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10 most interesting facts about dreams

5/24/2019
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by M.
Science Story: 10 most interesting facts about dreams

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An average person spends about 1/3 of their life asleep. Can you imagine how many dreams we see in a lifetime? Here are some little-known facts about this mysterious and essential part of human nature.

#1

Science Story: We forget 50% of our dreams within 5 minutes after waking up. 10 minutes later, we forget 90%.
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#2

Science Story: An average person sees about 137,000 dreams in a lifetime.
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#3

Science Story: People who were born blind have dreams but don't see them – they can smell, touch or taste them. People who lost their sight later in life continue to see dreams.
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#4

Science Story: Children begin to see themselves in the dreams when they are 3-4 years old.
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#5

Science Story: Only people with serious psychological disorders don't dream. If you think that you don't see dreams, you're just forgetting them.
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#6

Science Story: 70% of people can feel like they're falling while they fall asleep. These involuntary muscle twitches are totally normal, but no one knows exactly what causes them.
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#7

Science Story: We are more likely to experience negative emotions in our dreams. If you are worried about something, you will most probably dream about it.
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#8

Science Story: We usually don't dream when we snore. Anyway, these two activities don't exclude each other.
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#9

Science Story: Men dream more about other men. Women dream about men and women equally.
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#10

Science Story: Even if you don't recognize a person from your dream, you've definitely encountered them in real life. In dreams, we can only see faces we came across before.
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Was this information new for you? Have you ever noticed things mentioned above? Tell us in the comments!

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What are your thoughts on this subject?
44 Comments
Sally Onyett
Sally Onyett
When I was younger I used to be able to go back to a bad dream and change the ending too..! Mad isn’t it ? 😜
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Apr 12, 2020 12:07AM
Phyllis Barber
Phyllis Barber
neilcox, Me too, I don’t believe that one!
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Apr 30, 2024 9:00AM
Robert A. Mercer
Robert A. Mercer
I once dreamed I was eating a giant marshmallow. When I woke up, I found my pillow was half gone!
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Sep 7, 2023 10:06PM
Sydnie Davis McCutchan
Sydnie Davis McCutchan
On #10. Did we have to see the person in person or could it be from a picture or movie?
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Aug 21, 2023 10:14PM
neilcox
neilcox
Elsy O. Stromberg, I agree. I don't know how they worked that one out. I am wondering if it is a myth.
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Jun 3, 2023 11:09AM
neilcox
neilcox
I would like to know how they worked number 10 out.
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Jun 3, 2023 11:08AM
Lynne Zeman
Lynne Zeman
Wish the authors would not use shutterstock. They never load on my android tablet. I would have liked to have read this one.
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Mar 15, 2023 9:01PM
Susan Martin
Susan Martin
Julie Domaille, I've had sleep paralysis and it's scary. I read somewhere if you sleep on your side rather than your back it doesn't happen. I've never had it since.
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Mar 1, 2023 4:12PM
Elsy O. Stromberg
Elsy O. Stromberg
I don't recognize most people in my dreams- hard to believe I've seen them all before.
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Dec 25, 2022 1:38PM
Vanda Herr
Vanda Herr
I have dreamt of the same street, hotel and sea many times. No idea if actually exists.
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Nov 26, 2022 5:26PM
Julie Domaille
Julie Domaille
I have episodic dreams. Particularly when stressed. I get sleep dream paralysis too horrible
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Jan 4, 2022 3:49PM
Kate Cuthbert
Kate Cuthbert
I occasionally remember my dreams . Sometimes they are about people that I know but in places that don’t relate to those people in any way.
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Aug 27, 2021 4:59PM
Deena Grady
Deena Grady
Interesting; I very seldom remember my dreams. I can tell if I'm wakened "torn" from a dream, because I have difficulty focusing and tracking mentally for at least 30 minutes after waking.
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May 7, 2020 7:12PM
Satish Chandran
Satish Chandran
I think reflex action creats dreams to make blood supply to flow unblocked.
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Apr 5, 2020 5:58PM
ninakamwene
ninakamwene
Very fascinating. I did not know that the people in my dreams were from my day life. Now I will pay more attention. Most of my dreams are trying to help me solve some issue or make it so glaring that I must handle it. Thank you.
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Mar 19, 2020 8:37PM

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