the animal world. For example, in dolphins, half of the brain remains active during sleep. This is necessary in order to remain on the alert all the time and to monitor the attack of predators.
Sea otters cling to each other’s paws, even while sleeping, so as not to move away.
Snails can sleep for about three years in a row.
70% of their lives are spent on sleeping cats.
Conclusion
So, sleep is the most commonplace and yetone of the most mysterious processes occurring with the human body. Interesting facts about dreams are opening up more and more each year, but scientists may not always find an explanation for them. And while the best minds of the whole world are struggling to solve these processes, we can only remember that without sleep a person can live only 11 days, and a daily full 8-hour night rest restores the physical and mental strength of the body, replenishes energy resources and makes it possible to live long and full life.
