Comments on: Why do we dream? 7 theories from science (in TED-Ed GIFs)

By: asdf

asdf — Thu, 25 May 2017 04:28:54 +0000

I think we dream to forget, remember, heal, and solve problems. Maybe to fulfill but I don’t think we dream to rehearse.

By: Mutebi Twaha Billy

Mutebi Twaha Billy — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 11:51:33 +0000

I think dreaming is all about your pastlife, as in your past existance.
Because religeously, it is thought that people die and re-appear in the next life maybe after centuries by in the so called dead are not dead theory. (not scientifically proven)
So those memories of that life that your ancester may have lived, keeps revealing back to you in form of dreams. thats why some dreams and moments in life seem to be so familier. NB, no scientific evidence..

By: Bonnie Buckner

Bonnie Buckner — Thu, 28 Jan 2016 13:40:38 +0000

Human history has recorded dreaming far earlier than 3rd cent. B.C.E. Mesopotamia. The Jewish texts (Torah) put forth a culture of dreaming over a thousand years earlier. There, every significant individual change (inner development and subsequent life trajectory) begins with a dream. Thus, another reason we dream is to connect ourselves to the spiritual aspect of our being, to the inner Truth that is the still quiet voice, which is brusquely crowded out in our very busy daily waking lives.

By: Cool Girl

Cool Girl — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 19:51:13 +0000

I think we dream because the brain cannot be shut down or turned on. Like in a computer it takes to much time to reload system files, or get back the data saved in registers, in a way ” were did we jumped off and were to start again”. For example if it is an attack or earthquake and you have been sleeping than the reaction time would be to slow. So I guess therefore we remain in the on modus.
Besides the breething and heartbeat would also stop if the brain falls asleep.

Apart from that it does have numerous benefits, like making the memory strong by saving the work of that specific day at night, do the maintenance work for the body like energy supply for the backbone.

From a psychological point of view I think the subconscious get to work and exchanges information which we sometimes forget and sometimes remember somehow.
Sometime the dreams also show us a clip of our future, which we turn into reality by saying it and believing in it.
Sometime it shows us how we felt, when something bothered us on that day or a day earlier.