Things You Didn't Know About Dreams

Dreaming is a natural, necessary part of life.

Everyone dreams, but the significance, frequency of occurrence and ability to remember dreams varies on an individual basis. Here are some facts about dreams you may not have known.


Incidence of Dreams


The average person has 1,460 dreams per year.

That comes out to four dreams per night.



Childhood Dreams


Childhood dreams tend to be shorter than adult dreams, and nearly 40% of children's dreams are nightmares.

Children also dream about animals far more than adults. Dogs, horses, cats, lions, snakes and bears all frequently appear in children's dreams




Color


The interpretation of color in a dream varies from person to person.

A color's meaning can only be determined by an individual's relationship to a color. Blue in one person's dream can mean love or serenity, but it can translate to something entirely different for another dreamer.



Pregnant Women and Dreaming


Pregnant women tend to have and remember more dreams than other populations.

This is typically believed to result from their extreme hormonal changes during pregnancy.

Nicotine and Dreaming


Chronic smokers who have recently quit report more vivid dreams than when they smoked.

Additionally, nicotine patches are widely regarded to intensify the content and frequency of dreams and nightmares.



Alcohol and Dreams


Alcohol consumption tends to have a significant impact on sleep and dreaming.

It slows activity in the brain's cortex, which leads a person to fall into a deep, slow-wave sleep rather than REM sleep.



Sleep Stages and Dreams


REM dreams are often more bizarre and have more detailed story lines than dreams in all other sleep stages.

Dreams occuring in stages 1 and 2 of sleep are usually shorter and less-detailed, while dreams in a deep sleep stage involve nothing more than a simple color or emotion.



Blindness and Dreams


People who become blind after they are born are able to see images and colors in their dreams.

Those blind since birth can't see images in their dreams, but they experience a heightened sense of touch, taste and smell when they dream.



Television Viewing and Dreams


People who watched black-and-white television as children tend to have more monochromatic dreams than people who watched color television as children.







Dreams and Ability to Remember

On average, 50% of your dream is forgotten within five minutes of waking.

Within ten minutes, you will have forgotten 90% of whatever you dreamed.



Men's Dreams v. Women's Dreams

Men are more likely than women to dream about aggression, fear, anger, anxiety and misfortune. Men's dreams tend to be action-oriented, set outdoors and involving strangers more than women's dreams.

Women's dreams are usually set indoors, are more friendly and positive and involve emotional situations with people they know and care for.



The Population of Our Dreams

The people in your dreams are comprised of the faces of people you've encountered, knowingly or otherwise, in your everyday life.

They could be strangers you've seen on the street during adulthood, a person you saw on a family vacation as a child or just some passing face for a fleeting second.


Birth Order and Dreams


Firstborn males see themselves in a more positive light in their dreams than their younger siblings tend to.

The eldest females tend to have more aggressive characters in their dreams than their brothers and sisters.



Most Common Dreams

Shared dreams such as falling, flying, public nudity and being unprepared transcend cultural and class boundaries.

These dreams stem from experiences and anxieties that are fundamental to all people.




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After The Rains

Sid could hardly buy any sleep that night. He was 30,000 feet above sea level seated in the business class of the country’s best airways. He felt as if he was actually flying still higher as he was heading home to see Madhu, his two year old kid. He could still feel the touch of Madhu when he took her in his hands when she was born, her harmonic cry, her tiny feet, her twinkling eyes… He remembered it all!!! He felt himself to be a proud dad! But this was all two years ago. His job didn’t permit him to stay more than a week with her and he had to fly off to London.

But this time, he had 10 whole days to spend with the little one. He had sent the shopkeeper crazy in finding the best gifts for the kid. He wanted to get the best for her. He had of course bought something for Megha, his childhood sweetheart and his wife. He had been so lucky to have married her. Despite the few tears she shed every time when he left to London after a week at home, she was always happy and smiling. Sid felt lucky as he thought about her.

The loud buzz of the speaker announcing the landing of the flight woke him from his day dreams. He got off the flight and hovered around to collect this luggage. He unintentionally picked up a local newspaper while he was waiting and quickly grabbed his luggage as it came into sight and rushed to get a taxi to get a ride home. His home was an hour by road from there. He quickly got into the first taxi that came into sight and jumped in with the newspaper still tucked under his hands.

He could hardly make himself sit throughout the ride. He started gazing through the newspaper he had brought along. He hastily went through the Sport column which featured Sachin and India’s world cup glory throughout. As he flipped pages, the ‘Career Chronicle’ section followed up. He thought this section was for unlucky bunch. Sid’s job fetched him millions. He had a job that paid him for his brains and a job that took him around the world. Just as pride mounted the smile his lips wore, rain began to pour from nowhere. He generally loved the rains but nothing could beat Megha and Madhu today.

As they neared, he could see his home even behind the curtain of rain. The car finally came to a halt. Even the lashing rain couldn’t stop him from rushing to the door. He felt it took forever for Megha to open the door even though she was quick enough. As soon she unlocked, he gave her an everlasting smile of love and reached out to little Madhu who was tucked into Megha’s hand then. He got hold of the kid and hugged her. She looked more beautiful and innocent than what he had seen over the video chats. He pampered her as Megha brought in all his stuff out of the taxi. Sid couldn’t wait to hear Madhu talk. But much to his dismay, Madhu began crying loudly and ran off to Megha. She went over and innocently wrapped her hands around her mom and asked, “Mama, Who is this? Is this the daddy you were talking about all day?”

It thundered and lightning struck with all its might on Sid. But his rains had died. He was taken aback. All those 8 years that he had spent in solitude and suffering to earn those dollars suddenly became worthless. Those dollars looked like worthless papers. He had left behind everything just for the sake of earning money and glory. But his own baby, who was nothing short of Godliness in age and innocence, had shattered his world apart by her few words. But every single word of Madhu was as pure as the rain that fell that day from the skies. Megha shook him to senses and taught Madhu her manners.

Megha quickly sensed the situation and served food. Sid ate the food silently. He complained of a head ache and went to bed. After a while, he suddenly sprang out of the bed and hurried over to his luggage. She silently went and stood behind him. He quickly found the newspaper he had brought in that day and started reading from where he had left behind, the ‘Career Chronicle’. He slowly started highlighting the jobs in India. Megha’s eyes welled with tears as she saw what he was doing. Sid turned around to her and pointed outside the window and uttered, “The rains have ceased”. They both smiled and went over to cuddle Madhu.

                          

It was just the sound of laughter and joy after the rains.

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Friendship day

Dear Friends,

Though no one day is sufficient to admire our friends. On this Friendship day. I take my opportunity to reach to all my friends, who add lots of smiles and colors to my days and wishing them lots of happiness and peace..!!

I Wish You All A Very Very Happy Friendship Day..!

May our bond of friendship last foreverrrrrrrr..! 

“Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.”  – G. Randolf

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