Kinds+of+Dreams

Kinds of Dreams Most everyone has experienced nightmares, but have you ever had a lucid dream? What about a helpful dream that solves your problems? No matter what kind of dream it is, you should be able to find out, so take a look! Lucid Dreams

Some people know when they are dreaming and are able to control those dreams, this is called lucid dreaming. When you lucid dream, you can go where and do what ever you want to! Many have tried to find out why some are able to do so and others not, but dreaming is a hard area to study. Some say that you can master the art of lucid dreaming and that it takes years to do so. However, there is no absolute way that you will be able to lucid dream and not many people even can!

Common Dreams There are certain dreams that everyone has occasionally. Some of them may seem silly and make you happy, but others can be very scary. The most common themes of most peoples dreams include money, flying, getting lost, being chased, and water! They are the most common dreams because they are some of the most common hopes of fears. Many people experience them in real life, so these subjects carry on into when you are dreaming Helpful Dreaming Some scientists believe that dreams can be helpful and should be used as a tool. For example, one scientist, experimenting to prove this theory true, asked college students to focus on a math  problem and then try to solve it in their dream. Just before bed, the students would work on the problem and most found that they had had dreams in which they found the answer! While no experiments  like this can be completely reliable, this shows that dreams might be for our benefit and can be very important to us. 

Nightmares More likely than not, you have had a nightmare. These nightmares could be some of the common dreams that were shown above, of they could be more out of the ordinary. Either way, it happens to everyone and they may seem very real. Nightmares usually occur for a few reasons, such as a traumatic event like injury or a death. They can also happen because of stress and anxiety, or a medication they are taking.

Remember! These are only a few of the kinds of dreams that you may have and everyone has different dreams!

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