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Study Dreams – A Simple Guide

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People throughout history have tried to study dreams. It can include anything from dream interpretation, to how dreams occur, to how various phases of sleep lead to dreams, and even to dreams that almost seem real.

When people study dreams one of the areas of focus is lucid dreaming. In a lucid dream a person is aware that they’re dreaming. It’s also called a conscious stream because the conscious mind is active. A lucid dreamer can change the dream. This might involve changing imagery or the entire dream environment. Lucid dreams can seem almost real, depending on how self-aware the person is during the dream.

One type of lucid dream that has been categorized when people study dreams is the dream initiated lucid dream. This type of lucid dream begins as a regular dream. But at some point the person realizes they’re dreaming.

The other type of lucid dream is the wake initiated lucid dream. Those who study dreams say this type happens when a person falls asleep and enters directly into the dream. There is no lapse of consciousness. In other words the conscious mind is active when the person is awake, and remains conscious when the dream begins.

A woman by the name of Celia Green did study dreams. Her lucid dream study took place in 1968. And she analyzed all the different aspects of these dreams. She was the first to conclude they were not like other dreams. She associated lucid dreams with REM sleep. That’s when the eyes rapidly move while the person sleeps.

Like other people who study dreams, Celia was also interested in the false awakening. This is a phase of a dream when someone thinks they have woken up. However the dream continues. A woman tells of dreaming that she was being chased by a pack of dogs. Just as they pounced she woke safe in bed. Suddenly a pack of dogs burst into the room, jumping on her. She screamed, and then really woke up. Celia thought there was some connection between lucid dreams and false awakening. When something happens in a dream that may be negative, the conscious mind takes over and tries to escape it.

Another person who wanted to study dreams was Norman Malcolm. He wrote a book called Dreaming in 1959. He connected the fact that eye movements within dreams cause the physical eye to move with lucidity in dreams. His theory wasn’t proven until the 1970s in which a study involved a subject sending signals to the waking world from with in his dream. He did this with predetermined eye movements.

The Internet can make anyone an expert when it comes time to study dreams.

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