Do you believe your dreams have meaning? [Spirituality & Religion]
Perhaps just some of them? How do you decide? And what have they meant?
31-35, M
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Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
Your dreams are often the subconscious in 'sleeping life' giving 'form' to the elements currently going on your in your 'waking life' conscious mind.
If your life is one big stress ball, the elements causing the tress are likely to take the form of things you hate. Or more likely, are fearful of.
Similarly if your dreams are all 'fluffy and nice' it's another part of your subconscious creating this feeling.
As to whether they have 'meaning' i suppose depends on your 'interpretation'.
If your life is one big stress ball, the elements causing the tress are likely to take the form of things you hate. Or more likely, are fearful of.
Similarly if your dreams are all 'fluffy and nice' it's another part of your subconscious creating this feeling.
As to whether they have 'meaning' i suppose depends on your 'interpretation'.
JustTooMuch · 31-35, M
@Picklebobble2 This is a very succinct and yet complete answer, thank you. Do you have any thoughts on why the brain might perform this function?
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
@JustTooMuch Primarily ? Survival ! I'm sure it's probably connected to the idea that early man probably had dreams about ....escaping a wild animal or an exploding mountain !
And while the event itself may have been life-threatening, at least it was survivable !
So maybe your dreams, even the worst ones, are evidence that perhaps you've survived more than you realize !
And while the event itself may have been life-threatening, at least it was survivable !
So maybe your dreams, even the worst ones, are evidence that perhaps you've survived more than you realize !
JustTooMuch · 31-35, M
@Picklebobble2 That's interesting. I'm not a neurologist but I can believe the idea that running circuitry from short term cortical memory helps to embed behaviours in deeper pathways. Making responses more instinctive. And as you say, if you've survived this long, keep doing what you're doing! Ha.