10 most interesting facts about dreams

5/24/2019

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Science Story: 10 most interesting facts about dreams

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%. — shutterstock

#2

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

#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. — shutterstock

#4

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

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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. — shutterstock

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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. — shutterstock

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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. — shutterstock

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

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Science Story: Men dream more about other men. Women dream about men and women equally. — shutterstock

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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. — shutterstock

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

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 ? 😜

Phyllis Barber

neilcox, Me too, I don’t believe that one!

Robert A. Mercer

I once dreamed I was eating a giant marshmallow. When I woke up, I found my pillow was half gone!

Sydnie Davis McCutchan

On #10. Did we have to see the person in person or could it be from a picture or movie?

neilcox

Elsy O. Stromberg, I agree. I don't know how they worked that one out. I am wondering if it is a myth.

neilcox

I would like to know how they worked number 10 out.

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.

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.

Elsy O. Stromberg

I don't recognize most people in my dreams- hard to believe I've seen them all before.

Vanda Herr

I have dreamt of the same street, hotel and sea many times. No idea if actually exists.

Julie Domaille

I have episodic dreams. Particularly when stressed. I get sleep dream paralysis too horrible

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.

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.

Satish Chandran

I think reflex action creats dreams to make blood supply to flow unblocked.

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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