Most people believe that dreams can be prophetic and simply happen after a busy day or time spent actively.
At the same time, science has made so many interesting discoveries about the nature of dreams that it would be simply embarrassing not to know about them.
We will tell you what facts about dreams are no longer a secret.
Secrets of Dreams Revealed
1. For a long time it was believed that the brain switches off during sleep, but it turned out to be quite the opposite. During sleep, its work does not stop, and as a result, a person sees pictures that he then tries to decipher or put some meaning into them.
2. Almost everyone dreams more often than it seems, but a person forgets most of what he saw during a night's rest. In just one day, the brain shows two hours of dreams.
3. Human memory retains only 5% of what we see in our dreams at night. It’s scary to imagine the amount of information that the brain turns over from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
4. Not everyone is given the opportunity to see colorful dreams. On average, 12% of humanity is satisfied with only black and white images.
5. The REM phase of sleep puts most of the muscles into a state close to paralysis, which prevents a person from waking up.
6. Absurdity and other nonsense are dreamed at night, because at this time the area of the brain that is responsible for understanding things is switched off.
7. There is an opinion that dreams of an erotic nature can be seen if you sleep face down.
8. Men's dreams are more often negative, while women's contain positive and pleasant emotions. But nightmares are more often dreamed by women.
9. Even people who are blind from birth see dreams.
10. And the most interesting thing is that dreams can predict the future, but this fact is not scientifically proven. There are many examples, and the most famous is Abraham Lincoln's dream, in which he saw himself being killed a few weeks before the incident, and told his family about it.
